Followers nonetheless haven’t forgiven Disney for its surprising Blu-ray remasters By Abi Le Guilcher printed 22 March 23 Information Perhaps it is time to rethink the remasters.

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From films to video video games, remasters have gotten extra commonplace within the media world – and Disney isn’t any exception. As know-how continues to enhance, increasingly more movie titles are being “upgraded” for a extra trendy look in type of 4K remasters. However this does not all the time go to plan, and a few Disney followers are (rightfully) stating that these remasters can actually go away a movie worse off – and this is not the primary time we have seen shocking design selections by Disney.

(Picture credit score: Stephen_Duigan by way of Twitter)

Garnering over 20k likes, the Twitter thread exhibits a comparability of the unique 1950 movie vs the newest “restored” minimize launched in 2019. A consumer rightfully factors out that by stripping the movie of the unique grain, pivotal creative element is lot. Again within the good previous Disney days, animated titles have been all hand drawn frame-by-frame after which put right into a digital format throughout submit manufacturing to make the movie. This course of offers the basic animations that grainy texture as they’re transferred over to video.

Many followers agree with Twitter consumer Stephen_Duigan that by sharpening the picture to reduce grain, Disney actually strips the films of their authentic allure and ambiance while additionally dropping the standard spirit of hand-drawn animation. Color grading will be utterly thrown off and a few particulars like finer line work is misplaced utterly. Extra importantly, it is rewriting the creative imaginative and prescient of the film – and we won’t assist however be reminded of these haunting botched artwork restorations.

Additionally they spoil delicate lighting adjustments, too. On the fitting is from a 1964 reissue of PINOCCHIO, however the level remains to be there, simply the identical. pic.twitter.com/GDogxHAvfwApril 24, 2018

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There are a number of outstanding examples circulating the net, like these two comparability photographs from Robin Hood displaying the unique vs the Blu Ray remaster (under). The character fashions are loads darker within the remaster and due to this fact really feel misplaced within the brilliant setting, and the bolder strains imply lots of the element (like their fur) is almost non-existent in locations. The fallen log and grass additionally endure from a lack of element, because the limitation of grain implies that finer strains have simply been eliminated completely. General, it simply appears like a disgrace.

Two screenshots from Robin Hood showing the difference between the original film and the remaster

(Picture credit score: Disney)

Do we actually want the older films remastered, or are they good simply the way in which they’re, grain and all? Judging by the outcomes of the remastering course of (and the disgruntled Twitter threads), I am positive many Disney followers are most likely erring in the direction of the latter.