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spoRv, I don’t know if the Criterion edition has brightened darker or darkened brighter scenes - I am not convinced - to match the cathode tube era limitations, but my DVD from Opening edition with the LD master still looks the best to me, better than the THX or the BD. I am pretty sure that you agree with me. At least, I felt a doubt within you when you said years before :
“…what am I supposed to do now? Pretend that I discovered nothing, and continue the project as it was intended lately (regrading the BD with the 1999 THX DVD colors)? Regrading the BD using the laserdisc colors, as I intended to do from the beginning? Look at all the shots in the movie, and decide that if two (or three) have the same colors, this is the one to use for the final result? And what if all three are different?!? Maybe I could release two versions, the first with 1999 THX DVD colors, and the other with Criterion Laserdisc colors…”
Do you plan to regrade the movie on the basis of the criterion edition ? It shall be great. Here a couple of screenshots to remind what is obvious to me :
THX Master 1:
LD Master 1:
THX Master 2:
LD Master 2:
THX Master 3:
LD Master 3:
THX Master 4:
LD Master 4:
THX Master 5:
LD Master 5:
THX Master 6:
LD Master 6:
THX Master 7:
LD Master 7:
THX Master 8:
LD Master 8:
THX Master 9:
LD Master 9:
To my mind, THX (Lucasfilm) were a pioneer in digital treatment while the LD master belonged to the analog era. THX adds a yellow (orange?) tint. What do you think? 😃