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The Land Before Time => 1988 Theatrical Release => Topic started by: AllegroGiocoso on July 21, 2015, 11:29:56 PM

Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: AllegroGiocoso on July 21, 2015, 11:29:56 PM
This grabbed my attention when I first saw it! It looks like the original Land Before Time movie might be getting a Blu-Ray release on October 13. I can't find the actual press release, but apparently the Blu-Ray forum says there is one that Universal issued.

http://www.amazon.com/Land-Before-Time-Blu...=blurayforum-20 (http://www.amazon.com/Land-Before-Time-Blu-ray-DIGITAL/dp/B0126M38N0?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1437528961&sr=1-63&refinements=p_n_format_browse-bin%3A2650305011&tag=blurayforum-20)

http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=264836 (http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=264836)
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: Mumbling on July 22, 2015, 03:58:21 AM
That's great news actually, been looking forward to a BluRay release for a while now! :) hope it's true!
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: Animeboye on July 22, 2015, 04:45:09 AM
I'm really surprised LBT never got released on Blu Ray sooner. Well better late than never at least. I have it on DVD so I probably won't pick it up on Blu Ray unless my DVD copy somehow stops working.

If this is indeed true, I wonder if the sequels will get Blu Ray releases. I'd say it's probably unlikely but hey, you never know.
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: pokeplayer984 on July 22, 2015, 09:10:20 AM
I hope there are certain pieces of extra content on it that make it worth buying.  Otherwise, I might skip this one, despite the fan that I am. :)
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: Kor on July 22, 2015, 09:59:19 AM
Guess we have to wait till release to see if it has any extras and what they are.
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: Ducky123 on July 22, 2015, 12:15:45 PM
Great news! :) I personally do not own a Blu-Ray-Player and neither do I plan on getting one anytime soon but still I'm excited for who knows what "extra contend" they might put into the release? *cough* deleted scenes *cough* :p As unlikely as it is, that's still a possibility, right? Also we might get a trailer for LBT 14, who knows...
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: RockingScorpion on July 22, 2015, 02:20:02 PM
I just hope they make this one good and don't just upscale and edit the dvd version (they did this for the bluray version of American Tail, but one can hope).

Upscaled dvd versions usually don't really make for a better quality - digitally recreated ones by using the original negative film roll would. We will have to see if there will be an actual effort made to get out a proper blu ray release.
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: bestariana1girl on July 22, 2015, 06:33:16 PM
Oh! Yay!! Excited if this is official! :smile
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: MC CJ'S REVENGE on July 23, 2015, 02:52:28 AM
Woo! It's great to hear this news and it's also about time too.
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: chomperrules1993 on July 23, 2015, 02:38:48 PM
I was just about to share the news :)
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: action9000 on July 23, 2015, 07:52:59 PM
Awesome!! :)  :DD
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: Justin1993 on July 23, 2015, 11:23:31 PM
If this is true, this coincides with the blu-ray release of Jurassic World! I will definitely be getting both!
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: somerandomfangirl on July 24, 2015, 06:39:53 PM
If there is any extra content on the Blu-Ray release, I'll definitely consider getting it. I do wonder if the recent storyboards that were released of the some of the deleted scenes would have anything to do with this (probably not, but one can dream). It is about time the Land Before Time got a Blu-Ray release. I guess it might also have to do with the reboot of the LBT series. It appears that it will arrive just before LBT 14 does - assuming that releases in the holiday season - so it could possibly have a trailer for it on there. :yes
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: Petrie on July 24, 2015, 09:39:21 PM
This definitely looks confirmed.  :)  My suspicion is its not going to have anything extra or any real restoration.  Take a look at what we've gotten from other Bluth films.  Plus the blu-ray.com thread says "no extras".
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: Tikikata on July 26, 2015, 10:30:38 PM
This is awesome!  Can't wait!
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: Petrie on August 05, 2015, 10:40:52 PM
(http://images.blu-ray.com/movies/covers/80155_large.jpg)

Cover looks as if it mimics the last dvd release.
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: Dr. Rex on August 06, 2015, 06:00:49 PM
Cool! Shame it has no extras, though. Would've loved to see them. :)
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: Kor on August 07, 2015, 12:11:42 PM
Still it is interesting.  I wonder how better the resolution will be.
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: action9000 on August 08, 2015, 01:54:47 AM
I like how the Bluray actually states
"The Original Movie"

to clarify that it's NOT the sequels.  :p
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: Dr. Rex on August 08, 2015, 02:15:21 PM
Quote from: action9000,Aug 8 2015 on  12:54 AM
I like how the Bluray actually states
"The Original Movie"

to clarify that it's NOT the sequels.  :p
Whoa, thanks for making me notice! Yeah, that's funny. :lol
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: Hardback247 on September 08, 2015, 04:29:28 PM
If you wanted any bonus features, what would they be? Like others have said, it's very improbable they would include any deleted scenes, because they seem to be lost forever. If only it got the same great treatment as the Blu-Ray for Anastasia.
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: bestariana1girl on September 09, 2015, 12:27:20 AM
Quote from: Ducky123,Jul 22 2015 on  10:15 AM
Great news! :) I personally do not own a Blu-Ray-Player and neither do I plan on getting one anytime soon but still I'm excited for who knows what "extra contend" they might put into the release? *cough* deleted scenes *cough* :p As unlikely as it is, that's still a possibility, right? Also we might get a trailer for LBT 14, who knows...
I would comment to this post, but literally Ducky123 said everything I'd say XD. I don't have a blu-Ray player.
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: Hardback247 on October 11, 2015, 10:39:14 AM
Has anyone received an early copy of the Blu-Ray?
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: pokeplayer984 on October 11, 2015, 04:27:38 PM
^^I'm content with just waiting for the release date and telling everyone about it then. :)
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: Hardback247 on October 11, 2015, 05:48:39 PM
Yeah. Sorry.
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: f-22 "raptor" ace on October 12, 2015, 02:05:18 AM
looks like it is just checked amazon. It's there though a few gave it a one star review citing problems they had...with the DVD version.
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: NewOrder on October 13, 2015, 09:01:36 AM
Does anyone know when the Blu-ray version is going to be available in Europe?
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: pokeplayer984 on October 13, 2015, 03:07:43 PM
Well, I have the Blu-ray Version now in my possession, and I'm already disappointed at one thing.  It's the fact that hardly anyone is selling it.

Best Buy, a place I would expect new movies to be, isn't selling it!  Neither is Target, which usually has a huge selection of movies on the shelves to begin with. (They had the DVD version at $5, but not the Blu-ray one.) Luckily, Walmart did have it.  However, here's something else you should know.

It was completely overshadowed by it's competition, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Aladdin: 20th Anniversary Edition.  Those two were on display in those nice looking cardboard shelves that advertise the movie. (Heck, Aladdin was playing on the many TVs they had.) The Land Before Time: Blu-ray Version was just stuffed into a corner of the normal shelves.  Thank goodness I have eagle-eyes, or I would've missed that.

It was selling for $12.96.

There is obviousness when someone doesn't care all that much about something selling, especially when it's displayed as poorly as this.  What's worse is that there's a little sticker that advertises the next movie coming out.  You'd think with that attached, they'd care a little more.

Only good thing about the hunt for it is that it's a good price.

If this kind of advertising happens for the upcoming movie, I fear we, the fans, will have to pick up the slack.  Otherwise, I fear of it having poor sales and not because of the movie sucking.

I want The Land Before Time to come back, but it can't be done without proper advertising.

Next up, my thoughts on the new version of the movie itself.
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: Campion1 on October 13, 2015, 04:18:42 PM
Oh yeah, forgot that was supposed to come out today. Guess I'll go over to walmart and see if they have it.

Edit: Oop, they said they don't have it. Looking on blu-ray dot com, a review for it isn't very positive:

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Land-Bef...55/#UserReviews (http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Land-Before-Time-Blu-ray/80155/#UserReviews)
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Let me preface this by saying I am a huge fan of The Land Before Time series. I have every movie released as well as some of the animated series. If you are looking for a children's movie and have not seen LBT, I highly recommend it. That being said, I jumped on the chance to pre-order the Blu-Ray release for this movie. In fact, I have been highly anticipating its release for years (long before its re-release was announced).

It arrived in my mail about an hour ago, and my excitement quickly waned as I opened the package. A quick glace at the cover and I knew something was wrong. Advertised with "newly remastered for improved HD picture and sound," the packaging is adorned with memorable imagery from the movie... in horribly rendered fashion: the colors have much less depth to them and the line-work is faint and blurry. A quick comparison to my DVD copy (Anniversary Edition) proves that the colors are indeed more vibrant on the DVD release.

The packaging also presents another downfall to this release: the special features. The DVD includes Littlefoot's Playhouse (with moments from the TV series and sing-along videos), Jurassic Park Institute, "and much more!" and is geared towards the younger viewers. The Blu-Ray edition features... absolutely nothing.

Moving on to the actual movie, I compared my two copies side-by-side as well. While the DVD suffered badly in my blu-ray player due to HD interpolation, the Blu-Ray copy seemed to suffer from the same grainy video. While the Blu-Ray could be considered slightly better quality than the DVD, it is almost negligible and really only noticeable on the line-work during motion animations. On the audio quality, I was unable to discern any difference between the two editions. However, I did not play it on the best audio system and, considering how close the two versions are to each other, I imagine the only way to tell the difference would be on a good system.

Overall, if you have the DVD, skip this release. If you are a videophile, you will be sorely disappointed in the Blu-Ray version. If you don't have the movie already, I still highly recommend it... just go for whichever version is cheapest. There is no value added by purchasing the Blu-Ray.
No special features probably means a no-go for many of you here. More discussion and some screencaps here: http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=264836&page=18 (http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=264836&page=18)
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: pokeplayer984 on October 13, 2015, 09:06:54 PM
When you upscale to a bigger TV, you notice things you didn't before.  When you go to a higher quality version, you notice things you didn't before.  They're both good and bad things.  You be the judge on which is which.

First off, the disc itself.  The actual disc.  I've seen Blu-ray discs that are blue, gray and black, but never one that's orange.  I can say that I have now.  The Land Before Time Blu-ray is orange.  Here's proof.

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5748/22159217031_4c03262d8b_c.jpg)

Yeah, unique color choice there, Universal.

The lack of extra features is disappointing.  What's more disappointing however is the main menu.  Nothing more than pictures that gives you a vague idea of what is what.  At least the DVD version had words to help you, but here, you're lost.

Note:  The following was taken with a camera phone and I have no other way to show you.  Please forgive the lack of quality.

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5703/22149304205_2e575574f7_c.jpg)

Let me help you navigate and show you dumb it is to use pictures instead of words.

The Play Button plays the movie.  The Book is the Scenes Menu.  The Volume Icon is the Audio Menu.  The one at the bottom is the Subtitles Menu.  The House at top brings you back to the beginning of the Disc itself and let's you choose a different region.

I'll say this.  It's a region-free Blu-ray Disc with MANY options in audio and subtitles.  From the top of my head, I saw English, Spainish, French, Danish, German and Chinese. (There were others, but that's all I can remember at the moment.)

Now, on to the movie itself.

First off, I can't tell if this is an upscale or not as I have never really experienced Upscale Blu-ray before.  I seriously need experts on that.  However, if my understanding of what Upscale means is correct, it might be the case in some areas and in others, it's not.

Let's go to where it's obvious.  Grainy texture character models.  Seriously, I noticed.  The only ones improved were Littlefoot, his friends and a few others. (At least the little flyers that fought over the berry were improved.) Trust me, it was noticeable.  At first, things look beautiful and it doesn't seem like an upscale, but something put effort into.  Until you get to the first longnecks of the film.  Their texture is grainy.

Onto things I didn't notice until now.  The creature at the very start you see swimming around has spots on it.  It sheds one before the first bunch of bubbles.  You notice it here.

The bug that Ducky chases I can now identify as a mosquito.

The Sharptooh had an eye problem BEFORE that thorn smacked him.  Here, you definitely notice his right eye is closed before he got hit by that thorn.  I guess the thorn made it worse.

The tree Cera was headbutting to get food down from... had no leaves on it.

However, one thing I noticed, was how much the wound on Littlefoot's Mother moved.  They did not change this graphical mistake that's been around since the beginning.  On top of that, it's more noticeable now that her skin was torn off in that area, and nothing else.  I can understand if it was downgraded.  After all, needs to stay G-rated.  Rules may have changed after more than 2 and a half decades.  However, if it's been like this since the days of VHS, then it shows how much the scene was downgraded before the film's theatrical release.

Oh, and one last thing.  No missing scenes added.  Seriously Universal, I would expect you to get in touch with Spielberg by now on them.  We have to know what happened to them.  You owe it to the fans.

All in all, it shows that this was a cash-grab on a re-release.  Which might explain why I got it so cheaply.

Let's hope that if they bring out the sequels on Blu-ray, they treat them with more respect.  This movie series deserves better.
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: f-22 "raptor" ace on October 13, 2015, 10:04:01 PM
I also bought it today haven't watched it yet. I probably will tomorrow though.
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: Parker on October 14, 2015, 06:42:59 AM
Quote from: Campion1,Oct 13 2015 on  03:18 PM
Edit: Oop, they said they don't have it. Looking on blu-ray dot com, a review for it isn't very positive
I wouldn't pay that review much attention. It's just written by a user, who sounds pretty clueless on a number of points. I'd wait for the site's official review to go up.

Anyway, here are some high-res screen posted on the Blu-ray forum:

Cera and her parents (https://img3.picload.org/image/papardw/1.png)
Littlefoot's having a hard time (http://i.imgbox.com/KJ57wPIn.png) :(
Cera vs. a bubble (http://i.imgbox.com/lAvA8Y3v.png)
Littlefoot near the canyon (http://i.imgbox.com/0oQ60DFN.png)
Cera and Littlefoot (http://i.imgbox.com/uBMdJjPm.png)
Sharptooth in the pool (http://i.imgbox.com/nvIZDkQj.png)
The gang of five's happy ending (http://i.imgbox.com/cqhGyxFA.png)

Overall, I'm pretty pleased with how these screens look. The transfer looks very natural. It's a shame there are no extras, such as the deleted scenes, but it's hard to include something that probably doesn't exist anymore. I wish the disc included a 4:3 version of the film, since that's the aspect ration I grew up watching the Land Before Time on VHS, but at least the widescreen version doesn't cut out anything vital. Technically, it was framed to be projected that way in theaters anyway.

@pokeplayer984 - Based off the screens, this is definitely a new HD transfer. A Blu-ray having grain doesn't indicate it's an upscale. The picture is supposed to have grain. It's the result of transferring the original animation cels to film. The grain structure is an intrinsic part of the picture now, and removing it would have required invasive digital noise reduction. Of course, whether the picture is too grainy in places is a matter of personal taste, and I'll have to reserve my judgement for when I watch the Blu-ray firsthand. They probably could have toned the grain down in places, though I'll take grain that's a little heavy over what you get when you scrub it away. I'm looking at you, Funimation! (http://i.imgur.com/DumibbO.png)

By the way, hello everyone. It's nice to finally join the board.  :wave
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: Fyn16 on October 19, 2015, 08:27:20 AM
I just got my copy in the mail when I returned home from a trip last night. Really looking forward to watching it soon!
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: bestariana1girl on October 22, 2015, 10:54:42 AM
Quote from: Parker,Oct 14 2015 on  04:42 AM
Quote from: Campion1,Oct 13 2015 on  03:18 PM
Edit: Oop, they said they don't have it. Looking on blu-ray dot com, a review for it isn't very positive
I wouldn't pay that review much attention. It's just written by a user, who sounds pretty clueless on a number of points. I'd wait for the site's official review to go up.

Anyway, here are some high-res screen posted on the Blu-ray forum:

Cera and her parents (https://img3.picload.org/image/papardw/1.png)
Littlefoot's having a hard time (http://i.imgbox.com/KJ57wPIn.png) :(
Cera vs. a bubble (http://i.imgbox.com/lAvA8Y3v.png)
Littlefoot near the canyon (http://i.imgbox.com/0oQ60DFN.png)
Cera and Littlefoot (http://i.imgbox.com/uBMdJjPm.png)
Sharptooth in the pool (http://i.imgbox.com/nvIZDkQj.png)
The gang of five's happy ending (http://i.imgbox.com/cqhGyxFA.png)

Overall, I'm pretty pleased with how these screens look. The transfer looks very natural. It's a shame there are no extras, such as the deleted scenes, but it's hard to include something that probably doesn't exist anymore. I wish the disc included a 4:3 version of the film, since that's the aspect ration I grew up watching the Land Before Time on VHS, but at least the widescreen version doesn't cut out anything vital. Technically, it was framed to be projected that way in theaters anyway.

@pokeplayer984 - Based off the screens, this is definitely a new HD transfer. A Blu-ray having grain doesn't indicate it's an upscale. The picture is supposed to have grain. It's the result of transferring the original animation cels to film. The grain structure is an intrinsic part of the picture now, and removing it would have required invasive digital noise reduction. Of course, whether the picture is too grainy in places is a matter of personal taste, and I'll have to reserve my judgement for when I watch the Blu-ray firsthand. They probably could have toned the grain down in places, though I'll take grain that's a little heavy over what you get when you scrub it away. I'm looking at you, Funimation! (http://i.imgur.com/DumibbO.png)

By the way, hello everyone. It's nice to finally join the board.  :wave
Omg, the quality is fantastic!
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: RockingScorpion on October 22, 2015, 12:38:03 PM
I gotta say, after seeing the screenshots, I won't get that bluray. I don't know if they just upscaled a dvd resolution or not although some of them suggest it. For example the happy ending screenshot, the outlines appear a bit blurry.

Of course, to compensate the effect you get by upscaling (but I think even if it's not upscaled they would have done that) they increased the contrast and maybe pumped the colors up as well. Increased contrast appears clearer to the human eye.

But what is really bad (and I have no idea what they did to make this happen) is the noise. I don't refer to the grainy look the movie just had anyway, resulting out of the used film negatives I'd say. It might have been an artistic choice back then to give the movie this look (I lately did the same with some photos to make them appear older).

What I see in these screenshots is downright noise, the worst one being the shot with Cera and her parents. Just look at the horn of the darker colored triceratops. I'm seeing all kinds of red and green there which shouldn't appear at all. And well, because of the increased contrast, pretty much every detail from the face of the same triceratops is only noticable if you're looking for it.
To compare, I made a screenshot of that scene in the dvd version: here (http://orig13.deviantart.net/279d/f/2015/293/e/c/bildschirmfoto_2015_10_20_um_20_52_51_by_rockingscorpion-d9ds7jt.png).

Whatever this bluray is, it does not appear to have increased the quality. The color noise even makes it worse in my opinion. That isn't even there in the dvd screenshot, which makes me all the more curious why it appears in the blu ray.
Too bad, I'll stick with the dvd for now.^^

Edit: one last thing regarding the picture pokeplayer984 posted of the menu. This seems to be the newest way for any Universal movie release. Just got Jurassic World today and was greeted by the exact same thing. And yeah, it's pretty much try and error (or not). But it works out, I guess.
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: Campion1 on October 22, 2015, 09:24:23 PM
I don't see anything particularly compelling about these screenshots, and they definitely don't look blu ray worthy. Its all very soft, faded and noisy. Most definitely not a restoration of any sort. I just watched Watership Down on blu ray and it blew those screenshots away.
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: bestariana1girl on October 23, 2015, 10:40:03 AM
Personally, I think they look a bit better. Although, I understand what you mean about the outlines RockingScorpion.
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: action9000 on October 28, 2015, 02:36:47 PM
I found a copy at a local Wal-mart today.

*Yoink!*  :p
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: Dr. Rex on November 03, 2015, 11:46:27 PM
I'm not seeing any changes in these Blu-Ray screenshots...aside from that grainy background texture. Can't say for sure if that's natural for a transfer.
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: Sneak on November 04, 2015, 02:44:32 PM
blu-ray edition...
they could make more additional content if they wanted
:(
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: Dr. Rex on November 05, 2015, 02:47:02 AM
Quote from: Snik,Nov 4 2015 on  01:44 PM
blu-ray edition...
they could make more additional content if they wanted
:(
Or at least give us a noteworthy extra, like a trailer for LBT 14 or something along those lines. :(
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: Petrie on January 24, 2016, 12:13:09 PM
Been a while since this was released, but I'll be honest, this was far better than any DVD I've seen of the film.  Yes, there's grain, but at least they didn't try to erase it and erase some of the detail of the film with it.  :yes:  Look at the rocks or the paintings of the earth....a lot of that detail would be gone if they tried to digitally scrub this movie clean of film grain.  I'm glad they didn't.

Extras...well, this wasn't exactly Disney, and home video basically was just around...to watch the movie, not watch extras, so I'm not surprised there's no bonus content.  You can find much more online from printed media of the time where you would actually read and hear about this stuff.

I've shared my opinion on this multiple times on that blu-ray.com forum thread.  I post as CharlieBarkin over there.
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: landbeforetimelover on January 24, 2016, 07:20:07 PM
Yuk.  Looks like 1988 alright.  And it looks worse than my MPEG DVD rip I made of the original 7 years ago.  I was hoping for better quality.  It looks like they just stretched it and increased the contrast a bit.  Here's to hoping if they do the later sequels, they'll be of better quality.
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: Petrie on January 24, 2016, 10:59:41 PM
What?  Its not stretched at all.  I wouldn't have minded an OAR release, but they didn't hit the "stretch" button on the tv remote by any means to make it a widescreen release.
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: NewOrder on January 25, 2016, 06:39:43 AM
I've seen it a few weeks ago and it has much greater quality than my DVD version. There were no signs of stretching the animation's ratio was solid.

Do any of you guys know when there's going to be an european release of the bluray?
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: landbeforetimelover on January 25, 2016, 04:35:39 PM
I don't know.  I'd rather have it kind of blurry (DVD version) than grainy (Blu-Ray version).  The contrast and color is up way too high in the Blu-Ray version and the grain is a killer.  For God's sake they need to remake this movie from scratch.  The only way to have it look normal is to watch it on an old 1990's TV using the original VHS.  I like the original for nostalgia's sake, but they really need to remake it.  Keep the same voices, but redraw everything.  The Blu-Ray remake of the 1973 version of Disney's Robin Hood looks better than this:

http://i.imgur.com/9czgcSk.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/9czgcSk.jpg)

There's just no excuse for releasing such a poor quality product.
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: Belmont2500 on January 28, 2016, 06:19:36 AM
Quote from: landbeforetimelover,Jan 25 2016 on  03:35 PM
I don't know.  I'd rather have it kind of blurry (DVD version) than grainy (Blu-Ray version).  The contrast and color is up way too high in the Blu-Ray version and the grain is a killer.  For God's sake they need to remake this movie from scratch.  The only way to have it look normal is to watch it on an old 1990's TV using the original VHS.  I like the original for nostalgia's sake, but they really need to remake it.  Keep the same voices, but redraw everything.  The Blu-Ray remake of the 1973 version of Disney's Robin Hood looks better than this:

http://i.imgur.com/9czgcSk.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/9czgcSk.jpg)

There's just no excuse for releasing such a poor quality product.
Either way, its still a far better transfer than the underwhelming 2003 "Anniversary Edition". Which was the reason I stayed with the VHS format for these films for quite a while, personally.
Title: Blu-Ray Release Date: Oct. 13
Post by: Parker on January 30, 2016, 02:20:19 PM
Up close, that Robin Hood screenshot looks a tad problematic to me. Colors look too smeared and soft, and the movie's filmic qualities have been scrubbed away. It's not the worst of Disney's "restorations" -- that award goes to Sword in the Stone (http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Sword-in-the-Stone-Blu-ray/44743/#Review) -- but I can't support such revisionist  tampering.

For older films, the grain is part of the picture. It gives them a natural, textured look, compared to the shiny animation we get today. The problems with the Land Before Time Blu-ray have nothing to do with its healthy grain field. More so, there's too much inconsistency between different frames. Some look bold, but others are noticeably blurrier. At it's best, the Blu-ray looks stunning and remarkably authentic. I just wish it looked that way all the time.

Reanimate The Land Before Time? For me, that amounts to cinematic blasphemy. The film derives much of its charm and mood from the earthy colors of its cel animation. Any remake would undoubtedly fall short and insult Don Bluth's legacy as an animator and artist.