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by Spoofer » Sun Mar 03, 2019 1:25 pm
Because the day before he saw others making the 4:3 connection, he was theorizing the 4 and 3 balls referred to a date (March 4th or April 3rd). He's making other assumptions about the supposed remaster based on torrented remuxes coupling remasters with broadcast audio, along with other info and theorizing we've all already had access to. He, painfully obviously, has no further information about this set than the rest of us, and seems to be spreading false information at least in terms of the audio. He's not able to "confirm" anything because he's clearly not in any position to do so. Whether or not he happens to be right, along with everyone else making remaster assumptions, is immaterial. He's not a source.
Yes, the 4/3 balls are very conspicuous, and I'm not denying they're a very strong hint at the 4:3 theory that everyone picked up on. It's just very weird how much the actual site for this release currently focuses so much on the physical aspect of the set. Even when talking about further updates, they're talking about art mockups for the physical design. It's only on Twitter where the hopeful hints have been found. They could be planning their PR around a constant hype drip, but you'd also think they might make the huge info splash that we're all finally getting the 4:3 remaster we've always wanted right from the start, explicitly stated on the website as its main selling feature in order to have everyone (hardcore fans) immediately whip out their wallets. Again, I'm not denying how strong the balls support the 4:3 theory, but it's just bizarre marketing not to feature that info front and center on its actual pledge site. That, and how much it resembles the whole Bebop pledge drive which was nothing but a physical cash grab.
Again, I agree the 4/3 dragon balls are a strong hint, I'm just trying to reconcile the inconsistencies. If they've brought the site online now, with a quickly upcoming, one-time pledge drive, they likely plan to get the product to us within a year like the Bebop set. And that means 291 remastered 4:3 eps in one year (the site makes it pretty clear it's a single collection/release), which best case scenario means to me that Funi figured out a way to do it fast and automated, or are, in a rarity for them, fine with allowing the film grain and inherent blemishes to remain untouched (which is basically what we purists want). But I can't imagine a scenario in which Toei would've put in the work and then alllowed Funi first crack at the release. And while I can see it making financial sense to lock the purist 4:3 release behind an expensive CE paywall, it's still kind of a dick move not to offer a regular release as well, and they know they're gonna ruffle a lot of fans' feathers if they price them out of it (which is much more likely to happen with all the physical stuff). And you'd think with the constant demand that springs up for 4:3 DBZ, they'd keep an option in print for far longer than a single month's signup.
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Spoofer on Sun Mar 03, 2019 1:32 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Again, I've agreed from the start the 4/3 hint is quite strong, but as a collector for 20+ years (and casual DB fan) I'm just seeing some inconsistencies or signs that hint that an actual Toei remaster (now, that Funi would be the first to release) or something on the same scope as the Level sets (frame by frame manual remaster) would be less likely with how this looks to be coming about. But certainly I'd love to be wrong.