THX-1138: The (Digitally Enhanced) Director's Cut

StefanJ writes "This is either a marvelous Photoshop hoax or something really . . . cool? Sacreligious? Unnecessary? Reportedly, George Lucas has given his first commercially released movie, THX1138, a digital workover, enhancing backgrounds and altering scenes for more eye-appeal. Here are some comparisons of original and altered scenes. For those who haven't seen the film: Without giving too much away, it's about a working stiff living in a repressive underground bomb-shelter society. Emotion-suppressing drugs are mandatory; people shuffle from work to home, pausing to buy consumer goods along the way. (The goods aren't used for anything; you just feed them into a disposal unit after you get home. Making them keeps people busy . . .) If the drugs don't work, you can vent your spleen in a confession booth manned by a really bad A.I. It's really bleak, and sometimes ugly, but worth seeing. I hope the enhancements don't add too much color: The drab, sterile, white-on-white environment of the underground city is an important mood-setter. Consume more; be happy!"

Comments

Re:There are THX fans?

[harrkev]

I saw this move on TV back in the early 80's. I just remember that the movie was boring and pointless. Being a Star Wars fan at the time (and still am), I was just dying to see the first movie from the mighty Lucas.

Boy was I disappointed. That was one of the worst movies that I have ever seen. I think that calling it "decent" would be too kind.

I think that it would be a tie between "THX-1138" and "Desparate Living!" If you do not know what "Desparate Living" is, consider yourself lucky.

Polishing Turds

[AliasTheRoot]

I think the subject line says it all but polish a turd and it's still a turd, albeit a shiny new turd.