Colour imges of Ambassadors of Death and Mind of Evil
- Thread starter Candlelight
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Is it weird that I don't want Ambassadors of Death to be colorized? It looks so good in black and white!
I hear you. Same with those who don't really want the Hartnell and Troughton stories "VidFire'd" because the grainy film versions had an ambiance and it's what we remember from years past.
But the desire is also there to restore the programmes to the way they were when they were first broadcast. So when you watch a VidFire'd Hartnell you're watching a simulation of what people actually saw on their TVs in 1963-64, and so the fact Ambassadors was aired in color, we should have it in color (and you can always tune out the color on your set if you'd like to recreate the B&W experience!
)Looking at those images at the URL my first reaction was " yeah, so?" And that's actually a good thing. Unlike some disastrous colorization I've seen in the past (usually involving films and TV shows that had no business being colorized) the fact you can't tell is a good sign (now I think about it this might be the first time I've come across colorization being used to actually restore color rather than treating B&W film and TV like a coloring book. Looking forward to seeing how this turns out. Bit sad that Mind of Evil will likely be one of the final Doctor Who DVD releases as I think only it, Terror of the Zygons and Greatest Show in the Galaxy remain "unaccounted for" of the complete stories in terms of announced releases.
Alex
But the desire is also there to restore the programmes to the way they were when they were first broadcast. So when you watch a VidFire'd Hartnell you're watching a simulation of what people actually saw on their TVs in 1963-64, and so the fact Ambassadors was aired in color, we should have it in color (and you can always tune out the color on your set if you'd like to recreate the B&W experience!
I actually did that with Mindwarp once-- it looks fantastic in black and white!
Those images have just had the colour recovered on them, they haven't been graded or anything. I've used the Colour Recovery program they're using to process these episodes and it's very impressive.
But the desire is also there to restore the programmes to the way they were when they were first broadcast. So when you watch a VidFire'd Hartnell you're watching a simulation of what people actually saw on their TVs in 1963-64, and so the fact Ambassadors was aired in color, we should have it in color (and you can always tune out the color on your set if you'd like to recreate the B&W experience!
I actually did that with Mindwarp once-- it looks fantastic in black and white!
I did that with Timelash. First, got rid of the color, then the B&W, and then the audio, and it was soooo much better!
Mr Awe
So this process is actually restoring the color signal recorded on the BW film? Pretty cool. I know Who is the focus but that still of Are You Being Served? looks really natural (and I am unanimous in that).
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