danny_boy said:
Some where in their vault ITV have the telecine of Star Wars(which debuted in 1982 on UK TV)----it may even be a telecine of one of the rare technicolor 35mm prints(like the one that surfaced in Baltimore 2 years back)----the colours of the ITV telecine are richer than the contemporary 1982 VHS/laserdiscs.
I would love to record that telecine to DVD/blu ray too!
Too bad ol George wont let that happen.
The '82 UK ITV telecine is a damn nice and theatrical authentic source in terms of color timing for the most part, but I can tell you that it's definitely not a telecine of an IB technicolor print, there's several things with that source that explains why that is the case, one being the different X-Wing takeoff-composite: http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Print-variations-in-77-Star-Wars/topic/14705/
danny_boy said:
timdiggerm said:
danny_boy said:
I actually have the priviledge of having watched them on a Sony 4K projector and it is brutal on optical composite effects shots/duplicate negative material.This is not the fault of the projector---it is merely accentuating the limitations of the technology used during the making of these films.
Limitations that were obscured by the photochemical analogue dulpication processes of the late 70's("less is more") when the film was running in theaters(be it 35 or 70mm) and also by the low resolution displays when these same films hit VHS/Beta/V2000/laserdisc aswell as (8mm and 16mm home movies).
And that is why, despite what some on this forum hope, we'll never get the OT released in HD with the original compositing.
Personally I hope that it does see the light of day on blu ray---BUT---be prepared to tolerate the quality differentials between those non effects and special effects footage(despite Lucas's attempts to eradicate this descrepancy by using intentionally degraded non special effects shots).
Be also prepared for sideburns and 70's hairstyles, or watch a film from the digital era. I guess many aren't prepared to accept that Star Wars is a classic spfx-film from the 70's after Lucas' brainwashing (that means tons of grain on opticals, matte lines and dirt printed in). If they can release King Kong, Metropolis or Close Encounters they can damn well release the classic Star Wars films in HD with all original compositing intact, if not, they may as well not bother releasing it at all IMO.