This May be The Worst 4k Ever Made | Jaws 3 on 4k UHD

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[musclesforsupes]

“This a hold up?!..it’s a science experiment!”

[DEADPIT]

Christian has the nicest way of calling something a piece of sh*t. Great review bubby!

[stevenburgess]

Those fuel. Reminds me of an Evanescence music video to "Going Under"....

[Hank_Kingsley]

Jaws 3 walked so that Jurassic Park could run...

[OzzyMandias]

Jaws 3 has the best 3D I've ever seen, I thought there was a real shark in the room 🤥

[callmericardo]

That’s a shame. I saw this on a huge screen in 3D as a kid (I’m old) and it’s still my favourite Jaws movie.

[chuck]

You're absolutely right about the 3D process being a problem for the 4k. Of the three 80s films. I've always felt that Jaws 3 looked the worst in 2D. Most of that caused by only the left eye image being used to when making the 2D transfer. That clearly leaves out half of the image quality, reducing the clarity of the image and making the effects look even worse. lol There were a few different 3D filming techniques used at the time, so I don't know what Amityville and F13 used, but they don't seem to suffer as much when converted as Jaws 3 does.

[mego]

1980's 3D movies were usually filmed by splitting the 35 mm frame into 2 pictures. So the picture has half its usual film space. Essentially making it like 16mm quality. The 3D would usually compensate but 4K lies this bare.

[Barndoor]

All I want in a 4k is preservation and representation of the theatrical experience to the best of their ability without changing the movie. They could spend 5 minutes on an intro talking about why the quality is subpar due to 3D rather then whatever they spent to upscale it.

[tjdw]

Im so glad you said what you said about AI and how we just want the real image presented in the best possible natural quality. Collectors arent obsessed with the artificial sharpness that Cameron and studios seem to think we are, in fact we will reject these AI upscales. We really shouldn't support these AI products though otherwise it tells the studios that we are fine with it and encourages to use it more. I dont care how "good" this AI tech gets for sharpening and upscaling it has literally no place in film restoration or 4k discs whatsoever and should never have been used and should not be used in the future. If it was shot on film and theses film to scan and remaster in 4k then we don't need or WANT AI interpreted upscales or "enhancements". I am also glad in the way that you sdaid that we arent really watching Jaws 3 and its not really the picture of Jaws 3, as this is exactly what I have been saying, What we are looking at is o longer the film but a computer's interpretation of it and no matter which way you look at it this whole process is wrong.

I am sick and tired of seeing AI get a foothold in physical media because in the end if ever new studio 4k disc turns to using AI then simply collectors and cinephiles will reject them and not buy them and if that continues then at the very least Studio Physical Media will die and very possibly the whole Physical Media industry could collapse. The use of AI Enhancing and sharpening in 4k film restorations is something we should all know about and all FIGHT together as a community. It is wrong and only serves to save these Billion Dollar companies some money, as they are saving money upscaling old transfers instead of doing real restorations. I didn't buy Aliens and I will be skipping this as well, I think it is something we should all do, otherwise the future for 4k will be AI and everyone will be worse off for it.

[harleybliss]

I've always loved jaws 3D 😅 it's really my favorite jaws besides jaws 2 ❤

[NeverSleepAgainTV]

I have it on 3D Blu-ray and to me that’s the only way to truly watch this

[Mikev]

I watched this on Peacock a couple weeks ago in 4k and it looked pretty good imo, granted i wasnt examining every detail either so idk if its the same print as the 4k bluray.

[fearthejuggalo]

I just watched this 4k yesterday, & i gotta say all these "youtubers" & redditors" are completely over reacting on this!.

You can not see these ghoul faces, unless you pause the movie & zoom in on the backround! Most people do not watch movies like this, so they wont see it.

The 4k got rid of the "glow" around the actors from the blu ray. (Which was one of the biggest problems of this release previously).

Im really starting to wonder if these "youtubers, & redditors", actually watch these releases, or just follow the heard!

[shanerod]

I remember as a kid during this same time period, at least in New Orleans, once a month on Friday they would televise an old classic 3D movie
It was a big deal all the gas stations had the 3D glasses for sale and each time before the movie they would show u how to calibrate ur TV for the 3D experience.
To show you how much it affected me I’m 52 years old now and I can still remember that time. It truly was very cool

[tyrannozilla]

I still might pick these up, as long as they include the original Blu-rays with them.
I wasn't able to get the original Blu-ray releases, and the one for Jaws 3 is out of print, so this could be my chance.
If they're not included, then no dice.

Edit: Oh, okay. Thanks for clarifying that the old Blu-Rays are included. My mistake.

[anick]

Glad you covered this. I’ve heard several boutique labels talk about how the elements for some films wouldn’t hold up to 4K. I guess Universal disagreed 😂 I regularly use Topaz to do video upscaling, and if you ask it to generate detail and aren’t careful those are the exact faces you get lol

[sleepwalker]

Jaws 3 in 3D on 2009 Panasonic Plasma 3D TV is the only way to view it. It was a 3D movie not 4K. Friday 13th 3 in 3D is cool too on my 3D TV.

[dunnydundutta]

It makes me like this crazy movie more, Some of these 4ks are getting wacky..😂

[corradoparris]

I don’t know what the big deal is, Jaws 3 has never looked better. Glad to have the franchise on 4K. 👍👍