Terminator 2 3D

Secret_Window · 5 May 2017 at 23:37

The painstaking 3D restoration process took almost a year, according to Distrib Films’ official website. Cameron’s company Lightstorm Entertainment, whose filmography began with T2 and also includes Titanic and Avatar, oversaw the project from start to finish. Cameron’s team restored the original 35mm cut frame-by-frame to 4K quality. Stereo D (The Fate of the Furious, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) then converted the 4K version of the film to 3D.

Source: http://screenrant.com/terminator-2-3d-trailer-arnold-schwarzenegger/

Secret_Window · 5 May 2017 at 23:48

Minstadave said:
Things nobody cares about - 3D movies.

Painstaking 4K T2 remaster though - not bad.

The 4K is what I want to see. Hopefully it will have an eventual blu-ray release like Titanic, where one disc is 3D and the other is 2D.

Secret_Window · 6 May 2017 at 11:42

If T2 looks as good as the T1 remaster then we're in for a real treat, as the T1 remaster looks very good.

Secret_Window · 7 May 2017 at 14:01

Cameron has already go on board saying 3D no longer appeals to people like before, especially in the living room environment compared to the cinema, but still thinks it works well in cinema.

Further explained in this video:

Secret_Window · 9 May 2017 at 12:17

If you all watch the second video he explains his reasons rather well.

Also, I wouldn't say this is a complete waste on T2... The film is considered one of the best scifi action films of all time. Even if the benefit out of this is just to see T2 come away with a new 4k scan from the process, then I think it hasn't been wasteful.

Secret_Window · 9 May 2017 at 16:31

ttaskmaster said:
Can't see videos from here.

It may well be, but it also suffers from Wesley Crusher syndrome with baby John Connor written to appeal to the younger audience...

That's your opinion and you're entitled to it, but I disagree. I'm not saying Aliens isn't a good film by the way... Both are fantastic films.

Secret_Window · 18 Jul 2017 at 10:22

The inevitable has happened, in that a 4K uhd release is coming out - which is what I and others wanted to see more than the 3D version, since a new 4K digital intermediate would have been done.

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2017/07/...d-blu-ray-trailer-product-and-release-details

Terminator 2: Judgment Day is coming to 4K. The sci-fi/action classic is getting a Limited Collector’s Edition EndoArm box set, including a 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (plus Blu-ray and Digital HD), on October 3 from Lionsgate.

Secret_Window · 1 Sep 2017 at 13:38

edGfaCTor said:
How is it cheesy?

Some of the scenes from special edition fill in details the only one I can remember i would drop is Kyle Reese talking to Sarah.

In few years they will release this again with speicial edition scenes it makes no sense to not include the option for them when this is released on disc

I grew up with the theatrical version on vhs, but when the film came out on dvd (the ultimate edition I believe) that introduced for the first time the other versions, which I think by default was the special edition when you played the movie, and that has now become my preferred version. The first HD version I bought back when HD-DVD was out, only had the special edition and no other version of the film on the disc which further cemented that version in my head.

I must admit though after owning the blu-ray versions, they have offered very little new stuff to what I already had seen on dvd and hd-dvd. Picture quality wise on the skynet edition was quite poor as well, as they digitally scrubbed some of the grain out and it lost of its detail and sharpness. I am pleased to see in the new 3D/4K version they have found what looks like a nice balance.