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Classic Cartoons Marred by Digital Restoration

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the technology-works-for-good-and-evil dept.

Carl Bialik from the WSJ writes "When classic animated films undergo digital restoration, key features can get lost in translation. The Wall Street Journal reports that the process meant to smooth over scratches and dirt specks on old film "can also remove some of the lines that make up the animation -- for example, blurring Tom's face in a Tom and Jerry cartoon, or erasing lines in Woody Woodpecker's fast-moving beak." "

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  1. I didn't mind by gowen · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ... any of these restorations until I saw the remastered special edition of Warner Bros' "Hare Trigger", which introduced Yosemite Sam for the first time...

    Got to the climatic showdown where he Sam confronts Bugs Bunny in a saloon bar in Nevada and ... Bugs Shot First!

    I feel like my childhood has been ruined.

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  2. Re:1984 and chaning history? by CoffeeJedi · · Score: 1, Redundant

    TFA was not talking about changing history, it was about errors in the digital clean-up process. How does removing scratches and dust equate to changing history?

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