Original Audio vs. Remixed Audio

[crissrudd4554]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

I know exactly how you feel, we really shouldn't have to DIY it but I just couldn't do without the mono tied to the lovely remastered PQ, so it had to be done.

And yes, I've also given up on the prospect of having the mono reinstated on any future release. Ol' Jimbo plain don't give a shit.

Yep it is a shame. I guess James Cameron is taking the George Lucas route as far as including the mono again. So just like the original SW, fans now have to resort to restoring the mono themselves. Well much like how fans are hoping the DeSpecialed versions will hopefully get Lucasfilm/Disney to take a hint, maybe a fan preservation of Terminator's mono track will make Cameron take a hint. But I'm with you I don't see it happening.

Interestingly, the first film where I probably took note of stuff like this, other than SW, was probably Jaws. Before I even owned that film, I remember when I was about 8 catching the film twice on TV in one day on two separate channels. IIRC it was TNT and TCM. I remember one channel showed it in full screen and the other in widescreen. Anyways when I watched the latter, I seem to remember Brody's cop pistol having a different sound when watching it on the former. I probably didn't think much of it after that but knowing what I do now or what I would learn later on I was probably right.

Anyways I came to love Jaws by watching my stepbrothers widescreen VHS and the MCA Home Video tape from the '80s I had my dad get me off eBay. Both these editions had the mono. It wasn't until I got the 25th Anniversary VHS that I was I guess 'properly' introduced to the surround mix. After one viewing I pretty much came to dislike it. For a while whenever I watched this version I would even imitate the original sound FX as I was watching it. Even more disappointing I got the original DVD for Xmas when I was 9 and I had to learn the hard way that my only option was the remix.

Come 2005 and I was super stoked to learn that the upcoming 30th Anniversary DVD would include the mono. I got that the day it was released. As far as Terminator goes I actually didn't loathe the remix of that film as much as the Jaws remix at first mostly cause I also had the Image Entertainment DVD which had the film in the mono. Nonetheless, I was happy to later discover that the SE DVD also had the mono! The fact that the BD editions won't include it is a major disappointment that likely won't be reversed in the future.