captainsolo said:
As of now, I think the new color timing is closer to the original but with more modern leanings.
I believe this as well as close to the theatrical as possible so far on home video but i also believe they went a bit further. Too far imho to give the images more punch. Indy's skin tone should not be bright orange the color is a bit blown out, but probably again to approximate the original timing plus being viewed through an old 70's -80's projector bulb.
I still call it the faux IB technicolor print since Raiders never had one.
You never had a generation free print of raiders with colors this perfect as this digital facsimile. But when they did the new reissue in imax i highly doubt they would have gone to an old IP for the original degraded 3rd generation look.
I highly doubt they used an Eastman release print from 1981 as the color source they probably sourced a print that was not the same as shown at virtually all theaters. The vast majority of star wars prints, empire prints and Raiders prints were all on shitty George Eastman high fade vinegar susceptible stock.
The 70mm revival print of yesteryear was Vastly different than the imax experience print. Colors much more brown than orange. Still the source for that was undisclosed and we do know the imax was taken from the OCN.
The 1981 print is close to the blu ray in color if the ebay auction was right, but then why the 1990's prints were different then? Those were closer to the home video versions.
Its oh so confusing. But i would venture Harmy would be right in suggesting an earlier color source would be more correct but as seeing as Eastman stock fades severely over time who can say what the original colors were.
Then we get into the Lowry print business. They used what IP/IN masters or the OCN? And did they time them to the same colors as the VHS/Laserdisc releases incorrectly assuming the colors were accurate?
That would be mental as far as i'm concerned the 1997 restoration team for star wars hardly used the definitive collection laserdisc as a color source.