The Matrix no longer looks like puke green in its UHD release

[jett]

So a long-standing complaint of the Matrix bluray was that all of the scenes inside The Matrix got an awful, overbearing green tint that was not in the theatrical release. This was done to supposedly match the color grading of the sequels. In its recent UHD release, supervised by the original director of photography, Bill Pope, this change has been rectified.

The Wachowskis have entrusted the creation of the HDR mastering with the original Director of Photography Bill Pope, ASC. Working with Bill I have come to realize that he has a full understanding and appreciation for the dynamics of the HDR format. The Matrix is created in two worlds: the "real" world in cool blue tones; and the "data" world in ever present green. Now with HDR, this film can be viewed in its futuristic and data centric realm more accurately than previous formats would allow. HDR with its huge dynamic range of luminance and color gamut allows for a true film gamma replication while adding additional dynamic range for accurate highlights and deep detailed blacks. DP Bill Pope has taken advantage of this to create a version with color timing as it was originally intended, crafting a high resolution digital master that is more accurate than the original theatrical release.

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So anyone that couldn't stand the green tint (like me), can now watch this movie in a decent fashion. The UHD also comes with a regular blu-ray that has the remastered picture, thankfully.

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There's still green in this remaster.

It's just no longer this distracting, horrendously homogeneous, overbearing shade of green that made every scene look the same.

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[maximumzero]

Well that's a bummer. The green tint maybe the world of the Matrix feel offputting. Like something was consistently not right.

Edit: Wait, was the green tint not in the theatrical release? I remember seeing it there and on its original DVD release. Was this a recent addition and my brain is Berenstein-Bearing it?

 

[Tribal24]

Bought about time, I likeed how the original looked.

 

[Anth0ny]

Nice. Always preferred the original colors.

 

[Liquid Plejades]

Until recently I thought the green tint was on purpose.

 

[poofynamanama2]

Does the bluray have the original tint or the puke green tint?

 

[Yams]

jett your second set of pictures aren't showing up

 

[dusteatingbug]

edit- never mind I'm an idiot

 

[Geist]

Eh, I guess I'm just too used to the green tint.

 

[Beer Monkey]

Nice, I bought this on iTunes for five bucks last month and it should get the free 4K UHD upgrade.

 

[BlackGoku03]

Do they have screens of the scenes outside of the Matrix? Those scenes were color balanced without the green.

 

[Gentlemen]

Well that's a bummer. The green tint maybe the world of the Matrix feel offputting. Like something was consistently not right.

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You get that feeling anyway thanks to the eerie lighting and camera movement in the opening scenes, not from color grading that looks like a mistake.

Good riddance to the green tint.

 

[jett]

There's still green in the movie, it's just not as insidious as it was in the original Blu-ray.

jett your second set of pictures aren't showing up

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Okay, I rehosted them just in case

 

[Loxley]

Awesome!

 

[meppi64]

Hmm, not really sure how I feel about this. I'm so used to the green tint by now that those new short kinda mess with the atmosphere a bit.

 

[Bronx-Man]

Thank goodness.

 

[Ahasverus]

I didn't hate the green. It added to its intention of shoing the matrix as unreal. Still, the remaster looks great.

 

[geomon]

Still prefer the original color timing but I'm very glad that some of the harshness has been lifted.

 

[jett]

Do they have screens of the scenes outside of the Matrix? Those scenes were color balanced without the green.

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Seems there was so much fucking green inside the Matrix people didn't even notice it also seeped into the real world.

 

[DJChuy]

Nice! My copy is supposed to arrive today.

 

[rashbeep]

Do they have screens of the scenes outside of the Matrix? Those scenes were color balanced without the green.

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these are just stills of the standard blu-ray so these differences are going to be more pronounced with the uhd disc in 4K HDR

 

[BlackGoku03]

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Seems there was so much fucking green inside the Matrix people didn't even notice it also seeped outside of it.

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Gat damn. Never noticed.

 

[Aftermath]

Nice don't own it on this format.

I have vhs, dvd (1st release ,dvd with revelations doc, 10 disc dvd Set) Blu-ray , UMD

 

[BlackGoku03]

these are just stills of the standard blu-ray so these differences are going to be more pronounced with the uhd disc in 4K HDR

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Thanks. It's more pronounced than I thought. Still waiting to buy a 4k TV... haven't found the right one.

 

[Deleted member 21339]

The regular blu-ray also has the newly mastered color timing? Well shit, then I'm gonna buy this.

 

[Nintendo Switch]

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Seems there was so much fucking green inside the Matrix people didn't even notice it also seeped into the real world.

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The so called real world was also another matrix. That's why Keanu had powers in that world as well.

 

[rashbeep]

The regular blu-ray also has the newly mastered color timing? Well shit, then I'm gonna buy this.

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yep that's where these caps come from

 

[alr1ght]

I can finally get rid of my first release DVD that has the original colors. :)

 

[zyvorg]

Man they always find a way to get you, was gonna get it for the HDR anyways so this is extra, hyped.

 

[RoninChaos]

When is this out?

 

[AtticusFincher]

The only thing I don't like is the ugly teal green look of the rooftop scene.

 

[jett]

The so called real world was also another matrix. That's why Keanu had powers in that world as well.

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[OSHAN]

Reviews are real good for this release. Going to watch Braveheart in 4K tonight, and plan on getting the Matrix once it is less than 30 goddamn dollars. 4K movies are fucking amazing.

 

[Bonefish]

It looks like they dialed up the blue hue in the real world scenes

 

[How About No]

TIL the green tint wasn't in the og version

 

[Stalker]

The so called real world was also another matrix. That's why Keanu had powers in that world as well.

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Nah, His powers only extended to machines. He was using his Matrix powers when not even inside the matrix to effect others linked to the matrix.

 

[Garlador]

The so called real world was also another matrix. That's why Keanu had powers in that world as well.

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[Sephzilla]

I sort of dont like the in-Matrix shots not having the green tint.

That being said, Reloaded and Revolutions went way too far with it

 

[Dan-o]

I wasn't planning to buy this (having had the DVD box set with Neo bust, the HD DVD trilogy, and the Blu-ray trilogy... I now only have the latter), but this is an awesome step in terms of preserving the original film as it was originally presented. I'll pick it up this weekend. (edit: err.. NEXT week guess)

 

[Deleted member 2317]

As someone who absolutely loathed the color timing changes- and thinks The Matrix is one of the best films made- I am so fucking ecstatic they decided to release this as is. THANK CHRIST FINALLY!!!!!

I'll take a little desaturated green if I can't get the real thing.

 

[Rodney McKay]

I think I just realized I've never actually watched the Matrix in HD! D:

 

[Nintendo Switch]

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It was exactly what I was expecting when the Matrix 2 ended with Keanu displaying super powers in the "real world"

Would have made the entire franchise a million times better.

 

[Sephzilla]

It was exactly what I was expecting when the Matrix 2 ended with Keanu displaying super powers in the "real world"

Would have made the entire franchise a million times better.

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The "Matrix within a Matrix" theory was always really stupid and it would have been the stupidest story decision possible

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

Maybe fellowship of the ring will be saved when it comes to UHD. This gives me hope.

 

[TheBryanJZX90]

What about the fake film grain? Never liked that.

 

[iAmPossum]

thank ye

 

[Nintendo Switch]

The "Matrix within a Matrix" theory was always really stupid and it would have been the stupidest story decision possible

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Stupider than their explanation that people were the ideal batteries?

The humans being studied in various simulations to better understand human nature and the ideal human society makes far more sense. The "real world" was just yet another simulated world.

All the idiocies in the movies plot go away with this explanation.

 

[Aftermath]

Best Cyberpunk film alongside Bladerunner 2049, then the 1st Bladerunner.

 

[Sephzilla]

Stupider than their explanation that people were the ideal batteries?

The humans being studied in various simulations to better understand human nature and the ideal human society makes far more sense. The "real world" was just yet another simulated world.

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Taking the entire world and rules established for the characters and the audience and promptly throwing all of that out the window after 2 movies would have been a monumental mistake.

 

[jett]

It was exactly what I was expecting when the Matrix 2 ended with Keanu displaying super powers in the "real world"

Would have made the entire franchise a million times better.

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I think that's the assumption a lot of people made at the time. Neo's connection to the source simply extends to the real world as well. I think people forget the synthetically grown humans aren't really all that human, they're basically cyborgs.

He's just tapping into the source wirelessly.