- Post
- #1248040
- Topic
- Is <em>Revenge of the Sith</em> the Best or Worst Prequel?
- Link
- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/1248040/action/topic#1248040
- Time
Actually the answer is 42.
Actually the answer is 42.
Yeah.
Wipe them all. All of them.
^This.
There is also the night shot on Tatooine (on HDTV, DVD and BR, it was transfered directly from the digital shot, with other colors and contrasts than on the 35mm prints), and the missing parts of the podrace (but they can be found in the bonuses of the Digital Collection release).
But in fact, the entire film deserves to be scanned: indeed, the HDTV (and DVD) transfer suffers from a general overscan (with several panned scenes), a slight parallax and, especially, a lenticular deformation in the center of the screen (which is very easy to detect when compared to BR or 35mm scans).
As mentionned by several people, there is also lot of digital artefacts on the HDTV transfer (edge enhancement too strong, colors and contrasts very degraded), plus the lack of subtitles, so the HDTV transfer is better than nothing, but it is still a poor transfer, and the scan of the entire 35mm reels is probably essential.
Finally, the poor quality of those Russian reels will probably make it difficult to use the result.
Even if we are many to wish it (Chewie, Bobson, Trillary, me…), I do not think that it is worth it to put the health of Poita in danger, or to transform his house into a Russian mushrooms invasion, if the result is a damaged scan that won’t fit a damaged HDTV transfer.
In short, IMHO, it is better to throw these reels in the trash and consider a complete scan when the opportunity will arise again.
Anyway, thank you SO MUCH, Poita, for everything you do!
@trillary: thank you very much for sharing this link. But I’m not sure it is exactly the same font as in the movie (actually, I’m pretty sure it isn’t).
@poita: IMHO, please do not risk your health, especially if the end result is not worth it. Other opportunities will come…
Awesome stuff.
Yes I know, my wife often tells me the same thing…
OK but does George Lucus have a calibrated monitor?
I imagine they designed them to match the gout master.
You imagine far too much.
OK but does George Lucus have a calibrated monitor?
This is the point. George Lucus sat there and ordered the hue shifting fixed for this release.
Yeah, George Lucus loves to do that.
WTF!
Can we just say goodbye to this thread? It clearly holds zero value, there are actual projects going on.
You are right.
Yes, ROTS is the one with the fewest differences.
But AFAIK, there are other changes than this wipe :
I may be wrong but I think that for $200, it’s worth saving it, if only for the color references and the 35mm grain.
I have a feeling that hes stil trying to run this thread.
This
Probably yes for the opening crawl.
But I guess it shows the theatrical colors and cut…
And why originally say " this is what it is meant to look like. it looks lovely" and then say, when i tell you how bad it looks, that “oh its the way the editing program is exporting it (when its not)”? Why say it looks good to you in the first place? IT’S YOUR MONITOR. Spend the time calibrating it.
Well, you know, this thread is called “Goodbye Magenta”. Then Ronster turned to “Goodbye Purple”, then “Goodbye Blue”, then “More Magenta please”, and now “Too much Green”.
I’m really sorry to say that, but it looks like trolling to me.
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This month’s sharing is Adywan’s fabulous recent discovery: The making of The Empire Strikes Back (by Michel Parbot)
Hi Bobson,
I’m not sure I understood why you’re embarking on this great adventure… (Ah, too much questions 😃 )
Anyway:
Ronster, are you trolling? (I’m just asking)
OK but you must admit that a true Jedi doesn’t need a calibrated monitor: he closes his eyes and uses the Force.
You would do well to look at other films say like Bullitt to see what a film should look like
You’re so right: Yotsuya doesn’t know how a film should look like. That’s because he has a calibrated monitor (such a mistake). He is a newbie. Luckily you’re here.
He has failed to understand what I am looking at.
(…)
It was quite a simple thing I am looking at and I have had to explain over and over and over again and he still does not understand.
He is so stupid…
And what’s more, he believes that a calibrated monitor is better than a wonky one…
You would do well to look at other films say like Bullitt to see what a film should look like
You’re so right: Yotsuya doesn’t know how a film should look like. That’s because he has a calibrated monitor (such a mistake). He is a newbie. Luckily you’re here.
AWESOME!
I can also share it through my WeTransfer account (via Private Messages only), if Adywan agrees.