I do have a lot of versions of FOTR, but I was really only interested in how the colours looked across each one. With that in mind I ignored the EE Blu-ray, because of the green tint. I don’t have access to my Theatrical blu-ray, which I only bought for the 10 minute super trailer in 1080p. I was one of those people that was happy to skip the theatrical DVD and buy only the EE DVD release, because they told us ahead of time. I haven’t seen the theatrical in full since I rented the DVD release whilst waiting for the EE DVD back in 2002.
So I used the following versions:
- My encode using the You_Too GIMP script
- Dwalin release
- EE Blu-ray Remaster
- FOTR 35mm theatrical scan
For 95% of the film, I was very happy with the colours of this version. There were many differences between the different versions, but none that I found troubling.
There were a few scenes where I switched back multiple times and noted differences, but hard to say which I liked the best.
https://i.imgur.com/GK9QPuI.jpg
This scene was the only scene that I found troubling. The screen cap looks fine. But in motion the tint of blue and yellow makes both wizards look ill. Timestamp 1:25:11 to 1:26:00
The irony is the shot of Gandalf on the eagle, flying away from Orthanc, is easily the most beautiful painterly looking rendition across all versions.
I hope this observation has some value, it is not like the scene needs to be re-done, it was just the one part of this encode that stood out. I have to admit that on my iMac screen it looks fine, so it might be my OLED that emphasis these tints. I will look on my Samsung LED TV for another comparison. *Update. Just looked on my Samsung LED TV and felt the same about the colours in this short scene as on the LG OLED.