The film element used for the transfer is nearly perfect, which makes the presentation look especially good. For the most part, the image is sharp and nicely detailed. There are moments where the cinematography has been filtered to give the image soft focus, but even these sequences provide a stable picture and good definition. Colors tend to be fairly vibrant and flesh tones appear natural. There is no evidence of either chroma noise or bleeding during the film s entire running time.
Blacks are faithfully recreated and the picture delivers a healthy level of shadow detail.
Digital compression artifacts remain in check thanks to solid dual layer authoring. Although there are some frequency limitations in the 1984 sound elements, the new mix is surprisingly engaging. Sound effects are effectively bounced around the entire soundstage, including into the split surround channels, which certainly raises one s sonic enjoyment of the film. The new mix has a rather potent bass channel, which really solidifies the entire soundtrack. The interactive menus make use of full motion video, animation and sound for their comic book interface.