Just did and you are somewhat right. It is lacking detail for a true HD remastering. =/ Oh well... Still better than anything that is currently out there so far.Lourdes wrote:Did you do what I said to see this?
It's definitely not an upscale that's for sure.Shingster wrote:...sharp enough that you could give the transfer a pass and say "not an upscale", but likewise I wouldn't really argue with someone who's confident that it is an upscale.
I kinda doubt that even Criterion could bring out any extra details out of these HK flicks, but they even managed to outdo Toho when it came to Godzilla remaster. I guess we can only dream as Criterion remaster for such movies most likely won't ever happen. =/Shingster wrote:We really need someone like a Criterion or Masters of Cinema to do a proper job on one of these 80s/early 90s action films so we can get a better idea of how they are supposed to look in HD. As it stands, we have no real template and it's very easy in these cases to see how soft these transfers are and immediately assume they're an upscale. I strongly suspect that there's not a tremendous amount of detail to be found in the negatives of films like Police Story and Hard Boiled though.