I'm sure they used the term Quadro to jump onto the Quadraphonic music association of the time period (Lf, Rf, Ls, Rs). Quad in this case, meaning standard film 4 channel (left, center, right, & surrounds). What I found amazing was there was an independent production in 1977 which had a release...
The original 3-D version of "Hypnotic Hick" will be included on the upcoming release of "Wings of the Hawk".
Both will be viewable in either 2-D or 3-D.
btw- Thanks for mentioning the thread in the streaming section, as it's good to see others quickly caught this issue as well. (And the poor imdb reason given by someone there doesn't fit at all, and is typical of an imdb posting) For me, even on my first listen it was hard not to miss.
No, it's not my opinion. I've listened to the 5.1 track and then listened to the same section with the mono track. Many sound effects found in the new 5.1 mix often disappear in the original mono mix. And they weren't there in the previous remixes. If you're familiar with the original mix...
And with the dynamic range one would expect for premiere Roadshow engagements.
Just looking at the audio waveforms, it is clear the mono track is pretty compressed.
Each title will have it's own unique challenges, but often in these cases there are things going on behind the scenes that are never known.
For example, Kino's upcoming bluray of THUNDER BAY was Universal's very first multi-channel (L/C/R) theatrical release, just before "It Came From Outer...
The feature was remixed for 5.1 for the 2009 DVD release which was later carried over to the bluray version.
If you can find the older first DVD release, it has the original 4.0 mix.
Bob is currently away from his computer (on a very interesting trip, btw) but has been watching this keenly. So I wanted to give a quick shout out and break away briefly from working on PARASITE, which also has been keeping us quite busy.
Jump back to over a year ago:
We knew our elements of...
So true. And this in turns reflects a *big* part of each person's home Sensurround experience. I have four 18" Eminence speakers powered by a professional Crown amp. The house shakes with most Sensurround features, and it still isn't as powerful as what was heard in theaters.
Agreed. And Sensurround often gets a quick shrug off as a gimmick, when it actually had many innovations and directly helped secure the idea of a dedicated LFE channel in both the theatrical and consumer multi-channel formats, starting with Star Wars.
Sensurround from the start had separate...
Not too long ago we did decoding of a Perspecta Demo reel. The panning and separate gain for all three channels can be quite effective.
Perspecta is a fun and amazing bit of audio history. If it is available, including the mix even as an extra optional audio track would be a no brainer...
WAITING FOR OUR REVENGE..
When Bob first shared his Revenge of the Creature findings with me before he took the Archive's "Revenge" webpage public, I was a bit taken aback, as I had originally assumed Revenge was last "escapee in 3-D". Meaning, one of those 3-D shot titles that barely made it...
Regrettably the standard def Sensio release was made by older 4x3 scans that cropped some of the sides when compared to the newer 2-D widescreen releases. Adding to that there's occasional 3-D misalignment, some being extreme, so this title really could use a proper HD 3-D restoration.
Also working with IPs, fine grains and OCNs, I agree 100% with your assessment. With these titles, we'll see some conservatively using HDR for this purpose, while others deciding if it's getting an HDR grade, that means (to them) needing a certain grading "look".
I was able to watch the first two JPs in UHD on someone else's system and noticed an ever so slight increase in clarity on the 1st movie, but the 2nd (Lost World) looked noticeably better. Am not 100% sure on the audio, but listening to the bluray then the UHD, the bass on the first JP strangely...
There are a good number of older 3-D features with unique titles (Sangaree, for example, uses glass plates to move credits through the 3-D z-space, and does so quite effectively) but A*P*E's one eye only credits share a special spot in stereoscopic history. ;) Back in 2003 I ribbed Dan Symmes...
It's a shortcoming of the 3-D display, but what highlights those limitations is higher parallax (stronger 3-D) combined with content with higher contrast (white next to black). Most of today's current 3-D content is milder than what was shot in the 1950s, and certainly far less parallax than...