Recent Viewings, Part 2

[M.10rda]

I considered going to see a screening of AKIRA last night - presumably the "restored" version you mention. I'd be sad to see "the shortcuts in the animation become more visible". I'm surprised that's a Thing but frankly HD has done no favors to many beloved spectacles from my childhood. I made the mistake of watching part of ALIENS in HD at some point. Cameron simply didn't mean for us to see all the detail in all the deep shadows... 

But every time I've ever revisited AKIRA I'm still impressed. The attention to detail and the character animation is impeccable. Maybe I'll stick to my old VHS in perpetuity.

[Dr. Whom]

Well, it is not disastrous and the general quality of animation remains excellent. But I get your remark about Aliens in HD. Some things were never meant to be seen in detail, and now they are. I understand the reasoning behind 'now in super HD 40K resolution', but it doesn't always serve the movie.