Recently I took my Japanese version of The Terminator on LaserDisc and ripped it myself - and was totally disappointed. If anyone required confirmation that a soundtrack being on LaserDisc doesn’t necessarily mean that it has been flawlessly sourced, then this is the ultimate proof unfortunately: low volume, low dynamic range and overly shitty quality. The movies indeed sounds another 10 years older that it is. 😦
I’d really love to know the story behind such stupidity - maybe it goes like that:
Two Japanese guys:
A: “hey, this movie is great. Let’s get the fresh US master, it’s way better than what we aired years ago on TV”
B: “how long does that take?”
A: “maybe two weeks to arrive and it will cost. But trust me, it has better dynamics since not adjusted for broadcasting”
B: “hell no, dump the shit we already have, most people neither care nor ever notice!”
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