Has anyone came across any source based on the theatrical mix of "Léon" (aka "The Professional") yet by chance?
Looking for a better video source than provided by the common Blu-ray releases, I ended up with kk650's regraded version and comparing its contained DTS track to the one I have on my original Japanese NTSC-DVD (2-disc edition, featuring the cinematric version as well as the longer cut), I encountered some oddities I'd love to dig into with you guys:
I'm not sure if the DTS track which is contained in kk650's release was sourced from the Blu-ray but I assume it for now. Furthermore, I'd like to neglect the fact that the DVD of course - since mandatory on the DVD-Video-standard - in addition also comes with an AC3 track, but it seems that they are based on the same mix, so I'll refer to the DTS one only.
The seperate channels on the "BD DTS" seem to have a bit more "punch" and dynamic range, however this becomes less significant if you create a stereo-downmix with the LFE mixed in using eac3to to compare. During the end titles on the "BD DTS", there is no audio on the LFE channel at all, but there is on the "DVD DTS". So quite mixed differently in general.
What's really odd however, is the scene where Léon shows Mathilda his "ring trick". The guy's machine gun on the rear channels and also the explosion at the end sounds totally roaring and somehow "tinny" on the BD track whereas it is quite okay on the DVD. It's difficult to describe but I already recognized that phenomenon on other movies. It's definitely not the equipment nor any downmixing issue since the weird sound is already present in the rears this way.
However, neither of the two soundtracks incredibly impress me, although they are not really bad, either. Am I expecting too much, has this movie never been made better audio wise or do I indeed miss the great DTS theater mix, someone hopefully will be kindly be able to provide me?
Actually I wanted to post some files here so you can listen yourselves what I'm babbling about here, but I'm confused whether or not it is okay now to post any here. I hope that I'm not the only one who thinks that this great movie deserves the best video and audio possible, so please advice, thanks.