Also, I came up with a plan for the future of Despecialized should they release the originals officially - I would probably take down all the links to Despecialized I put up myself and then I would do any corrections to the new release that would be necessary in DaVinci Resolve, which is now free for non-commercial use, and I would just release the clips that would need other sources to be fixed and a Resolve project file, so everyone can take their BDs and render the fixed versions themselves.
Given Disney’s track-record, I’m pretty sure there would be things that would need fixing to make it a true purist theatrical version but most people wouldn’t care, so this would be the solution for us purists to get the version we want without resorting to piracy.
What do you guys think?
That’s a great idea.
Isn’t resolve generally used for color correction? Wasn’t aware that it had other good editing functions. But I like the idea. Similar to people releasing translation patches and such instead of the copyrighted files.
How well it works will depend on what (if anything) Disney does. Folks will need high quality or lossless Fox logos, probably. It’s possible that people here will want original compositing rotoscoped in. And that would require people having identical sources, or maybe even having it rendered for them. Not really an issue for me, as I don’t mind that stuff. And I’ll even admit the treasonous fact that I’d secretly prefer the recomped battle of Hoth. 😉 I wouldn’t nitpick anything like that in an official release, assuming they gave it a best effort. The color and sound may be botched, though. So I expect that I might want those things fixed.
In any event, it sends the right message to visitors here. And hopefully we wouldn’t get too much begging for rendered files here, if the masses are content with whatever Disney may come up with.