S_Matt said:
Harmy said:
Well, in order to do that, he could basically do what I'm doing and make a fake original by just cutting the scenes that were changed into the SE, leaving the re-comped shots in there, which would mean they'd have to scan and clean up about half of the shots they'd have to to make a proper restoration that way (not to mention scanning and restoring the whole film, which would be optimal but most complicated and expensive) and that's what I'm afraid might happen :-(
If it did happen that way though, could you accept it? What if they left the recomped shots of the SE in but didn't recomp anything else? A form of "damage control" as it were.
I mean, it looks like the scenario you've outlined here is perhaps the *only* plausible route left open for the "original" version? A semi-original might just be the only thing one could in fact reasonably expect at this point - because nobody's going to cut the SE changes that only feature recomped shots, they'd be focused on returning the editorial to its original state. Which is all I really care about anyway - the STORY in its unaltered state. Because I think it worked best like that. And I don't care if the color timing isn't exact so much as I care that it looks natural.
All of which is hypothetical anyway as I severely doubt it'll ever happen trough the official channels.
Well, like I said, that's exactly what I'm afraid of happening and no, I couldn't accept it. It would be better than nothing but it definitely would not satisfy me. If anything, it would piss me off because if they marketed it as "original" it would be a fraud.