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Keith David

Keith David

18 Films

Keith David

18 Included Films

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Keith David (born June 4, 1956) is an American film, television, and voice actor, and singer. He is perhaps most known for his live-action roles in such films as Crash, There's Something About Mary, Barbershop and Men at Work. He has also had memorable roles in numerous cult favorites, including John Carpenter's films The Thing (as Childs) and They Live (as Armitage), the Riddick films Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick (as the Imam), the General in Armageddon, King in Oliver Stone's Platoon, and Big Tim in Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream. David is also well known for his voice over career, primarily his Emmy winning work as the narrator of numerous Ken Burns films. Characters that he has voiced include Goliath on the Disney series Gargoyles, the Arbiter in Halo 2 and Halo 3, David Anderson in Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2, the Decepticon Barricade in Transformers: The Game, Julius Little in Saints Row and Saints Row 2, Sgt. Foley in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Dr. Facilier in The Princess and the Frog, and Chaos in Dissidia: Final Fantasy and Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy. ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Thing poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Universal 4K Blu-ray. Maybe Turbine Blu-ray instead for better audio?

Best Audio:

1997? Signature Collection LD

Good: 2017 Arrow and 2016 Shout Factory Blu-ray have the original audio options.

the only track on Universal 4K, which is in DTS:X, has a mixing error of around 6dB too low on side channels, otherwise very similar to other 5.1 mixes.

The Thing poster
UHD Blu-ray
English-Friendly:

Universal 4K Blu-ray. Maybe Turbine Blu-ray instead for better audio?

Audio:

1997? Signature Collection LD

Good: 2017 Arrow and 2016 Shout Factory Blu-ray have the original audio options.

the only track on Universal 4K, which is in DTS:X, has a mixing error of around 6dB too low on side channels, otherwise very similar to other 5.1 mixes.

Platoon poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

MGM Blu-ray

Best Video:

MGM Blu-ray is better than Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray due to poor encode and heavy DNR

Platoon poster
UHD Blu-ray
English-Friendly:

MGM Blu-ray

Video:

MGM Blu-ray is better than Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray due to poor encode and heavy DNR

They Live poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Pick your poison between the 3 UHDs or maybe the remastered Shout Factory Blu-ray?

Best Video:

Italy Eagle Pictures 4K Blu-ray has consistently mediocre encoding + no original audio. StudioCanal encoding is better a lot of the time, but is terrible in others. Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray has good encoding but wrong colour space

They Live poster
UHD Blu-ray
English-Friendly:

Pick your poison between the 3 UHDs or maybe the remastered Shout Factory Blu-ray?

Video:

Italy Eagle Pictures 4K Blu-ray has consistently mediocre encoding + no original audio. StudioCanal encoding is better a lot of the time, but is terrible in others. Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray has good encoding but wrong colour space

Road House poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray has better color grading, DV, and the best encoding.

Capelight 4K Blu-ray has good encode with the same color grade as Vinegar Syndrome.Vinegar Syndrome 4K Blu-ray has mediocre encode and over-saturated skin tones.

Best Audio:

Vinegar Syndrome 4K Blu-ray has the best sounding original stereo mix; Capelight 4K Blu-ray audio is clipped; Arrow 4K Blu-ray is filtered.

English-Friendly:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray has better color grading, DV, and the best encoding.

Capelight 4K Blu-ray has good encode with the same color grade as Vinegar Syndrome.Vinegar Syndrome 4K Blu-ray has mediocre encode and over-saturated skin tones.

Audio:

Vinegar Syndrome 4K Blu-ray has the best sounding original stereo mix; Capelight 4K Blu-ray audio is clipped; Arrow 4K Blu-ray is filtered.

Always poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Universal Blu-ray

Best Video:

Universal Blu-ray

Always poster
1080p Blu-ray
English-Friendly:

Universal Blu-ray

The Quick and the Dead poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

US Cut: Sony 2025 Steelbook 4K Blu-ray

International Cut: France 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

US Cut: Sony 2025 Steelbook 4K Blu-ray (2025 Steelbook has Dolby Vision)

International Cut: France 4K Blu-ray

English-Friendly:

US Cut: Sony 2025 Steelbook 4K Blu-ray

International Cut: France 4K Blu-ray

Video:

US Cut: Sony 2025 Steelbook 4K Blu-ray (2025 Steelbook has Dolby Vision)

International Cut: France 4K Blu-ray

Armageddon poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Theatrical: Disney Blu-ray

Extended: Britain/Australia Disney Collector's Edition DVD

Upcoming Release:

4K possibly teased?

Best Video:

Theatrical: Disney Blu-ray

Extended: Britain/Australia Disney Collector's Edition DVD

Best Audio:

Cinema DTS

Additional Info:

Extended Cut DVD has extras not on Blu-ray

Armageddon poster
1080p Blu-ray
English-Friendly:

Theatrical: Disney Blu-ray

Extended: Britain/Australia Disney Collector's Edition DVD

Upcoming Release:

4K possibly teased?

Video:

Theatrical: Disney Blu-ray

Extended: Britain/Australia Disney Collector's Edition DVD

Additional Info:

Extended Cut DVD has extras not on Blu-ray

Pitch Black poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray or Turbine 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Original 5.1 is included on the Arrow 4K Blu-ray and the Old Universal Blu-ray

Pitch Black poster
UHD Blu-ray
English-Friendly:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray or Turbine 4K Blu-ray

Audio:

Original 5.1 is included on the Arrow 4K Blu-ray and the Old Universal Blu-ray

The Chronicles of Riddick poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Crash poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

France Metropolitan Blu-ray

Best Video:

France Metropolitan Blu-ray is likely the best, as US Blu-ray has bad compression, Britain and Australia has 1080i. No comparisons caps.

Crash poster
1080p Blu-ray
English-Friendly:

France Metropolitan Blu-ray

Video:

France Metropolitan Blu-ray is likely the best, as US Blu-ray has bad compression, Britain and Australia has 1080i. No comparisons caps.

Mr. & Mrs. Smith poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Theatrical Cut: Fox BDDirector's Cut: France Blu-ray

Best Video:

Theatrical Cut: Fox BDDirector's Cut: France Blu-ray (no English subtitles, prone to disc rot) or 2006 Fox DVD (SD, but has English subtitles)

Mr. & Mrs. Smith poster
1080p Blu-ray
English-Friendly:

Theatrical Cut: Fox BDDirector's Cut: France Blu-ray

Video:

Theatrical Cut: Fox BDDirector's Cut: France Blu-ray (no English subtitles, prone to disc rot) or 2006 Fox DVD (SD, but has English subtitles)

Transporter 2 poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Universum Film Germany Blu-ray

Best Video:

Universum Film Germany Blu-ray (for the extended cut and extras)

English-Friendly:

Universum Film Germany Blu-ray

Video:

Universum Film Germany Blu-ray (for the extended cut and extras)

Coraline poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Laika/Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Laika/Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray

Coraline poster
UHD Blu-ray
English-Friendly:

Laika/Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray

Cloud Atlas poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray / Warner Bros Blu-ray (no audible difference)

The Nice Guys poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

WB. Second Sight's 4K appears to have a delay on the Atmos track. Second Sight hasn't officially addressed this yet. The original 5.1 is fine.

The Nice Guys poster
UHD Blu-ray
English-Friendly:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Audio:

WB. Second Sight's 4K appears to have a delay on the Atmos track. Second Sight hasn't officially addressed this yet. The original 5.1 is fine.

Nope poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

Nope poster
UHD Blu-ray

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