Michael Elliott
Senior HTF Member
David, I haven't got anything to compare this new dvd with and I'm not overly familiar with the title to go by memory. I certainly noticed new things here but it very well could have been because I hadn't seen the film is over ten years. I caught bits and pieces on AMC and TCM over that time frame but again, I probably shouldn't trust my memory with just that. The biggest difference (from memory) that I noticed was the strong details in the color. Another thing was the little "flairs" under the spaceship, which I hadn't noticed before but this here could be due to me not knowing the film.
Again, I'm really not sure because I don't know the film very well but I was always under the impression that the wires could be seen. With the new transfer showing them better it just seemed that was due to us seeing such a fine print for the first time. I mentioned other films that this happened to so I just figured it was the same. Someone said THE WIZARD OF OZ now has the same problem of seeing the wires on the scarecrow much more clearly.
As someone else stated, I'd guess that the director and producer might have taken the liberty of removing the wires had they been around today but I still think fans from one side would be unhappy. One side would say the director can do what he wants with it while the other side would say leave the film alone as it's already a part of history. Even if the director said remove the wires....then we enter STAR WARS zone.
Which means a DVD producer must have the worst job in America. I'm sure producer's want to make everyone happy but that's going to be impossible to do so I wonder if they ever feel all their hard work is for now reason. :frowning:
Again, I'm really not sure because I don't know the film very well but I was always under the impression that the wires could be seen. With the new transfer showing them better it just seemed that was due to us seeing such a fine print for the first time. I mentioned other films that this happened to so I just figured it was the same. Someone said THE WIZARD OF OZ now has the same problem of seeing the wires on the scarecrow much more clearly.
As someone else stated, I'd guess that the director and producer might have taken the liberty of removing the wires had they been around today but I still think fans from one side would be unhappy. One side would say the director can do what he wants with it while the other side would say leave the film alone as it's already a part of history. Even if the director said remove the wires....then we enter STAR WARS zone.
Which means a DVD producer must have the worst job in America. I'm sure producer's want to make everyone happy but that's going to be impossible to do so I wonder if they ever feel all their hard work is for now reason. :frowning: