WWI in HD

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
07/18/2018 at 12:18 • Filed to: None

Peter Jackson is working with the Imperial War Museum to restore and improve old film from the First World War. The results are really quite stunning. I just hope they don’t colorize colourise it, or take 45 minutes of footage and expand it into three epic movies.

DISCUSSION (25)

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > ttyymmnn
07/18/2018 at 12:25

Something something “Howard Shore” something.

Ash78, voting early and often > ttyymmnn
07/18/2018 at 12:26

One of my favorite standup bits of all time, courtesy of Norm McDonald. This was shortly before Letterman retired. WWI bit starts about 5:00 if you’re impatient.

Come for the comedy, but stay for The Feels.

ttyymmnn > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
07/18/2018 at 12:28

The more I hear the LOTR score the less I like it.

HammerheadFistpunch > ttyymmnn
07/18/2018 at 12:28

restoration is getting very very good. I see a little frame interpolation artifacts, but I can certainly live with them.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > ttyymmnn
07/18/2018 at 12:29

“ Improve”

* Remembers the dwarves riding barrels through the rapids in The Hobbiy*

Sure

ttyymmnn > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
07/18/2018 at 12:32

That’s exactly why I’ve never watched all THREE of those movies.

My bird IS the word > ttyymmnn
07/18/2018 at 12:33

Colour me interested lol. Thanks for sharing.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > ttyymmnn
07/18/2018 at 12:33

I’m still quite fond of it, but i t’s at its best when it’s not attempting to beat you to death - which is most of the time. I mostly prefer it over “insert generic Hans Zimmer score”, with the possible exception of the original Pirates.

ttyymmnn > HammerheadFistpunch
07/18/2018 at 12:34

little frame interpolation artifacts

If you say so! To me, it looks like playing with the contrast slider in Lightroom.

Ash78, voting early and often > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
07/18/2018 at 12:34

Hey, Jar Jar Binks came out when I was 19, so everything else seems ok in comparison.

ttyymmnn > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
07/18/2018 at 12:35

I was never much a fan of the Shire music. I get what he was going for, but I think it’s a bit shallow, and I just get sick of hearing it throughout the film. But yes, anything is better than Han Zimmer.

HammerheadFistpunch > ttyymmnn
07/18/2018 at 12:40

well they are going from, what I would guess is 16 fps, to 24 fps so they have to invent frames to fill the gaps. They do it by comparing one frame to the next using an algorithm to invent the missing frame based on where the pixels were and are.

I’ve played with it myself but the results can get a little weird. They are obviously using a lot better techniques than I’ve used.

ttyymmnn > HammerheadFistpunch
07/18/2018 at 12:42

Better techniques, and probably significantly better equipment.

HammerheadFistpunch > ttyymmnn
07/18/2018 at 12:44

well its all computer power at that point, but yeah.

3point8isgreat > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
07/18/2018 at 12:46

You didn’t like the random cuts to a GoP ro floating down a river?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > ttyymmnn
07/18/2018 at 12:50

It’s definitely not the Shire themes for me. The latter two thirds of The Lighting of the Beacons , on the other hand... In the films, a support to some of the best imagery, and very well staged. It evokes the fires spreading over the mountains and the long low perspective shots of Edoras, and therefore still manages to thrill.

ttyymmnn > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
07/18/2018 at 12:51

“Rohan had come at last.”

The best line in the books. Give me chills typing it.

MonkeePuzzle > ttyymmnn
07/18/2018 at 13:04

Kinja'd!!!

Goggles Pizzano > ttyymmnn
07/18/2018 at 13:05

For a truly immersive experience the film speed needs to be correct. It’s great to see they’ve compensated for the frame rate.

MonkeePuzzle > MonkeePuzzle
07/18/2018 at 13:09

oops, I...

Kinja'd!!!

unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) > ttyymmnn
07/18/2018 at 13:23

How much aerial combat footage from WWI exists?

ttyymmnn > unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins)
07/18/2018 at 15:48

I have absolutely no idea, but I haven’t seen very much. Those were hand cranked cameras back then, and it would have been a PIA to take one up, I imagine.

f86sabre > unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins)
07/18/2018 at 21:34

He doesn’t need it. Peter Jackson built his own WWI Air Force. http://www.omaka.org.nz/

ttyymmnn > Goggles Pizzano
07/19/2018 at 16:05

I hadn’t noticed that until you mentioned it, and I’ve been watching that GIF I made over and over . The difference is subtle, but once you see it it makes so much sense. I am very familiar with that sped up feel of the old films, and I knew it was a feature of all the film I’d seen from that era, but never really thought about it. It’s like saying that WWI and WWII happened in black and white, and WWI happened faster. B ut seeing them slowed down to “normal” is fascinating. Thanks for pointing that out.

ttyymmnn > Ash78, voting early and often
07/20/2018 at 13:04

I’ve seen this. It’s very touching.