I really hope this gets a major overhaul. I'm depressed every time I put on the 40th Anniversary DVD. It's dingy and way too brown. They all look like they're wearing clay mud masks, and I'm all for film grain, but not sandpaper. It's way too much.
Also, there are inherent flaws in the movie, and I wonder if they'll be cleaned up. I personally hope they are. Some of the optical (in camera) effects leave the screen muddy, and some were done poorly. Also during the animation sequence, some of the squirrels go by Dick Van Dyke's feet and turn transparent. (I assume he was wearing oder eaters at the time).
To me, it's the equivalent of getting rid of the wire attached to the Cowardly Lion's tail in The Wizard of Oz. When they did the last HD master (still too dark to me), they removed the wire, seen most notably in If I Were King of the Forest. I remember when we used to laugh at it as kids watching (small SD) TV.
We'll see what Disney does with Mary Poppins, but they have been fine about changing colors in their animated features without much thought. It drives the purists insane.
Some major color revisions in Pinocchio (check out Stromboli's shirt):
https://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews44/pinocchio_blu-ray.htm Also Dumbo (check out the uniforms of the guys holding the ropes on Mrs. Jumbo):
https://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews50/dumbo_blu-ray.htm They've also done a lot of "cleaning" when they basically repaint each digitized cell, removing all film grain. It's gone now.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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