Garysb
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Its seems like we are talking about two different things. You have films like the 1937 Lost Horizon and 1954 A Star Is Born where there is missing footage but the films are released with stills filling in for missing footage and that is OK because its assumed by most that this is the best that is available right now. Then you have Fox releasing pan and scan or non anamorphic versions of the films which is deemed unacceptable because it is assumed Fox can release these films in better condition but won't spend the money to do so. Getting back to the topic under discussion perhaps what I should have said is people on the forum seem unwilling to purchase films with poor film elements if the possibility exists that a better version could be released if the studio were willing to spend the money necessary to restore them. I still believe that Fox is unwilling to do this for a MOD release and that for these releases we will get the best of whatever currently exists. Is there a difference between a studio releasing a film in a condition that you are unwilling to purchase and not releasing it at all? Are you saying you want these films released in whatever condition they are in but you are not going to buy them? Why then do you want them released? All I was saying was that if Fox is only going to release MOD based on what exists it should only release MOD films for which it has good elements.