Originally posted by: Anchorhead
Nothing has to be done to it. No editing and re-editing, no color matching, no sound re-recording, no computer generated alterations, no added music, no teams of technicians, no story changes, no specialty packaging, nothing.
I agree with you here, which is why I opened my last post by saying I think the untouched version should be the one released.
The moment a single change is made, it's no longer original and shouldn't be referred to as such.
Nothing has to be done to it. No editing and re-editing, no color matching, no sound re-recording, no computer generated alterations, no added music, no teams of technicians, no story changes, no specialty packaging, nothing.
I agree with you here, which is why I opened my last post by saying I think the untouched version should be the one released.
The moment a single change is made, it's no longer original and shouldn't be referred to as such.
However, by this rationale, you would not be able to watch Star Wars on home video at all, you'd have to get a 35mm or 70mm projector and a print, as the process of transferring to video inherently includes "changes". The "original" didn't have NTSC (or PAL or any other video standard) resolution. Different formats reveal the compositing more or less than each other - it is much more visible on video than on prints, for example. I am not trying to be obtuse about this - I'm just saying that there is no hard definition of "original" and one draws the line arbitrarily, to some extent. I support the release of a wholly untinkered transfer, as I said. I just meant that new compositing (of the original '77 elements only) wouldn't bother me.