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Osi Osgood
Film God
Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted June 25, 2019 11:35 AM
Hey! I think that this might actually be a first ever time post from me on a subject, (a rarity for me, to be sure ...)
What is you're favorite "surround sound" moment? I mean, one that really shows off surround sound elements in a film, whether at the movie theater or in you're own home theater?
My pick is one of my favorite films to test it out on, to this very day, is the Steven Speilberg film, "Always", 1990 (remember that one? Audrey Hepburn's last film). I have a "Realistic" old school Dolby unit, manufactured for home theater that uses the old 4 channel stereo, and no 'dedicated' seperate channels, so to speak.
The opening shot has two people, fishing in a boat and apparantly, they have fallen asleep. A fire-fighting plane, far in background, swoops down on the lake to gather water for fire fighting. As the plane nears the men, they wake up, see the plane and attempt to start the engine, which is a no go. When the plane comes right up to them, they dive into the water, and the plane has taken off, narrowing missing the boat ...
well, when the plane takes off, it literally flies off of the screen, right above you, and the surround has the now "unseen' plane roar over you and far behind you! it is an absolutely splendid use of surround!
What is you're favorite moment that really captured you're attention and made you go, "WOW!"?
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"All these moments will be lost in time, just like ... tears, in the rain. "
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Rob Young.
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1633
From: Cheshire, U.K.
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted June 26, 2019 12:04 PM
Great topic, Osi!
As a kid of 11, I remember seeing Star Trek II in 6 track Dolby magnetic.
The sound of the ships thundering overhead before appearing on screen... Also I leapt at a tense moment later when I though something fell behind me, only to see the actors react to it on screen.
It was a revelation.
Even with Dolby Digital at home, I've never been able to recreate that sense of sound stage and wonder.
Recently, for fun and just to see how stable it was, I ran Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom using BBC iplayer into my home cinema system.
The picture was OK, not Blu-ray by any means, but what surprised me was the basic stereo / matrix Dolby surround mix which was awesome...rich and engaging. Strangely much less clinical than the Dolby Digital discrete mix and much more how I remembered this one as a kid too.
But Star Trek II at the Odeon in Glasgow as an 11 year old kid changed my perception of cinema sound forever.
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