Air Force One AQ Is OUTSTANDING!

[Dotpattern]

For an older movie, the sound easily blows away even some of the most recent action genre releases!

Sorry, I'm watching it now and I just got excited!

[crazyBLUE]

Originally Posted by Dotpattern

For an older movie, the sound easily blows away even some of the most recent action genre releases!

Sorry, I'm watching it now and I just got excited!

Enjoy the movie & I totally agree the AQ is awesome ! 10/10

[davcole]

No reason not to be excited about this mix. It literally has everything you could hope for. There is a huge amount of surround presence, amazing as this is from the 90's. There was deep extension that quite frankly holds up to today's mixes. There is a lot of detail to this mix. While not on the level of detail that today's mixes can have, it's got an amazing amount of detail. This is very close to a reference track.

[Kryptonic]

It was one of the best demo discs back on DVD in Superbit form, so I'm not surprised that it's still excellent demo material on BD.

[Dotpattern]

Originally Posted by davcole

No reason not to be excited about this mix. It literally has everything you could hope for. There is a huge amount of surround presence, amazing as this is from the 90's. There was deep extension that quite frankly holds up to today's mixes. There is a lot of detail to this mix. While not on the level of detail that today's mixes can have, it's got an amazing amount of detail. This is very close to a reference track.

I think the fact that it is an older film is why I was taken by surprise. I just didn't expect it to sound that good!

Originally Posted by Kryptonic

It was one of the best demo discs back on DVD in Superbit form, so I'm not surprised that it's still excellent demo material on BD.

I agree with you about the Superbit DVD, which I sold off when I upgraded. I'm happy to say the BD absolutely topples the Superbit in every way.

[Wdm81]

One of the best movies of the 90's, bought the bluray first day and have watched it twice

[wnicholas76]

I wholeheartedly agree on Air Force One's AQ! Bought it for $5.00 on iNetVideo.com a couple of months ago, and I haven't looked back!!

[GGX]

Did they ever fix the whole subtitle issue with the US Blu-ray release?

[Dotpattern]

Originally Posted by GGX

Did they ever fix the whole subtitle issue with the US Blu-ray release?

What was the issue? If you're referring to the subtitles for the Russian dialogue, I didn't see any problems...they were there onscreen. If you're talking about the subtitle track for all the dialogue, I didn't check that.

[davcole]

There are some 90's titles that sound amazing. This and U-571 are still amazing sounding titles.

[steve_dave]

Originally Posted by GGX

Did they ever fix the whole subtitle issue with the US Blu-ray release?

Originally Posted by Dotpattern

What was the issue? If you're referring to the subtitles for the Russian dialogue, I didn't see any problems...they were there onscreen. If you're talking about the subtitle track for all the dialogue, I didn't check that.

Some pressings were missing the English subtitles for the Russian dialogue only. Sony has a replacement program in place but as is the usual with Sony's BDs, these subtitles are "soft" player generated subtitles. There is also an error in the subtitle track where a "translation" is repeated twice. Essentially, the disc has four subtitle streams; three of which are selectable: English, English HoH, and French.

Buena Vista International's BD keeps the "hard" burned-in subtitles and there is no error for these.

[DeadByDawn]

Totally agree.

[Yautja]

Im getting a copy of this

[Dotpattern]

Originally Posted by steve_dave

Some pressings were missing the English subtitles for the Russian dialogue only. Sony has a replacement program in place but as is the usual with Sony's BDs, these subtitles are "soft" player generated subtitles. There is also an error in the subtitle track where a "translation" is repeated twice. Essentially, the disc has four subtitle streams; three of which are selectable: English, English HoH, and French.

Buena Vista International's BD keeps the "hard" burned-in subtitles and there is no error for these.

Ah. Thanks steve_dave, that's great info. Then I have the soft player generated subtitles. Although I didn't notice the repeated line. But that just means I wasn't paying attention.

[ManUtd]

Originally Posted by Kryptonic

It was one of the best demo discs back on DVD in Superbit form, so I'm not surprised that it's still excellent demo material on BD.

I had the Superbit version and during its time it was great, I need to upgrade to blu asap.

[red_5ive]

Originally Posted by wnicholas76

I wholeheartedly agree on Air Force One's AQ! Bought it for $5.00 on iNetVideo.com a couple of months ago, and I haven't looked back!!

I scored mine on a similar sale a couple of months back (don't remember if it was inetvideo). The AQ is definitely top notch on this one.

[Rob J in WNY]

Mainstream plot (with a ton of action, though), dated special effects, decent PQ, but the audio will blow you away! Really reference quality material for most of the movie. Sensationally dynamic, with hearty LFE and crisp detail. Who says Dolby TrueHD can't be "loud" and robust?

If you like action flicks, pick this one up!

[ilconsigliere]

Let's start by saying this IS NOT a widescreen movie. If you don't believe it, rent the regular DVD version and watch it pan & scan (4:3).
What was done with this movie is simply incredible. It was filmed 4:3, AND THEN THEY CUT IT TO MAKE IT LOOK 2.35:1
For more info, go to the Digital Bits website and read the ANAMORPHIC section.

[Dotpattern]

Originally Posted by ilconsigliere

Let's start by saying this IS NOT a widescreen movie. If you don't believe it, rent the regular DVD version and watch it pan & scan (4:3).
What was done with this movie is simply incredible. It was filmed 4:3, AND THEN THEY CUT IT TO MAKE IT LOOK 2.35:1
For more info, go to the Digital Bits website and read the ANAMORPHIC section.

That's correct. Lots of movies are shot this way, like Top Gun, Terminator 2, Star Trek VI. When shooting, the filmmakers know they'll be cropping the top and bottom so they allow for more head and leg room.

[SpotOn]

Originally Posted by ilconsigliere

Let's start by saying this IS NOT a widescreen movie. If you don't believe it, rent the regular DVD version and watch it pan & scan (4:3).
What was done with this movie is simply incredible. It was filmed 4:3, AND THEN THEY CUT IT TO MAKE IT LOOK 2.35:1
For more info, go to the Digital Bits website and read the ANAMORPHIC section.

Nothing too incredible about it, it was just filmed in a process called Super 35 which is VERY commonplace with movies nowadays. Nearly every "widescreen" movie (2.40:1) you have seen in the last decade has been shot this way, though thankfully some directors (Christopher Nolan especially) have started to trend away from this and return to classic Anamorphic photography.
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