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You're welcome! Yes if you've managed to wait this long, another year will be nothing in the scheme of things.
Some people actually despise when all that grain is removed and DNR'd, like with the Terminator 2 4K; they say it removes the original look of the film, which on one hand I completely understand, but at the same time, it's nice seeing a decades-old film look so sharp that it could've been filmed a year or two prior.
It certainly won't. And there's nothing wrong with the DVD's either. Watched FRWL yesterday, and it looked really good.
It's definitely an interesting point what you get with restored BR transfers etc. vs what you lose. It's great to see your favourite films in the best quality possible. At the same time, it's a shame if the films looks too different from what they're supposed too. The worst thing is when they change sound effects etc. Unless there's a good reason to do so, it's better they keep stuff like that as it is.
That's what I'm looking forward to most of all when upgrading my DVD collection. With the potential of a new (and one would guess) even more improved collection coming soon, I'll probably just wait. As I mentioned in my initial post though, I don't have room for big collection box sets; hopefully the upcoming set won't be as large as the Ultimate DVD Collector's Set.
It would be interesting to get a few of the films on digital download in the meantime, to see if that improves on the DVD collection I have. Especially titles like OHMSS, TB and FRWL. Don't know if it's worth the money though.
Now that would be great to see!
Don't know about the BR edition, but his voice seems perfectly alright on DVD. Watched the film only this afternoon.
Some of his lines have always sounded obviously dubbed later in post to me; one line sounds OK, then the next is off, an odd pitch that doesn't sound like it was recorded in the room. I believe you hear this elsewhere, perhaps in OHMSS in a scene between Blofeld and Tracy? Can't recall exactly.
Noticed that on my blu-ray as well. It sounds normal on the DVD.
Thank you. I’m glad to hear I’m not going crazy. Such an odd effect, I’m so surprised it passed QC. Even more surprised I only noticed it last night.
Yes, there's a few scenes that sounds like they've been edited in post. Wasn't there one with Bernard Lee's M too? Can't remember which film.
I can't recall off the top of my head, but I wouldn't be surprised if there was.
I think there's a line where he mentions MI6, but it doesn't sound like he says it – or something. Might remember wrong about this one.
Yes, that's the one!
I absolutely despise the 5.1 remixes for the series. They are downright awful and even Norman Wanstall himself bemoaned what they did to Goldfinger. This is in regard primarily to the early mono films which are limiting in what you can do in a remix. 9Thus they should never be done!) The later films TSWLM-LTK all had stereo surround releases and the 5.1 tracks are all primarily ones done by MGM in the tail end of the LD era and carried over ever since. They largely take the 4 track Dolby surround mix and put it in a discrete 5.1 container. That said I do vastly prefer the balance of the original surround tracks.
The irony is that there are several films reputed to have had limited magnetic stereo prints or even 70mm blowups made and no one has ever done any official detective work to find vault elements for home releases.
The only-and I mean ONLY-good thing about the remixes is that for LALD's title song, they reputedly tried to make it sound like the very rare Quadrophonic mix of the song. The score album was apparently mixed in Quad then only released on Quad 8 track tape.
Thunderball is the lone outcast in that the original mono mix was supplanted by the 30th anniversary mix for the Laserdisc boxset which was conformed into stereo surround at MGM's behest. It's a mono track with stereo score and not really authentic. Plus it birthed the mix with all of the alternate dialogue and music cues. I'm still uncertain if it's a matter of there being alternate US and UK audio mixes from 1965 or perhaps an unused mix that got pulled by mistake.
TSWLM was a mono release with a handful of stereo surround prints. It wasn't until the 1989 letterbox Laserdisc that home audiences could hear the stereo surround mix which has been carried over ever since. Now it is the mono that is lost.
The Brosnan era films sound perfectly fine on all releases. I'd argue the DTS Laserdiscs for GE and TND are slightly better than the BD audio, and the early GE releases on LD and DVD have the bass heavy Dolby mix. DAD had a 6.1 channel mix on the first DVD due to it being made in the era of matrixed rear surround audio in theaters, but all releases can be properly decoded from the 5.1 tracks due to the design of the mix.
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Pretty bummed that if it pans out, it's only the Craig era. Having said that, if it does, I'm sure the other eras will be right behind it. I'll just wait for the full 4K set (only want CR and QoS, can't justify the price for only two movies).
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Indeed. I can't play 4K vids because my PC is rather slow and my screen is 1080p, but after seeing the pics they've sent me I'm happy the infamous DNR is gone an that the skin tones look more natural instead of that pink-greyish look.
That was the first thing I noticed, too: no DNR, image looked a lot sharper and clearer, and the color tones looked much more natural to me. I originally estimated the films would hit physical 4K during the release of Bond 25 or leading right up to it, so this retailer rumor falls right in line with it. I do hope that's the case, I'm in the midst of a Bondathon now but would love another reason to go through them all once more in the near future, this time in 4K. Bring it on.
I'm sure that Bond releases will be no exception.