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I just read that the film negatives to Farscape are lost (in what would be one of the most shocking archive incidents of the modern era) and the blu-rays are just up-rezes of SD material. Anyone know if that is true?
Farscape used a lot of CGI. Would any of that have been produced in 1080 10-some yrs ago?
I just ran a few of my SD discs through my BR player to see how they up-rez at home. The first three seasons stand up OK, but season 4 and The Peacekeeper Wars (both shot in widescreen) are a bit ragged.
('The Black Hole' looks quite good for being up-rezzed.)
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Jun 5, 2013 - 12:53 AM
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Ian J.
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Not worth it, really, unless you can't get hold of the PAL DVDs at a cheaper price.
First off, it doesn't include the ending mini-series 'The Peacekeeper Wars'.
Secondly, it's just an upscale of the PAL DVD masters (see above). I stand to be corrected, but though on the internet I've seen talk of the original film elements being lost, I don't think that's necessarily true. What I believe is true is that all the effects were done in PAL standard definition, and the cost of re-doing all the effects work could not possibly be recovered through sales (unlike the reworking that's being done for the various Star Trek series). So the option to do the upscale from the PAL originals was taken.
I have the entire series on PAL DVD, and the upscale via my PS3 to 1080p seems to be fine for all of the series, including season 4 and 'Peacekeeper Wars'. Having said that, my TV is only a 37 inch one, so it may be that much larger HD screens might show up artefacts more.
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