Hi before i start i dont want this to be a "you are wrong i am right or vice versa" situation.

Everyone has a version that works for them. As long as we all get to love these movies.

That being said im sure there is a general consensus that the 2015 to this day seems to be the best "untouched" version of T2. Little DNR and accurate colour grading.

....for now

Because

I didn't see anyone talking about this so maybe we will crown another release.

This is The T2 directors cut blu ray release from UK released in 2008.

i owned this version of T2 on blu ray for about a year because i live in Europe and couldn't play region b blu rays. So the 2015 one was out of the question.....untill now.

I got me a region A player and wanted to see how better or worse it looked in comparison.

And i came to the conclusion that the 2008 UK Blu ray of T2 the directors cuy seems to be superior to the 2015 release.

From my understanding its seems to be the same master file during restoration.

Same colour grading. Same scratches on certain frames.

But....

Since the 2015 release had to cramp the theatrical cut and the extended cut on to one disc it was compressed to the point that both cuts on that disc suffered quality loss.

The UK blu ray on the other had had more space since its just one file. And when i compared the two releases side by side on the same frame you could see the grain better on the UK one.

Even skin features seemed to be more noticeable.

Its just a neat observation. Im also not saying that this is the "definitive" edition.

But a cool one at that.

  • I'm gonna have to get it, is it the original cut? Trying to avoid the ones with old Sarah at the end, prefer the "road" ending

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    Then this is your cut.

    Its the directors cut.

    It adds the kyle dream sequence and the scene where sarah and john remove the chip of the Terminators head.

    No old sarah at the end.

    Its the road ending.

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  • Big question though.

    When the T800 pulls the chain at Enrique’s to get to the weapons cache, does it buzz? It was awful at one point, must’ve been the frequency the sound was at.

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    Cant remember that being distracting.

    But im now curious im gonna pop the dics in again and look at that scene.

    Edit: after looking at that scene i can say that it sounded fine to me.

    No buzzing or anything in that ball park.

    Just chain sounds.

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    Fantastic, thanks so much. 🙏

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  • Isnt uk bluray region B?

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    Yeah i just saw i messed up.

    What i meant was i live in europe and the 2015 blu ray was obviously region a.

    And yes this UK one i region B and thats why i could play it on my system.

    And later bought a region A player to play the 2015 one.

    Sorry....slow thinking....fast typing on my part😂😂

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  • I have the skynet edition, I was never very happy with it or my extreme DVD. I'm praying for a rescan for the 35th anniversary.

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    Same.

    But looking at the last 4k transfer of T1. And its use by AI.... ironically....

    And all that being supported by cameron suggests that as long as hes in charge we will never get a "pure" release like the latest tranfers of Robocop for example made by Arrow Video starting from scratch with a new Restoration as the original negative.

    But i wanted to make this post because i really think this is the best transfer we got that is the most untouched.

    And it actually really looks great on a 4k screen even its a blu ray. The compression is great here.

    But yeah a full 4k release that isnt.....what it is now would be neat.

    All we have is a 35 mm scan of the film shown at theaters.

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    Man, I saw the T1 AI version in theaters and it's not pretty. People in the background are like jumpscares every time they go out of focus and all the edges are funky.

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  • Question for experts here: which version of all releases have the best quality so far for Europe region?

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    This one.

    I initially got this because i couldn't play the 2015 one because i live in Europe.

    Meaning no player here would play it. In my research i came to this UK version.

    Which seemingly seems to be based on the same master file as the 2015 one just so that its the theatrical cut without extras but with being able to be played on region a and b.

    And it having the right colour grading, less dnr anf overall having more detail than the 2015 one because it isnt cramped with another cut on one disc so that i needed to be compressed like the 2015 one.

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  • That first image is nuts.

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  • I have this, will rewatch

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  • Looks fantastic!

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