Yeah, once the other drives arrive, I will put together a semi-cleaned up version quickly that should be quite watchable, I ned it anyway to plan the proper cleanup workflow.
If someone could put together a scene list from the bluray, of what has been changed, then I can do the full restoration of those scenes first, before tackling the restoration of the entire film. I’d also restore those to match the blu-ray, which would be quite a different process to what I have planned for the film itself.
I did a ghetto restoration of THX using the 16mm scan (audio and SEN), the LD, and the BD. The vast majority of changes are listed here: http://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=541751
I don’t think it’s 100% comprehensive as there were a few other slight differences in frames here and there (plus obviously the pre-1978 differences to consider), but it’s everything major that I noticed (between LD and BD). I wish I still had my NLE project files but it seems I do not.
Anyway, that list would be a fantastic start for cleaning up the vast bulk of the shots needed.
The BD has a blue tint over much of the film. I removed it from a lot of scenes using an LUT that someone on OT made. Are you guys planning on matching the BD to the IB colors?