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Cees Alons · 10-02-2007, 07:02 AM

Thanks for clearing this up so thoroughly!

I fully understand that people, having nothing else to compare with, use their previous versions, on DVD or even laserdisc and VHS, to compare the newest releases to. Or just their memory of a theater experience. Some enthusiasts may even have learned to love and cherish their version on an earlier medium.

But we must remember how dangerous it is to use those old versions as calibration versions of sorts and that, in the end, the original version as created by the director and many others of the creative team must be the norm. Also, I don't think it will be even remotely feasible to go and compare each and every new release to the original Answer Print. I'm glad we were able to get this information here in this case.

Some of the comments I read have been very unkind towards Zoetrope or the people at Sony's involved in this release. Those comments were uncalled for and it's for that reason alone that we can only be glad to be able to read this final conclusion by a highly respected film-preservationist.

Cees

10-02-2007, 07:02 AM	#4 of 369
Cees Alons *Cees Alons* Administrator Location: Amsterdam, Holland Join Date: Aug 1997 Local Time: 09:52 AM Local Date: 01-08-2009 Posts: 18,375	Re: A few words about...™ Bram Stoker's Dracula -- in BD Thanks for clearing this up so thoroughly! I fully understand that people, having nothing else to compare with, use their previous versions, on DVD or even laserdisc and VHS, to compare the newest releases to. Or just their memory of a theater experience. Some enthusiasts may even have learned to love and cherish their version on an earlier medium. But we must remember how dangerous it is to use those old versions as calibration versions of sorts and that, in the end, the original version as created by the director and many others of the creative team must be the norm. Also, I don't think it will be even remotely feasible to go and compare each and every new release to the original Answer Print. I'm glad we were able to get this information here in this case. Some of the comments I read have been very unkind towards Zoetrope or the people at Sony's involved in this release. Those comments were uncalled for and it's for that reason alone that we can only be glad to be able to read this final conclusion by a highly respected film-preservationist. Cees