Alien: Romulus (4K+2D Blu-ray SteelBook) [UK]

[paulboland]

Release date: December 2, 2024
Purchase links: Planet of Entertainment - Amazon UK - Zavvi - HMV
Price: £34.99

Spoiler

 

[sbarker]

Not everything needs to be glossy but I think it's a mistake not to have it on that design.

 

[Flloydo]

ffs. I hope they’re wrong. Was hoping it was would be the same as the US

 

[TheWildEye]

ffs. I hope they’re wrong. Was hoping it was would be the same as the US

Is the US glossy then?
I haven't been keeping tracks.

 

[JinxyKatte]

Is the US glossy then?
I haven't been keeping tracks.

Didn't someone say matte and we were hoping UK wasn't? I'm on my way home now. Assuming they haven't left them on the step and nicked lol.

 

[Noodles]

Mine will be going straight back then. Loved the film and the design of this steelbook, but I'm not accepting a matte finish. Will wait and hope someone does a premium edition at some point.

 

[sbarker]

ffs. I hope they’re wrong. Was hoping it was would be the same as the US

Zero finish could look fine too, would be nice to get confirmation of what it actually is.

 

[JinxyKatte]

yeah it's zero. Tried to catch in light to show off the "lack" of finish. It actually looks decent in hand.

 

[Punker76]

View attachment 589994yeah it's zero. Tried to catch in light to show off the "lack" of finish. It actually looks decent in hand.

That's disappointing.... My personal preference will always be gloss

 

[Flloydo]

That’s honestly so f**king annoying

Gloss or spot gloss (a good amount) beats all the rest. Don’t care what anyone says. F**king zero matte!

 

[sbarker]

Looks a bit streaky in the photo too...

 

[TheWildEye]

Colours are so flat. Spoils the design. What could have been a great steel is now (imo) an average steel. For the extra wedge it's annoying.

They bothered to emboss the bloody UHD slipcover but couldn't be arsed on much for the steel.


Do you think the UK will get the embossed slipcover on the Amaray? That looked fantastic on the US release.

If it does. Might change to that for the moment. Feel let down on cost and value for money.
Fox Disney slippery basturds

 

[Noodles]

View attachment 589994yeah it's zero. Tried to catch in light to show off the "lack" of finish. It actually looks decent in hand.

Looks like streaky bacon

 

[TheWildEye]

Checked some reviews.
US steel is full gloss. Hadn't realised.

I know we sometimes get better finishes, not often but sometimes; come on, what about parity with regions? It's the same film and same design ffs.
They cost enough as it is.

 

[JinxyKatte]

More photos, I know some people don't like my instagram shots, well I don't care... Lol

What I do care about is the over saturation criticism, that is a valid point and I have desaturated the photos after my phone did its usual adjustments.

They should look a lot less unnaturally vibrant now and should be much closer to the original colours.

The lighting though remains to be a problem at this time of year.

 

[sbarker]

More photos, I know some people don't like my instagram shots, well I don't care... Lol

What I do care about is the over saturation criticism, that is a valid point and I have desaturated the photos after my phone did its usual adjustments.

They should look a lot less unnaturally vibrant now and should be much closer to the original colours.

The lighting though remains to be a problem at this time of year.

Don't have it on hand so can't compare but the colours don't look problematic from a glance, however your black levels are off, it's inky black in that photo which is visually pleasing but there's detail being lost by it being crushed like that.

 

[JinxyKatte]

Don't have it on hand so can't compare but the colours don't look problematic from a glance, however your black levels are off, it's inky black in that photo which is visually pleasing but there's detail being lost by it being crushed like that.

That's probably due to the lack of lighting. I couldn't get the black levels to even out and get the other colours to look accurate. I really tried. But at this time of year and it was overcast. There is so little natural light.

But I was referring to my Oppenheimer one.

 

[Stujoker]

In space no one can hear you scream for your deliveries!

 

[nekromantik]

I think most steels are zero finish here for some odd reason when US gets glossy
but in current times its way too much importing steels from US so gotta stick with UK ones

 

[tono06]

I think most steels are zero finish here for some odd reason when US gets glossy
but in current times its way too much importing steels from US so gotta stick with UK ones

Even for us in the USA is expensive so we have to get the European ones for way less even though the finish on them is not the same….like all the Disney series right now; I went with the European ones…

 

[sbarker]

Slightly OT but how exactly do you quickly/accurately spot the difference between matte and zero finish? Based on the earlier photos I've almost certainly called some zero finishes matte and I'm sure I've seen some places refer to it as 'low' gloss.