Ben wrote: August 31st, 2020, 5:03 amKino have a Uni deal, Droo. They have a bunch of 80s Uni titles coming along the line: the Michael J Fox vehicle The Secret Of My Success is also coming along, in October!
Most of the Kino Lorber Blu-rays I have are silent films, or 'boutique' 60s movies like One Million B.C. or Doctor Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine.
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As for a live-action Jetsons .. the project continues to be resurrected & foundered at Warner Bros, every couple of years. But there was a themed TV commercial for 'Alcoa' a couple of years ago -- which showed an interesting promise of what it could look/feel like:
Kino has expanded hugely from just the silents (actually a different side of Kino) and boutique-label titles to handling stuff from Universal, Touchstone, MGM and Fox, as well as many independents and definitive versions of some PD films. Pretty impressive in the last few years!
Jetsons: The Movie (1990)
• Audio Commentary by Author/Film Historian Lee Gambin
• Audio Interview with Voice Actor Jeff Bergman (George Jetson / Mr. Spacely / Board Member)
• Theatrical Trailer
• 5.1 Surround & 2.0 Lossless Stereo
• English Subtitles
At least the commentary sounds okay, and an almost hour long chat with Bergman can’t be bad. But the video does sound pretty ropey; for the one time I may ever feel the need to see this ever again I'll stick to the DVD I just nabbed off of Rand.
The DVDBeaver review also showed off the too-dark and grainy video. What a shame that this is the best that Universal could provide. I wonder if the DVD is any better?
Urgh! I thought that title screen at Beaver didn’t look half bad, if a little dark, but the clarity seemed to be there, but scrolling down and seeing those other shots... Kind of looks like HDR without the higher resolution! I note that it’s also on Blu from Fabulous in the UK...wonder if an older master might be any different (no extras though)? I’ll take a look at the DVD (still not here) and see if there’s any major difference, but I’d think that someone just took a print off the shelf and transferred without any real grading; a shame, since they went the extra mile with a commentary and the interview.
I found these comments on the UK release (on the Blu-ray.com Forum):
Definitely a dated off-the-shelf master. Although certainly an upgrade on the DVD, it is a little disappointing just how dull the colours are. Light specks here and there and several other small anomalies (two weird small central black marks at 8:11 for several seconds etc). No extras or subtitles. AVC encode. Audio sounds fine. I would probably rate it a 2.5-3/5 for PQ.
With that in mind, the US release with the extras sounds like a better bet for me. But do let me know how you find the DVD.
