jero32 said:
litemakr said:
on the blu-ray. It is kind of shocking how bad some of the shots are once you see how they are supposed to look and how much detail is lost.
But...we dont KNOW what its supposed to look like. (In fact, with a lot of negative1's scans turning out so dark. I'm starting to think theatrical prints weren't very good at detailed blacks. It'd be nice if a guy with actual experience with this stuff could chime in on that.) That's kind of why we're posting screenshots of trailers and stuff isn't it?
Overexposure and such can all be used as an effect.
I agree its more gold (with some red so thats why its orange) tinted than blue/teal.edit: about the wowow being a different master. I might be wrong, but didnt screenshot comparisons not match up exactly? Since film will move a bit in the scanner typically right? (So you'll never get a 100% identical scan, although it might be close) That suggests its a different scan.
Wowow is cropped slightly differently, there is more picture at the top. I assume a scan takes in the full frame and cropping is done later. It could be a different scan, but it doesn't make much sense from a cost perspective. The camera negative would be all over the place timing wise and it would be very expensive to repair and recolor 2 times when the wowow was a very good scan and was done by the same company. To me, the blu looks like wowow with tweaked gamma and the orange/teal/gold (whatever) filter haphazardly applied.
This article mentions Laser Pacific having recently done a full restoration of Raiders (the wowow version):
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/technicolor-completes-acquisition-laser-pacific-237165
Here is the Laser Pacific colorist discussing that Raiders will be getting a full restoration (and possible 3D version lol). This is all before Techinicolor bought them:
http://www.studiodaily.com/2011/04/colorist-lou-levinson-on-restoring-and-sometimes-re-thinking-movies-with-the-baselight/
If we use the blu ray trailer as a timeline guide (because it uses wowow when touting the restoration) then the blu-ray re-color must have been done late in the game, very close to the blu-ray release:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba2eMxx0oHs
Maybe they decided at the last minute to try to make the 4 movies match more closely or wanted to create a more modern "look" and it was done quickly.