It does suck, since there is ample space for it, however I'd say that 99% of viewers won't notice that some foley effects are different. The new mix is very well done. This is an instance where the effects that have been replaced were stock effects, used in other films, with which the director...
I know you were directing your question to RAH and I'm interested to hear his opinion as well.
For me, Atmos is just an evolution of theatrical multichannel sound that has been in development since Fantasound. Since our ears are able to determine the source of natural sounds in...
I watched about 2/3 of BATMAN last night. The opening scene with the muggers had me a little nervous because it appeared like the Great Teal Demon was rearing its ugly head, but that must have just been the way it was shot. The rest of it that I watched looked fabulous. As RAH said, it looks as...
Hope is admirable, but I wouldn't hold your breath. Every time a studio gets bought out, it's much easier to just slap on a modern logo than it is to go back and alter a older design to include whatever corporate behemoth a studio is currently a part of. I'm just glad that 2001 still has the...
SD material is often upscaled to 1080p for Blu-ray. Does that mean that you're suddenly going to see more detail in the image? No. You can scan 35mm in 8K, too. It still won't add any more image detail than is present on the original film.
It's also a personal opinion based upon decades of experience working with film and extensively-researched knowledge about its image capabilities and the methods in which films are shot and finished.
I have no doubt that the films will look great, but that doesn't change the fact that different...