V true, but surely if that was a possible/cheap/viable/commercial option surely they would have done it by now in the near 15 years since DVD first arrived.
I suspect with WB, especially now, it’s either the best or nothing.
M
There's so many problems with the surviving elements, combined with the multi-camera photography, that makes this among the most problematic titles in western cinema and the cost to put it right, even for an acceptable DVD, is beyond most reasonable budgets, notwithstanding it's age and lack of...
It would not surprise me if the remastering referred too is merely WB scanning the remaining elements for archival purposes.
Warner Archive has said many times x or y release has only been possible because the studio has a long term archival procedure and such and such a title has just been...
Very true, I wasn't casting aspersions, but you did say "...who knows how severely..." which implies if not states that very little examination has taken place, and / or the results of which are not widely known, which leaves the answer wide open to interpretation.
M
Mr Harris, do you know if the water damage assertion is definitive or is it just one of those things that's been banded about for years and no-one has properly examined it - was it stored independently or just unlucky?