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Post #740319

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yoda-sama
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4K restoration on Star Wars
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Date created
10-Dec-2014, 12:16 PM

The whole problem with this opinion Alderaan is arguing for is that there's no way, if his desired version existed, we'd get a proper untouched OOT.  Not only would Disney not go through the restoration effort/cost twice and include two almost identical versions, that they'd have a hard time getting the point across for in just a menu selection screen or a booklet, when we can't even pin them down on promising to do it once.  Whether there's an audience demanding cleaned up, non original, non award winning SFX or not, the actual concern that's already worrying purists is what method Disney would choose to restore the original, if they have plans to do so or are already working on it; if they feel the "best" method to make a good restoration for Blu-ray would be to scan all the elements individually and digitally recomposite them, we'd get something that arguably plays out like the original cut, but we wouldn't have the authentic preservation the films deserve.

In short, while cleaned up and digitally recomposited SFX certainly wouldn't "look bad", having that version officially made would entirely preclude a proper theatrical restoration for the foreseeable future.  It wouldn't be as bad as the SE abominations we are stuck with now, but it would further push the idea behind the SE's that it is okay to change these films with the times, to alter our perception of history, if you will.  There will be no official untouched OOT and a non-Lucas lead clean up version at the same time, right out of the gate, it can really only be one or the other.  If support is being vocally thrown behind one or the other, it should be for the untouched OOT, since as long as we have at least that common baseline to start with, there's nothing to keep us from also being able to move forward and make whatever sort of special Star Wars version we want from there, but if the true original is lost, there's just no going back to it.  I don't see how there could be any question what is the right next step forward; do what you want with the steps after that.