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Post #650259

Author
spoRv
Parent topic
The Thing (1982) - sound mixes (Released)
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Date created
17-Jul-2013, 6:49 PM

No problem to convert PAL speed to proper 23.976fps and sync it to the video. Well, according to LDDB:

"When Palmer shouts to Nauls' to "turn that crap down, I was shot today!", a different track, Superstition by Stevie Wonder, is playing from Nauls' ghetto blaster in the kitchen. A different track plays on the Pioneer Cinema PAL release [PLFEB 33051]. I dont remember Stevie on the 1980's UK video releases either...

...The Stevie Wonder track is the original song played in the movie. The song was changed in some releases due to licensing."

So, strictly speaking, the PAL LD soundtrack is not the original... should it must be included in a preservation then?

Now that I know that HD-DVD has a better quality than BD, I'd like to know if the HD-DVD is the "right" version to go... I mean, has it good colors, no missing edges, no missing frames/scenes, no alterations? I agree with DJ that a poor LD could not stand at the same level of a well crafted HD-DVD or BD, but if I have to choose, I prefer lower resolution video with the closest image to the original theatrical version, than the top-notch-out-of-this-world video quality *enanched* edition - but you know, I'm an old man from an old continent who loves old analog video formats, so... (^^,)