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masswriter
06-22-2008, 04:24 PM
After Quint's Indianapolis story, we hear the mournful whale, it was eerie and effective. Then in the DVD 3oth anniversary, it is barely audible. Or changed, somehow . . .

What gives?
wayneklein
06-22-2008, 04:54 PM
Perhaps the remix made it less pronounced. I believe that it wasn't in 5.1 before it came to DVD.
masswriter
06-22-2008, 05:05 PM
or Spielberg tampered with it . .

and btw, checking out IMDB's "goof" list, judging by the numbers, it seems to be rather very sloppy filmmaking.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073195/goofs
guy incognito
06-22-2008, 05:18 PM
Perhaps the remix made it less pronounced. I believe that it wasn't in 5.1 before it came to DVD.

The 30th Anniversary DVD includes the original mono soundtrack, doesn't it? Is the "normal" whale sound still there?
rmos
06-22-2008, 05:28 PM
The 30th Anniversary DVD includes the original mono soundtrack, doesn't it? Is the "normal" whale sound still there?


Yes, it does and all the "normal" sounds are there.
LesPaul666
06-22-2008, 05:44 PM
Do you have all 5.1 channels working, or properly downmixed to whatever your speaker configuration is?
masswriter
06-22-2008, 06:03 PM
no, I didnt think it'd sound so radically different though . . .
wayneklein
06-22-2008, 09:15 PM
Yep. I confirmed that the mono is there as well. It has to do with the presentation on your system.
LesPaul666
06-22-2008, 09:25 PM
no, I didnt think it'd sound so radically different though . . .

The new 5.1 will sound radically different, because the whole soundtrack was remixed from the multi-tracks for the film. If for some reason say, you've got a 2-channel system, and your DVD player is setup for 5.1, the other channels won't be downmixed properly.
masswriter
06-23-2008, 03:27 PM
ok, more trouble than its worth, I will just plug in my original DVD.

Thanks!
Beauvoir
06-24-2008, 07:41 PM
or Spielberg tampered with it . .




Please god , no....
rmos
06-24-2008, 07:52 PM
The new 5.1 will sound radically different, because the whole soundtrack was remixed from the multi-tracks for the film. If for some reason say, you've got a 2-channel system, and your DVD player is setup for 5.1, the other channels won't be downmixed properly.


A lot of the sound effects were changed for the 5.1 mix: e.g., telephone rings, gunshots, the "smile-you-son-of-a-bitch" explosion at the end.

The same problem occurs on the SE "Smokey and the Bandit" DVD, which unfortunately, doesn't have the original mono mix.
MLutthans
02-04-2012, 10:55 PM
The new 5.1 will sound radically different, because the whole soundtrack was remixed from the multi-tracks for the film. If for some reason say, you've got a 2-channel system, and your DVD player is setup for 5.1, the other channels won't be downmixed properly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q81Ublj9k_A