2. It's debatable as to whether an anamorphic film image (which holds more resolution vertically then it does horizontally) really does yield a better result then non-anamorphic filming.
Sorry, but this clearly proves you don´t even have a basic concept what anamorphic is.
T2 was shot in Super-35, which uses more horizontal resolution because the picture goes all the way to edge of the film
Oh my god, and it goes on and on...... You are making a fool out of yourself here, please stop.
- something that doesn't happen with other formats. The T2 film would today be 15 years old. The SW film next year will be 30 years old. I'm not aware of the T2 film being in such bad condition that parts of the original negatives on the master reel had to be replaced, like with Star Wars.
There are movies which are even older than Star Wars, and look absolutely pristine. Star Wars was shot on extremely unstable Eastman Stock from that time.
16MM is about DVD resolution, not 35MM.
If you don't believe me, by an old movie shot on 16MM on DVD, and buy it on HD when released and compare the difference.
The difference will be quite clear: the HD transfer will look better and sharper.
Try Last House on the Left, for example - it's from the right time period, and has had similar problems to SW with the state of it's negatives. The DVD resolution brings out all the detail in the film.
You don´t know from which source this DVD has been mastered.
Converting 16MM to HD resolution is just like blowing it up to 35MM.
Nope, 35mm has much higher resolution than HD.
Jim Cameron seemed to think that the digital filming is achieving a level of detail equal to 65MM film.
Yes, we have all read your quote, but you obviously did not read our statements.
If you want to prove that film is better then HD then I suggest when SW is re-re-re-re-re-re-released on home video in HD that you show me captures of the highest detail with no special effects in them from each movie, and compare them to the captures of the highest detail in Ep2 and 3. Cause I reckon you'll find the detail in Ep2 and 3 is more.
YOu can already compare 35mm HD transfers with digital shot movies. ROTS has already been shown in 1080i.