So if they thought the source was shit for theaters and for any future home video release why are they using it for the new dvd release? All they need to do is find the selected takes on film and restore them for the dvd for the scenes that were not restored for the special edition. were talking about 10 to 20% of the footage not having to do a whole new remaster. They could take the time do the color correction right and actually give a restoration company ample time to do so, not a 3 month rush to cash in.
for those of you morons who claim anamorphic is not the orginal version it was shot anamorphically in panavision and cinemascope at 2:35:1 ratio and released on 35mm and 70mm prints. idiots
And yes there are theatrical film prints that exist in private collections vaults and film archives the world over, that may be dirty but have significant better picture than these dvd will, and with a little clean Up they would've been a better source. The original negatives the interpositives and especially that dye transfer print for star wars in george's collection should've been used for this release, for not giving these films proper treatment is beyond the pale of the norm it's pure idiocy from a self styled master of film preservation. original vision my ass, he can take his special edition's and prequels and shove them.
Hey boris you must think you know more about this issue than Richard Harris does the way you go on supporting Pucas blatant attempt to LUca$h in
He will not even let conventions screen the original versions of the films, If I ever got rich I'd buy my own prints of the films and screen them in my home I love them that much. What's that George? you'd send your stormtrooper nazi yes men gestapo to my door to prevent me from reliving my favorite films Of my childhood if I could get my hands on them.