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Topic: Rollercoaster Rabbit
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Jean-Marc Toussaint
Film God
Posts: 2392
From: France
Registered: Oct 2004
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posted June 25, 2009 01:05 AM
This is the one film that brought me back to super 8 collecting. I bought it new in the mid-90s. Since then, I 've also owned the 16mm print (now at Kev's home) and the original 35 print.
As the review states, the super 8 version is top notch as far as quality is concerned.
I have a soft spot for this film, having worked in the coaster trade for so many years, but I think "Trail Mix Up" is a better film.
Also, one needs to add that this Roger Rabbit number is a shameless rip-off of an old Popeye (Popeye at the Fair), gags are almost the same (bar the roller coaster sequence) and some scenes are mirror images. When Baby Hermann goes through the shooting gallery, there's an exact same scene originally featuring Sweet Pea.
[ June 25, 2009, 02:29 AM: Message edited by: Jean-Marc Toussaint ]
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Martin Jones
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1269
From: Thetford , Norfolk,England
Registered: May 2008
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posted June 26, 2009 03:18 AM
Dino,
I was in your position for years, fuzzy, muffled hearing, and my hearing aids didn't help to enjoy my music. Although I am not a musician I DO enjoy my music and the loss of frequency range was particularly distressing. Then a freind gave me a pair of Infra Red cordless headphones... and the world changed completely! Volume was no longer a problem, so the frequency range returned and the STEREO.... that became so realistic that I found myself actually turning my head to follow the source of sounds!
Since then, I have upgraded to two new hearing aids (supplied FREE by our excellent National Health Service) and I no longer have a volume or range problem on "open ears"; Stereo is not good.
That is down to the fact that loudspeaker spacing and room acoustics are the determining factors; but with the "binaural" seperation of headphones everything's fine. So for me, it's open ears for convenience, headphones for pure listening pleasure.
NOTE: with noise-cancelling headphones you can't even hear the "trouble".
Martin
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Osi Osgood
Film God
Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted June 26, 2009 08:00 PM
Paul,
I'm with you on that. When I use my 926, I always use the headphones at a low level when recording, and really vamp it up
when doing playback.
Thats a really good lesson when doing recording in the studio.
Never NEVER mix at a high level of sound. Do your master mix at a low volume, as a high volume distorts the actual sound you hear.
I learned by accident. My first album had a terrible mix, the second one was MUCH better.
I have been working on getting re-records done. This film is definitely a candidate, and I just remembered that I have the special edition of "Roger Rabbit" and, what do you know, it has all three cartoons!
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