I've been getting back into the LOTR trilogy lately and thanks to 44rh1n and Dwalin there are now options for both the first and second part of the trilogy.
(Although I know of a method that one could use to get a perfect color grading of the extended shots, but sadly I'm too ill and tired to work with such a project)
Now back on topic: You all probably know the Theatrical Blu-ray of TTT has tons of DNR. The sad part is the Extended version is also plagued by this in lots of scenes with smearing artifacts. It is so visible in outdoor scenes like when Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli are chasing the orchs that it sticks out like a sore thumb in this majestic trilogy.
I was wondering if there are any old HDTV broadcasts or Web-DL versions or similar, of either the Theatrical or Extended version of TTT that are free from this DNR?
Here are a few links to screenshots of the Extended version of TTT, taken from an own encode of mine where I got rid of the black bars on the sides:
(Tried to find a good lossless image sharing website, not sure if this one's any good)
2002-The-Two-Towers-mkv-snapshot-00-08-39-759.png (1920×804) (ibb.co)
2002-The-Two-Towers-mkv-snapshot-00-08-42-349.png (1920×804) (ibb.co)
2002-The-Two-Towers-mkv-snapshot-00-08-59-002.png (1920×804) (ibb.co)
2002-The-Two-Towers-mkv-snapshot-00-19-08-731.png (1920×804) (ibb.co)
2002-The-Two-Towers-mkv-snapshot-00-27-59-553.png (1920×804) (ibb.co)
2002-The-Two-Towers-mkv-snapshot-00-31-38-605.png (1920×804) (ibb.co)
2002-The-Two-Towers-mkv-snapshot-00-35-37-385.png (1920×804) (ibb.co)
2002-The-Two-Towers-mkv-snapshot-00-35-52-318.png (1920×804) (ibb.co)
2002-The-Two-Towers-mkv-snapshot-00-45-48-914.png (1920×804) (ibb.co)
2002-The-Two-Towers-mkv-snapshot-01-13-00-168.png (1920×804) (ibb.co)
2002-The-Two-Towers-mkv-snapshot-02-01-04-453.png (1920×804) (ibb.co)
2002-The-Two-Towers-mkv-snapshot-02-01-10-637.png (1920×804) (ibb.co)
2002-The-Two-Towers-mkv-snapshot-02-30-46-080.png (1920×804) (ibb.co)
As you can see, in some of these shots there's not just smearing but also halo artifacts and similar.
I want to know if there is any version free of this?
At the same time I kinda don't expect there to be one, seeing how they took this master and upscaled and put even more DNR on top of it for the 4K release!
Of course, that could just have been the good old laziness of movie companies, rather using automatic software without doing any quality control at all.
Thanks in advance and see ya later film fans!
(Although I know of a method that one could use to get a perfect color grading of the extended shots, but sadly I'm too ill and tired to work with such a project)
Now back on topic: You all probably know the Theatrical Blu-ray of TTT has tons of DNR. The sad part is the Extended version is also plagued by this in lots of scenes with smearing artifacts. It is so visible in outdoor scenes like when Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli are chasing the orchs that it sticks out like a sore thumb in this majestic trilogy.
I was wondering if there are any old HDTV broadcasts or Web-DL versions or similar, of either the Theatrical or Extended version of TTT that are free from this DNR?
Here are a few links to screenshots of the Extended version of TTT, taken from an own encode of mine where I got rid of the black bars on the sides:
(Tried to find a good lossless image sharing website, not sure if this one's any good)
2002-The-Two-Towers-mkv-snapshot-00-08-39-759.png (1920×804) (ibb.co)
2002-The-Two-Towers-mkv-snapshot-00-08-42-349.png (1920×804) (ibb.co)
2002-The-Two-Towers-mkv-snapshot-00-08-59-002.png (1920×804) (ibb.co)
2002-The-Two-Towers-mkv-snapshot-00-19-08-731.png (1920×804) (ibb.co)
2002-The-Two-Towers-mkv-snapshot-00-27-59-553.png (1920×804) (ibb.co)
2002-The-Two-Towers-mkv-snapshot-00-31-38-605.png (1920×804) (ibb.co)
2002-The-Two-Towers-mkv-snapshot-00-35-37-385.png (1920×804) (ibb.co)
2002-The-Two-Towers-mkv-snapshot-00-35-52-318.png (1920×804) (ibb.co)
2002-The-Two-Towers-mkv-snapshot-00-45-48-914.png (1920×804) (ibb.co)
2002-The-Two-Towers-mkv-snapshot-01-13-00-168.png (1920×804) (ibb.co)
2002-The-Two-Towers-mkv-snapshot-02-01-04-453.png (1920×804) (ibb.co)
2002-The-Two-Towers-mkv-snapshot-02-01-10-637.png (1920×804) (ibb.co)
2002-The-Two-Towers-mkv-snapshot-02-30-46-080.png (1920×804) (ibb.co)
As you can see, in some of these shots there's not just smearing but also halo artifacts and similar.
I want to know if there is any version free of this?
At the same time I kinda don't expect there to be one, seeing how they took this master and upscaled and put even more DNR on top of it for the 4K release!
Of course, that could just have been the good old laziness of movie companies, rather using automatic software without doing any quality control at all.
Thanks in advance and see ya later film fans!