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You can find the full interview here. Not very long but some interesting titbits on various projects including a new Terminator (he reveals nothing).
lol, honestly respect him for not bending over backwards or giving a “political” response.
Sometimes you just need to tell people to fuck off and suck it up, especially when you’ve got nerds looking for a reason to be angry.
God forbid someone exhibit humility and introspection. Nope, just commit to being right and never listen to anyone.
So what's wrong with a little grain? off colors? I mean, the audio world is shifting back to vinyl because it is imperfect but unique in a way that you can only appreciate when you hear other versions and dislike them because they don't "pop, skip, smoosh" the same way as you record does.
But the problem with Cameron is that he's removing the grain almost completely, using AI to help do it and it's making the films look worse.
To be fair he's using it at different levels, Titanic and The Abyss look the best but Aliens and Truth Lies look the worse.
The replies to this post make me think most people haven't seen the videos showing the hideous face distortions in the latter two.
I haven't and am not having luck finding them. Got a link by chance?
Here's a general one about Aliens. The problem with grain removal with the help of AI is that your also removing the fine detail on skin for example. People start to look waxy. Also, AI can fuck things up. Look at what it did to Hick's face in the background of a scene!
The comparison here is easier to see between the old and new copies of True Lies.
Oh my god look at Arnold's hair on that last one, it's chiseled from pure bronze
Thanks! Things in motionsure can look a lot different than static images.
It doesn't. I hadn't looked at any screen captures before watching the disc and it's just as terrible and super distracting in motion. Thankfully only 3-4 scenes are marred by this. Oddly, it's usually Tom Arnold's face.
I think this one is the one I watched which breaks down both and was pretty interesting.
Hot damn that really does show the problems a lot better than the single image.
The vinyl analogy can be used for these 4k remasters, but it's more akin to using AI to clean up audio in a vinyl recording and adding a bunch of distortion in the process.
I have no complaints. Was just happy it FINALLY came out in 4K. Was on my wish list for years.
Bad question framing and bad answer. The issue is the AI distortions, not the grain. Cameron surely knows this, so he's responding with a straw man.
Get a life? It's your industry, man. And maybe don't denigrate the people buying your movies. Lots of other studios get this right.
That said, I think the online criticism of True Lies (haven't watched the Aliens disc yet) is overblown except for maybe 3-4 scenes where it's super obvious, awful, and distracting.
At least The Abyss looked great.
I HATE DENOISING I HATE DENOISING.
I jest. I've watched some 35mm transfers and the noise is distracting