Fire in the Sky Blu-ray Screenshots (Patreon)

Video

Shout/Scream Factory's packaging doesn't include a note about the master, but the results deliver. This is clearly a fresh scan, and close to if not from the negative. Spectacular sharpness and detail in droves make Fire in the Sky look new. It's a spotless print, naturally preserved with the grain intact and well resolved. A few exceptions in smokier photography aside, this is transparent to the source.

Splendid color reproduction pumps up primaries to dazzling peaks, if never so far as to render them unnatural. A slight warmth in flesh tones looks appealing.

Intense black levels do leave behind crush. That's on the source material though, not this disc. Characters enjoy retreating into darker corners. No surprise then the depth is helped by the rich, bold contrast (begging for an HDR presentation in the future). Sunlight flows across the frame, and lights, whether from UFOs or diner neons, shine gorgeously.

Audio

Fire in the Sky begins its aural life with a wild truck careening around the frame, rushing to the sides and panning through the rears. Helicopters fly by flawlessly. The full width of this 5.1 track is substantial, and it sounds every bit the early '90s, when the tech was new, showing off the ability to surround an audience. This mix, assuming it's new, preserves that aggressive spacing.

Bass doesn't come through quite as clean. Muddy low-end pushes through the subwoofer loosely, rumbling if lacking force. Trees fall and create a minor bump as they land.