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Michael Shamus Wiles

Michael Shamus Wiles

8 Films

Michael Shamus Wiles

8 Included Films

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Michael Shamus Wiles (born October 27, 1955) is an American character actor of film and television onscreen since the 1980s who has appeared in over 100 films and television shows. He portrayed Marc Mitscher in Pearl Harbor and Mr. Parmagi in Hellraiser: Inferno. He is also known for recurring roles as ASAC George Merkert on Breaking Bad and as Jury on Sons of Anarchy. Other notable appearances include Puppet Master 4, Lost Highway, Fight Club, Rock Star and Transformers. In 2011, he appeared in Rockstar Games hit detective game L.A. Noire as Fire Chief Albert Lynch. He appeared in a 2015 production of the Hydrogen Jukebox.

UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Germany StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray slightly better

Best Video:

Germany StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray has best encoding. France Potemkine and Criterion UHDs slightly worse.

Best Audio:

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Best English-Friendly:

Germany StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray slightly better

Best Video:

Germany StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray has best encoding. France Potemkine and Criterion UHDs slightly worse.

Best Audio:

?

Fight Club poster
Letterboxd
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Disney 4K Blu-ray or Fox 2009 Blu-ray or Kinowelt Entertainment 2008 Germany Blu-ray for a purist version

Best Video:

Disney 4K Blu-ray or Fox 2009 Blu-ray for a purist version or Kinowelt Entertainment 2008 Germany Blu-ray from the original 1999 telecine transfer

Disney 4K Blu-ray, while a good release by itself, is very revisionist albeit made by Fincher. It has a huge amount of tinkering, a different grade, and at times uncanny with the sharpening. Caps of just how revisionist the new master is.

Best Audio:

Cinema DTS - all Blu-ray tracks have significant limiting.

Disney 4K Blu-ray has some alterations, otherwise similar to the Fox Blu-ray

Additional Info:

A blog article going over the home video history of Fight Club: https://notonbluray.com/blog/fight-club-compared-blu-ray-vs-itunes-vs-d-vhs-vs-dvd-vs-laserdisc/

Fight Club poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Disney 4K Blu-ray or Fox 2009 Blu-ray or Kinowelt Entertainment 2008 Germany Blu-ray for a purist version

Best Video:

Disney 4K Blu-ray or Fox 2009 Blu-ray for a purist version or Kinowelt Entertainment 2008 Germany Blu-ray from the original 1999 telecine transfer

Disney 4K Blu-ray, while a good release by itself, is very revisionist albeit made by Fincher. It has a huge amount of tinkering, a different grade, and at times uncanny with the sharpening. Caps of just how revisionist the new master is.

Best Audio:

Cinema DTS - all Blu-ray tracks have significant limiting.

Disney 4K Blu-ray has some alterations, otherwise similar to the Fox Blu-ray

Additional Info:

A blog article going over the home video history of Fight Club: https://notonbluray.com/blog/fight-club-compared-blu-ray-vs-itunes-vs-d-vhs-vs-dvd-vs-laserdisc/

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Warner Bros Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray teased

Best Video:

Warner Bros Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Warner Bros Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray teased

Best Video:

Warner Bros Blu-ray

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Theatrical: Disney Blu-ray

Extended: Vista Series DVD, also Streaming in HD, alleycat's extended restoration better

Best Video:

Theatrical: Disney Blu-ray

Extended: Vista Series DVD, also Streaming in HD, alleycat's extended restoration better

Additional Info:

Extended DVD has extras not on Blu-ray

Pearl Harbor poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Theatrical: Disney Blu-ray

Extended: Vista Series DVD, also Streaming in HD, alleycat's extended restoration better

Best Video:

Theatrical: Disney Blu-ray

Extended: Vista Series DVD, also Streaming in HD, alleycat's extended restoration better

Additional Info:

Extended DVD has extras not on Blu-ray

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

US Paramount Blu-ray

Best Video:

US Paramount Blu-ray > International WB Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

US Paramount Blu-ray

Best Video:

US Paramount Blu-ray > International WB Blu-ray

UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

UK Arrow Blu-ray

Best Video:

UK Arrow Blu-ray

Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray disappointing, nice new master, but poor encode, grain completely crippled in some scenes, artifacts abound, etc, makes Kino Lorber look like FiM.

Dark Blue poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

UK Arrow Blu-ray

Best Video:

UK Arrow Blu-ray

Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray disappointing, nice new master, but poor encode, grain completely crippled in some scenes, artifacts abound, etc, makes Kino Lorber look like FiM.

UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

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