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"Bones, Spock, meet me in the transporter room with an expendable crew member so we can..............................survey the planet."

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Kirk rules

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On the technical side... we had a hard time understanding the dialog. We didn't watch it on a home theater system, just a stereo tv. Maybe it makes a difference.

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I had two friends over the past Wednesday night (2001/10/17) and we watched this DVD. I typically adjust the volume so that the dialogue is loud enough to be clearly heard without having to strain. I noticed that the sound effects were quite loud in comparison to the dialogue. I kept wanting to lower the volume a bit but was afraid to do so because I feared the dialogue might be too soft during the quieter scenes. I've played many action movies on my system, both DD and DTS, and this movie is one of the few that seems to have too high a difference between dialogue levels and effects levels.

This may have what made the dialogue harder to understand on a stereo TV. Just a guess.

Don't get me wrong -- the picture and sound on the DVD were outstanding. I could see the dynamic range being a problem for people like my parents, who hate loud sound effects. Of course, at ages 65 and 73, and neither of them being in a movie theatre in around 35 years, I can see that they're not used to that kind of thing.

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Evans A Criswell
Huntsville-Decatur Movie Theatre Information Site

I wish all speakers in the world were horizontal home theater center channel speakers.

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Isn't the proper method of releasing high-end home media to release a plain-jane version of a title (SW EP:1 in this case) then after sales die to do a "Directors Cut" boxed set containing all the films in the series (in this case EP:1, SW, ESB, RJ) just in time for the new film's theatrical release, guaranteeing that the new film will not be in the boxed set so the whole process can be repeated later? Also the only way to get the DC of EP:1 would be in the boxed set so that one has to buy titles they may already have just to get the wiz-bang version of the title they do not.

Steve

If these studio heads were really smart (and greedy), they would release the director's cut of these movies to select theaters. A few hundred prints would suffice and the director/producer could cherry pick the better theaters to run them in. Then after they have sucked every ounce of $$$ they possibly can from a theatrical run they can release it to video. Personally I skip many a director's cut of movies because it is only available for viewing in video form, which just isn't the same thing, isn't it Steve?

I will not be able to listen at the intended level all the way through without getting into serious trouble with neighbors (down the street!). However, I did listen to the opening credit crawl and the end credits at -15db and the orchestral score sounded amazing - the brass section was perfect! It's quite obvious how compressed other soundtracks are (on DVD) in comparison to this one. They got it right. Now all I need to do is find a place to live in which I can actually play it back!