Totally. And all of it is just me having to adapt to that. I liken it to when CBS remasters and colorizes episodes of I Love Lucy. It's so odd to see that show in color as experiencing it in black and white gives it a more authentic representation of the time in which it was made; when color wasn't as widespread. I mean, hell, imagine what the Ricardo's apartment would look like in present day.
I saw an early colorization of the Xmas episode. Could it be any more garish? They all look like survivors of a nuclear explosion with all that radiant glowing. Early seasons of Bewitched were also colorized but many scenes require a double-take since they almost look like genuine original color. Like this:
A couple moments are giveaways that it's colorized (look for haloing, hair color that seems "off", very ornate and detailed items that may be glossed over, occasional skin tones looking like the result of a radioactive paint factory explosion, or the most neutral white, gray or black tone that lacks color cast or reflection matching to the hue of what it's reflecting. But they did an excellent first rate job with "Bewitched".)
ILC:
Now that is "Chernobyl Red" hair dye. Also note the oodles of doors, lamps, a clock face, and other set pieces that readily betray its monochromatic origins. It's often quite good, but...
And this one's even more prominent!
"Three Mile Island Skin Tones" are all over the place, as well as the goofy brown hair dye poor little Ricky has. Never mind the drum set that could light up a whole city block, complete with drumsticks that change color from bronze to lead then back again... and at 1:15 wiuth the oddly dull-bronze sconce lamp and hanging reflective utensils that don't reflect anything but b/w images... and the stove... but they're periphery items, and this was an older attempt at implementing the technology.
For all my nitpicks, they're often watchable, even if the day-glo can still take a person out of the episode. Noting I am a fan of the 6th Doctor Who's costume, this is saying something.
Now look up "Gilligan's Island" from the early-90s and really wince.
(Oh wow, John Williams scored that episode's incidental music...)
True, given the time in which it was done, it's honestly not bad. But the telltale signs are everywhere and admittedly inevitable, especially for the time. (Gotta start somewhere.) "Beneath a purple sky and dull green tree blobs in some scenes but glowing ones in others"... 0:51 in and the yellow raincoats are pure neon compared to the untouched ship. Also note earlier that the Skipper's shirt is way too dark as he never changed clothes (unlike the Howells and their 300 bags they brought along, of which the sheer quantity's ludicrousness is part of the comedy, but nobody would think this show is supposed to feel like "real life"...) But between then and later developments, it became far easier to color-match to blend in with genuine color seasons... (Bewitched)
Thankfully the sitcom was filmed, so they found the master finished neg, then cleaned and remastered it with comparative ease. Like TOS, for the version that didn't replace the modelwork with CGI. It never ceases to amaze how much detail is captured in film, though compared to the DVD releases the new masters also deal with blooming and crush due to the poor original transfer to DVD...
