msycamore said:

danny_boy said:

If the original negative had not been cleaned and restored(as you claim) then how do you think they managed to get the picture quality to a level to be able to re-release it to cinemas in 1997?

No I didn't claim that, I clearly said that the original negative was disassembled cleaned and reassembled but just because they washed all the elements from dirt doesn't mean that all deteriorated and faded elements were magically restored. They are probably in the same condition today if not worse than when they replaced them with recomposites and CGI etc.

Apologies for the misunderstanding.

Having said that the public have never been shown which or what frames(that featured optical composites) have/had deteriorated.

A lot of the original composites are still in the special edition----and they look to be in excellent condition(although they exihibit the extra grain and contrast associated with 3rd generation elements)