It certainly must be the case for foreign language tracks, which goes a long way in explaining the issue we have here.Terasawa wrote:At least for Toho, all special features must be cleared before being licensed for international use; apparently this is to establish royalties for anyone who appears in them. (This includes commentaries, documentaries, trailers, and even photographs.)
Yeah, it's regrettable not to have any or more on-disc bonus features, but considering everything about the Chaiyo dispute, it's almost a legitimate miracle we're getting these releases, so I'm much more forgiving if they end up bare-bones.UltramanGoji wrote:Don't expect any special features, honestly. Orb and Geed are due out next month and are likely going to remain barebones.
To be honest, I know it's kind of sycophant-y to say but I'm just glad we're at least getting R1 releases of these series.
If the post-UltraSeven shows keep up the quality of the booklets included with these first two, that'd be amazing. I've read most of the info in the Ultra Q and Ultraman booklets from the Eiji Tsuburaya book by August Ragone but they are good little digests for those who haven't. Ultra Q's monster menagerie is oddly missing a few entries, though.Rody wrote: ...Also, they're not entirely bare-bones anyway, technically - at least some of them have those booklets included, and I get the impression the booklets will have plenty of content themselves.
That’s actually the knock against those transfers: the grain and especially video noise has been digitally reduced, resulting in somewhat plasticky skin textures and a less-than-authentic film look. Now, I haven’t seen these in motion yet, but that was really apparent in the screenshots from the DoBlu review.Millenial88 wrote:Ultra Q is just as crisp as we’ve heard, but I don’t see much of a problem with Ultraman. It’s certainly grainier than Q, but that’s probably due to the fact that Ultraman was shot on 16mm while Q was on 35mm. If the grain was completely removed by the miracle of technology (or if you just rest your eyes), then we probably wouldn’t be talking about it that much. Personally, I think it adds to the analog charm.
Shokara wrote:I can confirm that these new sound effects are also on the Tsuburaya Blu-ray audio.
I've watched the first few episodes of Ultra Q, and I honestly wasn't hearing what people were talking about until Gomess surfaced and started wrecking house. There are definitely some new effects, but the mix isn't totally redone, and the new stuff at least isn't typically that distracting -- the worst thing to me was how they seem to have tried adding some extra punch to the classic Toho gunshot sounds.Terasawa wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jRp2KsOQX4Shokara wrote:I can confirm that these new sound effects are also on the Tsuburaya Blu-ray audio.
That's what I feared. Bummer.
I don't care if studios create new sound mixes for their films/TV series. Just don't make the original mixes unavailable. The original soundtrack should be as reverent as the original aspect ratio.
The new sound effects are more noticeable on the Ultraman discs.omgitsgodzilla wrote:I've watched the first few episodes of Ultra Q, and I honestly wasn't hearing what people were talking about until Gomess surfaced and started wrecking house. There are definitely some new effects, but the mix isn't totally redone, and the new stuff at least isn't typically that distracting -- the worst thing to me was how they seem to have tried adding some extra punch to the classic Toho gunshot sounds.
Obviously the original mix would be better, and it's a shame it's not on these discs, but this is at least listenable. I was afraid we'd be getting something like the "Destruction Edition" DVD of Gorgo.
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Different strokes for different folks, I suppose. :/ I'm familiar with the re-worked sound FX in the previous Shout! release of U7. And while that wasn't a disaster by any means, it was distracting and noticeable enough for me. Toho films of the '60s especially have a very distinctive sound design and many of those stock Toho sound effects (reused by TPC in its early series) are iconic. Replacing stuff like gunshots or explosions is like the remixed version of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly with completely new (and terrible) gunshot sound effects. It doesn't feel authentic, and of course that's because it isn't.omgitsgodzilla wrote:I've watched the first few episodes of Ultra Q, and I honestly wasn't hearing what people were talking about until Gomess surfaced and started wrecking house. There are definitely some new effects, but the mix isn't totally redone, and the new stuff at least isn't typically that distracting -- the worst thing to me was how they seem to have tried adding some extra punch to the classic Toho gunshot sounds.
Obviously the original mix would be better, and it's a shame it's not on these discs, but this is at least listenable. I was afraid we'd be getting something like the "Destruction Edition" DVD of Gorgo.
I absolutely agree in principle. The reason I'm somewhat less let down by this than the Criterion box is that this is Mill Creek -- there was never any material reason to expect anything different from what was on Blu-ray in Japan, except maybe the dubs. The DNR and revised soundtracks suck, but they're what Japan has, so it figures.Terasawa wrote:Different strokes for different folks, I suppose. :/ I'm familiar with the re-worked sound FX in the previous Shout! release of U7. And while that wasn't a disaster by any means, it was distracting and noticeable enough for me. Toho films of the '60s especially have a very distinctive sound design and many of those stock Toho sound effects (reused by TPC in its early series) are iconic. Replacing stuff like gunshots or explosions is like the remixed version of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly with completely new (and terrible) gunshot sound effects. It doesn't feel authentic, and of course that's because it isn't.omgitsgodzilla wrote:I've watched the first few episodes of Ultra Q, and I honestly wasn't hearing what people were talking about until Gomess surfaced and started wrecking house. There are definitely some new effects, but the mix isn't totally redone, and the new stuff at least isn't typically that distracting -- the worst thing to me was how they seem to have tried adding some extra punch to the classic Toho gunshot sounds.
Obviously the original mix would be better, and it's a shame it's not on these discs, but this is at least listenable. I was afraid we'd be getting something like the "Destruction Edition" DVD of Gorgo.
I'll probably eventually pick up Q but I can't help but be incredibly disappointed that we can't even get the series as it was seen/heard in 1966 from the company that produced it. I know I take a very hardline stance on this but like I said, respect for the original sound mix should absolutely be as important as preserving the original aspect ratio.
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