The Abyss - Special Edition (1989) BluRay Project - see Page 2 (Released) — Page 10

TylerDurden389 said:

Funny how the Terminator’s origins is about the dangers of A.I. and now Cameron’s movies are being fuddled with even further specifically because of it, lol. Fans have been waiting for these 2 films to be put out on blu-ray for years and now I bet they’re wishing they were released sooner even more now, since the A.I technology didn’t exist 10 years ago or even 5 years ago lol.

While I could be wrong, I could swear the Dolby Cinema 4k theatrical re-release of Titanic around 5 years ago looked a bit more natural than the most recent Dolby Cinema 4k theatrical re-release (the new has the faces sometimes with a slightly weird unanncy effect, crazy detailed and yet something a little odd feeling in some way). I do wonder if maybe they had put that initial DC 4k on the UHD it might have been even better, similar but just withouth the bits of uncanny valley effect creeping in here and there. (Back to The Abyss, although in many ways it won’t match the UHD since it is just a release print (much lower res, etc.) and has none of the special edition scenes and the UHD for this one seems like it might end up near the best of the bunch, I’ll probably try to do a Scanstation level 35mm scan of what I have of the theatrical edition (also missing a reel plus so a something over 20 minutes missing) perhaps middle to later next year or so, but at least much of the theatrical edition would then have a 35mm look as a preservation in addition to the UHD.)

I remember the DVD release from the mid 00’s also having the uncanny look - back then I always went back and watched the original DVD. Now I just don’t watch it at all because any blu-ray version or the 4K just hurts my brain too much.

People are generally in love with the Abyss 4K - I can’t handle the teal regrade which is a holdover for whatever that Cinemax HDTV version was- I always don’t want to talk about it anymore because people are telling me that I am nuts for having an issue with it, lol. Same issue with Aliens, the blu-ray regrade completely changes the vibe of Aliens. I see there is an Alien regrade project- hopefully I can find it.

Thanks to everyones efforts here.

MonkeyLizard10 said:

TylerDurden389 said:

Funny how the Terminator’s origins is about the dangers of A.I. and now Cameron’s movies are being fuddled with even further specifically because of it, lol. Fans have been waiting for these 2 films to be put out on blu-ray for years and now I bet they’re wishing they were released sooner even more now, since the A.I technology didn’t exist 10 years ago or even 5 years ago lol.

While I could be wrong, I could swear the Dolby Cinema 4k theatrical re-release of Titanic around 5 years ago looked a bit more natural than the most recent Dolby Cinema 4k theatrical re-release (the new has the faces sometimes with a slightly weird unanncy effect, crazy detailed and yet something a little odd feeling in some way). I do wonder if maybe they had put that initial DC 4k on the UHD it might have been even better, similar but just withouth the bits of uncanny valley effect creeping in here and there. (Back to The Abyss, although in many ways it won’t match the UHD since it is just a release print (much lower res, etc.) and has none of the special edition scenes and the UHD for this one seems like it might end up near the best of the bunch, I’ll probably try to do a Scanstation level 35mm scan of what I have of the theatrical edition (also missing a reel plus so a something over 20 minutes missing) perhaps middle to later next year or so, but at least much of the theatrical edition would then have a 35mm look as a preservation in addition to the UHD.)

Now that the 4K is out and teal-

Is anything thinking about revisiting this?

You have got to be kidding me

" The planned 4K Ultra HD disc release of James Cameron’s “The Abyss” has been cancelled in the UK.

The reasoning has been due to one scene in the film – the scene in which a rat is breathing ‘oxygenated fluid’. UK censors reportedly asked for the scene to be cut as the country has strict censorship laws regarding depictions of animal cruelty.

Disney reportedly wanted to comply with their request, but Cameron’s Lightstorm company was said to have vetoed it "

https://www.darkhorizons.com/the-abyss-uk-4k-disc-release-cancelled/

Hey there,

Has anyone else had trouble getting this project off of The Fanedit Network? The zip files for Bluray Version B (files 68,70, & 72) are corrupt. I’ve used Winzip, Windows 10, and many other unzip programs to unpack this and it still shows corrupt. Bluray Version A and the Info & Artwork folders decoded just fine.