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Am I completely crazy....?

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10/21/06 at 9:31pm
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Yes, there are a few people on this planet that like the film "Space Jam", and I am the other one. I finally picked up the 2-disc special edition on DVD, after having the AC-3 LaserDisc since it's release. I started to watch it tonight, and was vastly underwhelmed by the audio (absolutely no presence, LFE, etc), not to mention that the video was, shall we say, quite average. I put the LaserDisc in, and the AC-3 soundtrack sounded about one hundred thousand times better.... and the video was not that different. I keep all of my video titles on a custom Access database, and when a title is upgraded, I mark the older version as 'retired', and I note the reason (ie. supplemental stuff not on the newer release, etc). This is the first time where I actually retired the DVD version in favor of it's LD counterpart. Am I completely daft?

Peace... Derek

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Louvre attendant: Sacre bleu! ze frame on ze Mona Lisa broke and ze only one left iz too small. Andre, bring me ze scissors!

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10/22/06 at 11:19am
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Re: Am I completely crazy....?

I don't know if this has anything to do with it, but at an industry convention a panelist said that the movie was completed digitally, stored on a hard drive, and that the files had gotten corrupted. So who knows what source they used to make the DVD.
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10/22/06 at 11:36am
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Re: Am I completely crazy....?

That makes sense. I had also read that the DVD copy had a "slightly extended director's cut" on it. Does anybody know anything about this? If that's the case, then neither version will be retired (I keep all different versions of a film, too.... yes, I need professional help )

Peace... Derek

One sub to rumble them all. One sub to shake them. One sub to humble them all. And in the darkness break them.

Louvre attendant: Sacre bleu! ze frame on ze Mona Lisa broke and ze only one left iz too small. Andre, bring me ze scissors!

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10/22/06 at 2:28pm
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Re: Am I completely crazy....?

NO! LDs with AC-3 soundtracks are great.

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