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EyeShotFirst said:
Goldeneye Never Say Never Again re-scored project
This. SO MUCH THIS. The SD edit was nice, but I'd love an HD one. NSNA's score is so much worse and un-Bond than GE's.
captainsolo said:
I've come to the conclusion that either it's all the result of different US and UK mixes (which is unlikely) or an abandoned 70mm 6 track mix (even more unlikely).
Interesting theories. It's too bad that the alternate mix is the only one on the BD/DVDs. I'm definitely glad that the first 5.1 alternate mix was used on the BD rather than the botched UE DVD one.
Has anyone made a preservation of the original track from the LD? I can't find the LD and would love to hear it. It should sync to the SE DVD easily.
Indeed. I've only seen a 720p version and it is the best looking version of the film despite the cropping (which isn't too far off from what could be cropped theatrically.)
The HDTV version's ridiculously better than the BD. I appreciate the intent to restore the original framing but using the master for the SE DVD then DVNR'ing it wasn't ideal. The HDTV master is better quality wise, being done far more recently.
Over on AVS they go into the application of fake grain layers to cover up the intense sharpening and removal of detail done by the processors.
The fake grain Lowry allegedly uses is unfortunate. It also takes away from the film look of the movies. All the Bonds look pristine but none have completely natural looking grain structure for their respective vintages... Ah well.
It may be possible to restore more of the original color, as has been shown on the half-hearted attempts on the recent BD issues, but I don't know if these will ever look the same.
They'd probably be able to do a relative approximation with shot-by-shot correction as Harmy did for his Despecialized, but, due to the random variables of the Technicolor process, one general setting probably won't work. OHMSS's color correction looks pretty spot on though, likely the best one that required CC; pity that they contrast boosted it to hell.