Return of the Living Dead: Part II (1988) (Collector's Edition)

[Eidolon]

Originally Posted by GaragePoet

the 3D was absolutely watchable. it was an insignificant glitch during the opening credits, which they fixed.

Lol. Wrong. What I'm talking about is not the error with the opening titles, and no they did not fix the 3d for the film. And no, it wasn't a minor problem.
Hence why people are buying the Turbine disc to replace it, as the Turbine did fix the problems with the Shout release. I suggest you read the thread about it over in the 3d section.

Originally Posted by SpacemanDoug

They actually did reveal the reason why they used VHS sourced audio. Warner Bros. did in fact have an element with the original score, but it was only in mono. They weren't able to track down a more proper source with the original score in stereo, so Shout used the VHS audio since it was quite literally the best sounding stereo track they could find. The laserdisc apparently sounded worse than the VHS so it's good they didn't use that as basis.

That's not good enough. Out of every possible option, one damaged VHS was literally the only thing available? No chance. There was better out there. Even if it was other tapes to cover the damaged sections of the audio.

[SpacemanDoug]

Originally Posted by Eidolon

That's not good enough. Out of every possible option, one damaged VHS was literally the only thing available? No chance. There was better out there. Even if it was other tapes to cover the damaged sections of the audio.

Not good enough? How about literally all they had access to? You're forgetting that they're licensing this from a major studio and so it's up to the studio to provide them with proper sources which they clearly didn't have.

[Eidolon]

Originally Posted by SpacemanDoug

Not good enough? How about literally all they had access to? You're forgetting that they're licensing this from a major studio and so it's up to the studio to provide them with proper sources which they clearly didn't have.

That's nonsense. So you're claiming that Warner were the ones who gave them the VHS tape they used then?

[SpacemanDoug]

Originally Posted by Eidolon

That's nonsense. So you're claiming that Warner were the ones who gave them the VHS tape they used then?

It's definitely a possibility since the stereo elements clearly weren't properly archived.