@Matt_Stevens: The worst thing about forums like that (yes there are more where people fight over the same thing) is that not only does people deny the green tint even though we have technical proof that is very understandable, but they also deny the horrible changes to the color timing done to FOTR. The most obvious one for me is that they made a lot of neutral grey colors into dark cyan/blue, which also changed the balance since those colors weren't supposed to be so dark.

Turisu said:

You_Too said:

...That's also probably why I didn't notice it in the cinema.

I'd love to know whether the green tint was present in the theatrical prints or just added for the BD. If the green was there in the cinema then that's the way I want it on BD. I don't care which looks better.

Everyone is gonna have to pay REALLY close attention to the colour timing on Desolation Of Smaug. ;)

You know, it's kinda funny that you say "prints". :)

Are there actually any theaters that screened The Hobbit on 35mm? Would be interesting to know! The cinema in my city get all their movies delivered on harddrives.

And I actually did look a lot at the colors when I watched it in the cinema. I'm almost sure it was identical to the blu-ray because the thing I remember the most is how dim the highlights were, and that's typical when they're a bit more green because they become warmer and less bright. But in the cinema I didn't know if this was because of a tint or if they were really white and just dim, it's tough when you can't compare with anything, or just take a color sample in photoshop!

EDIT: As for The Desolation Of Smaug, I'm gonna check the trailers for that one and see if they're as clean as the ones for the first film were.