goodeknight said:
(Just guessing, but I feel a response from Stoo coming very soon.)
Your guess was right, Mr. Goodeknight.
Granted, I have never watched a FULL Indy movie without
colour but it's easy to understand why Dr. Jonesy enjoys the different perspective.
Dr.Jonesy said:
Raiders is actually on YouTube in the old serial format!
EDIT....okay there used to be! But here;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUPDuQq9GsM
That
black &
white serial version of "Raiders" was removed from YouTube sometime between 2008-2011. Here is a thread about it:
Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Serial watch it like real serial
The video you linked to doesn't have any clips from "Raiders". (For anyone interested, there is also a thread on it here:
Chuck Heston is Indiana Jones.)
Lance Quazar said:
Films should be seen as they were meant to be seen. Not "de-colorized" and certainly not "colorized."
For 1st time viewing, I emphatically agree with you, Lance, from an artistic standpoint. However, after seeing some films over & over as a fan, it is interesting to watch them with a new set of eyes (so to speak). Dr. Jonesy mentions seeing certain details stand out in
b/
w and I've had similar experiences with colourization. The first instance was with one of my favourite movies; the original "King Kong", which I'd seen about 100 times in
b/
w before seeing the colourized version in the early '90s. It was extremely refreshing because I was seeing details that I had never noticed before (and that film is just *1* example).
Dr. Gonzo said:
Taking out the color does great disservice to the master.
True, Gonzo...but it's much less of disservice than those "fan edits" out there which relish in removing certain elements or eliminating entire scenes.
Dr. Jonesy's suggestion is quite harmless because it's akin to watching
colour movies/programmes on a
black &
white TV (which even I remember doing in my pre-kindergarten years). There is/was a whole generation of folk who were able to enjoy something in b/w, even though that "thing" was meant to be seen in colour.
Lance Quazar, please take note of this.
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Another alternate viewing experience: In the early days of pay-TV-movie channels, non-subscribers would receive a scrambled signal. A couple of times, I watched "Star Wars" in
NEGATIVE!
Trippy...