Tommy Lister Jr.

11 films on Best Blurays8 in 4K3 in HD

Tommy "Tiny" Lister (born Thomas Lister, Jr.; June 24, 1958 – December 10, 2020) was a character actor and former wrestler best known for his role as the neighborhood bully Deebo in the Friday series of movies. He also had a short-lived professional wrestling career, wrestling Hulk Hogan in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) after appearing as "Zeus" in Hogan's movie No Holds Barred. Lister was blind in his right eye. Lister had numerous guest appearances in TV series, including playing Klaang (the first Klingon ever to make contact with humans, not counting Worf in Star Trek: First Contact) in the pilot episode of Star Trek: Enterprise. He also co-starred in an episode of the courtroom series Matlock as Mr. Matlock's in-prison bodyguard. Lister also appeared as Sancho in the music video for Sublime's song "Santeria". He was also in the video for Michael Jackson's song "Remember the Time". He also made a guest appearance in Austin Powers in Goldmember, as a prisoner in the Hard Knock Life spoof.

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8 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

The Fifth Element (1997)

Supporting role · Director: Luc Besson

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly:

StudioCanal UK 4K Blu-ray

Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab) · fanrestore.com (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

2020 StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray vs 2017 Sony 4K Blu-ray (20th annivesary) vs 2025 Sony 4K Blu-ray (Luc Besson Box Set). The first two have totally different texture.

StudioCanal: More natural looking. Better defined grain. The white balance is rather yellow/orange. Some say it is closer to the original theatrical release.
2017 Sony: More vibrant and impactful. The white balance is rather neutral. While color noise and grain can look busy because it had been sharpened and had micro-contrast boosted.
2025 Sony: Supposedly an improved version of the 2017 release? Shows around 20mbps-higher overall video bitrate. caps

Best Audio:

2007 Sony Blu-ray or LaserDisc AC3? (TBC) https://fanrestore.com/thread-7303.html

Audio Notes:

The Atmos on the Sony release is reportedly better than StudioCanal's.

Additional Info:

Disc info of the box set discs. This film have recieved multiple encode/versions in different regions over the years. The 2017 Germany 4K Blu-ray is encoded differently than the 2017 Sony but not better. Also, the same can be said to 2024 France Gaumont 4K Blu-ray while comparing to the 2020 StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray. The StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray omits all the extras from previous releases, being barebones.

3.8

Universal Soldier (1992)

Supporting role · Director: Roland Emmerich

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

3.0

Jackie Brown (1997)

Supporting role · Director: Quentin Tarantino

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

3.9

Barb Wire (1996)

Small role · Director: David Hogan

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Disappointing

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Turbine Germany 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Turbine Germany 4K Blu-ray is disappointing review

2.3

Zootopia (2016)

Small role · Directors: Byron Howard & Rich Moore

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2D: 2019 Disney 4K Blu-ray, caveat: No Dolby Vision metadata from streaming

3D: 2017 Disney 3D Blu-ray or Apple Vision Pro

Best Audio:

2019 Disney 4K Blu-ray

3.8

Zootopia 2 (2025)

Small role · Directors: Jared Bush & Byron Howard

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

2026 Disney 4K Blu-ray

3.7

Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)

Small role · Director: Tony Scott

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

3.3

The Dark Knight (2008)

Small role · Director: Christopher Nolan

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Caveat: mild DNR throughout the transfer, non-IMAX scenes appear soft due to being scanned from an interpositive rather than the original camera negative.