In the closet maybe today or tomorrow, BOW came out on YouTube on a Tuesday and that same Friday on Apple music and Tidal Remember the time was updated, it shouldn't be long before it is updated in the closet, every 9 days they are updating it for the escalated versions, I'm waiting on those two platforms.
I think so too. I remember the (rightful) excitement about the Thriller and Beat It short films being available in 4K.. but this.. this is hard to get excited about.
it was edited on tape, they won‘t do the work and re-edit it
They should. They did it for Beat It. Thriller was probably edited on film because it was shown in cinemas.
They could, but I think they are too lazy to do that.
They didn't do that for Beat It, that one was edited on film so they just had to scan it and based on how it looks, they probably just chucked it into an AI for grain ans scratch removal and not done any actual proper restoration
I wonder if the widescreen version of Smooth Criminal can be considered cropped? That is the correct aspect ratio of Moonwalker movie and it was probably filmed mainly as a scene for that.
Yeah sure, none of what I wrote says otherwise. I just wanted to point out that the original film frames have more image on the sides. They took care to keep everything important within a 4:3 frame during filming, as they knew the 3:2 frames would be cropped into 4:3.
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Is the HD section of Bad that you're talking about the clip of the intro right before the kid version in Moonwalker?
The UK VHS of Moonwalker I had was so cropped it only showed 6 grammy's instead of 8 during the "Retrospective" section!
yea sure I didn‘t mean to say anything against what you said, I was just saying the aspect ratio it was made for and released in should be either kept or expanded and not cropped furtherYeah sure, none of what I wrote says otherwise. I just wanted to point out that the original film frames have more image on the sides. They took care to keep everything important within a 4:3 frame during filming, as they knew the 3:2 frames would be cropped into 4:3.
For the short films, I wouldn't change the aspect ratio anyway, although technically possible. But it could be taken into consideration for a concert release. But then, they will go to AI upscale a VHS tape and then crop off his feet to turn it into widescreen
Moonwalker and Bad 25 mainly
I really wonder why they didn't just restore the Short Films when Moonwalker came out on Blu-Ray and when Bad 25 came out. They did a lot of marketing and promotions that I'm surprised they didn't restore the videos. Also what are the chances that all the Bad short films are all restored for Bad 40
Moonwalker is a Warner Bros release, Bad 25 didn‘t do any footage restoration and would be considered unnecessary for a documentary in the estate‘s view plus from what I got Spike likes to use the raw material without any enhancements, plus they just „restored“ all short films two years prior on Vision
They are a multi billion dóllar estate….
Yup, its a widescreen into a 4:3 , so if they scan the original cut , its real 16:9 or widescreen
I really think the CGI thing is just an excuse for their laziness and that AI upscaling is just gonna be the norm for all short films from now on
