Just over a week ago I heard about the coming release of HBO’s “From the Earth to the Moon” to Blu-ray in time for the 50th Anniversary and straight away I was excited for it.
When I got it home, I immediately played it and realized that something didnt look right. The original VFX shots that were created in SD have all been redone, and at first I thought it was an improvement, until I got to see that many, many things were wrong.
One of them I caught was the descent stage portion of the Lunar Module in Part 6 was completely reversed, and the 3d model of the Lunar Module used in the remake didnt even match up to the set version unlike the original VFX.
So I took matters into my own hands and try my hand to see if I was able to restore the original VFX of “From the Earth to the Moon” and possibly upscale them to match to Blu-Ray quality.
I was on the fence whether or not to pick this up. I have the original 4:3 DVD release and right now they’ll get it out of my cold, dead hands.
– Bill
Never tell me the odds.
Well, in the spirit of necrobumping old projects, my renewed interest in space (after watching “For All Mankind”) has decided to continue on this project, although it may be in the back-burner as I am also working on the “A New Hope: Semi-Special Edition”
I might start using Topaz’s Gigapixel AI to upscale the miniature shots in the DVD and color-correct them to match to the rescanned HD elements.
Dat_SW_Guy said:
I might start using Topaz’s Gigapixel AI to upscale the miniature shots in the DVD and color-correct them to match to the rescanned HD elements.
I’d advise against that: https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Gigapixel-AI-vs-infognition-Super-Resolution-or-What-to-use-to-upscale-SD-to-HD-or-4K/id/67610
I’d be happy to see that.
Ol’ George has the GOUT, I see.