TearsIntheRain

lol my mistake....saw August 26th, 2008, and thought I saw 2009.

negative1 said:

adywan,

 

please check your pm

for an important update.

 

thanks

+1

edit:  nevermind, saw your join date as Aug 26th, and automatically thought it said 2009, since that was today's date, and welcomed you to the forum lol

What he meant was that the original elements that were replaced or alterend for the 1997 special editions were discarded.  All the restoration efforts went towards the new versions.

So when we see it in 3D, we'll get to see Vader's pink lightsaber, pink laser blasts...I better stop there, that's another discussion lol

tom said:

You could just project the film and record it with a 24P HD video camera.  It might not be as good as a professional transfer, but it'll be distinctly better than DVD.  Anyone have a really good quality camcorder?

That will look awful.  People try to do that with Super8 movies.  It works for something like that, when that film is literally the only copy you have, and they'll be lost if you don't do it.

And even with that being said, you'd get a better result by projecting at 30fps and then do the 3:2 pulldown from that.

That's really all a telecine is, it's just done with a projector specifically designed for that purpose.  If we can find someone who's ridiculously rich who doesn't mind blowing the money on telecine equipment....now that would be something.

Here's an interesting link....http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/open-dv-discussion/236523-home-brewed-35-mm-motion-picture-film-scanner.html

I think it would be possible to do it one frame at a time, but it would take several years, and several volunteers working full time.  The best thing to do would be use multiple prints, then compare them to remove dust and scratches.

121min @ 24fps = 174,240 frames.

That means we'll have to scan 174,240 frames.  Then allign 174,240 frames.  Remove scratches and dust from 174,240 frames.

That's no easy task.

Did a quick search, didn't look like anyone's ever posted this before.

suggestions@criterion.com

Wouldn't hurt.  Maybe Criterion will have better luck getting through to GL than the fans have had.  Criterion has cleaned up films that are in worse shape than Star Wars and done an excellent job of it.

And I think a filmmaker would have to be crazy to pass up an offer from Criterion, but maybe that's just me...

semi noob here...I was on this forum a couple years ago, and stopped coming once they put out the dual discs with the  OOT on the bonus discs.   That's kept me satisfied for now, but like everyone else, I really feel like the OOT deserves better treatment (Criterion would be amazing).

That being said....has anyone actually tried asking one of the professional transfer houses?  Obviously the answer is going to be no.  Let me ask it a different way...has anyone asked someone who works at a transfer house?  There are Star Wars fans everywhere.  

And come to think of it...has anyone contacted Criterion?  How does that work, does Criterion usually approach the person who holds the rights?  Or the other way around?  That would be the best thing that could happen.  I know for Repulsion, Criterion scanned three seperate 35mm prints, and combined them to remove dust/scratches/splices.  That's a lot of work.  And it shows.