GODZILLA 2014 BD+DVD 09/16/14

[MouthForWar]

[Shokara]

Ok, I finally got done watching the 2D Blu-ray after finishing my long backlog of other BDs. I agree with mostly everyone here that while a little on the dark side I was able to see everything fine and dandy, and despite being a little dark the BD was very sharp and detailed. A delight to look at. I admit that while I would prefer the overall picture to look like the footage in the special features, this whole "darkness" issue everyone was in a frenzy about for a long while is not really an issue, for me at least. And my TV was "calibrated" only by eye, just making adjustments while a movie was on until I got the picture to look appealing to me. Granted I've only watched it on one TV, my Samsung 2008 model LN32A550 1080p LCD. Also, I couldn't help but freezeframe my way through the atomic breath scenes. Beautiful.

[XvGojira]

I swear that screen cap from Blu-ray.com gets darker and darker each time I see it. I think that picture is cursed.

[John Schuermann]

[John Schuermann]

[XvGojira]

[jellydonut25]

Still, I look at that blu-ray.com screencap and I can't POSSIBLY believe that's the "true" or "correct" way it should look. Where everyone keeps saying "It's dark but the detail is all there" there's NO detail in that still. It's just BLACK smudges. It's nearly indecipherable, and the digital version of the film I saw looked about like that and the finale was essentially unwatchable.

[John Schuermann]

[John Schuermann]

OK, I decided to get to the bottom of this once and for all. I dropped the pure video streams from both the 2D and 3D versions into Sony Vegas Pro, which is professional editing and authoring software. I then captured the same frame that we've been discussing (from each version) completely unaltered and posted them on my website. Here is the link:

http://www.jsmusicandsound.com/test.html

The top picture is from the 2D version, below it is the 3D version. As has been reported, the 3D version is brighter.

For fun, I also applied a computer and video level filter to the image within Vegas so everyone can see what I'm talking about when I refer to video and PC levels. Those images are at the bottom.

For anyone who wants to examine the original, full size screen grabs, the files are available here on Dropbox:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ixgkhqt9q08m ... zZs1a?dl=0

REMEMBER, all this will show you is what the actual video file looks like on your computer. It does not necessarily reflect how the image will look on your TV. I am posting this so anyone interested can see what the pure video stream looks like, and compare that to other screengrabs (like those on Blu-ray.com).

I'd post the images here, but I don't seem to have attachment privileges.

[william newell]

So John, I guess the big question is what are the chances that Warner Home Video will address this issue? I know, from those I've talked to, that this release is certainly not enhancing this films reputation. The question I keep getting asked is "why would you see this 8 times in the theater when the picture is so dark?" Then I have to explain that darkness was not an issue when viewed theatrically. Which then brings up the inevitable question as to why then is the home video version so dark, to which I have no good answer...

[John Schuermann]

[John Schuermann]

Uploaded the images to Photobucket, so I can display them here. As I mentioned in my previous post, these are pure extracts of the MPEG file from the Blu-ray disc. REMEMBER, all this will show you is what the actual video file looks like on your computer. It does not necessarily reflect how the image will look on your TV (or even on your computer when you play the disc, as playback software adjusts monitor settings). I am posting this so anyone interested can see what the pure video stream looks like, and compare that to other screengrabs (like those on Blu-ray.com).

2D version:

3D version:

Computer levels:

TV levels:

[william newell]

Thanks for all the info, John, I really appreciate it! As to letting Warners know, I've already contacted their consumer help line and left a message. For anyone else with a problem interested in leaving a polite message, here's a link...

http://www.warnerbros.com/help/customer-service.html

I REALLY hope this can be resolved in some way as I would really love to enjoy this the way I did in the theater.

[Gargantuan Gargantua]

I have not gotten around to viewing the German BluRay yet just for laughs to see if there is any difference between the two. Here is the statue thingy that came with it.













I'm happy with it even though he practically has no eyes and no teeth...

[Cookie]

http://variety.com/2014/film/news/neigh ... 201318932/

Godzilla fell just a bit to #3 its second week.

[Dai]

So with the blu-ray presumably having been released in most territories now (UK release was this Monday), is there any sign of regional variations in the transfer or special features? For example, I know there were some rumours about the Korean version having deleted scenes, but was that ever confirmed?

[Benjamin Haines]

I've watched the movie on three different TVs and it looked clean and clear on all of them, not too dark to see at all. The DVD does look extra dark on my computer, and it looked just as dark on my living room TV when I changed the picture to its factory preset levels, but on a properly adjusted television it looks A-OK. I'm positive that everyone complaining about the DVD/bluray being indiscernibly dark just hasn't adjusted the picture settings on their TV sets since they got them.

[william newell]

[Dr Kain]

Hav you guys seen the nice options Japan is getting for this movie? I'm just like WTF?. Why did we not get a nice premium edition like they are?

[Gman2887]

Not to mention the special features of the Japanese release is loaded. It looks like one version of the release uses the American extras as a seperate "Bonus Special Features" disc. I might be reading into that wrong.

[william newell]

[Gman2887]

[Cookie]

So, I'm guessing there's been no word about the Korean versions deleted scenes? I may end up biting on it....

[XvGojira]

[MouthForWar]

The Korean version does NOT have any deleted scenes.

http://www.hidefninja.com/community/thr ... 238/page-6

The Korean version's initial specs had them, but the packaging doesn't list them and the people who got it say they aren't on there. Shortly after the specs were listed on Yesasia, someone at WB told toho kingdom that it was an error. But Yesasia never changed their listing, so Fans hoped for the best, but nope. No deleted scenes for Korea.