Here's something I've never heard anyone on the internet ever bring up or discuss.
In the original theatrical version of 'Aladdin', the magic carpet ride sequence is completely tinted blue. In the VHS release a year later, the sequence was recolored to be normal colored, just darker.
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wow, really? are you serious?
yeah, the top pic was taken directly from a 35mm transfer of the film.
blue looks better. dark version looks like someone fucked with the levels slider in photoshop
What does it look like on Disney+?
orange and teal filter'd to Hell, same as the DVD and Blu-Rays and most other classic Disney movies "remastered" for the digital/HD age.
This is an entire rabbit hole of bullshittery, user
I wonder if there are any classic Disney movies on Blu Ray that have not been Lucas'ed with.
From what I can tell, no. Your closest bet is going to be the laserdiscs
Does anyone here know enough about the VHS standard to know if transferring to a different medium implies some restriction?
One thing that is nice about digital is you can have any arbitrary value, to an arbitrary level of precision. Physical mediums are sometimes more restrained.
Except for Snow White. There is no way to watch the original version that wasn't completely re-animated unless you happen to know a private collector who owns a pre-1993 35mm print of the film. Or a bootleg VHS of it (which circulated around a lot in the 80s and early 90s before the movie finally got a butchered home release).
>that wasn't completely re-animated
oh not this retardation again
Re-animated? Explain.
Stupid rumour that came about because because "rotoscoping" means "compositing" in VFX.
>VHS is less sharp then BR and has worse color reproduction
We already knew that.
It was pretty routine to brighten up VHS recordings to compensate for poor contrast and dark CRT tvs, and because VHS is 333×480 resolution and 40×480 chroma, meaning color differences are wiped out. So if you just go from the 35mm print to VHS you could end up with a dark, blurry mess.
Somewhat missing the point, user
Short YouTube video detailing Disney's destructive "restoration" process
VHS is still closer to the original.
Compared to how restoration is supposed to be done:
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Can you imagine if someone like Criterion restored Disney movies? If only.
That could only happen if Disney treated their classic films like timeless art and not just product that is meant to be altered and repackaged to appeal to younger generations with different tastes and needs.
Seems like The Little Mermaid made it through alright.
Nah, it got hit by that same shit 3D conversion that ruined Beauty and the Beast and Lion King. Also they altered the priest wjo looks like he has a hard-on.
>Aladdin
Not as bad as Snow White, Cinderella, or Sleeping Beauty, but definitely not great either
1992 VHS looks the best
These aren't restorations, they are transfers. The 35mm source is still available.
>Solid purple floor because VHS color reproduction is shit
>Low res
No, it's shit. Blown up to the size of a modern TV it looks like blurry garbage.
Are we going to have the public domain fight? Because yeah, the first run 35mm should be public domain now.
>it's shit
It is. But it's the least shit.
>These aren't restorations
Yeah, I'll say
>standard definition has more detail than high definition
>VHS release has more detail than the blu-ray
Fuck me. I thought it was just the older Disney movies that DVNRd to death.