[Proposal] Die Hard 2 - colour grading

[Bigrob]

I was reading up on some discussions about Die Hard 2's colour grading at blu-ray.com which seems to have varied over different releases over the years. 

Look at the shots of the church during daylight here
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/comparisons/com.../diehard2/

and these
http://www.caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&a...03&i=7&l=0

http://www.caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&a...35&i=2&l=0

So I'm trying to determine which one is correct?

   

I do have a very good copy of this Die Hard 2 rental VHS (and the reatil version) (censored BBFC '15' version) which a friend of mine had converted to DVD professionally for his web series on censorship (something i work on with him time to time) and what i found interesting is that it opens with the cinema BBFC classification slide (which was different for VHS releases) meaning that it was 'possibly' telecined directly from a UK print (because of all the edits to the film). I have seen a 35mm print of it some years ago but can't remember how it looked now.

Now sadly I don't have the means or knowledge to take this project on but more than happy to assist with reasearch and sourcing of materials.

[dvdmike]

Cutting edge series?

[PDB]

Looks like a good project to me. I do like the bluer look of the older DVD, although I do wonder how accurate that is. I'll have to check the THX and widescreen laserdisc master to see if it is the same.

[ilovewaterslides]

My French laserdisc is sourced on a theatrical print. I can capture it if that helps.

[PDB]

Love to see it to compare waterslides

[00shevin]

only issue I have with this is the movie itself lol

[PDB]

I like it.

I would never say its the best Die Hard movie. 3 is much better and 1 is one of the greatest action films ever made. But it is a fun watch and has its charm. Far better then 4 and 5. At least this was a time when Willis still cared.

[ilovewaterslides]

PDB you just exactly described what I think about these movies!

[dvdmike]

I love die hard 2 it's great fun with a much harder edge.
Also it's fun to remember that this was the biggest budget film at the time, and now he directs stuff like Skiptrace

[Bigrob]

Cutting edge series?

That's the one