Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
IMO, the OOT is a question of content. Forget Jabba and Biggs and Greedo shooting first, changing actual FX composition constitues changes. Whether or not its an updated CG shot in Yavin or re-rotoscoping lightsabers, those are material changes to the content. But cleaning up matting artifacts to me does NOT constitute a change to content.
Thus, if they were to clean up all of the matting for the sake of cleaner picture and fewer branches, I think that would be acceptable to most [...] I feel exactly the same way about that. Keep the original content, but for heavens sake - do a good job of removing any garbage matte and emperor brain slugs and anything else along those lines (and please paint the light sabers and the laser shots correctly).
I sincerely hope that the Blu-Ray release will include everything but the kitchen sink. Seamless branching between O-OT, the 1997 SE, the 2004 SE, and the much rumored 2007 UE. And historical audio tracks for the original mono, stereo options, updated mixes through the years (simply lifting them from their LD masters would be a no-brainer to accomplish), and one juggernaut commentary where you get the surviving cast members to sit down and view the film together and get their banter, like a Kevin Smith commentary track.
This would not be THAT difficult for Van Ling to pull off. He's the master of seamless branching, has been since the introduction of the DVD format. Blu-Ray will take it to the next level. One disc to rule them all. ;-)
That would be too good to be true. The archival editions are our last hope - may the force be with us. IMO, the OOT is a question of content. Forget Jabba and Biggs and Greedo shooting first, changing actual FX composition constitues changes. Whether or not its an updated CG shot in Yavin or re-rotoscoping lightsabers, those are material changes to the content. But cleaning up matting artifacts to me does NOT constitute a change to content.
Thus, if they were to clean up all of the matting for the sake of cleaner picture and fewer branches, I think that would be acceptable to most [...] I feel exactly the same way about that. Keep the original content, but for heavens sake - do a good job of removing any garbage matte and emperor brain slugs and anything else along those lines (and please paint the light sabers and the laser shots correctly).
Color timing will be subjective and different with every different transfer, so that will always be met with some criticism. It was just so abhorrent in the 2004 DVD that it begs to be fixed. The Definitive Collection was such a painstaking restoration that they really got just about everything right that could be gotten right. The DVD was a piss-poor cash grab and time has shown it.
Well, what bothers me most is inconsistency in color timing. The 2004 set (especially ANH) has a different timing for almost every shot - the rest is (as you mentioned) merely a question of personal preferrence.I sincerely hope that the Blu-Ray release will include everything but the kitchen sink. Seamless branching between O-OT, the 1997 SE, the 2004 SE, and the much rumored 2007 UE. And historical audio tracks for the original mono, stereo options, updated mixes through the years (simply lifting them from their LD masters would be a no-brainer to accomplish), and one juggernaut commentary where you get the surviving cast members to sit down and view the film together and get their banter, like a Kevin Smith commentary track.
This would not be THAT difficult for Van Ling to pull off. He's the master of seamless branching, has been since the introduction of the DVD format. Blu-Ray will take it to the next level. One disc to rule them all. ;-)