Broom Kid said:
this restoration (which began YEARS AGO)Do we know when it began? I thought I saw somewhere it was 2022, but all of the leaked clips I’ve seen have a 2025 copyright date on them.
The films were scanned in '22, restoration began this year or '24.
Interesting. Is that in the data files?
Yes. From what we can tell, there were three main scans.
- 6K cintel scans either done in '22 or before (not used in this restoration anymore)
- 6K Cinelab HDR scan (for most of the three films)
- 8K Lasergraphics 3-flash HDR scan (done for selective shots/scenes, mostly Effects shots)
There also appeared to be a photochemical (physical) restoration between scans 2 and 3. But that’s a long, deep web I won’t get into publicly. PM me on the other forum for a discussion… (just you, not anyone else).