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hairy hen said:

I was just thinking of watching GoldenEye recently.  Have heard good things about the DTS laserdisc, but never heard it for myself.

I have two dvd versions, the special edition release and the ultimate edition box sets that came out a few years ago.  The 'ultimate' version is actually nothing of the kind, because they screwed up the transfer by cropping the image too far and rendering it too dark, and the remixed audio has rather less LFE strength than the original, even though the sound quality is somewhat improved.  In both picture and sound it is simultaneously better and worse because of these things.  Overall I'll just stick with the older version; hopefully when they get around to doing the Bluray they'll re-do the transfer and go back to the original mix.

I watched the UE and noticed that the audio seemed a bit off. Glad to know I'm not the only one. I actually like some of the aesthetics of the new version (Darker colors, tighter framing) but don't think they are the original intent. The film plays better than I remember, but still not as good as it should have been. Also, the soundtrack really shows how Serra's score is undermixed.

bkev said:

The Man with the Golden Gun. Not the best, but I don't know if it quite qualifies as bad. There were some serious campy moments, but it was nice seeing Bond somewhat competent (compared to Live and Let Die, where he seemed to fall into every trap even remotely possible.)

Hey! Bond springs every trap in LALD. The Moore portrayal in both LALD and TMWTGG is a strong, rough, and devious eyebrow raiser. Neither film is bad and they certainly have their moments.

Hound of the Baskervilles-58 Hammer.

On these they did all of the restoration work uncompressed then crammed it onto the DVD. In doing so, they created some problems as things did not appear the same as their original files. The Blu rays that have been released do not have these problems because they aren't SD.

Goldeneye...in DTS. Now I really want to find that DTS Laserdisc just so it can completely dominate.

The UEs suffered when compressed to DVD. The Blus typically reflect this and offer a better and more detailed color scheme. These HD masters would be used for new HD broadcasts and thus would explain this. I'd be surprised (and very glad) if they removed this tinkering because it was completely unnecessary.

bkev said:

my surround system isn't even set up properly! For aesthetic reasons we leave them in front with the others, our room just wouldn't work with them in the back.

I have to do the same do to lack of space. It looks funny.

Was just testing LTK on my setup last night (Dolby SR all the way!) and the rears are fine. I'd agree that it was most likely your cable.

Especially without the green tint added. I'll never buy another copy. Perfectly happy with my non green snapper DVD.

Batman TAS Volume 3. Wish they still made this show. It was too good.

Well, those helmets are terrible for vision. You can't see a thing in them.

wow. oooookay....I guess he really wants back in here....

Jay's site is very nice. Interesting to see him so business-like.

Ady-I added you on facebook.

It worked and was interesting enough, but ultimately went nowhere. This disappointed me most.

I need to see more Tarkovsky. But his stuff really pales on home video. I can't tell you how glad I am that my first Solaris viewing was on 35mm.

TLD and LTK with the sound system. Dolby Stereo kicks major butt! Licence plays much better this way, although nothing can pull it out of its Miami Vice style.

They probably had to go back to the originals for shots that needed more work done to them. Thus they probably made a perfect transfer of the OOT to begin new work on and this will never see the light of day.

The day that Raiders comes in 3D will be beyond sad. "Look, Indy's about to be crushed by GL's giant ego!"

We need to get at the LoC prints.

SW on blu will sell like mad. It doesn't matter what version, because the general public will not care. "It's new, HQ, HD, and looks great! What's your problem?"

I used to have respect for the people of the New Hollywood. Then they got lobotomized and emasculated or burned out or destroyed.

I can understand people not wanting to bash GL for the fact that he did make these wonderful films. That was my mentality until the butchering of THX and the 3D plan.

I just think that Spielberg didn't want to do it (because it was SW, and that's George's and the fact that he was doing films back to back almost) and then there were the unions etc. It would have been similar to the way Jedi turned out anyway. He works best when under the gun and hasn't made anything really worthwhile since Empire of the Sun.

Lucas would have most likely acted the way he did on Raiders, as the producer.

Ford really has nothing to do in ROTJ and thus there really is little to go on. He had just come off Blade Runner and must have realized how little there was for him to do compared to Deckard's complexities. Everything ends to cleanly for my liking. ROTJ is just the nice little wrapped package. It's not at all bad, just disappointing when you really think about it.

And Han does come off as too soft. I guess the carbonite adds weight, age, and bitchiness.

Not sure what the difference is.

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Bond-Laserdisc-Preservations-1962-1971/post/442762/#TopicPost442762

Please do TND too! This project has really made me want to go back and track down the LDs of all the Bonds for the PCM tracks. The Dolby mix may not be 448, but it is the original theatrical dolby mix which isn't on the DVD.

You can never have too many Bond audio mixes. ;)

Raiders original Columbia LP-Near Mint-99 cents. FANTASTIC!!!

Now if only I could find the 1995 Collector's edition double LP mastered by Steve Hoffman...

I agree with everything but the eating part. I've recently switched to peppermints. They're like my crack because I always carry around 30 in my pocket. Plus it's cheaper than the old, burnt, tasteless $8 popcorn. The only problem is the noisy wrapper...especially in a silent movie.

I probably would have killed the person who dared do that in EWS. Now there's a movie that needs to be seen in Europe without an American audience! (alongside every other Kubrick film mostly. I did see 2001 here and that had people enraptured, but you simply don't mess with The Master's work.)

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls documentary. I read the book last year and this really added nothing new.

Raiders on a dedicated sound system. JBL speakers=heaven.

Are any of the LDs worth tracking down for 35mm mixes?

Wonder what will be on the Blu-ray for audio?  I really hope they don't change anything and release the films with lossless transfers of the six tracks. But with the CGI change to Raiders I highly doubt we will get original audio again.

I miss the TBS 15 days of 007 from my childhood.

Lucky FF! Did you get the DTS LD or the Dolby one?

Weird. I just lost an ebay listing for this.

That's just unbelievable. Completely. I've been catching up on the forums and wanted to express my sentiments, but that is just too much.

The cover work is brilliant Leguman.

Doesn't it always...;)

I just won copies of TSWLM and YOLT from the 89 series on ebay but have to wait until the holidays to bring down my player...and probably will then need a remote...and more upgrades...

Keep the updates coming. This thread has encouraged me to finally start collecting all of the 007 LDs.

BTW how much is the jump in quality from the 89 series to the Connery Collection?

They should have remade the greatness that is Tomorrow Never Dies.

Blow-Up-absolutely brilliant.

Duel-stuns even today. It's Jaws 1.0

A View to a Kill-nostalgia saves this one. Christopher Walken as a Nazi genetic experiment? Count me in!

Has anyone ever unlocked the 007 difficulty option? I haven't.

I loved the TWINE sequel for 64.