Anyone who wasn't able to do some quick fiddling with their TV's "Color" and/or "Tint" controls? I know that sounds a bit snippy, but while I understand the percieved problem, the solutions seem pretty obvious.Who the heck would stand for a crappy red tint on any other movie???
1)Don't buy the import disc and wait to see what the domestic release looks like. You'll wait a while to be sure, but it does save seconds of set-up time on an NTSC TV.
2)Blow the cash to buy a plasma/LCD screen.
3)Spend 10-15 second to color correct the picture and enjoy the show.
Since you read the Nausicaa.net articles, I think it does sound a bit like something Miyazaki might do to alter the the overall "feel" of the film at least one viewer, using a 34" Sony HDTV reported "...is the color different than the trailer? Answer: absolutely. HOWEVER! I feel there is good news: it was not anywhere as distracting as the screen-capture that were shown on the forums. I'm not sure what they were using to capture it, but on my tv, the color shift seems a lot more subtle. For those of you that have my tv, I keep the color settings on "vivid" and "cool." The effect of the movie is almost akin to watching a movie like Amadeus, which it lit mostly by candles. Was it intentional? I believe so. There is a warmth to the color that reminds me of period pieces. I, for one, am willing to bite with these reports of Ghibli saying it is intentional. Looking at my tv and comparing it to the screen capture, I am convinced that had I not seen anything about this supposed color issue, I would not have questioned the colors at all."
There is one further consideration, even assuming that the picture is as bad as the screen captures makes out. Miyazaki, like Lucas has a thing about "Best presentation possible" and thus, has rarely been happy with his theatrical features being on home video at all. I'm not saying that he purposefully sabotaged the DVD, but I'd be willing to think he saw this as a "reasonable" improvement that required the viewer to either fix their color settings for the best possible picture on less up to date sets or upgrade. A bit snotty attitude-wise, but possible.
In any case, given the grief BVHE has been given by american anime fans in the past (Princess Mononoke) _when_ Spirited Away makes it to domestic release, I doubt the problem will still be there.
Shade & Sweetwater,
Jennifer ^_^
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