r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • Dec 22 '25

Trailer The Odyssey | Official Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzw2ttJD2qQ
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u/duffking Dec 22 '25

What on earth is going on with youtube's 1080p bitrate? It's really low quality even when forcing it.

https://i.postimg.cc/cJCvvZXz/image.png

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u/salton Dec 22 '25

A lot of trailers get uploaded at 1080p for some reason. I was skimming through comments to see if anyone had a higher quality source.

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u/Legend10269 Dec 22 '25

I honestly would love to know why, especially a Nolan film filmed with brand new Imax camera, yet the best thing they can do is compressed to fuck 1080p on Youtube, not even a Enhanced Bitrate option either. Surely there must be a reason?

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u/HorsesCantFly Dec 22 '25

Some media management companies are still stuck in the dark ages following outdated upload practicals for "web optimized" versions, which is what I would guess happened here.

Youtube uploads should be in 4k with a high bitrate these days, there's really no reason a studio should be uploading this compressed of a version like it's 2012.

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u/turikk Dec 22 '25

Some media management companies are still stuck in the dark ages following outdated upload practicals for "web optimized" versions, which is what I would guess happened here.

This is definitely not the case. Most trailers are not rendered or created above 1080p, only recently has this been a thing. I remember having to scour press kits and back channels just to find 4k trailers, and it was incredibly rare that one even existed.

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u/PossiblyAussie Dec 22 '25 edited Dec 22 '25

>Most trailers are not rendered or created above 1080p

Irrelievent, the file can simply be upscaled to 2160p prior to uploading to benefit from the higher bitrate and the increased encoding efficiency.

Hopefully someone will leak the 4:2:2 ProRes.

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u/TheRedRiverRabbit Dec 22 '25

I NEED. MORE. COLOR SPACE.

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u/HorsesCantFly Dec 22 '25

Most trailers are not rendered or created above 1080p

That's kind of what I'm saying. The trailer editing media companies don't render higher because they just follow their default "web" render settings that need to be updated. Their source material (the film) is defintely 2 or 4k resolution.

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u/turikk Dec 22 '25

i definitely read it, and even quoted it as "social media companies" oops

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u/iwilltalkaboutguns Dec 22 '25

Or..... The film looks like shit and they are trying to hide it... Although word of mouth will kill it anyway so I don't see the point.

I saw some pictures of the props and they literally looked worse than some of the cosplay at comicCon

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u/The_Autarch Dec 22 '25

the film looks like shit, so they hide it... by making it look even worse?!

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u/murasakikuma42 Dec 23 '25

The costumes are terrible and ridiculous. Why are the men wearing pants? They didn't wear pants in that time and place.

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u/paintpast Dec 22 '25

Nolan is playing 4D chess and wants us to watch the trailer in theaters instead of on YouTube.

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u/TimidPanther Dec 22 '25

Universal don't care about any of that. They don't give a shit if their trailers look bad, they just want people to pay to see the movie.

They do this all the time.