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Topic: A round of applause for DTS 'Sonic Landscapes' tag!
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Michael Barry
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 584
From: Sydney, NSW, Australia
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-09-2002 09:42 AM
I really should get the official Dolby demo DVD one day! That would probably contain the most 'correct' mix of them all.I guess I just found that the 'city' trailer didn't provide me with quite the impact I was expecting, say compared to the T2/THX trailer, which definitely does!  Region 4 discs seem to do fairly well when it comes to Dolby trailers. The 'City' trailer in particular is almost standard on region 4 versions of Columbia/Tri-Star titles. The equivalent region 1's do not seem to have these. Roadshow titles (the local company that distributes New Line, Franchise and Regency titles, amongst others) always have a Dolby tag on their discs, and they choose from all available tags, which is pretty good. FWIW, I'm pretty open when it comes to DVD buying, and more often than not end up getting the region 1 version of a movie. Usually it is because the title isn't available locally, or simply because I kind of want the 'definitive' version with all the extras and the cool packaging. For vanilla releases where both versions only contain the movie and the trailer, I just get whatever is easiest, or simply rent it.
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Mike Blakesley
Film God
Posts: 12767
From: Forsyth, Montana
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 09-09-2002 12:08 PM
I too wish that DTS would make some new trailers. I like the idea of new soundtracks for the old ones, too....would be an easy job for a production house, I'd think. But if I really had my DTS wishes granted, I would wish for: - A trade-in program to go from a 2-drawer to a 3-drawer unit (at a reasonable price) - Or an add-on disk reader to convert a 2-drawer to 3-drawer.
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Thomas Procyk
Phenomenal Film Handler
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From: Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 09-09-2002 12:29 PM
Manny is right about timing and content. I've only seen sound snipes get applause on "appropriate" movies. (DTS on Episode 1, but not on A Night at the Roxbury. Dolby City on Lethal Weapon 4, but not on 6 Days/7 Nights.) Our theater had half Dolby, half DTS, and one SDDS so chances were that prints were going to be moved to the opposite-equipped house. We usually took them off when the print moved, unless it was still a strong movie and moving to a house with the same format.We also had the 1:30 SDDS "Adventure" or whatever it was called. It had all 3 trailers: Ocean, Jungle and Volcano. The Flat version was printed off-center. Usually the audience would be very attentive to it, as it played right after the policy, then you'd hear comments like, "All that just for Digital Sound? WTF?" Where do you usually place your digital sound snipes? We played them after the policy, but later on a memo came out to play them before the policy. ("Only the feature should play after the policy trailer.") I personally prefer after the policy, just before the feature. It seems more part of the movie than a trailer that way. =TMP=
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