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Post #635446

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Knightmessenger
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Info: Films re-color timed on video releases
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Date created
22-Apr-2013, 10:37 PM

god I am so sick of getting a green or bluish tint on movies. I hate it when they do that with new movies because honestly do you want your movie to look like an instagram photo? But it's even worse when they can't get a classic film right. Maybe they should just scan a theatrical print. It will look better than a dvd because it's in HD and is true to the theatrical experience.

Honestly, the fact that the star wars deleted scenes weren't remastered didn't bother me. I liked seeing the grain on them.

Anyways, I'd rather see a version of Lord of the Rings without the weird coloring that's been in every version. Why'd it have to be so grey and blue or desaturated? This is a fantasy movie shot on film, it should have color. The idea that a film needs to be tinted blue to tell the audience that this is a sad scene simply has no respect for the audience or doesn't know how to tell a story effectively.

I still think that the archival versions of Blade Runner are too blue or teal in some scenes (not as bad as the final cut) but I'm still holding onto my 1997 dvd as well. Also some of the footage in Dangerous Days doc looks different from any version on dvd. It should be noted Charles de Lazuirika did post online in a discussion about Blade Runner and said they attempted to preserve the original look of the films for the past versions.

Speaking of Ridley Scott, what about Legend? I've seen the theatrical cut (in pan & scan) on tv before and it looked much warmer than the dvd. Is there a widescreen version that came out before the 2002 directors cut? Or is there a comparison to the international dvd screenshots somewhere?

Oh yeah and pretty much any Disney animated classic has been recolored. Pinnochio just looks terrible, I prefer to watch the VHS.

sorry for the rant. Maybe movie censorship.com should make a companion site just for color timing issues.