Vaderisnothayden said:
And a restoration couldn't be done without the prints that were destroyed? Is there any material left a restoration could be done from? Or could the laserdisc material be used as a basis for a restoration? (Sorry, I'm totally ignorant about the technical aspects.)

you might want to check out the 'fan edits and preservation' forum,

there are several active projects that are ongoing to address several of these issues

including:

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conversion from LD - x0 project

conversion from 16mm

conversion from 35mm

hybrids from HDTV versions

image stabilization/color correction (see my signature for links)

-> see : http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/GOUT-image-stabilization/topic/9038/page/15/ for pics/videos

uprez to HD (see my signature for links)

->still images : http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Any-Suggestions-for-Better-Uprez-to-HD/topic/8971/page/2/ and see previous pages also..

later

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