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Jurassic Park Collection [DVD]

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That's on a broad scale, though: nostalgic adults still get wrapped up in the grandeur of the beasts from the prehistoric era, while those modern kids whom dinosaurs speak to -- perhaps future paleontologists; the next Jack Horner or Mary Anning? But, when one lumps Jurassic Park III together with loose dinosaur escapades like The Land That Time Forgot or chaotic family-fueled adventures like Johnson's Jumanji, Dr. While it isn`t a masterpiece (we`ll leave that for some of my other favs, like American Beauty and Memento) it IS highly entertaining, gobsmacking fun, even when, like me, you have simply lost count of how many times you`ve seen it (although I think its somewhere in the 70`s! Moving on from here, the extras get a little more on the fluffy side, with three theatrical trailers for the entire trilogy (with the trailer for Jurassic Park 3 being a rather laughable teaser which shows nothing).

I could perceive no further detail in the DTS soundtrack - dialogue remained indistinguishable between the two soundtracks to my ears - but it definitely benefits from being louder and less restrained. By all accounts the two tracks seem identical, and as the credits appear on the screen the drums echo around the soundstage crisply and convincingly. It's clear, mostly lacks distortion (a few elements hit the upper end of the track somewhat clumsily), and stands above the visual transfer.

In this edition, the jeeps lack detail (that “haze” again), and again it's surprising to note that on both the standard Region 2 and Japanese editions, the jeeps are crystal clear and contain detail as soon as we see them. Even with a little bit of fading mainstream interest, that's why Jurassic Park ceases to become extinct, getting revived by Jurassic World a few years back after being on hiatus for about a decade and a half. Sobre la calidad de la imagen, podía ser mejor, anda algo justita en algunos momentos para ser un 1080p.

There's a lot of new ingredients mixed in, too, from the subtle whirr of a transport ball's rolling to the heavy pitter-patter of velociraptor feet sprinting alongside a motorcycle's humming, which strong, deft clarity across the front channels and traveling to the back. With a new perspective on the Jurassic Park idea -- concentrate on the horror and suspense as much as possible -- also comes some new tricks up the sound design's sleeves, presented here in a fierce DTS-X audio treatment. Don't get me wrong: the DTS-X track being rolled out here is a robust action-driven track with plenty of strengths throughout. Dialogue never has any audibility issues, whether frightened tourists or equally frightened dinosaurs are swarming around or not, and the music rides carefully alongside the action-movie bluster powering the rest of the film, spliced together into a balanced yet vigorous track that stays true to the Jurassic Park brand. The rest of the films in the Jurassic Park franchise have certain moments in their respective audio tracks that really make one lean closer and absorb what's going on, but doing so with The Lost World ends up being more of a struggle.There are stages of the visuals leading up to the more visually appealing elements in the cinematography: the opening nighttime scene transferring a dinosaur showcases the disc's contrast capabilities, while the next shot of a jungle excavation site wrangles with tricky tan and terra-cotta hues.

With Joe Johnson guiding the story into the territory of "let's not take this setting so damn seriously", Jurassic Park III becomes content with being this straight-up, dinosaur-fueled horror show, with a new type of genus to the series -- the Spinosaurus, a hearty competitor to the T-Rex in size and viciousness -- serving as its bloodthirsty killer. Object outlines seem to take on a hazy, fuzzy edge, and in some cases it's like everything is double-edged (imagine edge enhancement but not quite so obvious), but it doesn't occur across the entire image.In summary, the Dolby Digital soundtrack is a solid surround experience, but compared to DTS it sounds markedly thinner and less involving. Let's be honest: some people will be enthusiastic to hear about the 4K quality of all four of the Jurassic Park films contained within this set, but most of attention will be directed at the treatment of the original, especially since the Blu-ray presentation never fully lived up to expectations. These specialists, along with a lawyer and the gentleman's grandchildren, undertake a tour of the island that hosts the park. The heft and tightness of the bass when the dinosaur stomped, the high-end crispness of snapped wires, and the sprawling range across the board when it screamed and snarled delivered just about everything one could want from that kind of scene.

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