It’s not quite the scale of a scanner darkly about half, and again I’m well aware of the massive undertaking.
The issue, aside from the 15 years of rotoscoping, is that I’m not sure any of it makes sense as far as why you would rotoscope it. You keep alluding to combining the best things together and getting the most out of it, but I’m not sure that there is a reason for any of this work to be done. And you’ve suggested using the SSE. As great as it is to have that release, and despite the fact that I used it myself in 2.7, it is a relatively low quality scan. Certainly not worth the weird massive undertaking you’re describing. Better scans have already been done and, though they don’t have planned release dates, they would surely be available before you complete several minutes of the… thing… you are describing.
I don’t mean to discourage you in general. It’s nice to have people who are motivated to help with these films. But there is always a balance between the amount of work required and the payoff. Before deciding to undertake any large scale project in life/hobbies/business/, it is necessary to plan and understand the benefits and risks. Your project sounds like years and years worth of work, but without any reason at all for any of it to be done. I don’t think you understand what you are talking about.