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Christopher Nolan is working on 4K remasters of his Dark Knight Trilogy
- Thread starter Theorry
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The remaster rises...
BossDarkseid
Member
....considering Nolan's involved in picking Snyder and coming up with the story for Man of Steel what makes you think his Superman would be radically different? I don't think he has any real attachment to the character either, he gets the mythic and allegorical stuff but Batman was what his brother bought him as a kid
Yeah that movie needs 4k more than anything in Nolans filmography
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
I thought Interstellar was an only 'okay' movie, worth seeing once in theaters. But, yeah, a 4k HDR version would get me to see it again.
I wonder if this means Dunkirk will come to 4k at the same time as the other home releases?
No thanks! I dont want him to ruin Superman too.
BotoxAgent
Member
remove the awful edge enhancement in Dark Knight and i will be happy
matrix-cat
Member
lol, no there isn't. That's the sound of Batman's kick; the actual gunshot that happens a few seconds later has a different sound entirely, complete with echo. TDKR's fight scenes are just that bad. It's like they used footage from the half-intensity dress rehearsal in the final edit.
Nerdkiller
Membeur
Jesus, the amount of haloing in the lower image is something else.And since Nolan claims to be directly involved he might finally set the score on which color timing is canon, the green-ish look of the trailers (supposedly it was this way for the theatrical release but I don't know), or the more natural look of the video release:
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
I bought Interstellar on Blu-ray having not seen it in the cinema, at first I thought it was OK but was mildly disappointed. I have watched it a couple of times since and I like it more with each viewing, it has really grown on me. It could potentially look glorious in 4K/HDR.
Even before this announcement I was fully expecting Dunkirk to release in 4K, Warners have been there since day 1 with the 4K releases.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Bond is coming...
Astral Dog
Member
Good news DKR aged a bit poorly :S
Beer Monkey
Member
Does this mean he is re-rendering 2K effects shots?
I watched TDK three times in theaters but I just can't remember.
That pic is from TDK, but Rises does have a teal-look it.
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molnizzle
Member
And since Nolan claims to be directly involved he might finally set the score on which color timing is canon, the green-ish look of the trailers (supposedly it was this way for the theatrical release but I don't know), or the more natural look of the video release:
Hopefully he keeps the home release color. I hate how so many modern films have green/yellow filters smeared over them.
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
Yea, it seemed to get really popular after The Matrix. I'm not a fan myself.
Wasn't that stuff in the matrix just to show a difference when you're in the matrix or in the real world?
it made sense
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
Oh I actually liked it in The Matrix, I wasn't a fan of it being shoe-horned into so many other films.
IMO that title belongs to Civil War nowadays.
NealMcCauley
Member
I'm giggling more than I should at the guy recording the battle with his flip phone.
Inferno313
Banned
You're correct, but it's also very different from the other punch and kick sound effects. It's the sound of the gun going off and Batman's kick landing in the same instant, which is what happens.
Have you started the fire?
Civil War isn't even top five behind TDKR, with Winter Soldier and the four good recent X-Men films around.
It's very likely that it will look more like the trailer. Nolan usually isn't involved with the color grading of digital intermediates for DCP and home video releases of his works, because he prefers to do photochemical color grading. This was the case with Interstellar where the DCP and home video release had a very different color grading compared to the 70mm release that Nolan supervised: http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/187160And since Nolan claims to be directly involved he might finally set the score on which color timing is canon, the green-ish look of the trailers (supposedly it was this way for the theatrical release but I don't know), or the more natural look of the video release:
Another thing that throws me off about the TDK Blu-ray is that its contrast/lighting is so off from the other two movies. Whereas BB and TDKR have this soft look and pleasant gamma balance, TDK looks like a Michael Bay movie at certain points. It's as if they were trying to match the non-IMAX shots with the IMAX shots in terms of image quality, but given that they're pulling the aspect-ratio change anyway, it just seems counterintuitive.
Just to compare, here are some YouTube clips of scenes that are in a similar setting. Yes, there's obviously going to be some compression, but you can immediately tell the difference.
Batman Begins - Scarecrow/Falcone scene
The Dark Knight - Interrogation.
The Dark Knight Rises - Blake talks to Bruce
Just to compare, here are some YouTube clips of scenes that are in a similar setting. Yes, there's obviously going to be some compression, but you can immediately tell the difference.
Batman Begins - Scarecrow/Falcone scene
The Dark Knight - Interrogation.
The Dark Knight Rises - Blake talks to Bruce
Yeah did some googling and apparently there's a dvd screener out thee with the teal-ish color timing, some people were trying to make the blu-ray look more like it.
I can't say I understand why Nolan doesn't care how his movies look like on video, unless he actually changes his mind on how they should look between the theatrical and the video releases.
brickarts295
Member
I hope they add the 70mm IMAX scenes from TDK and TDKR as special features. I swear to God one of my TDK DVDs had the IMAX scenes as special feature but I lost it T_T
I can't say I understand why Nolan doesn't care how his movies look like on video, unless he actually changes his mind on how they should look between the theatrical and the video releases.
OdysseusVA
Banned
Trilogy? But there were only two films
dragonyeuw
Member
Cant wait for the 4k gif
This looks even more ridiculous after you've seen the warehouse brawl in BvS.
Oh yeah I forgot he ruined Batman...
Spike tv had TDKR and BB on over the weekend. Caught the last 45 min of TDKR and the start of Begins. For thier faults, these movies are so far ahead and better than the other DC and most Marvel movies its amazing. And of course since it isn't CG heavy it actually holds up.
molnizzle
Member
It actually wasn't even in the original Matrix. They added the color filter in Reloaded and Revolutions and then retconned it into the Bluray release of the original. The DVD version is still pure.
SentientStone
Member
I was half-joking.
They say this at the beginning of every format launch... then the next one comes. Hah
I want the final evolution of Freeza today.
It looked like the top image in IMAX.
DarkJediKnight
Member
I really hope there's a director's cut of TDKR. It's a terrible film that is not up to the standards of the previous two.
P.S hoping there's a take of Talia's death that is not as ridiculous as the one in the movie.
P.S hoping there's a take of Talia's death that is not as ridiculous as the one in the movie.
Inferno313
Banned
I was half-joking.
They say this at the beginning of every format launch... then the next one comes. Hah
I want the final evolution of Freeza today.
To be fair, that's why they're really only making big-ass 4K TVs. The same fact is true on TVs under a certain size when it comes to 1080p vs 4k. And fwiw, HDR is probably the bigger game changer than 4k is.
The guy who made the best Comic book/SuperHero movie trilogy to date is gonna ruin Superman???
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Ah the 4k gifs of these classics
Sunhilegend will make the fish tacos
Oh my god !!
4K SWEAR TO ME !!!
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
It's never happening. The directors cut is what you saw in the theaters for all of his films.
Don't feed the trolls. There are a lot of people who have become real pissy about how universally loved these movies are. Let them stew in their pettiness.