It's one of the best I've ever seen. I wouldn't have known about it if Keith hadn't have included it in one of his videos and to date it's the only purchase I've ever made from the Zavvi web shop. John.

That's exactly my thinking too Dmitri and I said that very thing in a reply to a comment a few minutes ago. Great minds think alike. John.

Evening Keith. I haven't had a chance to watch your latest video yet but I expect I'll get to it tomorrow, probably while enjoying lunch. This disc does look more impressive now than it did about three years ago but I do think I really need a bigger screen to be able to discern which releases are better than others now because they're all looking so good. I was thinking about 24 feet and we just happen to have a 'Scope screen that width packed away in the house. We'll need a bigger house to put it up in though! Say hello to Ellen and make sure you both behave yourselves. John.

Keith's awesome! Love seeing the shoutouts within the physical media community on KZfaq.

It would have been very nice to have a Super 8 release of this one Graham but the market had gone by the time this film was released. Such a shame because it led to that new Super 8 camera but that hasn't exactly turned out as first conceived so I don't know if it's going to drive a resurgence in the gauge now. Such a shame but where there's life, there's hope. Well done for finding the steelbook in a second hand shop. It's amazing what can turn up sometimes. John.

It's similar though but different. I prefer it to the Spielberg films even though I love Close Encounters and E.T.. It's the Super 8 theme running through Super 8 and the child actors that tip the balance. The science fiction element isn't as good as the two Spielberg films but the characters and that wonderful little film gauge make it one of my all-time favourite films. I'd like a 35mm print but I'd actually prefer a Super print of this one. John.

I agree. Only saw it once on BD and TBH I never really had the desire to rewatch it.

@@spaceodds1985 You both need to get a Super 8 projector to fully understand the attraction. Then again, a time machine would probably be better so you can go back and re-live those days and make your own home movies with your friends and family. That was a big part of my life and J.J. Abrams too. Hopefully I got that across in the video as a big reason why I like this film so much.

I thought it was better than ever the other evening when we watched it again Tony. Certainly the image quality was better on the later 4K projector. John.

First again. What a surprise. John.

That sounds like it will be an interesting film David. Thank you for letting me know. John.

The Searchers was VistaVision Daniel so I probably don't need to tell you the exquisite quality of the original negative. More than twice the area of full frame 35mm so to equate that to computer terminology would probably be an estimate of 8K at least. 4K won't really do it full justice but good enough for home use for sure. John.

2001 is 5.1 for sure Chase so don't worry about that. Unfortunately my Italian release of the film has got the 4K fault and it's probably the worst example of the fault I've come across so far. It looks to be the same disc as the rest of the world but I've had to replace it. Got the replacement from HMV for a tenner though so it wasn't that bad. I have the battle with Talos extract from Jason and the Argonauts on Super 8 and it's fantatstic on a big screen so it's possible the video versions are not standing up as well as a film version. I don't have the feature prints but they were renowned as not being as good as the Talos extract so I expect the Talos section was in better condition than the rest of the film or simply gave a better impression owing to the nature of that part of the shoot. You can tell when the live action and Dynamation have been optically merged together though but the bigger the screen the less that stands out. I usually only go to the IMAX to see IMAX films but I did see Gravity (terrible quality) and Rogue One (15/70 blow-up and therefore not very good quality) there. I've not been able to get the time to go and see the 15/70 blow-up of Dune Part Two but still hope to in the future as they're bound to stick it on occasionally for a while yet. Alien Romulus is not an IMAX film as far as I know. Maybe a 15/65 section has been shot but if not there's no point in a cinema visit so I'll watch it at home assuming I decide it looks good enough to warrant seeing. The last two haven't exactly been brilliant so I'm a little on the fence about it. John.

I'll try to keep Stranger Things in mind. Thank you for the recommendation. John.

It's probably one of my all-time favourite films. I think it was ever better the other evening but I've loved it every time I've seen it which is probably four times now. John.

@@moviecollector5920 yep - one of my favourite films too and easily JJ Abram’s best film.

@@ColonelSternlove I think it's Mr. Abrams best too but he also made that Star Trek reboot which was pretty terrific and then Star Wars The Force Awakens which I think may be the second best of all the Star Wars films. Other opinions are available. John.

@@moviecollector5920 Well I really like Star Trek (the 1st one…) but Star Wars was a safe reboot for me. His second best film after Super 8 is Mission Impossible 3.

@@ColonelSternlove I can't actually watch Mission Impossible 3 as the cameraman shakes the camera every time any action starts and then doesn't stop until the action is over. It's better to look at on a telly but not on a reasonably big projection. I think Mr. Abrams learned from that mistake though and he's been avoiding that technique ever since. John.

Whoa! I wish I was there tonight Chase. Hans Zimmer is one of the most talented film score composers and you only have to look at the volume of work he gets to see that so many film makers want to use him. The INTERSTELLAR score is fabulous. It was recorded in Temple church just over the north side of the Thames from the BFI IMAX. Assuming I am recollecting correctly, he used the in-house organ and also brought in an orchestra. John.

I think the cover is based on one of the original poster arts. The rear is nice but a little ordinary and more like a modern film whereas the throwback nature of this film necessitates poster art of old. I think it's my favourite steelbook except for the ordinary disc faces. John.

I think it's his best film but Star Wars The Force Awakens is rather special too. Then there's Star Trek... cor, he's done quite a few good 'uns. John.

It's one of my favourite films of the last 20 years or so Stuart. Probable among my all-time favourites. John.

@@moviecollector5920 same as me it took me back to early speilberg like you said close encounters et etc 👍🏻🎥

@@stuartgeorge2324 It also rekindled memories of childhood for me and running Super 8 package movies over and over again. As I got a little older I began shooting more and more Super 8 film and that is a major reason why I've ended up doing the videos for this KZfaq channel. It's been a wonderful hobby for most of my life - since the age of about 3 probably. John.

@@moviecollector5920 great hobby 👍🏻🎥

I think you'll like it as we do seem to have strikingly similar taste in films. This one's like going back 40 to 45 years but with a modern twist in an old-time setting of 1979 I think judging by the Halloween poster on the bedroom wall. John.

You're welcome Chase. John.

Brightness does spoil things sometimes but fortunately there is an option to put the output from the laser down as low as 50% and that can make a tremendous difference with some discs. The UHD550X is an excellent projector but a bit lacking in contrast capabilities compared to the UHZ50. Both are extremely sharp but the UHZ50 appears to reproduce more accurate colours. That could be down to what we get used to of course but I do think I'm able to get even more natural, filmic looking imagery from the newer, smaller video projector than the larger one. I wouldn't have purchased the UHZ50 if it hadn't have been for how we had to locate the projector given what we decided on for the new home cinema design layout. It saved a lot of money doing it the way we did in the end. The conclusion is that either projector should astound you. I would think that anyone who gave either a try would wonder why they've been messing around with tellies for so long. But I think that's largely because most think there is more to it than just the projector but all that's really required is a white wall to put the projected image onto and then you have a cinema. John.

I think it's a wonderful film and one of my favourites. Certainly one of the best in my opinion for the past 20 years or so. John.

I had the volume lower this time until the train crash scene had passed because I didn't want the house falling down around us! John.

Can that disc of The Others be returned? I had a similar fault with PLANE and took that back. I wasn't going to buy the 4K of Super 8 until Keith at Euphoria showed that steelbook in one of his videos and that was it. I'm delighted with it though and even more so now because it looks better in the new home cinema through the newer video projector. John.

Not everyone likes Super 8 but I think that's down to a misunderstanding of its raison d'etre which is because of J.J. Abrams childhood making films on Super 8. The science fiction element is a means to an end, that's all. I think it all works well but it's the children and their interaction that makes it. They're all so damned good and that's unusual because normally children in films drive me up the wall. There's none of the stupid smart-Alec quips from the youngsters in this one, just impressive acting and a lot of fun. I haven't been re-watching anything much to see how it looks on the newer projector but we have been re-watching quite a few 4K discs to check for what I call the 4K fault. So far we've only come across one or two so that's a big relief. I had started think there was a major problem with the format. John.

Maybe we should put it on for you, Debs and Sophie round her Rob? Sorry I haven't been in touch lately. John.

Haven't seen it. Almost impossible to get hold of but I don't need to see it to know it will be good because it was a 65mm shoot and that says it all. Having said that, the Blu-ray wasn't as good as we'd expect given its origins. John.

There is re release of the steelbook maybe amzon france or germany still has it.. i really love the 4k it looks wonderful

@@user-dd7gt6ep5l I don't think anyone still shops with Amazon Ed! Okay, wishful thinking on my part but thank you for the tip. I'll tell anyone who asks where they can still get that beautiful steelbook. John.

I had the volume down lower until that scene had passed this time Scott. I didn't fancy rebuilding the house! John.

@@moviecollector5920 LOL!!

That was simply under cranking the camera so the action would look faster Kevin. Because of the PAL 25 frames per second video format those sequences looked even more ridiculous as they were sped up just that little bit extra for television and video. My favourite Bond films are probably The Living Daylights and Licence To Kill but thankfully by then the under cranking method had long been abandoned. I'm finding I don't much care for many of the early Bond films other than On Her Majesty's Secret Service and Thunderball. I do like quite a few of the Roger Moore films though and I think Casino Royale with Daniel Craig is among the best, if not the best. Timothy Dalton has been the best actor in the part as far as I'm concerned though. John.

@@moviecollector5920 Thank you for the quick reply,much appreciated.I also think Timothy Dalton was excellent in the part and a pity he didn’t get the chance to do anymore.like a few others have mentioned it would have been good to have seen a proper sequel to On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.

@@gerbiks45 Overall I prefer George Lazenby as James Bond rather than Sean Connery. I liked Mr. Connery when the films were current (I was very young though) but most of his films have dated quite badly today. I still very much like Thunderball though and there are bits and pieces throughout the rest of his films that I consider excellent. That Ford Mustang chase sequence in Diamonds Are Forever for example. John.

You're welcome Daniel. John.

We do watch 3D Blu-rays via the latest video projector occasionally but it's not something we generally like to do as the glasses tend to get on our nerves a bit. We like to just sit down and watch a film but 3D glasses somehow take away the enjoyment. A few of the 3D discs are very good though so I can see how youngsters can really get into it. We saw Omnimax 3D though so nothing comes close to that. Even I could get a little obsessed with that given the chance. John.

Sadly I don't much care for Titanic. I think the actual sinking is fabulous it's just the rest of it. I wanted all the main characters to drown pretty much as soon as they'd been introduced! We do have a copy of the film on PAL LaserDisc though which has been run twice. I saw it originally at the Odeon Leicester Square as a 70mm blow-up. The computer effects were almost laughably bad at times but no one else seemed to notice. I hope they've been re-done for this re-release. John.

@@moviecollector5920 Ah... Haha! I am quite a bit the opposite. I usually only want to watch the first half, before the sinking. Tho that part also is great, of course. The CGI-people are very dated, I agree on that. They have not been redone. But still works for me to this day, nevertheless. :) There were some issues with the horizon in the background looking bad in the original theatrical release and on the VHS, and that has luckily been fixed way back since the DVD. So what we all are watching is kind of a "Special Edition", it was just done in silence... What about "The Abyss" then? Or "Aliens"? Hope you will do those at least. :) I am curious to what your thoughts are on the use of DNR in those...

@@sem_skywalker I have both those films on film but because Aliens is getting released here and it will give me the opportunity to do something similar to my review of the 4K of Alien I shall get it and feature it at some stage. The Abyss isn't getting a release so sod the expense of importing a copy of that when I'll never watch it other than for a KZfaq review! I need a wealthy benefactor!!! John.

@@moviecollector5920 Really cool that you have those films on film. Must be special to watch. ;) Hope they are intact and not faded. :) Looking forwards to that "Aliens" review! Cheers from Norway!

@@sem_skywalker Aliens was 1986 Sem and The Abyss was 1989. I haven't run Aliens for a few years but I ran The Abyss a few months ago and it still looks like the day it was printed. As low fade stocks came in in 1982 I'd have been surprised if it hadn't still looked the same. Occasionally there can be a processing issue with a film on modern stocks but fade is very, very rare post '82. John.

Merci Alain. John.

It's one of my favourites Craig so possibly worth a look if you like the sort of films Spielberg was making 45 (ish) years ago. John.

Might be advisable to import it since many Kino Lorber 4K titles are not making their way into the UK. Having said that if you are not adverse to streaming, keep an eye out for it on Apple TV/Amazon (mind you it doesn’t seem to be making an appearance there either)

I hope the 4K looks as good on your system as it does on our present video projector Palm. All these systems are different and that was certainly the case with Super 8 through each of our video projectors. John.

@@spaceodds1985 thanks for the info. Would a U.S 4k import work on a UK dony 4k player?

It's a bit of a repeat but the funny thing is that re-uploading this review appears to indicate that Super 8 is a more popular film than it was when I first did this review about three years ago. Funny that. John.

Thank you Andy. John.

The Blu-ray is pretty terrific Gary, it's just that the colours are unrealistic compared to the 4K... but that varies from system to system. John.

I didn't know that film was issued in 4K here in the UK. I wonder how well it's sold. John.

@@moviecollector5920 I just bought it on Amazon UK - it's the 70th Anniversary edition with a slip cover

I just finished watching it and to my untrained eye it looks like a very good transfer - good bright whites and a broad spectrum of grey's - sharp and pleasing to the eye. Also a very good film - thoroughly enjoyed it

@@nigelridley4864 Glad you know you like it too Nigel. There appears to be a growing number of us appreciating this film now. I suppose it's coming of age. John.

This film does seem to have more admirers than when I first uploaded this review Marty. Perhaps only fans of the film are watching it this time or perhaps I somehow encouraged a few people to take a look at it three years ago. I think it's a wonderful film and did from the first time I saw it but it looks better than ever now with the new equipment and wider screen. John.

@moviecollector5920 I've watched it on my LG Oled and my 1080p projector, I'd love to see it on a 4k projector...maybe Xmas

@@MadMartysMovieReviews-gv6hk On our Optoma UHD550X I could hardly perceive the difference between the Blu-ray and the 4K Marty and I think that proves the point I'm always making that all our equipment is different. Even on the UHZ50 I can't discern a difference in definition between the two but I believe Super 8 was only a 2K video master file for cinemas so that might explain that side of it. All that effort to shoot 35mm and the dailies were only transferred at 2K. The same abomination was done to Last Night In Soho. What is wrong with the people running the film industry? Are they completely driven by cost? John.

@moviecollector5920 Profit is all they care about sadly, Super 8 and Last Night In Soho look good as 2k but imagine what they would have looked like in true 4k

@@MadMartysMovieReviews-gv6hk I don't suppose there is any chance anyone will ever go back and transfer every negative element needed to re-constitute the film. It should have been finished on film but I don't suppose there are enough people left who know how to do that. Perhaps the lady who assembled OPPENHEIMER in standard 65mm and 15/65 (plus a bit of 16mm) winning the USA Academy Award will re-educate the industry and they'll realize how stupid they've been... but probably not. John.

I don't know Dave. I'm a little tied up with personal matters to look for any 4K discs that might be interesting enough to do a review of. I haven't even been able to get to the BFI IMAX to see the 15/70 blow-up print of the second Dune film, damn it! John.

@moviecollector5920 hope you get everything sorted mate always enjoy ur 4k reviews guess I'm getting withdrawal symptoms lol

@@davelangridge3557 I've just realized we're talking on last week's video Dave. A review of Once Upon A Time In Hollywood went live about an hour ago. Don't know when I'll be able to do another though so bear with me if I'm absent a while. Got a funeral to get out of the way but that's enough about that. John.

Glad you think so Timothy. Thank you. John.

@@moviecollector5920 you're welcome. Just curious, do you still use the old projector?

I'm pretty sure there never was a finished negative and that's the problem. As each shot was developed it was then transferred by scan and only ever edited in a computer. This appears to be how all films are done now which is a money saving exercise. Every movie shot on film should be finished on film as so successfully proven recently by Christopher Nolan with OPPENHEIMER. To make SUPER 8 look as good as it always should have done would require someone with the film editing capability (probably rare now owing to the bad decision making within the film industry) and assemble every relevant scene down to the exact frame using the original shots in camera negative form. It's never going to happen so the 2K upscale will be as good as it ever gets. It looks good enough on Super 8 though but that's around HD quality so a suitable video to cine transfer. John.

@@moviecollector5920 That's some good insight into the situation John, thanks for that. Yeah i cannot imagine them ever spending the money to go back and cut the original negative, such a shame as the cinematography in this film is excellent and i think would look great blown up to 4K. Never mind, at least the 4k disc is still a good transfer.

@@moviecollector5920 Thanks for the insight John, that's very interesting. I could never imagine that they would spend the money and cut the original negative, its a shame as the cinematography in Super 8 is excellent and would look great blown up to 4k. Never mind at least the transfer for the 4k disc is still great.

@@moviecollector5920 My comment keeps getting removed so i am reposting, sorry if you have read it already. Thanks for the insight that's very interesting. I could never imagine that they would spend the money and cut the original negative, its a shame as the cinematography in Super 8 is excellent and would look great blown up to 4k. Never mind at least the transfer for the 4k disc is still great.

@@quatz1981 It's odd the way some comments just disappear. I've checked in the 'held for review' section and there's nothing in there so it's simply gone off into the ether. So many recent films have been permanently buggered up because there is no longer the ability to both shoot and finish on film. It's the same with everything nowadays because the wrong people are running just about all big business and the end result tends to be that the staff lose interest in what they're doing. You can only bang your head against the wall so often. John.

I think I've only had three complaints about showing trailer extracts but I don't tend to use them now unless I've got written permission. It's a shame because it's a good way of 'selling' the movie to anyone watching and interested in the review. I don't tend to look at certifications on films so I'd never thought about it until now Bob. I like all types of films and very much enjoy movies aimed at children other than computer generated cartoons which generate practically zero interest in me. Super 8 is one of my favourite films but I do have a lot of 'favourite' films. It strikes a chord for me though owing to the Super 8 theme throughout the entire film which as been a familar part of my life for all of my life back as far as I can remember. John.

@@moviecollector5920 Agreed. It is very strange that a studio (or their subcontracted minions) would strike/complain/claim a video that is precisely doing the job of recommending their product... In turn generating them revenue from a purchase. Years back, fair enough people were uploading entire movies to the platform, but a snippet of a trailer... Its a bit cheeky of them. Enjoy your weekend!

@@suavebob I'd reached the point where I presumed a promotional trailer extract would be acceptable in a KZfaq video promoting their product but alas not. It is their copyright so it's up to them but when you look at some of the videos others upload that are chock full of clips from feature films it does seem a little odd. I had more or less the same thing with my review of the 4K of Jaws where I used the trailer on Super 8 to illustrate how the anamorphic filming process worked. That video was very popular though so I decided to leave it and Universal could have the £10 (or thereabouts) per year advertising revenue from it. A shame though because a lot of time went into that video. John.

​@@moviecollector5920 I think Steven Spielberg has a personal grudge against you John 😲 😛 Especially if others creators are getting away with more, its like being back in a school yard being picked on by a big bad bully. I didn't realise the revenue was so low from videos and as you mentioned, that's one of your popular videos. I took voluntary redundancy from work recently to get a nice pay-out and was actually considering attempting something on KZfaq (not entirely settled on what), but I think i'll scrap that idea. That being said, redundancy money now burning a hole in my pocket and I am considering a new TV as my poor existing 65" LG OLED has quite a bit of burn in, which to be fair is my own fault for running it through a PC around 16 hours per day for the past 24 months, with it now picking up outlines of some of the static images - particularly shows bad when solid orange colours are on the screen.

@@suavebob I haven't kept up with how many views that old Jaws review video gets but the basic summary is that one thousand views averages to about £2.50. Sometimes it's a little more and sometimes it's somewhat less. These videos only tend to generate views when they're first uploaded so unless they're something considered very special then it's a waste of time in monetary terms. I couldn't find this information out anywhere when I was considering starting the channel and in fact the information I did find was completely wrong but a small income was not the main consideration. The BFCC was the big thing and with that resurrected and leading onto greater things I feel it's pretty much mission accomplished. I'd like to do more cinema related videos but circumstances are in the way at the moment. John.

Thank you Pieter. I'm working on the next video at the moment which will be my summary and update on what I refer to as 'The 4K Fault'. This will detail my findings of checking through quite a bit of my 4K collection looking for discs which have failed since first watching them. The results should be reassuring. John.

@@moviecollector5920 failed discs? Meaning? Errors after a first watch or?

@@pieterbalk-ht7kq The 4K fault Pieter. Play fine the first time but then the laser passing over poorly manufactured areas of the silver, reflective layer sets a rot in and it won't play all the way through the second time around some time later. More details in the next video but I've been talking about it for probably almost two years now. John.

What was that Mark? I don't think I've ever heard about it. John.

He directed startrek and startrek into darkness and 2 awful starwars movies they call him lens flair abrambs❤

@@markhempenstall5379 I liked both his Star Wars films but The Force Awakens was the special one. Just as well we're all different but I think that particular Star Wars may well be the second best ever Star Wars. John.