What's the status of the Originals? (the theatrical cuts of the Original Trilogy) — Page 4

AntcuFaalb said:

I just want to see a proper restoration from the (damaged) IP used for the original theatrical run.

Wouldn't this give us the best possible quality while still retaining everything unique to a theatrical print, including (but not limited to) the infamous tantive orange errors?

I would prefer a HD release sourced from an IP as well, but not necessarily a damaged one. I know you refer to the tears in the tantive corridor, we know it was there on every theatrical print in '77 but that's the sort of flaw that would get cleaned up for a modern video release, the same goes for all built-in dirt that shows up as black specks in a lot of the optical effects.

That's the standard on how it gets treated these days as most people don't expect to see blemishes, hairs, specks of dirt or cue marks when they buy a restored version of their favorite film, with DVD and Blu-ray we have become pretty used to everything looking perfect and clean these days even if that was never the case even when these films were brand new.

I would personally don't mind a restoration with an emphasis on preservation but if we're being realistic something like the archival cuts of Blade Runner is the least we can ask for, those were sourced from IP's and they turned out looking pretty damn nice. And I think that's pretty much what everyone expect from an original Star Wars release.

AntcuFaalb said:

I know they still have it because they used that IP for the ANH Technidisc LD.

We don't know for sure if that was sourced from an Interpositive or Internegative though, I'm leaning towards an Internegative based on how rough it was (just check all the white specks of dirt), but in any case if they really wanted to, we could easily get a nice video release from one of the IP's. They just don't want to give us that, we are supposed to buy their new stuff and never look back.