Super excited for this release, thankyou for your hard work!
I am interested, how does the Upscale process compare to the real 4K releases regarding the process followed?
Level of Detail is as good if not better than the 4k-Release (Mainly because there is no DNR applied). You might say that the 4k-Bluray looks sharper but that’s only because PJ and his team added digital sharpness on the official release. The Version from DrDre looks more natural imo.
Color grading comes down to taste. The 4k-Bluray might be more neutral but I don’t know if you even want that in a fantasy movie ^^ Either way: This Upscale my favorite version of the Movie and the one I will keep on watching.
I might be editing the movies and remove some scenes from the extended cut which I don’t like.
I personally would love to see to see the theatrical version with the Elves leaving Rivendell and Gabriel’s gift giving scene kept in.
DrDre announced that he wanted to upscale the Extended Edition of TTT and ROTK as well.
But my guess is that this will take maybe a year so I decided to take the Extended Blurays of these movies (which do not suffer from that green tint like the first movie) and delete some scenes which I don’t like.
TTT:
I deleted the scene where Eowyn offers Aragorn a stew of her own making. I don’t like this scene at all. It makes fun of Eowyn’s cooking skills (Why do we need to see that ?). And the conversation about Aragorn’s age is pointless and boring.
ROTK:
I deleted all the extra Army-of-The-Dead-Scenes. Most of them are cheesy and can’t hold their own in terms of quality against the rest of the movie. Plus: I like how the Theatrical Cut leaves it open if Aragorn has succeeded in convincing the King of the Dead to join the fight.