Modernizing film sound

Posted by rico (A) on January 2, 2007 at 14:09:18

Last night while watching :The Terminator" for perhaps the fiftieth time a thought occurred to me. The 1984 film was released in mono and all video versions including the first DVD were in mono, much to the chagrin of fans of the Cameron classic. The current DVD has 5.1 Dolby Digital and it is amazing how modern it sounds, with the exception of the dyanmaics of gunshots, etc. This adds much to the overall enjoyment.
I guess at heart that I'm a sort of purist, hating any tampering with the original like colorizing and insisting on the correct aspect ratio. Yet I have no problem with using Dolby Pro Logic II (Music mode) to add a feeling of spaciousness to plain stereo material, and I have no problem with updating stereo films themselves like "Vertigo" in the remastering processs.

But I got to wondering. What if they were to "suroundize" older classics like "The Day the Earth Stood Still" or (getting to the heart of the matter) "It happened One Night" or "Casablanca" or (dare he say it?) "Citizen Kane"?

Leaving existing protection wording in place on some of these aside, what say you guys and gals?

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Topic - Modernizing film sound - rico 14:09:18 01/02/07 (21)

Re: Modernizing film sound - DWPC 12:37:55 01/03/07 (0)

Not for me - Analog Scott 09:54:28 01/03/07 (11)

So... - rico 08:33:51 01/04/07 (3)

Yes. - Analog Scott 12:11:56 01/04/07 (2)

Re: Yes. - rico 12:28:11 01/04/07 (1)

Fair question - Analog Scott 12:51:43 01/04/07 (0)

Re: Not for me - patrickU 12:13:58 01/03/07 (6)

Re: Not for me - rico 08:42:34 01/04/07 (3)

Re: Not for me - patrickU 09:10:32 01/04/07 (2)

Re: Not for me - rico 12:30:31 01/04/07 (1)

Re: If not for you... - patrickU 13:02:50 01/04/07 (0)

Yeah - Analog Scott 12:38:41 01/03/07 (1)

Re: Yeah - patrickU 13:28:24 01/03/07 (0)

It depends greatly on the film and how surround is used. - Audiophilander 21:25:58 01/02/07 (7)

Re: It depends greatly on the film and how surround is used. - rico 09:51:50 01/03/07 (6)

Re: It depends greatly on the film and how surround is used. - DWPC 12:44:21 01/03/07 (5)

Re: It depends greatly on the film and how surround is used. - rico 08:37:44 01/04/07 (4)

Re: It depends greatly on the film and how surround is used. - DWPC 09:52:12 01/04/07 (3)

Re: It depends greatly on the film and how surround is used. - rico 12:36:41 01/04/07 (2)

"pre 1980s stereo"!!!! - DWPC 14:46:02 01/04/07 (1)

Re: "pre 1980s stereo"!!!! - rico 08:40:42 01/05/07 (0)

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