Jurassic Park Blu-ray Comparison [2011 vs 2013 Transfer]

This is a comparison between the 2011 blu-ray transfer of JURASSIC PARK and the 2013 3D edition transfer. It should give you a better idea of what exactly was changed, which was more than just the colour grade.

Please take into account the effect YouTube's encoding has on the quality of the footage. This isn't true 1:1 blu-ray quality (though that is what I used while editing) but it still shows the differences pretty well.

Another thing to note is that the stretching of certain objects in the 2013 transfer is down to how the film was converted to 3D, they needed to amplify the distances between the foreground/background elements so effectively 'cut out' objects and moved them closer to the camera. This looks fine in 3D, but this is a comparison between the 2D version so I felt like I should still point it out.

TL;DW: They both look pretty good.

[Joeyisatimelord]

"Your editors were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should."

[lc]

This reminds me of when I take a decent photo on my phone, then fudge around with all the editor options, only to undo them all and realise the image was fine just the way it was.

[darthren]

I prefer the 2011 one. That looks more realistic with a natural colour whereas the 2013 one looks like a modern movie with colour saturation

[DangerVille]

When will editors realise that adding saturated filters to films makes them look less realistic, it’s why people think Jurassic World looks less realistic than the original Jurassic Park... that bullshit saturated blue filter.

[jurassiraptor]

I think I prefer the 2011 version in almost every instance. I enjoy the more natural colors, the brighter image, and like seeing the sharpness, film grain and all, over the softened "Photoshop blur filter" of the 2013 version.

[MichaelLeroi]

The 2011 version looks much better. The new colour grade is hideous imho

[SideLight]

2013 kinda looks like night shift mode on iOS 10

[GamingMafia_id]

I do appreciate the wire, element removal etc, but the grain & color grading is ALOT better in 2011 version.

[KudzuDigital]

I worked in 3D Conversion on this. So I can explain a bit. No need to @ me about your dislikes. I completely get it. I am not justifying these changes, just explained a bit why some of this happened. So, the distorted images and bits larger than previous are due to the 3D extraction. They are bigger and exaggerated a bit as in context of a three dimensional/stereo presentation, these items would appear closer to you and more natural. As for the weird color, I suspect this was to compensate for the color shift seeing it with 3D lenses on. A problem with some of these is that when showing the non-3D version, they just render out say... the left eye and just call it good. The haircuts is simply due to having to rotoscope strands of hair. At the level we work on these, it is very tough to not only get single strands of hair, but to get them to look good in place. So since those are hard to get right, I am assuming we did not put the hair back in. And... there you have it. I was fortunate to be able to work on something that came out when I was in high school.. at the same time, yes... the 2011 version is far superior.

[Robsmediavault]

The fans need to know that this comparison is a misleading as the 2013 video transfer was created for 3D viewing. This is not mentioned whilst viewing it. The stretching of images and the missing hair strands are part of the 3D conversion process to separate the elements out. Also, the Video quality on the 3D would be displayed brighter to compensate the lenses on the glasses

[NesrocksGamingVideos]

"Turn the WARMTH on this rainy night scene to 11!"

[Elusive_Pete]

2013: looks like someone pissed all over the negative.

[brandonthemainstreetelectr]

4:36 why did they stretch all the character faces and objects like a wide putin video?

[ThemeParkStop]

Bottom line is, this wasn't just a digital restoration of a classic... This was specifically a 3D stereo conversion for theatrical release and like a modern Marvel movie, it's gone through the ringer until it comes out shiny, and "fixed" to work in the medium.

[metehan]

2011: bright light shining in the screen
2013: it's always evening in the movie

[andobreslin]

The daytime scenes look like it's constantly sunset. Don't see why they couldn't clean some of the grain in the background without effecting the brightness.

[zZrEtRiBuTiOnZz]

Wow, the 2011 version looks so much better in every way, aside from the cables that weren't edited out.

[MrHandsomeStudios]

5:00 " _Essential visual upgrade_ " I died of laughter when I read this 😂

[gabrielalvarezii]

The 2011 version is definitelly the best in terms of image photography, the natural color make the diferences on all this, de exageration on orange grade in the 3D version is very frustating.

[mewtwo.]

Editor: How many sunset scenes do you want?

2003: Yes