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- #1666401
- Topic
- What do you think of The Prequel Trilogy? A general discussion.
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/1666401/action/topic#1666401
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Well the Phantom Menace certainly could be restored from the camera negative. But going back to that instead of the filmout tape, will never be done. 2000 or more shots? and nearly every shot altered digitally in some way. You are talking about remaking the movie from the camera raw.
There would be diminishing returns to redo II and III. They have digital masters. They could certainly bring back the theatrical color timing for Episode II, and remove the DNR they applied to both II and III.
Re-rendering already 2k resolution images for 4K would make little sense.
There are cheaper solutions for Phantom Menace go back to the filmout tape before the DNR processing for the 3D conversion or use an interpositive/internegative.
Also why not restore the theatrical cut with Creepy Puppet Yoda. And the same timed edit as 1999.