JayArgonaut said:
Apparently MGM censored some of the later prints to remove the kissing scenes with Anne Francis.
According to IMDb, this was only of a national (“local”) showing. I would guess MGM would not make up special prints in such censorship/ratings situations. At most, they’d just “OK” the locals making cuts for the local rating. But I’d suspect that letting internationals do cuts for local sensibilities is a contract norm.
To me, the BD looks fantastic although there’s bound to be someone who disagrees. 😃
Ah, that would be me! 😃 But first …
SilverWook said:
The Blu Ray version looks pretty good to me as well.
I once made a proof-of-concept color adjustment of this particular shot just to see what might result from stronger contrast & saturation & reduction of the blue tint (Blu-ray on LEFT, BR “adjusted” on RIGHT) . .
Too much of the movie is not well graded, as opined in this DVDBeaver review:
DVDBeaver Review – Forbidden Planet wrote:
“I don’t mean to ‘rain on the parade’ but I think I may have had higher expectations for the image quality of the new release than it is representing. … but I am ambivalent to make any bold statements on the colors. It could be the lighting but the uniforms of Commander Adams crew shift from blue to silver and even brown in some scenes.”
