Godzilla Films Restored in HD

[kpa]

[Legion]

[kpa]

[canofhumdingers]

[Cookie]

This is really cool. Hopefully that means we'll be seeing all 28 films on Blu-ray!! It would be totally worth it. They should have released them recently on blu-ray instead of those new DVD box-sets.. lol

and like Legion said, I'd totally upgrade my entertainment system just to have these on Blu-ray.

[Legion]

[RobD]

[canofhumdingers]

[SeaHawk]

[Joseph Goodman]

[Mac]

[Jim Ballard]

[canofhumdingers]

[Joseph Goodman]

Black and white films from the 50's can certainly benefit from HD, as shown in this comparison of "The Seventh Seal":

[ryuuseipro]

[godziwolf]

[Destroysall]

[metal_bryan]

[canofhumdingers]

[Xenorama]

[Jim Ballard]

Japanese BBS posters have been discussing the GODZILLA X HI-VISION documentary and the clips from the HD restorations. A couple of things:

- The remastering/restoration was preformed at the . In all, everyone is praising their work on the films.

- Masahiro Kishimoto was in charge of the color correction adjustment for every cut of each film (Kishimoto was the camera man for MOTHRA '92, SPACE GODZILLA, GxM, GMK and GxMG).

- The sleepy-looking haze that hung over the Heisei series is gone; the films now look very clear with strong colors and deep contrast.

- You can see each letter in detail on the tiny signs on the model sets.

- With the Showa films, you can no longer just see the piano wires, but the hooks that the piano wires are attached too!

Haven't seen anything remotely related to the correction of film damage though. I hope changing the colors and contrast isn't all they mean when they say resutoa

[Kaiju Nexus]

[MouthForWar]

[canofhumdingers]

James is right, while very close in many respects, 1080p is still lower "resolution" than 35mm film. So, you're still actually not seeing all the detail you would have in the theater when it was released. These "flaws" were always there & would've been even more visible on 35mm film being projected onto a screen much larger than any tv.

HD doesn't make things "too clear". TV has always just been really crappy compared to the source material when it comes to movies. A big problem that HD DOES have, is so many uneducated consumers want everything to have that smooth HD video look to it b/c they think it's sharper & more detailed (it isn't, when we're talking about film). So studios have started digitally removing film grain (which is sort of like trying to remove pixels from a computer game. the pixels ARE the details, as film grain IS the image). This destroys detail & quality, not to mention the "movie theater in your home experience" that HD is touted as delivering. See the U.S. blu rays of Pan's Labirynth & Patton for examples. Fortunately that doesn't sound to be the case here.

[MouthForWar]