(All together now) This is why we hate warner

[saprano]

As many of you probably already know by now the worst studio know to man decided it would fun if they did the transfer of The Neverending Story (one of my childhood favorites) without Wolfgang Petersen's approval of anything.

Sometimes the studios are…it’s just unbelievable,” Petersen said. “I would have loved to get involved and work on the colors a little bit, let’s do this and let’s do that. They didn’t tell me. It’s strange.”

Nearly thirty years later, the director still retains an intense love for the film. And he’ll be enjoying the high-definition offering as much as the rest of us…as soon as he picks up a copy.

“I just told my assistant to get me the Blu-ray,” he exclaimed. “I have a beautiful theater at home and I can screen it there. I have not seen it yet in Blu-ray, and I have family here from Germany, [so] we really are looking forward to seeing it again. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen it. I’m so anxious to see how it looks on Blu-ray.”

http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2010/03/12...story-blu-ray/


I mean seriously warner WTF? Do you care about quality at all? I wonder if warner didn't ask him anything so they didn't have to put in extra work or time on the transfer. They probably thought: Hey, the majority of people who's going to buy this movie don't know anything about PQ anyway, hardy har har.

I know petersen is going to be watching this in his theater imagining how much better it could've been if he was in control.

Time for the BDA to set some ground rules for warner. Other studios as well. This is ridiculous. No way in hell would this happen to spielberg or lucas.