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Post #499723

Author
Harmy
Parent topic
opinions on film restoration/preservation and how it applies to Star Wars - what do you think should/should not be allowed?
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Date created
16-May-2011, 2:41 PM

Yeah, that would be perfect even if it was less cleaned up than the SE, which is a bit too clean anyway.

I'm glad we're getting to understand each other. We don't have to agree, just understand. And I disagree with but perfectly understand you view.

When you look at it as just a movie you want to enjoy, recomps can't bother you or can even enhance your experience. But I want to appreciate the film for it's historical value as well, and so I can't accept a version that's been tampered with. Clean up is something else, because in a restoration, you're trying to get rid of what wasn't originally there such as scratches and dirt but preserve everything that was such as unconvincing matte paintings and matte-lines, which definitely were there, on every single print.

But a new version with enhanced FX definitely has it's merits and I would probably enjoy it, as long as the actual original was preserved alongside it.