Discussion was sparse regarding the Rescuers Blu-ray back when I was working on the guide.
I thought maybe it wasn't restored because the reviews talked about it not looking great, but I recently viewed some screenshots and I'm thinking they did hit it with some unfortunate digital cleanup.
Rescuers Down Under definitely looks good on BD with the great look you'd associate from being struck from film. I'm just not so sure about the original film.
Anyone have more info?
ALSO, I want to ask you guys what you all see, don't see, or care about in releases.
When I look at digitally scrubbed frames from Disney, I see what I call a 'licked candy stick' appearance. I don't know if there is a real term for it.
Ink lines that should taper off or thin out like a brush stroke get eroded, smoothed and sometimes rounded. Sketch lines are pretty much gone as well.
I can tell you it looks 'unnatural' as a frame, I'm not sure how well I could pick it out in motion. It may simply be an effect of the grain being missing that would normally hide the line ends.
The point being, do we reject this sort of digital clean up from the guide or not? The Rescuers has never looked great on home video. Is the overscrubbed look an acceptable our trade off for a better transfer of the film?
Below are screenshots from Blu-ray.com comparing the Rescuers and Rescuers Down Under. I know they came from different eras, but I still feel like the original film has been poorly treated.
(Right click and select 'View Image' for full size.)
