Uncle Buck: R1 vs. R1 Franchise Collection

captainjoe · Post by **captainjoe** » 05 Oct 2007, 05:34

Uncle Buck

Top: R1 original (anamorphic)
Bottom: R1 John Candy Franchise Collection (anamorphic)

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Cropping Example:

The R1 original image is placed and matched on top of the new Franchise Collection image. This reveals how much
information is revealed in the new HD transfer.

This Franchise Set features some popular John Candy films including Uncle Buck, The Great Outdoors and Going Berserk.
Much like the Arnold Collection, all 3 films are remastered and presented in anamorphic widescreen. Uncle Buck is the
only one of the three that I previously owned so i can't say how the others compare to the originals. The original
disc of Uncle Buck was anamorphic but was still not a perfect transfer. As seen in the above captures, absolutely everything
is improved in this new HD transfer. We can see that there was a large amount of cropping on the original. Dirt plagued
the old disc throughout the running time and the new disc eliminates a large portion of the dirt. Grain is perfect and
colours and black levels now look spot on. This is another solid effort from Universal!

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 05 Oct 2007, 08:35

Thanks Joe.

I like this movie. Sure it's one of John Hughes' poorest efforts, but it is not as bad as everyone says it is.

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 05 Oct 2007, 11:04

EvaUnit02 wrote:Sure it's one of John Hughes' poorest efforts, but it is not as bad as everyone says it is.

WTF! Wash your mouth out with water you doirty blasphemer!
I will fight to the death with anyone who says this is poor in any way or one of Hughes' worst films!

:shock:

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 05 Oct 2007, 19:35

The new disc is obviously a big improvement, even if it does have too much red in the image. Seems to happen a lot now for some reason. I never cared much for Uncle Buck, I always liked John Candy more than the films he was in.

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 05 Oct 2007, 20:13

Indeed, he only made a handful of films that were worthy of his talent, although personally I do consider Uncle Buck to be one of them.

brooce-leroy · Post by **brooce-leroy** » 06 Oct 2007, 00:11

My favourite John Candy movies are probably Armed And Dangerous, Who's Harry Crumb? and The Great Outdoors.

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 06 Oct 2007, 00:28

His best film and best performance hands down is Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 06 Oct 2007, 01:54

Candy was easily the most sympathetic of his generation's comic actors.

I enjoyed his sensitive perfromance in Only the Lonely.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 06 Oct 2007, 02:27

Nobody liked Canadian Bacon then?

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 06 Oct 2007, 02:38

I think that's one of the few Candy films I didn't see back in the day, I remember the reviews at the time were so overwhelmingly bad I didn;t exactly want to prioritize it.

brooce-leroy · Post by **brooce-leroy** » 06 Oct 2007, 15:16

I forgot PTA.

Also, I like Cool Runnings.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 06 Oct 2007, 17:50

I thought Canadian Bacon stank.

And obviously so did Michael Moore since he went back to making docs.