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Can The Lord of the Rings Ever be Remastered? (Jesse Tribble, 21 minutes) (www.youtube.com)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/lotrmemes@midwest.social

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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I came across this interesting video and thought folks here might enjoy it as well. I was not aware of the changes between the DVD, Blu-Ray, and 4K releases.

[–] smeg 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I was getting ready to be annoyed by this not being a meme, then found myself fascinated by a twenty minute video about something I'd never even considered!

[–] i_love_FFT@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

Now you will not be able to unsee green tint in old LOTR memes

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My apologies :) Is there a recommended LOTR community for more serious non-meme discussion?

[–] smeg 6 points 2 months ago

There's !lordoftherings@lemmy.world and !tolkien@lemmy.world but they're pretty dead, I'm not seeing any complaints about it being posted here though!

[–] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 11 points 2 months ago

It makes me sad too Sam.

[–] ShortN0te@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago

So basically the 4k remaster is not a remaster. I am disappointed.

[–] dditty@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So are there any good 4K extended editions fanedits that retain the original look without the mixed bag DNR, muted color-grading, digital artifacts, etc?

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Well, without access to the source material, the best that we could hope for would be a superior upscale of the HD edition.

It turns out that some folks over on the Star Wars Original Trilogy forums are doing exactly that, in the Presevation of Other Properties section section. A user named DrDre has created "deremastered" releases of the theatrical editions, and is (slowly) working on the extended editions:

[–] DigitalGemini@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Thanks for sharing the video. This makes me want to hold onto the DVD extended editions for the rest of my life.

[+] sxan@midwest.social -22 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I hate videos that could have been articles (talking heads), and I did not watch this.

However, I have an opinion: in probably countless ways.

3D-ification, which is already a thing
AI-powered user interaction with the film, a-la camera control
Upscaling to 128k resolution, whenever that becomes common
Immersion. Be one of the characters (although, this might just be a variation on #2)

As deep learning hardware and software improves and gets cheaper, I expect doing any or all of these to become increasingly common, and far cheaper than buying the IP and reshooting it, and studios will turn to these as cheap ways to milk the cash cow. Someone will inevitably film another re-imagining, whether with real people or (eventually) entirely deep learning from script to direction to actors; but that won't stop copyright holders of a given film from trying ways to get people to rebuy new versions of old films.

[–] smeg 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is not a video which could have been an article, it is mainly side-by-side video comparisons

[–] sxan@midwest.social 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Interesting choice for a title, then.

[–] smeg 2 points 2 months ago

Why? It's specifically about the attempts to remaster it.