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Turisu

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#976798
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Raiders of the Lost Ark HDTV 35mm LPP regrade
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My only argument for using the BD as a source rather than the WOWOW is that the BD restores several original shots that remain digitally altered in the WOWOW. Such as the sea-plane matte painting and the red ā€œtravelling lineā€ sequence (Iā€™m sure there are other examples but these are the only two that come to mind).

Conversely, the lamp that Indy and Marion are tied to in the opening of the ark sequence was digitally illuminated in the BD whereas it should be off. Not sure whether the WOWOW has the lamp on or off.

Perhaps just a few replacement shots from the BD would be best overall.

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#883755
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Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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Iā€™m sure Iā€™ve said it before but thank you again, Harmy. Thanks to you, tonight I was able to show Star Wars as I remember it to my fiancee (who is also carrying my son so hopefully he caught some of it too šŸ˜„).

Her only complaint was the lack of female characters. I quote:
ā€œThe only other female was the aunt and all she did was put some cabbage in a blender and then got killed!ā€

Lol. Great evening. šŸ˜ƒ

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#779153
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Info Wanted: Question regarding 'Jurassic Park 3D'... (and info)
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Looks good. Although the top shot still seems a little too pink. It should be more of a golden brown.

While the daytime scenes in the 3DBD appear to be a close match to the 35mm print, the night scenes have had almost all the blue removed. 35mm stills have shown that the strong blue cast was always present in the night scenes, just not to the degree that the 2DBD pushes it.

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#777950
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Info: The Look of Terminator 2
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Does the German T1 transfer have cigarette burns?

If this is indeed sourced from a theatrical print then it can't be ignored as a reference. Given the aforementioned poor quality of the transfer then it seems very unlikely that anybody would bother drastically altering the colour timing from the original scan. If you look at the shot of Reese leaning over in the car, it's coloured completely differently from more recent transfers. I don't see how this can be the result of a bad scan or put down to the poor quality of the transfer.

Also, if you look at the night scenes in the Japanese DVD comparison shots, you see that the cyan colour timing is present there also.

After seeing this and the 8mm Aliens frames recently posted, I really am starting to come around to the idea that the BD releases of Cameron's movies are genuine (albeit poorly executed) attempts to recreate the theatrical look.

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#769955
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Idea: 'Man of Steel' - color fix (lots of info)
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I agree 100% with dvdmike. What is being proposed here is a fan-edit. The colours are exactly as was intended by the filmmakers and therefore no "fix" is required.
My personal view: While MOS may not be perfect, I have absolutely no problem with a different take on the character complete with a darker, less colourful look. We already have the bright and brilliant Christopher Reeve Superman movies to enjoy and I'd much rather see a new movie attempt something different with the character rather than just rehash the same look and feel all over again. For all MOS's flaws, I'd really rather encourage this sort of thing than whine and complain that it doesn't look like my idea of Superman.

So good luck to all who are interested in this fan-edit but it's not for me and it really doesn't belong in the preservation section of the forum.

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#761796
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Info Wanted: Question regarding 'Jurassic Park 3D'... (and info)
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I always hated the abundance of blue in the T-Rex Jeep scene on the DVD and 2D BD releases. I'm certain it was never blue like that theatrically (based on 11 viewings albeit 22 years ago) and the 'Spielberg approved' 3D BD seems to confirm this as the blue is heavily reduced in this sequence.

Here's an example I posted previously to illustrate this along with a photograph of a 35mm film cell:
http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/spoRv-projects-past-and-future/post/669332/#TopicPost669332

Personally, I'd love to see the 2D BD regraded to the 3D BD's colours or even some kind of happy medium if that's the consensus.

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#758122
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Idea & Info: Cinerama 70mm '2001' preservation. Is it possible?
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Spaced Ranger said:

@ Turisu

Checking that scene on an early DVD (Warner 1999, just in case the 2007 Blu-ray fixed something) did not show damage, anywhere in the frame, throughout the scene. Three other scenes of ship/Earth communications also show nothing.

It's very faint on the Blu-ray but it is there. Look for the shot where it cuts back to Frank on the table and his father says "I think it's being broadcast next Thursday". To the extreme left of the shot is a faint vertical line running the entire height of the frame. It's actually barely noticeable on the Blu-ray, you may not even consider it worth correcting, but it really stood out at a theatrical screening of the same master that I attended recently. Weird.