2024’s Most DISAPPOINTING 4K Disc Releases!

[@TheLoneJedi-77]

For me the Wallace & Gromit collection on 4K is super disappointing. It’s missing Curse of the WereRabbit and the new film on 4K. It has no HDR and worse of all it’s a 2K upscale from the last Blu Ray release with some AI upgrades which especially in the last short really makes it look off

[@Bryandan1elson]

yep. waste of $120.

[@stigdu99]

I watched the new film with my family yesterday and afterwards, I showed my daughter The Wrong Trousers. I thought it looked great! I'm sure Curse of the Were-Rabbit will come out at some point in the future, but no complaints from me about the Wallace & Gromit set. I'm in the UK and have the BBC set, if that makes a difference.

[@TheLoneJedi-77]

@ It’s the same transfer, I also have the UK BBC set. It’s really the 4th short A Matter of Loaf and Death that suffers from the AI upscaling the first 3 look good. It’s just a shame that no HDR was included as that would have bumped them up from good to great

[@FORBIDCharlie1986]

The price is the worst thing. If it was $19.99, no one would bat an eye on those A.I.stuff.

[@GamezGuru1]

@@TheLoneJedi-77 Damn, I'm glad I didn't pull the trigger, and stuck with the bluray...

[@perilouspoozer3749]

I think James Cameron should consider the fact that we, the customers, pay a lot extra for a 4k disc over and above the cost of a BluRay, so we expect the best quality. If he wants to accuse us of being too nerdy and too picky, he should charge an appropriately low price for any of his transfers that are crappy.

[@williamdriver1959]

😂

[@starscapesg1]

The Atmos track of 1996’s Twister is not only one of the best catalog releases of the year, but is also just one of the best Atmos tracks of the year period. Leaves 2024’s Twisters in the dust!

[@GamezGuru1]

yeah, Twister should have been on his best of 2024 list, not to mention the gorgeous UK steelbook boxset

[@Rayyman]

I need to get it. The bluray isn't great

[@4evasmooth]

I was just saying this to a buddy of mine. I thought the audio for Twisters was ridiculously underwhelming especially in comparison to that of the Twister

[@MrEdWeirdoShow]

Ya, if you can ever get it to play. Twister is fine on BD, but the 4K usually fails to play on Panny, Sammy, etc. And they never even offered a replacement.

[@michael-4k4000]

I liked it a lot. Have not heard enough discs to say if it’s the best. But I can say it was awesome and I enjoyed it thoroughly. God bless America and no where else.

[@oscarburrows-rangel3302]

Thanks for the heads up on “Terrifier 3!”

[@celluloidtherapy5003]

The reason that the domestic release of Terrifier 3 doesn’t have Dolby Vision, and HDR10? Easy - they plan on taking advantage of collectors, and reissuing the film later on with those two things being new features. I see it more, and more and I absolutely detest this practice.

[@RyanWard1987]

💯% The only disgraceful practice they’ve seemingly slowed down on (thank God) is the whole, “let’s release the Blu-ray first, and wait 6+ months later before releasing the 4K” for new releases. The excuse had always been that it’s “to gauge interest”-but of course, the self-cannibalistic nature of it all means if we skip over a blu ray release of a new film and wait for the inevitable 4K, then the blu ray sells less, and then the clueless suits may see that as, “lack of interest *in the film itself*” rather than what it really is: “a lack of interest in being forcibly double-dipped.” But again, thankfully, that practice has appeared to die off a bit lately… here’s hoping it stays dead/doesn’t zombify on us😅🤞

[@celluloidtherapy5003]

@ Exactly! I never bought into the “we want to gauge interest in the film” excuse. How does that make any sense? Who’s going to buy the 4K, after most everyone bought the bluray? It’s one of the more underhanded way of increasing sales, by banking on a form of FOMO. It also made no sense, because I began passing on the bluray release, because I knew there would be a 4K down the road. You’re absolutely right in the fact that it’s slowing down, and wise on their end, as it was causing me to be resentful of certain studios.

[@Teddy-t5h]

Yeah, I got dupped! Umbrella has it with Dolby Vision for $26. Smh.

[@celluloidtherapy5003]

@ Exactly! Now, why would the film have a superior release in Australia? Terrifier 3, made the vast majority of its money, in the United States. They know that they have a much larger number of people buying physical media in America, so they “stretch out” the release, by first offering an inferior product, and then potentially doubling sales by then releasing the “definitive” edition.

[@donbrider1316]

@@celluloidtherapy5003 Being in UK worked the other way round. No 4K of the first two so didn't go for the 4K of 3. So will probably just stick with the blu ray's, so going by the thinking of "interest" by sells of certain titles by format is a good guild of customer demand is so wrong. Also the importing by collectors will also mess with that number counting idea. The best solution in my mind would be get rid of the whole region coding and have world wide release dates / formats.

[@444chroma]

Great list Adam those are some misfires for sure. My biggest disappointment was with Paramount's Once Upon a Time in the West. Not filmic at all!

[@Movieman2099]

Absolutely agree with the comments regarding Twisters. It just didn’t have the “boom” factor that it should’ve had. The sound guy should’ve gone nuts with this mix.

[@GamezGuru1]

or a testament to how good the original is...

[@hildamontes6146]

Indeed "Far and away" is a disappointing transfer when you consider it was partially shot on VistaVision and panavision super 70 elements should have been stunning on 4K.

[@Vorgaloth]

I compared it to the previous bluray and to me there's literally no visual improvement. The 1080p version is slighter brighter and warmer... more natural looking IMO. Same goes for Willow and several others. Very disappointing and a waste of money.

[@batman.darthmaul]

My biggest disappointment was definitely the 1956 Invasion of the Body Snatchers 4K. It had to have been sourced from elements at least two generations away from camera negative, if not more. I haven't done a direct comparison yet, but I think the Olive Films blu ray looked better.

[@SpaceCattttt]

James Cameron has spent too much time staring at blue aliens to remember what people look like.

[@Gera275]

But the blue aliens look really dope.

[@matthewfurber5291]

James Cameron is an AI tool.

[@shawnsiref9271]

Agreed on Twisters. It seems that it got the same audio treatment similar to Disney's "Atmouse" mixes with low volume and weak dynamic presence. Bass is there, but for a film like this, it should be rocking the foundation. Instead, it seems to be mixed more for the soundbar generation. Far And Away, I was quite pleased. The picture was fine for a film of this age, similar to the recently released Legends of the Fall 4K. Very clean with nice HDR. John Williams' score for the film in Atmos is a welcomed delight. Definitely not a disappointment. Maybe I just had low expectations. Honestly, I was a little disappointed with Demolition Man, mostly for the lack of plentiful extra features. Picture and audio was fine, but I was hoping for deleted scenes, behind the scenes footage, etc.

[@ronthorn3]

The film was trash to begin with, in my opinion.

[@Thecatdrums3]

Modern audio mixing is awful so it’s no surprise they can’t match the original witch had top of the line sound mixers pushing the systems. If y’all think the modern discs sound good check out the original laserdisc with cd quality stereo digital audio and Dolby Digital 5.1 that blows even modern mixes from Nolan out the window

[@dancole6867]

Far and away was a disappointment for sure. Didn’t expect it to get a 4k to begin with so was super excited to see it announced. The inconsistency is crazy.

[@averagejoesworkshop]

I agree with you regarding Twisters. Sound, and especially picture felt disappointing to me. Corridor Crew nailed what bothered me about it, and that was the darkness and that the editor wouldn't stay with the shot! I know they were trying to be "realistic", but compared to the picture and sound of the original, it pales in comparison.

[@HomeCinemaEnthusiast]

Great upload , I have to agree with alot of these not being the best . Nice video 👌👌👌👌

[@AG-bp3ll]

I just wish they would save the UHD format for movies that have proper elements for a quality 4K scan. Nothing worse than buying a disc and finding out it is DNRed to death or a 2K upscale. Kino Lorber has had many disappointing 4K releases. I was happy with Monster Squad but that is about it from the ones I have tried from them.

[@sparklerbc9898]

“Decision” is possibly too generous. Sometimes, people just totally screw things up.

[@gabrielpanola]

Twisters sound is the biggest disappointment for me!!!!!!

[@HomeCinemaEnthusiast]

With True Lies I kept my DVD and did find the Ai was overdone .

[@MrCREWCRUSHIN95]

They shouldn't have to use AI at all. Just do a new 4-6k scan of the negative instead upscaling a 2k blu ray.

[@flyingrobotduck]

I would have liked HDR for Cowboys and Aliens on 4k but I wasn't disappointed at all. Of course I was upgrading from DVD so it was significant bump in quality. I was disappointed about the special features for Blazing Saddles 4k release, there was a TV pilot on the DVD missing on the 4k release, but it wasn't a deal breaker.

[@LILGHETTI]

I saw true lies on stream and as the movie kept going it kept getting more waxy and smooth which is shocking!

[@mortensgaard7466]

Yes but if you get som info it is the way the film got recorde they made the film ass good as the could they could not make it better in 4k if they did not do it that way the movie whas not possible to whats

[@mortensgaard7466]

So what do you like a impossible movie to whatch ore a movie to whatch i like a movie to whatch over a movie impossible to whatch

[@MichaelShayne-n7j]

Wasn't Far and Away original shot in 70kmm?

[@heathrowell378]

Recently, I wasn't a fan of the 4K release of Riddick due to the writer/director David Twohy using his supervision of the transfer as an excuse to edit a scene near the end to make it a jarring and unecessary early fade-to-black. The edit is minor, yes, but it sets a really bad precedent of editing movies secretly and selling them to consumers as "the theatrical cut" as they did here.

[@garethhiggin3277]

A little belated merry Christmas shout out to you Adam but it's boxing day so it still counts so Merry Christmas to you & your family. Yeah the sound on Twisters was a massive low point of the film for me. No punch and wasn't blown away by it As for HDR etc I honestly don't mind if a film ( esp classics ) doesn't have it. As long as the picture has been cleaned up & the colouring is spot on. Like Kino's The Great escape. One of my all time fav films & looks amazing. I do like Cowboys & Aliens on the whole, but if studios do films like this esp with no HDR etc then the price should reflect that, so instead of in the U.K £25 maybe retail price it at £15. So collectors can decide if they want to buy it Shout studios nowadays are getting a bit like Paramount. A lot of their titles have been poor recently esp with the quality of the films OCN. Like Freaky, Platoon & The Craft etc. tho the range of films they restore is an amazing library to have. Lastly a lot of films feel rushed to me & to not do a full restoration is poor. Tho a lot of films don't deserve a 4K like Skyline, Ghost ship & maybe Cowboys & aliens for example. I really want We were Soldiers but it's only a 2K DI I believe. Why has this not been given a native 4K transfer with Atmos ????????? Also why is there a massive delay internationally in catalogue titles. This is what I really don't get. All cat films should be released at the same time internationally with the options of a steel or slip & not a steel released a year later. There are a lot of cat films that we still don't have in the U.K like Van Helsing, We were soldiers etc All the best Adam & keep fighting

[@dbdeets]

Couldn´t agree more. TWISTERS was such a dissapointment considering the audio. I could watch that movie after midnight without disturbing the neighbours. But I wouldn´t because it was just as dissapointing in general. 0 memorable scenes unlike the original. Which was (and perhaps still is) a sound reference track back in the day.

[@slimdude2011]

To be honest, Twister didn't need a sequel. Twister was just perfect as a standalone movie.

[@dbdeets]

@slimdude2011 Totally agree. But at least gives us memorable scenes and a great audiotrack. They couldn't even deliver that with TWISTERS. Seen and forgotten.

[@slimdude2011]

@@dbdeets Twisters only capitalized on the name of its predecessor, without any intent nor effort to make a good and interesting movie, like most numerous sequels that's been made of other movie franchises.

[@jimroscovius]

​@slimdude2011 Twisters wasn't a sequel.

[@Bigtymer781]

I don't really watch a lot of newer movies, but I was planning on giving Twisters a chance. I guess I'll be scratching it off of my list now. The original Twister is great on 4K though, the twisters have almost like a growl sound to them, it sounds pretty cool.

[@moparlover55]

Heat was my biggest letdown. Absolutely horrific super dark crappy copy of this film. I really hope that Arrow Video could do their own 4K version.

[@netflooder263]

Which 4k player do you use?

[@MrCREWCRUSHIN95]

The reason the James Cameron 4K's look terrible is they are AI UPSCALES os 2k Blu-rays instead of a native 4K scan of the film negative.

[@madcrowmaxwell]

People keep saying that, but Cameron insists that they're new scans (and at least one of the movies never HAD a Blu-ray release). The AI grain removal on its own can explain a lot of the nastiness.

[@mortensgaard7466]

It whas the whay the film got recorde they cant make it better they did the best they could but many does not now that

[@stanislasflipo7214]

​@@mortensgaard7466They just should not use AI if they don't know what they are doing. Simple as that. If the movie cannot be improved upon, which is highly unlikely if unlike Cameron you hire competent techniciens, you just say so.

[@rubilouise6316]

I thought I was on crazy pills with my assesment of "Twisters" and its audio. I was expecting an audio presentation more like the original, but it felt lacking, to the point I even turned up the volume just to try and get to the same levels of amplitude with the Atmos on the original, and never fully got there. It sounds fine, but for a movie like it, I did expect more oomph, for lack of a better term. Not as great as many are saying it is.

[@PIPERBOYWILLIAMS]

Truth is a lot of Arrow 4k restorations don’t actually look good. Wish reviewers didn’t do deals with them and recommend them.

[@jeffro9252]

Tons of them look great though. Demolition man and trick r treat for example, those look fantastic!

[@pennymoquin9776]

For me I have three selections the first would be terrifier 3 for the reasons you mentioned. The second would be Shout factory's Silent Night deadly night and that is because the 4K is only the theatrical version and not the uncut version even though the uncut version was upscaled from I believe in videotape they probably could have added it in through seamless branching. The uncut is only available on the accompanying blu ray disc and I also don't like the fact that Shout factory made their 4K region A only. The third one may be a little nitpicky but it would be on the Seinfeld 4K box set, now I think the discs so far look phenomenal in 4k but my problem is with the packaging. I spent over $200 for this set and the 4K discs come in a very flimsy cardboard case. Sony could have put it in a harder more sturdier cardboard case.

[@eBoard3R]

⚡️👌🏽👌🏽⚡️ *Cowboys & Aliens is a guilty please of mine, shame they messed up the release* 😱

[@TS-wh4ey]

My most disappointing 4K release I've ever bought was 'Heat' a couple years ago. Very dark and and no where near any better picture quality than the Blu Ray. Huge disappointment.

[@vladyns556]

I love everything about True Lies on 4K. We should be grateful that it's finally out, and not complain cause we won't be getting any better copy of it.

[@Boyer316]

Terrifier is a weird one for sure, another thst comes to mind is Terminator Dark Fate. Here in the UK we only got HDR10 but you guys got DV as well, why? Film quality aside these kind of decisions are just bizarre.

[@mlbcom2497]

Not a very relevant question to the video, but what do you think of the recent trend of studios increasing the proportion of MOD(Made on demand)?

[@jamesonp3873]

The Terrifier 3 ommission reeks of a boutique label release in the US down the line. Probably as a lead up to the 4th film.

[@ahdvd]

I can’t argue about True Lies, of all 3 Cameron 4k releases this year it looks the worst, I think because it is the one of them that has more scenes in daylight or lit up conditions as opposed to having a lot of darker scenes like in Aliens or The Abyss which looks brilliant (though have their own issues due to the AI upscaling used) but in the daylight scnees, or in particular the opening snow covered whites of the opening scenes my heart sank in the first minute of True Lies where even on a 4k disc I could see clear banding in the snow on the image. That shoukd not be possible with a 4k transfer and using properly set HDR, just terrible, and comparatively, that is DVD encoding basic schoolboy error or just lazyness. It feels like they just left it automated instead of having someone going over each scene and optimising it for that specific light and colour settings per that scene to differentiate between daylight, night, or for colour. It’s pretty bad. Makes me wonder if True Lies was done first and then they learned what not to do on Aliens and The Abyss. This year was probably the first year I’ve begun to properly embrace 4k, and bought a lot of movies pre-ordered instead of waiting till later for the release, as some that are given the 4k treatment mystify me as to why they were chosen. Arrow normally always impress me when they do decide to 4k update a certain movie though, and I have often picked up their titles when it’s been something I think stands out as a great choice - this year i got Blackhat, and Demolition Man (not had a chance to see that yet) immediately when they were available. Blackhat was a disappointment as it has the theatrical version in 4k, but was really bought for the director’s cut, which essentially just re-arranges the order of scenes and has a few small moments of extra footage, but the director’s cut is only included on a 1080p blu ray, and has no 4k version - had I known this, I would not have bothered with te 4k version and would have just boight the blu ray version, as I’m pretty sure if i watch it in future again, I will only be watching the director’s cut. But the biggest disappointment for me this year? Arrow’s 4k of The Chronicles Of Riddick. I have this on blu ray already from when the movie was first released a decade ago. Trust me, when I say, the Arrow release of this movie, is basically a poor man’s upscale to 4k of the same disc. There is literally no improvement in the image. It just looks like a cut and paste re-release with it run through an upscaling program. Which is a shame, because they put in the effort to include all the extras as well that are on the original disc - the only addition of any real comment is the inclusion of an open matte (the theatrical and director’s cuts are 2.35:1 ratio) version of the theatrical cut - possibly made at the time to be put out in imax screens. But of note on chronicles, there was a real opportunity to do some good work with this movie - the director’s cut was released at the time with tiny split-second cuts in scenes where they had originally cut the movie in the negative during editing (it was shot and edited on film) and then those scenes were re-inserted for the director’s cut on blu ray). They could have done something like use AI to recreate those missing frames (probably less than 5 or 10 frames per cut) to then smooth out the cuts, but as i said, it looks like they took the blu ray and just put it through an upscalers without any work or doing anything like a new scan of a negative, and dumped it out on disc. So disappointing.

[@slimdude2011]

Far and Away, Terrifier 3 and Little Women, I wouldn't had bought anyway! The audio on Twisters wasn't that big of a deal to me because, there are hundreds of other 4K movies that sounds awesome in Dolby Atmos and DTS:X. As far as True Lies is concern and the rest of James Cameron's long-awaited Blu-ray/4Ks, I'm just thankful he finally released them (because he didn't have to), especially after waiting 15+ years for them. It's better than not having them in 4K on physical media at all.

[@mattcavanough]

Here's my disappointment list: anything Disney. They are no longer available in Australia. Screw you, Disney. We're not paying for your BS streaming service.

[@Latnman101]

I am in total agreement with your picks and the reasons.

[@UnitedRedDevil13]

How do you choose to curate and what to keep. Tough for me since i genuinely love a lot of movies.

[@stephenadams8568]

Agree on Twisters. I watched Twister a week before and was looking forward to an upgrade for Twisters and it was a downgrade.

[@stigdu99]

Ghost would get my vote. I was very disappointed with this one. Almost no improvements whatsoever that I could see when compared to the blu-ray apart from minor colour differences. If anything, I thought the picture quality looked worse than the blu-ray.

[@matthewfurber5291]

For me, biggest disappointment means something I was really excited for that just didn’t quite hit the mark. I’d say Criterion’s Seven Samurai…no HDR, and the BFI release blows it out of the water.

[@adamhunt4462]

Keno is horrible about not adding HDR to their 4ks.

[@ronthorn3]

Kino Lorber does the most half assed transfers.

[@jonathannoble9465]

Most of their 4ks have Dolby Vision/HDR

[@adamhunt4462]

@jonathannoble9465 Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, The Good Bad and the Ugly, the Great Escape, Cannibal Apocalypse, In the Heat of the Night are a few more that don't. They skip on HDR more than any other label I know of.

[@misterdark6466]

Older releases, Kino Lorber The Great Escape. The package said HDR however my Panny 820 did not recognize it because it was not. I was told by commenters on a 4k page it was not HDR flat and out of focus it was hard to watch. I'll have to get the other version that actually is HDR. The Toby Maguire Spider-Man trilogy just didn't pop. Very disappointing.

[@matthewfurber5291]

Stay away from Kino if you have a Panny.

[@graugaarddk]

I totally agree on Far and Away. Not only was it an interpositive they scanned, but it was 35mm. The movie was shot and exhibited on 70mm, so why not use the 70mm interpositive of not the negatives. That was a bummer. For me Wallace and Grommit was a huge disappointment. I have the Laserdisc, DVD and bluray collection of the shorts, and the bluray was not good, but the 4K is truly bad.

[@Cinetacular]

Oh man I'm so sad to hear about Little Women. I was hoping to pick it up this coming month.

[@Sono460]

I own it and I think the visuals on it are very good.. didn’t notice the sound issues on it. I would say it’s definitely worth picking up if you enjoy the movie.

[@Leeappleberry74]

Terrifier 3 I got the USA one and umbrella, Australia version and the Dolby vision is worth it over not having it

[@Teddy-t5h]

If you have the US version is it worth getting the Umbrella version?

[@josejaviersoloveracano1558]

I could come with a long list of disappointments, i.e. all those 4K releases which, although offering a certain A/V improvement vs the previous blurry editions however fail to include any new supplement or offer new artwork/packaging/booklet. Many Criterion, Arrow 4k release fall in that category. Considering the steep price of 4K products one would expect a bit more from the manufacturers.

[@AA-ws3vd]

I didn't pick up any of the ones on this list. ABYSS was the most important release for the decade until KILL BILL. THANK YOU FOR POSTING THESE!!!

[@MrCREWCRUSHIN95]

Unfortunately the abyss is another AI UPSCALE from a 2K source instead of getting a new native 4k scan from the OCN. unforgivable.

[@AA-ws3vd]

@MrCREWCRUSHIN95 not like they will do a new scan this century. Better than the DVD.

[@DrakonR]

​@@MrCREWCRUSHIN95it looks great, cry more. I'm sure James cares.

[@randybradley4151]

I found Twisters to be too boombastic on Atmos. Albeit I have 2- Polk Audio HTS10 subwoofers , 1-18" Cerwin Vega Subwoofer and another 20 subwoofers in the rest of my 7.3.4 speaker setup. I found the film sounded better when I had Auro 3D.

[@jamied1579]

I was really looking forward to Cowboys and Aliens on 4k but I didn't find out about the lack of any HDR until after I ordered it, but figured it might be an upgrade regardless. But really, I couldn't find ANY difference between it and the original studio release blu-ray from years ago - NONE. I read somewhere that KL had trouble implementing HDR successfully, and if that's the case they shouldn't have bothered - especially as it costs a lot to import KLs to Aus. Very disappointed. Personally I did like the transfer of True Lies, I prefer a cleaner look...There were a few scenes here and there where people looked a little rubbery, yes, but I could overlook it without too much problem. But it is one where I can understand other people not liking it...

[@UnitedRedDevil13]

Ironically i was a bit underwhelmed with the Alien Romulus audio on the 4k.

[@unconditionalprong]

Jaws 3-D still is number one for me. It makes True Lies look pretty decent by comparison. The way that movie was shot does not translate well to the format. Stick with the Blu-ray.

[@Frankserpico84]

Im no expert but from some i bought (granted, i think some were releaed prior to 2024) Best (visual/audio)-not commenting on the film itself ll(although fisher king SMACKS) The Fisher king Streets of fire Worst (audio/visual) Friday the 13th 1980 Menace 2 society

[@gregorylunsford3991]

Yes and Yes Twisters big disappoint compared to the original

[@miserableoldgit1411]

adam thank you for the up on far and away ny wife loves the movie was going to buy it for her but we looked at your review and left it thanks steve sue

[@GamezGuru1]

I would add Memories of Murder to the list - I doubt many nave seen it but there was a UK release of this Korean film by Curzon, and it's the softest, lowest quality 4K I've ever seen. No HDR, just a dreary mess which other than some color tweaks, was no better than the BD.

[@Sansho54]

Definitely disappointing about Far and Away - since it was captured on 65mm negative. I’m just wondering if it was transferred from 65mm interpositive or a 35mm reduction interpositive.

[@brianperkins1088]

I was also disappointed with Far and Away. Thought there would be more improvement in detail over the previous Blu-ray.

[@minakonina]

Aww dang I got it but haven't had a chance to watch

[@oztatumoo7]

That's why I got the Bose 900 system. Perfect imersive audio whatever you watch even regular dvd's.

[@davidbaron6647]

ADAM, I mentioned before that I originally started out with one subwoofer with my 5.71 Atmos but now I have five subwoofers I have two on the front two in the back and one subwoofer like in the middle of the room so for me twister sounded amazing for me twister sounded amazing maybe because I'm spoiled with the five subwoofers I may take it to the the Twister movie to my office home office and listen to it with the soundbar to see what it sounds like the Soundbar home theater system is a 5.1 with Dolby Atmos so I'll give you I'll shoot you a comment later on if I re-watch it in the home office

[@screamingeekmedia]

The issue with Terrifier 3 is weird! I didn't get it. I did order the trilogy from Umbrella. Won't get it until next month.

[@iloveblue7920]

I have true lies and i found it much better than my DVD, oh the Abyss was Amazing!!!

[@Rayyman]

It's horrible that if a movie isn't a huge blockbuster but a goid movie. One if ny favorite movies is Blue Thunder and when I saw it in the theater you felt the thunderous bass when tge helicopter arrived. I love this movie but tge sound design for tge DVD abd bluray is sadly lacking great sound on every level. I'm hoping they fix it in a 4k but they're probably not going to care or even know it needs it

[@corneliusdobeneck4081]

I will give you a great word for the future by just adding a "C" -> Dis(c)appointment. Anyway, as a trained video producer I will not understand the whole 4K shannanigans in any way. Let's be clear about a few things: 4K is hight x length - notihng else HDR is moping around with contrast and saturation - it's not even true HDR, they just use the term So in conclusion these things by no means say a picture looks better or worse. 4k scans have a huge benefit when it comes to restoring a picture. 4K release not so much, since you as a person can not see the difference of the resolution. 4K DOES come in handy for huge TVs. If you own anything up to a 60inch TV 4K is total nonesense. Any movie with extensive CGI like Disney stuff is not produced in 4K so any 4K release is just an upscaled version. Just to point out a few things. Anyway, just recently I saw a comparison video about the "Demolition Man" DVD vs Warner Bluray vs Arrow 4K. I can not express my surprise when I saw what was going on and instantly regretted selling my DVD. Yes, I most likely get my DVD back. Why. Well, the DVD had the most beautiful picture. NO, I'm not talking about TECHNICAL precision. I am talking about an atmospheric, beaustiful picture. And both Blurays of this movie looked like they were lit with 10.000Watt Halogen lamps. Bright, white light on everyone and everything and that is not pretty. But Hel yeah, you could see everything. Dumb rubble lying around in the street, like that's important for the movie and ect. The whole things gets even worse with animated movies as the 4K scans totally reveal the cell animation and destroy the illusion.

[@andrewattenboroughtwothumb4697]

Wallace and Gromit had it bad but I thought it was ok as an upgrade so I ordered it from the uk through Amazon and some of the others are alright

[@ricogomez4020]

Mine was THE CROW 4k and CHINATOWN 4k. Because both are not consisted of looking great all the way through. My THE CROW, I quickly sold it on ebay and turned a profit and kept my bluray version. Then CHINATOWN has a single movie edition with the original movie poster art months later.

[@SeekingGodsWill]

I guess I got lucky. I only bought good discs this year. My only sell backs to the used record Store were Paint your wagon( I saw it, I don't need to see it again), 3 days of the condor(Same deal), and Clash and Wrath of the Titans(just subjectively awful movies to me.). I thought this year was pretty strong. Godzilla Kong, Dune 2, Furiosa, Bad Boys 4+. A bunch of my favorites came out strongish, to very strong.

[@JimLeonard]

My views on the Cameron releases changed 180 degrees when I heard Cameron talking about how unhappy he was with the film stock he was forced to use on Aliens and how grainy it was. He oversaw the restoration and was beyond happy to address the excessive grain, so if that's his best vision for the film, then that's good enough for me.

[@aarongilmore1254]

I don't blame Adam for anything on his list. He said it was very subjective. And when he brought up little women 94 5.1 that made sense to me. But I knew twisters would be the one where "here is where we know Adam is more an audiophile than anything else. Because there's always that one pure audio example."

[@bigdadd09able]

Umbrella version does of T3

[@robertfaulkner1824]

Twisters audio sucked in theaters too. Not interesting in getting

[@Gera275]

It was a great opening on imax (and the rodeo). The 4K was a step down though

[@trevorbartram5473]

Agree on True Lies 4K, truly abysmal. The previous HD stream was worse! Little Women 4K is fine streaming from ATV+. Cheers!!

[@brunomachado7279]

Sure there are exceptions, but 4k became a gimmick with lots of lazy releases. Blu ray was the last really relevant format for the eyes, I think.

[@GeorgeMengert]

Loved Far And Away. Ireland scenes are amazing! Also very happy with TRUE LIES! Vast improvement over Blu-ray!

[@papa_sloth_gaming547]

Damn! I bought Far and Away for my wife. It's on the way to me now! 😢

[@sochin33]

Twisters … I thought this was a fairly unwatchable movie. I considered the 4K because I wondered if it would enhance the experience. I streamed the movie and was unable to finish it just because it sucked

[@ryantalksphysicalmedia]

For me it was Terrifier 3. The grain was awful.

[@clshuford]

Steel Magnolia's was very disappointing to me

[@SupaRush]

Despite Terrifier 3 being on the list, that doesn't mean don't watch it. Arguably the most gruesome and wild movie of the year.

[@MovieGuy365]

Absolutely. Gory AF and very enjoyable.

[@themtgdude486]

Not a film I would recommend haha but I’m really enjoying the franchise.

[@Die217]

I would say grab the umbrella release, they’re region free

[@listbusters2550]

Wary not weary!

[@ipatsa]

Damn wish I'd known about the audio issue on Little Women I just bought it 😢

[@iNeverHadMercy]

Subscriber and Supporter for years on your channel ultimately for this……the Year End Wrap Up! Enjoy your dedication and details for the Culture/Hobby. My only gripe IS ….”True Lies”. It Popped and Enthralled like it was just made NOW. Equipment is just as paramount as Source Material fellow enthusiasts 🫡💯

[@jerometipton7954]

I agree that twisters is weak on audio no way the old one sounds dramatically better and true lies picture does not look great and the sound is also not great a lot of movies sound was really weak this year

[@MrEdWeirdoShow]

Most of these duds are Europe-leaning, particularly Australian. Cameron studios, AKA the house of wax, is also weak, as usual. So no big surprises from groovy movie dude here.

[@williamdriver1959]

It’s been explained by twin flicks as why it cannot be fixed. Probably should listen to that.

[@mortensgaard7466]

The same whit true lies it cant be made better becurse of the way they made it they can fix it by make the movie agian

[@williamdriver1959]

@@mortensgaard7466people just don’t do research.

[@james87367]

Twisters was the worst film I’ve seen in years. Nothing happens. Everything feels flat. Annoying characters with zero charisma. Nothing like the original.

[@MontgomeryPaulon]

Terrifier 3 was disappointing on 4K. Highlights are overblown, but I guess that’s just the film itself and not the 4K transfer. But in my opinion it just didn’t look good on 4K.

[@TheNotoriousNemo]

it didnt look that good in theaters either...

[@captainthunderbolt7541]

Twisters is a strange inclusion, given that your problem appears to be with the film itself, and not its transfer to a 4k disc.

[@frommatorav1]

His issue was with it's weak audio track, not the 4k image. His opinion, not mine. I still need to see it. I'm such a fan of the original, I've been putting off watching the remake.

[@mustang0464]

It Came From Outer Space 4K was too grainy in my opinion.

[@bstatmeister]

Signs not getting atmos should on this list

[@frommatorav1]

I will never mind if a movie is upgraded to Atmos, but not every movie needs it. I thought the 4k video of Signs was awesome and the sound was good. DTS HD-MA 5.1 sounds really good on my system. It never was a reference audio track but I didn't feel it lacked punch or clarity.

[@00CRITICAL]

The Frighteners import with ATMOS - worst ATMOS implementation I have ever heard. They just push the audio track to all 7.1 channels with very few sound effects that do any traveling (like the cape passing the car in the third act) it looks great but sounds like azz 😢

[@Tomhyde098]

Trick r Treat for me. I don’t know if my OLED is really good at upscaling Blu-rays but the old Blu-ray and this 4K look exactly the same. The 4K doesn’t look any sharper, and yeah the HDR is nice, but not enough to make a massive difference. I don’t know if Arrow is just really subtle with their 4K releases but this isn’t the first time I’ve been disappointed with them. I’m probably going to avoid future releases from them. I’m still annoyed with the Hellraiser 4K looking just “fine”.

[@VFRZen]

The Hellraiser 4K box looks orders of magnitude better than the BluRays. For example, the matte paintings look atrocious on the Hellraiser 2 Blu whereas the 4k release looks solid and indicative of how I remember it looking in the theaters.

[@nicholassheffo5723]

Lucky you! A bunch of LITTLE WOMEN 4K copies are missing the 5.1 mix.

[@Gellus-C]

The 4k movies being released are a huge waste of money most of them you have to watch with black margins between the screen. Such a dumb format to release 2024 4K scaled movies.

[@Ghostrecon12]

Yeah, I thought the new TWISTER Dolby Atmos was really weak myself... I returned my new TWISTER... True Lies look like the actors rubbed fake tan lotion on their faces...

[@blackphilipalvarez1305]

Much like comedies, I don’t feel many dramas should be getting any 4K releases, I had absolutely no interest in purchasing Little Women or Far & Away. Comedies can get away with it because at least I’m more interested in having those in my collection. I agree about Twisters because the audio was very weak compared to the original Twister. I remember in theaters not even the theater walls shook. I remember watching Twister 28 years ago in theaters and the sound was amazing and the theater shakes and I believe even blew out some of the systems in theaters lol. I don’t agree with the hate on True Lies and just glad we finally got it on 4K because that DVD was much worse.