| Daemonia | 27th December 2011 11:36 AM |
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Originally Posted by keirarts
(Post 205830)
with titles like this is as much about the source materials as anything else, blu-ray can improve the picture quality on most (not all) releases. But low budget horror like maniac cop and releases like it can only look so good. I've owned both the elite entertainment and synapse dvd's of maniac and trust me on this, arrows release is better but its as good as its going to get.
| I can't quite agree with that. Unless we're saying that Blu-ray has a higher resolution than 35mm film? Well, that isn't the case, so I'd argue that in the cases where the film looks poor on Blu-ray, it's probably down to a poor encode. Just look at how good Evil Dead looks on BD, and that's from a 16mm source, not even anything approaching 35mm, and it looks stunning.
Old films can look spectacular on the format. If restored properly. It's probably a case of niche companies not being able to afford a full restoration rather than a case of 'this is as good as it gets'. It could be better, if the smaller companies had the time and money to do full restoration jobs.
I actually prefer the look of older films, where they actually look like films. New films just look like shiny pop videos, they lack realism and look like video games. | 