I picked up a copy of the new letterboxed remaster from Live Home Video and was looking forward to writing a rave review of the much anticipated disc. Unfortunately, I can't do that. As it turns out, there is not a lot to rave about. First, the positive. Even though the older Image tranfer was actually quite good, this new THX certified transfer has made some improvements, mostly in the color.
Colors are more saturated and appear more accurate.
Contrast and brightness are very good, but very similar to the older disc. Some of the grain visible in the older transfer has been smoothed out, but it is by no means gone. Sharpness on the new transfer is only a tiny bit better. Audio is almost identical, certainly not enough difference for me to mention. Now we get into what may turn out to be the most controversial 'aspect' of this new transfer.