Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:
jero32 said:
The reason I brought up the backup/archiving thing was that whilst I feel that this will be great for having a digital version of the movie to compare changes etc to. It's not neccesairly the best version to watch in terms of quality. (on acount of the 32mm film simply being somewhat dirty. It stil looks very good though.)This is what I originally thought when I started doing my 16mm transfers, but was surprised to discover that many people enjoy, even prefer watching them to the DVDs/BDs. There is some inherent appeal to an authentic film look, and not everyone likes the ultra-scrubbed waxy sterile modern look, especially when watching an older film.
This.
the 16mm transfer is by far my favorite version!
i wish you guys could see more of the tests and full
reels we have now, but of course it's better to wait for the full thing.
everytime i get a reel from the excellent lpp print, i have to watch
it with my jaw dropping, not because of how cool it looks, but to relive
that feeling of seeing it as close to the original. and knowing it will
be complete again.
even the red faded reel 5 test looked amazing when
i saw the first few seconds of it transferred! it really feels
you are going back in time, and experiencing it for the first
time again! of course i've only watched this movie in the theaters
twice since it came out. and only a handful of times on dvd, and
laserdisc... (i've watched the special editions a lot more, so i'm
more used to them).
watching the bluray version is actually pretty cool, when you
notice a lot of the detail in some of the shots.. i guess the colors
are distracting to a lot of people (not to mention the additional
changes)... but since i'm not that great at noticing the color
changes, it doesn't bother me that much. i can live with most
of the cgi additions also.
that's why we are using a professional color corrector to regrade the
film.. his decisions, and one other person (mr brown), and myself all
contribute on what we think... too dark, too light, etc.. but in the end,
it should be a lot closer to the original presentation, which is what we
are trying to capture.
i think you can tell, most people will prefer to experience this as
a whole project. but don't let it deter you from starting up a
splinter related project. i'm sure there will be many offshoots,
as people will want to adjust some of the shots to their own
preference.
later
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