litemakr said:
Thanks for posting all of those screenshots PDB. The thing I love about this forum is everyone is truly passionate about film. I agree with you that Raiders should be a bit more yellow and that the jungle scenes were a bit less green. I just think they went overboard on the blu-ray. And I don't like the washed out appearance of some of it.
I received my Super 8 version of Raiders today. It's about 15 minutes long and does a pretty decent job of condensing the movie and featuring some of the big moments. It slighly faded but color is pretty good overall. Some daylight scenes are a bit overexposed.
It seems to match up to the wowow in places and blu-ray in others. I never quite see the orange haze but there is more yellow. One thing that struck me is how much darker the ark opening scene is. The ghosts are bright and look more glowing while the background is much darker. I will work on getting some screenshots posted.
Maybe in the end like your Super 8, the truth lies somewhere in between, lightmakr. Maybe a little WOWOW and maybe a little BD, like that pic of the sunset. It often happens that way in life. My point of advocacy is the added yellow to the picture.
Hopefully, no one takes this too seriously. We are talking movies here. I am passionate about this but also having fun arguing my points. I do agree the BD is not a very good transfer when compared to the WOWOW. The WOWOW's detail and sharpness are simply better. I just think people are judging this as revisionist and I don't think it is. I think the intention was pure. We just don't know if it was a crappy job or a good job till a good 35mm can be scanned. Out of curiosity do you have the ability to scan and post pics of the Super 8? I'd love to see some pics after your description.
ScruffyNerfHerder said:
@PDB Thank you! You stated perfectly what I felt, but lacked the evidence to say. Great use of examples, very well reasoned and explained. Everyone is of course welcome to their own opinion, but I believe the Blu-ray is a very good recreation of Raiders as seen in theaters.
Thanks ScruffyNerfHerder. I think everyone here in this thread loves this movie and I think we are all just looking for the best presentation of it.