Team Negative1 - Return of the Jedi 1983 - 35mm Theatrical Version (unfinished project) — Page 14

The colours look indeed great

Blown away at how amazing those shots look!

Thanks for all the comments. We have started to send Harmy the Rancor and Sarlacc pit shots, so he can use them in his edit.

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team_negative1 said:

Here are some shots of the Lightsabers, they do have a blue tint:

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http://i.imgur.com/WAWkmqq.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/fHzHsaP.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/zjL3ZBI.jpg

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I really miss this movie looking like this.  Jedi is a good movie all around, but it's been presented so poorly over the years that it lost it's luster.

I am happy to see it just might get it's luster back.

Thanks for the preview. 

Thank you for posting those lightsaber shots, much appreciated!

Here are some frames where Han hits Boba Fett, which was changed in the SE, as described here:

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http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/DIF-Difference-tool-to-spot-visual-changes-SW-2004-2011/post/535848/#TopicPost535848

Video clip:

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http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k2yJl7tM1Dufbibhv4R

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Pahahahaha, I scrolled down the page really quickly and it was like I was watching a flipbook.

A print is up on Ebay (missing reel 2):

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/35mm-RETURN-OF-THE-JEDI-Star-Wars-Reels/251974995973

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Those sarlacc pictures look a bit overexposed to me; is that how they're supposed to look?

These are raw uncorrected scans from one of our newer prints. No color correction yet.

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I understand of course that those shots are uncorrected but once you blow out the highlights due to (possible) overexposure, it will be very hard, if at all possible, to recover any detail from those areas. But then again, maybe that's just how they were shot and that's just how they look. I dunno, I was just wondering. :) I was only referring to those last two pictures of the sarlacc pit, btw.

I really appreciate all the hard work you guys are doing. 

Cheers!

Here's one of our versions of Lando in front of the falcon:

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http://i.imgur.com/1jMPnoX.jpg

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Certainly looks a lot better than on the bluray! 

Yeah, even though the final clean/grade hasn't been done, for the time being it looks like the live action blends better with the matte painting than it does on the Blu Ray.

team_negative1 said:

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I'm afraid you just blue yourselves.

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TV's Frink said:

team_negative1 said:

Team Negative1

I'm afraid you just blue yourselves.

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 I do hope they don't have something of a mess on their hands...

Here is a brief clip of the Lando scene, the prints all seem to have a lot of gate weave in them.

It is still apparent that it is matte behind them though.

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http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k4xhVIpWBkUPUubpd4F

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The previous Ebay auction for Jedi ended with no bidders, and is up again for the same price, which seems high, it's also missing reel 2.

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/35mm-RETURN-OF-THE-JEDI-Star-Wars-Reels-Original-Release-Film/291483955095

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Hello.

It's been discussed before, but my biggest concern looking at various shots is the crushed white-levels.

Is that really in the source, couldn't that be prevented by lowering the projector level?

I just hope for the best quality and you won't needlessly crush the white-levels which are so vital in the regrading process. I'm not well known in that process but I know you can edit images without getting the crush. As in upping the gamma, instead of overall brightness.

Between the 2 prints we have scanned, and forthcoming ones. We're not too concerned about the results of certain scenes. We'll have plenty of material to combine for the best results.

In fact we have too much material, which is a good thing.

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or you can have an original 70mm print, fade free and die happily