Product: The Transformers - The Movie (1986)
Rating: 2.0
Buy for special features, watch Rhino version for movie.
To clarify:The movie is NOT widescreen. The original prints of the film were lost years ago (after all, no one could have predicted the popularity of this movie twenty years later, especially considering its dismal box office take), so this is just the 4:3 Pan n Scan version CROPPED into a widescreen format. In other words, Sony took the already cropped Pan n Scan and then CROPPED IT MORE. This is even apparent during the section where they speak of the digital clean up. The "before" and "after" versions are different, as the "after" versions are cropped considerably. So purists who've been looking for lost footage aren't going to find it here - you're actually losing footage by watching this version.Speaking of digital clean up, the picture is awful. The contrast has been brightened up way too much, and everything looks washed out. Additionally, Hot Rod is pink... not magenta or burgundy or even red... but bright, nail polish pink. I cannot explain to you how awful the picture is.The special features are interesting, which is the only reason that I recommend this version. However, if you simply want to watch the movie or show it to a friend for the first time, stick with the Rhino version. The colors in this are simply too bleached... nearly painful to look at.