Comment Re: How about... (Score 1) 53
If I were being cynical I'd say it was a cash grab. Produce a 4k Bluray and sell it to unsuspecting buyers who assume it will be an upgrade to 1080p. Then in another decade release a remaster from rescanned film.
Apparently when they scanned it last time the process degraded the film, so the idea was to do an archival grade scan and never need to touch the reels again. Apparently they didn't go a very good job of it though.
They should just give these projects to fans. Look at the effort to produce higher quality versions of Deep Space 9 and Voyager from Laserdiscs. The quality is way better than the DVDs, and if they had access to the original film I'm sure they'd keep working on it for free. Redo all the CGI parts too. Then Paramount could rake in the cash from Bluray sales and everyone would be happy.