Comments on: Now There’s Going To Be A Cleaner Aliens Special Edition? http://techland.time.com/2010/08/19/now-theres-going-to-be-a-cleaner-aliens-special-edition/ News and reviews from the world of gadgets, gear, apps and the web Sat, 25 May 2013 00:15:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: freemantim http://techland.time.com/2010/08/19/now-theres-going-to-be-a-cleaner-aliens-special-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-11170 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:00:38 +0000 http://techland.com/?p=40582#comment-11170 It is pretty amazing what a digital remastering can do for an older film. The Roger Corman flicks you gave away last month are a case in point. The remastered films looked like a low budget horror/sci-fi flick shot with digital cameras. No smudge or grain and the colors were consistent throughout all shots.

Watching Aliens recently on AMC (or one of the better grade “not-for-pay” cable channels) I noticed just how grainy the film was. It was actually pretty distracting. If Cameron is simply removing the distractions and making everything look sharp then I have no problems with his tinkering.

Even the Final Cut of Blade Runner made the film look that much better. I’ll be curious how much Lucas’ tinkering with the Star Wars series for blu-ray will help or hurt the visual “cleanliness”.

Nothing worse than watching a film on an HD TV and seeing more flaws in the film than being able to simply enjoy the piece.

]]> By: djtrudeau http://techland.time.com/2010/08/19/now-theres-going-to-be-a-cleaner-aliens-special-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-11168 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:51:15 +0000 http://techland.com/?p=40582#comment-11168 Cleaning up the print and changing scenes are in two different ball parks. I also disagree that “graininess” is an essential element to the film. The grit should come from the design of the film itself and it exists here plenty, even with a clear image.

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