Sky Captain in B&W...
01-30-05 | 08:20 PM
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I agree. I don't care if the colorization process was 100% realistic, or if a widescreen processing of the film could show more image than what was originally seen. A film is what a film is. Changing it later is doing a disservice to it. If you can't stand watching a film in OAR and B&W, then frankly you shouldn't watch that film.
It's like in Casablanca, where the shot of the plane flying over the city is so obviously fake. Sure, we could insert a new FX shot of a much more realistic plane, but then the film wouldn't be Casablanca any more. It'd be someone else's alteration of it.
Anyway, if you're going to colorize, widen the image, and supplant the FX of a film, why not just remake it?
It's like in Casablanca, where the shot of the plane flying over the city is so obviously fake. Sure, we could insert a new FX shot of a much more realistic plane, but then the film wouldn't be Casablanca any more. It'd be someone else's alteration of it.
Anyway, if you're going to colorize, widen the image, and supplant the FX of a film, why not just remake it?
01-31-05 | 03:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Josh Z
The only reason Frank Capra cast Jimmy Stewart in It's a Wonderful Life is because Tom Cruise wasn't born yet, and if he made the movie today he'd probably cast Tom Cruise. Therefore, we should digitally insert Tom Cruise into the movie.
THIS MUST BE DONE. Call Lucas! He'll get in on this!
01-31-05 | 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by spartanstew
If someone could make GREAT color transfers of "Wonderful Life", "Citizen Kane" (and others), I'd probably buy them. For the most part, I (and probably many others) prefer color to B&W (which is why color TV's have been outselling B&W TV's for decades).
