What are some hidden gems and rare pieces of media? Maybe even deleted or lost on all legal distribution platforms? (feddit.de)

submitted 11 months ago by Freeman@feddit.de to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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What media have you found in best quality or even only with the methods of the high seas?

I am not looking for: "I only use my super jellyfin and so on setup because its almost free". But rather I want to hear if you found rare pieces of media which are maybe even lost otherwise.

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[-] biddy@feddit.nl 65 points 11 months ago

Star Wars despecialized edition.

In 1997 George Lucas updated the original trilogy with new special effects, and every release since then has been the new special edition.

Fans have gone through a painstaking archival effort to track down the "despecialized" original release in as high quality as possible.

[-] noisypine@infosec.pub 18 points 11 months ago

Look up 4k77 if you haven't already. Team negative1 has been transferring and restoring copies of the original reels. The are also working on 4k80 and 4k83. I believe that 4k77 and 4k83 are completed and there are rough copies of 4k80.