I had The Long Night and The Bells from season 8 recorded on my DVR back from when these first aired back in 2019. I figured I would rewatch them at some point. Then when House of the Dragon was announced I decided to save the rewatch closer to when that was due to air.
Lo and behold the series premiere was announced for 21 August a short while back. But seeing as how I now had a 4k player I opted to buy season 8 on UHD disc instead. I am very glad I did, it is a top tier release with respect to audio and video.
The most impressive aspect from watching on 4k is seeing how much rich detail and texture is in the costumes. To date I have yet to see any movie in 4k which matches this. Cersei and Daenerys's outfits in particular look amazingly good in every scene but even regular soldiers like the Lannister army, Unsullied and Golden Company and background characters look very impressive in their armour and clothing. In addition to the costumes, being able to see the make-up and character facial expressions in this format is very impressive. This was a show with a loaded cast who knew how to convincingly depict emotion. Cersei's tears, Jon Snow's horror and Arya's shell-shocked panic all come through strongly as Drogon rips through Kings Landing.
In terms of presentation the HDR on 4k really makes the visuals look great and in particular very much helps with The Long Night which looked quite murky and dark in broadcast format. The audio is also excellent. Even in plain Dolby Digital and not Atmos the score and sound effects convincingly swirl around and put you right in the heart of the action.
I thought I would just watch Long Night and The Bells from the season but ended up watching the whole thing.
In any case I will be getting more seasons in UHD and am thinking of getting the complete set to do a rewatch of the entire series.
Submitted July 31, 2022 at 03:33AM by cactusmaac https://ift.tt/6X3KCVx
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