Posted by Aaron J. Bossig on 05/19/06 04:49

Kimba W. Lion <kimbawlion@noemail.com> wrote in
news:409q62p1otdcj4fs20l6lhouen5iab68j5@4ax.com:

> Derek Janssen <ejanss@nospam.comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>If you took the trouble to read today's Digital Bits, you'd find out
>>that George Wasn't Kidding when he said "The prints were
>>destroyed"...They WERE.
>>Which, presumably, is *why* we're getting the port-dumped laserdisk
>>pre-Special Edition transfers from ten years ago--There t'warn't
>>nothing else in the vault.
>>
>>Or, if you choose, check out the USA Today interview with a Lucas exec
>>who's clearly not happy about it either, but Gone is Gone.
>
> The full rant at Digital BIts presents a pretty convincing argument
> why the "t'warn't nothin in the vault" argument doesn't hold water.
> Even if Lucas is the complete idiot he says he is, there are still
> materials that could be used.

These were some of the most popular movies of all time. How many
negatives, positives, interpositives and internegatives exist for these?
How many reels of film are sitting around, waiting to be restored?

Ideal circumstances? Certainly not. But come on, the material is there
if someone really wants to do it.

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Aaron J. Bossig

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