Gene,
You mentioned how great its characters are. Well I seen that for free on youtube and not convinced.
Okay now the thing that matters the most since this is Audio forum. "keep listening"!
So was you listening?
Was there any
Dialogue pans? I mean good, fabricated dialouge panning with performers on-screen and any off screen dialouge pans in the style of GRAVITY as that film is still my Holy Grail benchmark sounding bluray, that I have listened too decades!
Was the sound effects of on screen to off-screen sound objects good and can you give a good detailed idea with any screen captures from the film that are on the net already?
What about Foley sound work was footsteps good? Did they pan and move with the performers or where they like stuck in the centre when a performer walks from one side of the screen or off screen to the surrounds.
Oh yeah, I know what to look for and listen for if I was watching a film. It comes incredibly naturally for me, to listen out for.
Would you pay to see it again at the same cinema on your own and pay more stricter attention to listening.
Oh you didn't mention the cinema name or screen number, is it that shameless of cinema? I would always mentioned the cinema and screen number and where I was sat. This is technical forum so try and see if you can sale the sound aspect of it to me. Its out around April 2016 well could be a Han, "first 1st" joke, then?
So what was the surrounds like oh you didn't see this in atmos cinema with
cybertron dangling on truss overhead?
Was it a 7.1 surround cinema or noooo, not LIEMAX 12ch. What haven't they heard of below surround yet?
What was the SW like or was it all smooth with transparency that was undetectable as that = a good sounding cinema and I listened to some holy mess ones in 1999 with episode 1, not that it was the mix it was it the set up in town it was a jumble of mess. I knew I should have seen Episode 1, at the UCI High Wycombe in THX.
odoen screen 1, outdated stage LCR channels and no SW. The surrounds was okay sounding thou I miss the sound of these flush overhead surrounds in the ceiling. The auditorium is circular shape with odd shaped design curve fitted to the ceiling with some surrounds fitted on the straight corners at the back of the auditorium and with a few more between the projection port window on the walls above the seating of back row but are set too far forwards so any surround is going to sound ahead rather than "over your shoulder its behind you"! The rest of surrounds are fitted around the curved shape of the ceiling. They would be better had they fitted them on the back wall and side walls (which they more less did some years later with the sidewalls but still no change to some x12 around the curve. They sounded okay as long as your sat some distance from them. I wasn't going to spend money for middle BS "superior seat" LOL I just my years of listening. Front row with deep curved Cinerama looked cool with, Episode 1. The stage channels can only do maybe 80Hz at best? Or a shade lower? But too low down the right stage channel bass mid produced an sound that sounds like "bottoming"! The HF highs JBL 2360 horns fitted on the old bass cabs, Volt. The horns sounded nice with nice detail on Foley of Palpatine, in scene where he talks to Queen Amidala, I can hear the footsteps moving across the red carpet and coming to stand still, oh that nice sound of the shoe sole rubbing against the carpet. It made me look and listen from left to right. And that is from sound "keep listening" from 1999 or today as well.
odoen screen 6 JBL all around but poorly set up. The stage channels due to the screen width of the original was truly VHS letterbox! The screen width was narrowed inwards so the scope 2.35:1 was all centered in the middle and the stage channels sounded narrow and hopeless to listen too. The SW was over the top in SPL db level. The stage bass sounded/felt weak in dynamic range. What mess!
The only thing that seemed to work was the JBL surrounds 8330 that was all clearly visible around the narrow tiny size auditorium that was once very LARGE up until 1989 when it was gutted into, five halves.
ABC screen 1, was no better with most of x6 unknown surround speakers 2-way 12" bass and mid bullet horn tweeter I think? Most was knackered, and the surrounds sounded very weak sounding due to most of the SPL db level dropped down and not matching the level of single stage channel.
The JBL 4675 x5 behind the screen sounded fair the bass level was better but not hard enough to be felt, not like High Wycome or Empire 1, with proper THX baffle wall and turning/EQ.
The SW was kinder like I think knackered, done in around a few years ago with Event Horizon (1997) in SR-D, I think that large ball thing rolling around did some damage as the film sound fine on its first night in SR-D and few nights later I saw the film again that was when I noticed a loud crackle popping sound coming from behind the screen and knew exactly what it was. It had kinder remained that way with crackle n' pop for a few years until someone was bothered to fix it.
UCI tower park one of the small mirrored screens wasn't any better sounding or feeling the bass. I think there was an actual sub JBL being used then. About time. Took a peek a year later in 2000 when I saw Mission To Mars, oh a JBL 4645B.
Played Episode 1, (1999) theatrical a few nights ago only side 3
duel of the fates lightsabers bass mid I feel against the seat or my body as it whips though the air or fabricated sound effect of lows moving up and down in level or fading in and out on the mix LCR and coming in on the surrounds or hearing Obi-Wan's lightsaber, Zoooooom! across the right surround array then on screen right to centre, at forcible fast speeds! Then joins in with Qui-Gon to battle the Maul. (you know the scene)?
