Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
"The "Hayden replaces Shaw" thing has no comparison to this. Yes, once rumors started leaking there was some reason to wonder--but what rumors have leaked about an LD transfer? None! Its all based off the two "1993" and "less pristine" comments by Jim Ward which have more reaonsable explainations regarding the original cleanup and archiving of the OOT for the special edition."
Specifying a specific year, as well as the technology of that year, is a pretty odd thing to do. Wouldn't you agree?
"The "Hayden replaces Shaw" thing has no comparison to this. Yes, once rumors started leaking there was some reason to wonder--but what rumors have leaked about an LD transfer? None! Its all based off the two "1993" and "less pristine" comments by Jim Ward which have more reaonsable explainations regarding the original cleanup and archiving of the OOT for the special edition."
Specifying a specific year, as well as the technology of that year, is a pretty odd thing to do. Wouldn't you agree?
Not really. Its the year that the OOT was archived and cleaned up. Whats odd is to somehow jump the gun and say its a Laserdisk. Really the problem is that Jim Ward was specific enough to get us guessing but not specific enough to keep us from jumping the gun. He should have said either that it was a Laserdisk transfer or a new print. But UNTIL HE SAYS IT IS A LASERDISK TRANSFER, we must take the lack of Laserdisk speak as meaning that this is not the case. The burden of proof is on you to prove that it is a Laserdisk transfer, and the simple fact that it is from 1993 is not nearly strong enough to make such a wild accusation, especially when you consider that the OOT was archived in 1993, meaning ANY future version would be from the 1993 print. Hence it is EXPECTED that this version be from 1993!
I realise though that the sometimes misleading and contradicting actions of Lucasfilm as of late have caused people to be wary, especially since this all seems too good to be true. And trust me, I'm not 100% trusting of them either. But really, until we have any reason to believe they will be Laserdisk rips we must assume they are not. The fact that it will be from 1993 and less pristine than the 2004 is not only explained by countless other reasons but if you think about it, unless the new dvds are going to be restored by Lowry digital to create a new Internegative, which we have no reason to believe is the case, the OOT would have to be less pristine and from 1993. So this is why is vehemently reject the LD theory.