Understood, and I poorly worded my comparison/contrast. I know that Olive claimed that they were using the best source made available to them, but I really believe they should have passed and let the title go unreleased. What happened was that it gave the company a bad name to many, and now we...
Well, I think Olive owes everyone a free Blu-ray disc featuring this new transfer. Who would have thought that streaming a wide-format film could blow away a physical disc copy?
And I still like the film, warts and all. I just hate my BD that is serving as a placeholder awaiting a watchable...
This was one of my father's favorite movies, and when I saw it on network TV as a 1960s teenager I could not fathom why (though I did like everyone in the cast). I did not see it again for nearly 30 years when a friend was showing off his laserdisc player. Again, I only found it mildly amusing...