Jurassic Park trilogy - Page 2

The DTS Laserdisc had the movie's LFE channel boosted, because this was standard practice for DTS at the time to make its format sound "better" than Dolby. (At the time, DTS did all encoding in-house. Nowadays, they just license the encoders and let the studios do the work themselves.)

When the first DVD was released, it had less LFE than the Laserdisc. This led to a wave of complaints that the DVD was "wrong." In response, Universal eventually reissued a "corrected" copy of the disc with the LFE boosted.

Ok.Understood.
So it was an LFE problem.I hope this one is good enogh! Especially in Trex entrance scene!

Was that the only issue with it, Josh? I thought it sounded "off" somehow...other than just the LFE. Meaning overall resolution and clarity. Maybe I'm just confused.

Here's an artcile about the dvd bass issues:

http://www.videophile.info/Graphs/JP/JP_01.htm

I can find enough to like for 2 & 3 to pick these up. What ever happened to part 4? Did it ever get a green light to shoot?

Yes.

The script was so bad, they took it out back and shot it to end the misery...

All kidding aside, it wouldn't surprise me if it were in the works. That's often the motivation to do these catalog releases - either to promote the new movie or gauge interest in one.

Good God, let's hope not. Leave it alone, or we'll have another "Indana Jones" on our hands.

or Alien...

... Superman...

Pireates of the Caribbean...

Now, come on, the latest Pirates movie is quite good. Further, after the first was a success, they pretty much made plans to make several more. Other than a bit of a slip for part 3, all those movies have been very entertaining.

Further, I'd like to point out that a certain Batman franchise seems to have done OK in its new life.

There's also that Harry Potter fellow, too.


This isn't like the Indiana Jones or (potentially) Jurassic Park part 4's that are dusted off well after the previous ones - or Superman, for that matter.

Honestly, I'd take another Jurassic Park movie over Saw 10, Terminator 6 or Transformers 4 any day. Further, anything that gives me something to take my mind off Rob Zombie making terrible remakes of the Halloween movies is a good thing.

Heck, if Spielberg an Zemeckis want to bring back another Back to the Future, I'll even go for that.

I just never want to see anything again that George Lucas decides he needs to make more money off of.

I'm not tired of JP either. Those types of movies are amongst my favorite kind of summer movies. Part 4 has been rumored since around 2006 I believe.

To be honest, I haven't seen the last one yet, so I'm admittedly speaking off the cuff here. I can't help but think I'll be comaring it to the Tim Powers novel the entire time, though...


Well, you have to admit that the Burton-initated franchise could have done without "Batman & Robin". ("Holey-metal" jokes from Robin? Really?!?) The Nolan series is a completely different animal, and for what it's worth, he's been labeling "Knight Rises" as "The final entry in the franchise".


I don't have a problem with multiple sequels if the films are based on an existing body of work; that gives it a defined story arc from the get-go. Rowling had a seven-story plan from the beginning, and wrote to that. plus, the character development across the series (especially Snape) is actually top-notch. Now, if they insist on a "Harry Potter, the college years" just to make a ninth installment, I would feel differently.


Agreed.


Well, I am a sucker for pre-destination paradoxes, but...no. We'll have to agree to disagree here.


Agreed +1000.

I think the biggest issue (for me) will be coming up with a good enough story. The first one could have had a completely awful story and would have still wowed people.

Now days, making a CGI dinosaur is old hat. We aren't impressed by that stuff anymore.

The movie needs to be good, too - unless it's a Michael Bay movie which has so much crap going on with edits every 10 frames, you don't have time to consider the plot.

Looks like the first DVD really did incorrectly suppress the bass even lower than the Dolby Digital or PCM 2-channel Laserdiscs. Interesting. Thanks for digging that up.

I actually like The Clone Wars series


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My Bluray collection is a "crap-free zone". I don't allow any bad movies to sit up there to infect the rest of my flicks even if they were given to me at no charge, so JP1 only please.

Now it's time to pop The Fifth Element into my PS3 for the tenth time.

I still have the original first-press DTS dvd of Jurassic Park. The bass is incredibly weak. I knew something was wrong in the first 5 minutes, and I'm not even one of those people who thinks more bass=better.

I have it too and never ever got around to getting the supposed "corrected" version on dvd. Nothing ever beat the sound of the DTS LD but I don't have that now.

Hope the DTS-MA on these is ... you know... good.

+1...

JPIII is quite the guilty pleasure; I guess Sam Neil really needed the money. I agree with some critics who thought JPII was a bit better than 1 with its darker tone and one less adolescent. I'll take all 3, please!

I feel the same way. Looking forward to getting all 3!!

Good stuff Ill pick it up

I think the third film is hands-down better than the second, which I thought I read somewhere bored Spielberg long before he finished it. III is short and sweet and has a real sense of horrible menace throughout.

I like the second but I stop it when the T Rex terrorises the city. Not interested in that part.

The only thing that seriously bugged me about JP3 was the ending which was horribly abrupt, even moreso than the ending of Spielberg's War Of The Worlds. Whether due to budget or time constraints, they totally blew a golden opportunity to have at least a brief Dinosaur vs military battle to get the survivors off the beach in a climactic set piece.

Same here, Scott. Loved the LD and still have it and all my other LDs (unfortunately no player, though). I have the DTS DVD from the day it was released and never got the corrected version, so I'm looking forward to the BD.

Scared?

I wish it was scary. It was bloody horrible definitely not needed.

The raptors in the long grass and the trailer sequence are amazing, the lost world had its moments although the nostalgia critic ruined it for me

I thought the T-rex on the loose was great. Unfortunately, Spielberg didn't provided enough blood. Again.

of course not. anything which isnt enough mainstream and could result in loss of audience (like original language of the characters nationality with english subs for schindlers list back then)

For all the bashing I do of movies that are generally seen as being better than TLW, I really didn't think it was as bad as most reviews let on. It's certainly not great by any means, but as far as sequels go, it's about what I expected...meaning I can stomach it and it sounded good. Also, it has Pete Postlethwaite.