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Thanks! I knew it would catch some heat. it was fun to do. Everyone has different opinion and always fun hearing others. I will have to try TD again sometime if I can stream it. I have always been a person to shut a movie off if it doesn't get my interest. Sometimes I watch entire movie and regret. Or an entire season of tv show. Mr. Robot was a train wreck for me...but for some reason I kept watching and at end of first season I hated that I spent so much time on watching it. LOL

@@screamingeekmedia I've done the same with TV shows too 🤣

Thanks! I knew it would catch heat but was fun doing.

@@screamingeekmedia Thanks for your honest opinion buddy 🤙🏼 lol 🍻

Yeah, sucks that Cameron wants everything to look as clean as Avatar. I'm glad The Abyss came out nice. that was top of my wishlist. Hoping Terminator is good on 4K. Have to wait & see. I ordered it couple months ago on Zavvi. But just canceled the order since it is the same artwork as US version and got it ordered here before selling out.

But what's the point of having advanced formats just to want something as it looked in theaters. I don't get it. You might as well throw the VHS tape back in then IMO. You can cleanup & restore a movie and still have that filmic look to it. Take classics like Jaws, Alien and The Thing...they look phenomenal on 4K! I just don't get the mentality of producing a 4K disc that looks like VHS. If you are into 4K, you want a quality picture. I just think they took a step backwards with this. But that's just me. If others like it, so be it. Not my cup of tea. This is not what I was expecting. i wanted to warn people out there that might have the Harmy versions and think this is an upgrade when it's not. Thanks for the comment. I appreciate hearing other people's views. I know my opinions vary greatly from others. LOL

@@screamingeekmedia Yeah, I get that. These were made for a more niche audience of Star Wars fans who wanted to be able to experience the unreleased theatrical cuts in the most authentic way possible in the best resolution. It wasn’t meant to be a complete remaster, it was meant to be the way they looked at release. They are basically two different ways of trying to preserve the theatrical cuts in high resolution but in different ways. Harmy’s Despecialized is a polished, modern reconstruction. 4K77, 80 and 83 are the best possible way to view the theatrical cuts in their original presentation. If you’re looking for a version that depicts what an official restoration would be like, Harmy’s versions are for you. The 4K projects were made with a slightly different goal in mind. There is a DNR version of the 4K projects, so if the grain really bothers you that much, you can try looking for those. It doesn’t look like the producer of the 4K Blu Ray sets used those versions. I’m not sure if you’d like them better or not, but they might be more up your alley.

@@TheOldScrapIron Thanks! I will stick with my Harmy BDs. I know grain is important for the filmic look to get that depth and details. But too much is not my cup of tea. I like a polished look while retaining some grain. It is fine line to balance to keep true purists happy and middle-of-the-road purists (like myself) happy. LOL. A great example of that line being crossed is James Cameron. Guess we all need to get out of our moms basements. LOL

You can get DNR versions of Project1977 and 1980 if you look through the forum. Not sure if there is a DNR of 1980 yet. But the other two greatly reduce the film grain. The creators master the films and them (usually) leave it to community members to come up with DNR versions.

I appreciate your comment. I am always interested in hearing others' comments...good or bad. I have never been into downloading and storing movies that way. I am a person that wants a physical disc. I know I could burn a disc myself (if have the proper equipment) but always felt too much a hassle for me. I have never been fine with the Special Editions. I hate Lucas for doing that and then refusing to ever let us have the originals again. So Harmy's blurays were the option for me few years ago and I thought they looked great. When I heard about Project 4K, I just assumed they would be better. But turned out to be worse. ROTJ was the only one that I felt I wasn't watching VHS. Did your downloads of 4K look better? Like I said in video, I didn't want to review it being a bootleg, but wanted to tell people not to buy it. I'm all for the authentic film-feel. But that heavy, grainy VHS quality was too much for me. I just don't get it. I will stick with Harmy's versions for future watching.I will never watch the 4K set again. Again thanks for comment. Being a small-time CZcamsr, I don't get many comments. So always nice to hear people's thoughts.

@@screamingeekmedia The grain looks better when you download it yourself, but the amount of it depends on which version you go for. There's one with DNR and one without. The one without is intended for home projectors, but the one with is meant for TVs.

Not that I know of. This is a UK edition and only 4K available. The extended version is bluray only.

I did a review of the 4K set and show comparison shots with BDs. I will never watch the 4Ks again.

Well, I can't get everything. LOL. So many out there I do know about and can't afford them all. Another one I really want is Silver Bullet. Hoping it will be in Shout sale in October. I agree with Descent. Only seen it once on DVD years ago.

May be, but it's only been on my radar for short time as I had not heard of it until recently.

Hold off on the Star Wars. I just watched 2 of them today and did not like them. I know there needs to be a good grain content but these are too much. I would consider them unwatchable. I put the old Harmy blurays back in and they are so much better. I do plan on putting up a review in couple days to show them to deter people from getting the 4K set.

@@screamingeekmedia thank you for the warning! I really appreciate it

Yeah, I feel best with just having Harmy’s Despecialized Edition which is just fine, and better looking for me.

@@ITRiBUTEI Just finished editing my review. Will be uploading here shortly.

Thanks for the comment, I appreciate it. Don't get many. LOL

I just had to look. It does not have a bluray. Just the 4K disc.

I have not seen that one yet. I do want to check it out sometime.

@@screamingeekmediaagreed

I figure since it looked like crap. LOL

I watched that. Guess he's ok with the darkness. Of course, he has an OLED. Those were out of my price range when I got 4K set in 2020.

Tough choice. Both are ok movies but not great.

I’d say Jaws 3

Exactly! My blu ray looks out of focus. The 4K looks brilliant. I heard the original camera negative was burned in the universal fire over a decade ago.

I wondered the same thing. They will probably say they can because they have a different guitarist. Back then they phrased it "the four of us will never perform again as Motley Crue". So in that regards, they are sticking to their promise. But it does suck they used it to get more ticket sales for that tour by making people think it was the last time they could see them.