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Originally Posted by Michael Brooke  It's not so much "print damage" as "irreversible chemical decay to the camera negative".
In fact, prints - as in copies made for cinema projection - are very rarely used as the basis of Blu-rays and ideally should never be, as they're quite unsuitable (too contrasty, for starters), although sometimes it's unavoidable. But in the case of Nightmare City there wasn't any point tracking down any prints as they'd be as soft as the dupe negative that was used to make the second transfer - softer, in fact, because they'd be a further generation removed. Sadly, the only surviving element offering a genuinely sharp picture is the damaged original camera negative. |
Thanks for the reply Michael, I think it also helps to watch the short feature along with the two versions on the discs main menu just to see the difficulties arrows staff were faced with releasing NC. I for one am glad they did so though.