Laserschwert said:
I'd say it was rather stupid doing the color correction BEFORE having Lowry clean up and restore the image. If they did it the other way around, they could always go back to the original color (on the cleaned-up master), and make a new color-correction from there. Now, once they want to change the color-timing considerably (and most importantly fix the crushed blacks), Lowry would have to re-do their clean-up as well, I guess.
Short-sighted and incompetent...
Yeah I think that says it all.
The fact George ignores and likely hates the OUT theatrical releases, is what leads to his downfall, that and stupidity in decision making.
If he was to release the movies we all want, you would do what anyone does. Go back to the OCN. if that isn't an option, you go to the next best option etc, like they do when restoring all old movies, whether that be prints, seperation masters, or IPs or whatever.
Instead, because HIS versions are forked from what was released in 1997, they need to keep building from there as their starting point. Then on top of that, they decide to do things backwards, and also cheat and do things in house.
I don't like people bashing Lowry digital. They do nothing wrong. Even though I hated what I saw on the colours of some of the Bond movies, like all their work, the people who make the final decision are the filmakers etc, not Lowry. They are the ones who rubber stamp and say "i'm happy with that".
The fact they allow and permit these new audio guys to make creative changes is a joke. But again this just stems from George's need to change things.
I'm so tired of this subject. lol