I’m far from objective when discussing this movie, as Jurassic Park is my favorite movie of all time. I’ve watched it scores of times over the years, starting with a beloved VHS copy, which is now lost to time. I recently re-read the Michael Crichton book for the first time in decades (it’s quite different from the movie in many parts, but it’s still a great read). Even so, most filmgoers will probably agree this movie has carved out its spot in film history as one of the all-time greats. All right, with all of that context established, let’s look at the films in this box set one by one…

The final chapter in the decades-long dino saga claims dominion over 4K Ultra HD with a top-notch and eye-catching HEVC H.265 encode. Shot on a combination of traditional 35mm, 65mm and 8K digital cameras, the native 4K transfer sports exceptional clarity and definition from start to finish although a few CG sequences seem to dip in some spots and can look a tad softer than others. Nevertheless, the individual hairs and whiskers of the cast are distinct, the stitching in the costumes are discrete, and the surrounding foliage of the Biosyn Sanctuary are highly-detailed. Even the many fast-paced action scenes maintain impressive clarity, and facial complexions are always revealing with lifelike textures exposing minute, negligible blemishes. A consistently thin layer of natural grain is also present throughout, providing the 2.00:1 image with an attractive film-like quality that videophiles are sure to appreciate. In general, the way the pre-Digital Intermediate post production process worked was this: Once final editing decisions were made on a film by the director and editor, the original camera negative would be edited to conform to those choices in a cut negative. Fades, transitions, titles were done in an optical printer – the original camera negative for those shots would be copied to an interpositive, from which an internegative (sometimes called a dupe negative) would be created. Those internegative elements would be run through the optical printer and re-photographed onto another internegative with those transitions now built in – that piece of film would then be edited into the cut negative with the original camera neg. Visual effects, produced digitally in a computer, would be scanned out to original negative, then copied to interpositive and then to internegative – again, that piece of film would be edited into the cut negative with the original camera neg. Once you had a cut negative that included all the finished visuals, a new and properly color-timed interpositive would be created of the final film (this is essentially your finished master element). From that, several more internegatives (or dupe negatives) would be created and it’s from those that release prints would be made. Director & Crew: Colin Trevorrow, Emily Carmichael, Derek Connolly, Michael Crichton, Frank Marshall, Patric Crowley. of all the added channels at its disposal. As the team lands on the island at the 17-minute mark, the helicopter's bumps and rattles and the buzzing In addition to the movie Jurassic Park on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and digital, this collection includes the following items:and so on and so forth. As often seems to be the case with UHD, it's the color that's the defining positive-outcome attribute considering the vast Titles are often re-mastered and re-released so if you find a one that requires updating, please help out and drop us a line so we can maintain our 4K list as accurately as possible for everyone. The tongue-in-cheek boxset treats you like you work for INGEN — and have miraculously survived working for ten years around rampaging dinosaurs.

Other physical special features included here will be an art cell replica of a memorable scene from the film, as well as art cards used to market the movie.

Blu-ray vs. 4K Screenshots Comparison: COMING SOON!! SOURCES: 2011 Blu-ray (left), 2018 4K UHD Blu-ray (right) The UHD frames are from highdefdiscnews, the absolute best when it comes to UHD uncompressed screenshots and SDR conversion, except for the last one from Caps_a_holic. If you know "Valeyard", you know the chances of him being so forgiving and actually praising the person behind a 35mm scan are usually zero. Now again, for the first three films (finished in 1993, 1997, and 2001, respectively) the visual effects resolution was sub 2K and often 1K. As such, short of extraordinary efforts (specifically, completely re-doing all of the visual effects in native 4K resolution – which has not happened here), those shots are just not going to look as good as the rest of the film. Some of you may be wondering: Why not re-do all of the visual effects in native 4K resolution? There are a few reasons. Cost, for one (but that’s not as often the driver as you’d think). There’s also the fact that doing so would alter the original experience of the film… and keep in mind that the original Jurassic Park’s visual effects – primitive though they are by today’s standards – were revolutionary at the time. But often the biggest obstacle is simply this: It’s possible that many of the original digital animation files no longer exist. Either no one ever thought they’d be needed again so they weren’t saved, or they may have become corrupted (as can happen to magnetic media over time), or the surviving files may be incompatible with today’s rendering software. The new scan has revealed greater detail in the image, from skin texture and clothing weaves to jungle leaves and sodden earth. Since this is mainly a set based film, there is little scope for establishing landscape shots, but the opening scene contains a few really choice flyovers of the island which benefit greatly from the higher resolution.

The source is clean and tidy, with a soft smattering of grain to keep that organic feel, while digitally there are no issues to contend with. There are no extras on the 4K disc itself, but the film is included in 1080p HD on Blu-ray as well. It’s not mastered from the new presentation, but is rather the exact same disc released previously. It includes the following extras (most produced for the original DVD release and so in SD): hiccups do get in the way of perfection: shallow dialogue -- "there is no unauthorized breeding in Jurassic Park" -- at the 29:50 mark is probably the Return to Jurassic Park: Dawn of a New Era, Making Prehistory and The Next Step in Evolution – Are three parts of a documentary that runs for about an hour and contains plenty of information on the making of the film.Dinosaurs Among Us (HD) is a collection of five BTS featurettes exploring various aspects of the production Universal Studios Home Entertainment has set the Blu-ray release of Jurassic Park 3D for April 23rd, just three short weeks after the 3D conversion of the film makes its U.S. theatrical debut. Prior to that, Universal is also issuing individual BD/DVD/UltraViolet ... minutes in. The shot is terribly pasty and it's actually a scene in which, minus the HDR color grading, the Blu-ray looks better: less flat and pasty, a