Knightmessenger said:
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.
I'm the same way. I usually like the deleted untouched material over the "pristine" transfer.
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.
Good move I did this too but the '97 DVD is terrible. The CAV LD is far better on all counts and doesn't have all that awful artifacting in addition to rendering color better. The sound mix in the original Dolby Stereo is better than the 5.1. As far as the archival versions go they do seem a bit on the cold side visually and not at all like the earlier video incarnations. All the 80's transfers of theatrical and International cuts are very warm with an almost golden shine to them. (Look at 5 minutes of the Criterion.) The archival versions look like a cross between this and the Director's Cut LD which seems to be from a more accurate scan. I'm almost convinced the DC LD is the most accurate color source.