Okay, totally OT (although I suspect O'Neill would not be happy):
Is this true? Young audiences won't watch black and white, so Hollywood has to exercise a little revisionist history? Arrrrrrrrrrrghhhhh... At least they are releasing the B&W, but that is just so...wrong!
Stooges Digitally Painted on DVD
By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer
LOS ANGELES - The DVD era is resurrecting the great colorization debate of the 1980s, and at the heart of the matter are Curly, Larry and Moe.
Sony's Columbia TriStar home-video unit is releasing two Three Stooges DVDs that allow viewers to watch the original black-and-white or digitally colorized versions.
Purists consider it desecration, while Sony executives say the process can help introduce Hollywood classics to young audiences reluctant to watch anything in black and white.
Read full story here, which includes a screen shot. By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer
LOS ANGELES - The DVD era is resurrecting the great colorization debate of the 1980s, and at the heart of the matter are Curly, Larry and Moe.
Sony's Columbia TriStar home-video unit is releasing two Three Stooges DVDs that allow viewers to watch the original black-and-white or digitally colorized versions.
Purists consider it desecration, while Sony executives say the process can help introduce Hollywood classics to young audiences reluctant to watch anything in black and white.
Is this true? Young audiences won't watch black and white, so Hollywood has to exercise a little revisionist history? Arrrrrrrrrrrghhhhh... At least they are releasing the B&W, but that is just so...wrong!
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