Curious, did any of the laserdiscs have the “terrorist” line? It’d be great to have a 2.0 PCM that’s not censored.
Also, has anyone listened the 2.0 track on the BD? I’d have a feeling it’d be more accurate than the 7.1, usually if it’s 2.0 it’s a straight port of the original mix (though it could be a Jaws situation where the BD “original mix” still has minor differences from previous video releases?)
I wish I had gone into the Castro 35mm showing knowing about these differences. I just know it was the 1982 theatrical cut, terrorist line, guns and all. The print was beautiful, nearly pristine (except for sound pitch warbling at the heads/tails of each reel). It was most likely printed within the last few years, since all or nearly all of Universal’s repertory print archives were ostensibly destroyed by the 2008 studio fire - but the color timing still felt genuinely “1982”.
(The same goes for all the other 35mm screenings of 70s/80s Universal films I’ve seen over the past several years - looked and sounded almost brand new, but the color timing/sound mixing felt authentic to me.)