2021-12-05, 05:03 PM
(2021-12-05, 08:16 AM)captainsolo Wrote:(2021-12-05, 05:14 AM)wongfeihung Wrote: TPP - I own the MGM (UK) Blu-ray. Dolby Digital Audio English 224 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 224 kbps (according to DVD Beaver).
ASITD - I have a BD rip but not sure about the audio. The video is from the Shout release. The audio is DTS-HD MA 48000hz Stereo S24. Is there any way to tell between the original mono and any downmix?
TROTPP - I own the Fabulous (UK) Blu-ray. English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono. No idea how that compares to Shout's mono.
TPPSA - I have a custom rip with the mono re-edited and synced from the DVD. I seem to recall doing this one myself so it's probably not that great... LOL
The remixes have phasing errors and move effects and dialogue all around. The stereo versions I think were mostly down mixes of the 5.1. The 5.1 was originally done by mgm for the dvd se boxset.
The mono on the original film should be the same as it’s still the mgm disc. Ditto for Return as the master was made for the dvd reissue and released on bd in Germany first before shout used it.
I suck at doing syncs myself so don’t worry. I would’ve tried something similar but I got so infuriated with the Shout Blu I turned it off and finished on LD. To me it’s a film where LD and dvd are the way to go. I still hope to one day see the long cut of Strikes Again with all the cut footage.
ASITD - the audio on my rip sounds like mono so hopefully that's what it is.
TPPSS - I think I ripped the mono audio from the DVD and synced it to the Shout master. It required some editing in places to keep the sync. I think I did an OK job on that. If you need that track let me know.
I don't have any laserdisc audios.
Keep hoping that someone like Eureka Classics will do a box set in the UK... but I wait in vein.
REVENGE has its moments, but the last time I watched it felt like a let down.
TRAIL is garbage, worth it only for the PPSS deleted scenes. I'd rather they'd done a series documentary or restored the scenes to the film they belonged to. Many of them (plaster cast on plane, hotel room "massage") were in the first cut - as evidenced by the closing credits - only to be cut at the last minute. Thankfully it seems as though the series' worst skit (with Harvey Korman as "Balls") was deleted early on.
CURSE and INSPECTOR CLOUSEAU I have nothing much to say about...