Jaitea said:

I dont think he hates the fans who desire to have the Original's back, it's the fact that if the Original films were to be re-scanned at the quality that restorers use now usually 4K (Recently Raiders of the Lost Ark) or 8K (Wizard of Oz), they would be incredibly superior to the scans that he made in the 90's that he has been using right up to now for the BD release, which were roughly 2K.

All the CG additions from the 97SE, the 2004DVD & the Horrific BD versions were all tooled at 2K to suit the canvas they were working on.....all this work would be very hard to reintegrate into a higher scan....it would mean starting again.

If it was me.....I'd probably do the same.....right I'm out of here,....Disney, good luck with that!

J

Just the money spent on the latest bunch of digital changes for blu-ray probably could have covered a good part of a proper and full restoration of the original untouched films. Many have stepped up to bat to offer their professional services. Certainly with the money they have spent since the SE first hit they could have surely done a proper new restoration. And since we are really only interested in the original untouched version, he wouldn't have to re-create all the SE CGI effects again, like what Start Trek: The Motion Picture is facing.