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THX 1138: THE HYBRID CUT
I've got the 2004 'THX-1138: The George Lucas Director's Cut' Blu-Ray, which looks all nice and hi-def but has all those obvious and out-of-place CGI shots that make the movie almost unwatchable for me. I've also got a fairly decent transfer of the 1977-Cut Laserdisc, but it doesn't look good next to the BR, so it's also not that appealing to watch. I know there are fan efforts to restore the movie in HD (Exactly as was) that hopefully will come to fruition one day, but I kinda wanna watch THX-1138 a bit sooner than that. So what is "The Hybrid Cut"?
It will roughly follow these guidelines...
- Conform the Blu-Ray version perfectly length-wise to the shots from the Laserdisc (To the frame)
- Use the original Laserdisc soundtrack
- Add in the totally missing material/shots from the Laserdisc (Upscaled as best I can)
- Remove the god-awful new CGI establishing shots
- (Here's the Hybrid bit) Retain the shots that have minor FX changes, or slightly alter the shots to look more like they originally did. What you'd define as "minor" is down to my personal taste
- Create "new" composite shots by blending sources when needed
- The Blu-Ray transfer will be entirely re-graded scene-by-scene (and shot-by-shot when needed) using the laserdisc as a guide
- This would be 720p (Not 1080p), allowing the Blu-Ray and Laserdisc to be blended quite well
So purists beware , this isn't an attempt to recreate the 1977 cut in exacting detail. This is about making a cut that gets as close to it as I can, while also using a minimal amount of standard-definition material.
Here is a poster (Based on the original Italian-language poster)...
(^ Click to see full res)
I've got the 2004 'THX-1138: The George Lucas Director's Cut' Blu-Ray, which looks all nice and hi-def but has all those obvious and out-of-place CGI shots that make the movie almost unwatchable for me. I've also got a fairly decent transfer of the 1977-Cut Laserdisc, but it doesn't look good next to the BR, so it's also not that appealing to watch. I know there are fan efforts to restore the movie in HD (Exactly as was) that hopefully will come to fruition one day, but I kinda wanna watch THX-1138 a bit sooner than that. So what is "The Hybrid Cut"?
It will roughly follow these guidelines...
- Conform the Blu-Ray version perfectly length-wise to the shots from the Laserdisc (To the frame)
- Use the original Laserdisc soundtrack
- Add in the totally missing material/shots from the Laserdisc (Upscaled as best I can)
- Remove the god-awful new CGI establishing shots
- (Here's the Hybrid bit) Retain the shots that have minor FX changes, or slightly alter the shots to look more like they originally did. What you'd define as "minor" is down to my personal taste
- Create "new" composite shots by blending sources when needed
- The Blu-Ray transfer will be entirely re-graded scene-by-scene (and shot-by-shot when needed) using the laserdisc as a guide
- This would be 720p (Not 1080p), allowing the Blu-Ray and Laserdisc to be blended quite well
So purists beware , this isn't an attempt to recreate the 1977 cut in exacting detail. This is about making a cut that gets as close to it as I can, while also using a minimal amount of standard-definition material.
Here is a poster (Based on the original Italian-language poster)...
(^ Click to see full res)