Montreal vs Budapest?

Thanks, KevoM.

My system can handle Atmos and DTS X - I was future proof and now... well, present proof!

If you say Stop Making Sense is that good - I will get that shortly. Supertramp is a good maybe too.
Not a fan of post 80s Eagles, can't stand Mumford (no offense if you like them, just me), Clapton is a good maybe too - but i would pick up the San Diego Blu Ray first - just for the performance. Hans Zimmer...eh.. no.

I agree with all the posts and just to add...

Montreal has a weird yellow tinge throughout, where as Budapest is too red in places.

Chief Mouse’s regrades are AWESOME!!

[QUOTE] [b]aristide1 wrote:[/b]

Ask Sebastian, he knows everything. Be sure to include zip code for Montreal and Budapest, otherwise he may not process your question.[/QUOTE]

Are you one of those guys who pairs the words "intellectual elite" out of sheer jealousy for the fact that experts have worked hard to become experts, while you've just worked hard at being a troll and a bottom feeder?

Sebastian's detail-focused hyper-systemizing cognitive style only give the impression of hard work and talent.
In fact it's a sort of medical condition. A typical characteristic is his total lack of sense of humour.
I can't be envious of someone who looks like this (Sebastian holding his well-documented book "Queen - From Smile to Laughter").

[QUOTE] [b]Biggest Band On The Planet wrote:[/b]

I think Montreal was shot on a format that was similar to Imax.[/QUOTE]

Nope, just regular 35mm. It was the first concert to be filmed entirely on 35mm though. The standard at the time (and many years after) was 16mm.

[QUOTE] [b]Kurgan wrote:[/b]

I think if your TV is set up correctly, the Montreal Blu-Ray looks just fine.[/QUOTE]

I have to disagree with this. Montreal just looks awful.

Budapest has the video footage of the band members edited in, which spoils it I feel.

Montreal is technically better but the colours have been desaturated to the point where it is almost black & white in places. I can only think this was a decision to make it look more modern (subjectively at best). It was shot on 35mm and assembled on eight-sprocket 65mm negative film which was then used to master 70mm prints for distribution on Saul Swimmer's MobileVision system (similar to IMAX).

Budapest was shot on 35mm and assembled to a 35mm inter-positive which is the source for the Blu-ray. Essentially, it is a first generation copy of the negative (presumed lost).

[QUOTE] [b]Nitroboy wrote:[/b]

[QUOTE] [b]Kurgan wrote:[/b]
I think if your TV is set up correctly, the Montreal Blu-Ray looks just fine.[/QUOTE]
I have to disagree with this. Montreal just looks awful.[/QUOTE]
Of course we can all have our own opinion, but a TV set up correctly can make all the difference.
I never use the default settings, and spend a good deal of time creating a selection of screen profiles (there are a vast array of settings that can be changed within the menu on most modern TV's)
This applies to other devices connected via HDMI, component, s-video and composite, some of which also have their own menus for personal screen preferences.
As well as this I make sure my TV is set at 24p full screen for blu-ray film releases (not PAL or NTSC 16:9).
I have Montreal on just about every format it was released on, and I stand by my comment that it looks just fine on blu-ray.
I appreciate that we all have our own viewing preferences, but it's also worth using something like the Lucasfilm THX setup menu (available on some film releases) to help you get the most out of your TV.

Incidentally there are some 35mm film cells of Budapest listed on ebay at the moment, I posted some links in the collecting forum.

I too have seen 'Montreal' (aka 'We Will Rock You') in all formats including a cinema version at a convention in Southport in the late 80s.
Since then I have bought (and still have) every home video format that it was released on.

Here's hoping for a 4K UHD release soon with improved color grading and HDR.

Incidentally, did anyone ever see the 4k cinema release a few years back and was it an improvement?

I must have been in that cinema too, I also remember seeing the Rainbow film and a pre-release version of Highlander at the cinema during conventions.

[QUOTE] [b]KevoM wrote:[/b]

Incidentally, did anyone ever see the 4k cinema release a few years back and was it an improvement?[/QUOTE]

It looked exactly the same.

I tell a lie, i missed out on the laser disk and HD-DVD version of Montreal (i think it was released in these formats?) Never got into LD and my HD-DVDs are now in my mother's loft!

I never had an HD DVD player, I wonder how that release compares to the blu-ray.
Pretty much the same I guess.

Oh gosh. This is tough. I think I'm going to go with Budapest. I have a soft spot for the mid 80s era of Queen.

I posted this in another thread, but though it might be of interest here. This is a raw LOW RES scan I have produced from a 35mm cinema reel cell.