captainsolo said:
Firstly the 2006 DVD/HDDVD/BD … the faded negative … early Eastmancolor.
Whoa! That explains much about the weak restoration.
According to a HTF post …
Link please (if you have it handy)?
… the 5.1 remix … only the LCR masters survive … the surround channel had deteriorated and was thus unuseable. … was to have premiered in full 4 track Cinemascope mag (LCRS) and Perspecta directed mono.
I guess that $1,000+ 16mm eBay wouldn’t have helped for a preservation project, unless it’s (stereo?) optical soundtrack is a LCRS mix-down.
LDs use the same source. The Criterion … The MGM CLV
… the Criterion is clearly mono-ed … the MGM is stereo despite feeling very boxed in. … directional dialogue panning in both …
Would it mean that any stereo is L+C+S and R+C+S?
The CAV MGM … was ported to DVD as shown in the DVdbeaver caps. Those look pretty much like the CLV image …
The Laser Disc Database lists Forbidden Planet laserdisc (US) releases from 1983 to 1994:
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| 1983 |  |
Forbidden Planet (1956) ML100041 P&S CLV 2-channel | ||
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| 1989 |  |
Forbidden Planet (1956) Sp.Ed. #53 CC1153L LB CAV 2-channel | ||
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| 1991 |  |
Forbidden Planet (1956) ML102321 LB CLV 2-channel | ||
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| 1994 |  |
Forbidden Planet (1956) ML104683 LB CAV 2-channel |
Therefore, would the earliest, pan & scan laserdisc (same pedigree as the earliest Betamax, VHS, VHD, CED?) have the most color, as a guide for any letterbox (even BR) restoration?