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It would be very cool if they improved the picture even more for a Blu Ray release.

However, half my mind was also mulling over what I thought of the Digital presentation of the film and it was a mixed bag to be truthful. I can say right away that it was not up to the high standards set by 'Blade Runner'. I have come to the conclusion that Digital Cinema is going to be just as prone to the same quality issues that effect DVD production which makes perfect sense as they are both using similar methods.

I was suprised to see some pretty major 'haloing' or edge enhancement effects in some scenes. This was especially noticeable when Bond was in the Egyptian desert. The image was not as clear as 'Blade Runner' with contrast levels being suprisingly low in some scenes and a general lack of sharpness. This could be due to the quality of film originally used or the state of the negative perhaps. Besides the haloing, my second biggest criticism was that motion was not quite as crisp as I would have liked it to be. Panning shots exposed a slight blurring and lack of definition, nothing disasterous but not quite the standard of presentation I had espected.

I did get a real kick out of seeing a classic Bond on the big screen however and would definately see more digital projections from the series if they play them. Like the guy who reviewed the screening of the digital projection of 'Goldfinger' said, there was definately a feeling of watching something more akin to DVD than film. Of course, the film is 30 years old so this may explain why the image was not 'stellar' but things like haloing are a little careless, maybe it had something to do with the projector settings but there were no such artifacts in the screening of 'Blade Runner' at the same cinema previously.