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Mark-P · 06-18-2006, 04:44 PM

I don't really understand the notion that the 2-channel dolby surround soundtrack is the only correct representation on the original soundtrack. I'm not sure if Platoon was one of the movies that had a 70mm blow-up 6-track mix, but if it did the 5.1 track might have been derived from that. Otherwise it would have been derived from the 4-track printmaster that was used to encode the matrixed surround, suffice to say you would have a discrete (cleaner) representation of the original sound.
Now if the packaging on this new edition says anything about this being an all new mix, then you can disregard everything I just said.

06-18-2006, 04:44 PM	#7 of 10
Mark-P Member Location: Portland, Oregon Join Date: Sep 2005 Local Time: 12:55 AM Local Date: 12-03-2008 Posts: 303	Re: HTF REVIEW: Platoon 20th Anniversary Collector's Edition I don't really understand the notion that the 2-channel dolby surround soundtrack is the only correct representation on the original soundtrack. I'm not sure if Platoon was one of the movies that had a 70mm blow-up 6-track mix, but if it did the 5.1 track might have been derived from that. Otherwise it would have been derived from the 4-track printmaster that was used to encode the matrixed surround, suffice to say you would have a discrete (cleaner) representation of the original sound. Now if the packaging on this new edition says anything about this being an all new mix, then you can disregard everything I just said.