Blu-ray

The Paramount 4K Blu-ray has a much better new scan that removes the original extremely dated color grading. This is an improvement on one hand but a definite revisionist change on the other. There is the expected grain management and slight HDR issues in addition to encoding quirks from Paramount. It is a giant improvement over the original Blu-ray but the color change and other issues means that the Blu-ray is one to keep for purists to have the as-is original iteration of the film's presentation. Audio wise the film has been remixed into Atmos but it merely seems like a slightly tweaked and frankly tamed version of the original 5.1. Of the two I prefer the Blu-ray 5.1. The original Blu-ray was Dolby TrueHD and the reissue Blu-ray in the four film Blu-ray collection boxset was DTS-HDMA.

DFIC extensive review: https://youtu.be/evsrJOTIjdA?si=wtdWGxZBfhPYTIeW

France M6 4K Blu-ray has Dolby Vision, but is inferior with more washed out colors and inferior encoding plus no hardcoded subtitles for the Portuguese language parts

comparison

Universal Blu-ray has the original DTS-HD 5.1

For the 7.1 remix, the DTS-X of the Universal is clipped on the front speakers while the Atmos of the M6 is a very tame mixdown.

Hong Kong Blu-ray has extras not on the US release

Metropolitan got better picture (higher bitrate + better grain + more detail) than Lionsgate

The 4K Blu-ray has slightly neutered dynamics

4K Blu-ray is from a 4K restoration, better detail, compresison is passable, grading is a bit of a mixed bag (might have been a regrade from SDR)

No comparisons but Artificial Eye doesn't look like a new transfer, so likely Sony is better. Because this is shot on HD digital and transferred to 35mm, not expecting any improvement in the future either.

> UK > Netherlands Blu-ray, not sure about the rest https://caps-a-holic.com/c_list.php?c=1387 

Fox Blu-ray but no comparisons

• The BBC 4K collection and Shout! Factory 4K collection all use the same source, and are all unfortunately using AI upscaling and DNR'ed They are worse than the blurays and the 2023 US Shout! Factory collections are even prone to disc-rot.

• 2009 Lionsgate US (also prone to disc-rot) or UK 2 Entertain OOP Blu-ray will be the way to go.

• The 4K collection's Blu-ray seems to be a reprint of previous releases.

4K discs in the correct pitch https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=364711&page=8

Hong Kong Blu-ray has extras not on the US release

BFI Blu-ray encoded by FiM and includes both cuts of film