Well DUH, of course the later whited teeth version was a frame-edited copy of the braces one, where they painted white on the teeth framewise. They didn't reshoot the entire scene to make it. They simply scanned a set of frames in and digitally edited. That technology has been around in the movie industry now for decades.
As for the other way around, if the braces were a fake creation made from a white teeth original, no; the detail on the braces shows reflections off the metal that are exact and match the scene light sources. If you zoom in on still frames of the teeth it is clear the light is exactly natural and the braces are not painted on. It would take a lot of artist effort to fake the braces.
You didn't digitally edit things in the 80's. And from an editing point of view, I can assure you it's easier to add in braces, that are not prone to the uncanny valley effect, since they are not a natural part of the human body.
Well DUH, of course the later whited teeth version was a frame-edited copy of the braces one, where they painted white on the teeth framewise. They didn't reshoot the entire scene to make it. They simply scanned a set of frames in and digitally edited. That technology has been around in the movie industry now for decades.
As for the other way around, if the braces were a fake creation made from a white teeth original, no; the detail on the braces shows reflections off the metal that are exact and match the scene light sources. If you zoom in on still frames of the teeth it is clear the light is exactly natural and the braces are not painted on. It would take a lot of artist effort to fake the braces.
You didn't digitally edit things in the 80's. And from an editing point of view, I can assure you it's easier to add in braces, that are not prone to the uncanny valley effect, since they are not a natural part of the human body.
I HAVE a VHS tape of Moonraker put out in the early 1980s and it has the braces that I well remember. With great regret, I have to say piss off.
And I have 5 .pngs of braces on this system alone for editing. And I've never once needed to edit braces onto an image.
And I say, go get a step ladder and jump up my butt.
Look - I HAVE the original film and it has braces. What part of 'who are you going to believe, me or your lying eyes' do you worship? Jesus.