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#1247794
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The Phantom Menace on 35mm (* unfinished project *)
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^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!

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#1247029
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Info: Revenge of the Sith 35mm on eBay
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Yes, ROTS is the one with the fewest differences.
But AFAIK, there are other changes than this wipe :

  • Wookie huts have extra details (moss and rust) on their rooftops (to make them look older)
  • at the end, a different wipe and shorter “Noooo!” from Vader
  • (some dialogues were changed or added, but this point is probably not relevant on a German version)

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.

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#1246837
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Info: Star Wars - What is wrong and what is right... Goodbye Magenta
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adywan said:

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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#1246548
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The Phantom Menace - Bobson's Theatrical Recontruction v2 (WIP)
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Hi Bobson,

I’m not sure I understood why you’re embarking on this great adventure… (Ah, too much questions 😃 )

Anyway:

  1. I am very happy that TPM has a regain of interest today, I have always believed that this film was underestimated
  2. I will be happy to help you in any way; do not hesitate to contact me in PM if you need something.
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#1245216
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Info: Star Wars - What is wrong and what is right... Goodbye Magenta
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Ronster said:

ZigZig said:

Ronster said:

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…