Superman the movie sound flaws!

[Dolby CP-200]

Ever thought you where good at listening to film soundtracks, well in the case of the 2001 Superman the movie special editions there are countless shameful examples of how high tech workmanship and poor supervision of the authoring of its transfer.

Perry White picks up the daily planet newspaper and tugs on it, but hold on where’s the sound?

Well would you like to know boys and girls? It’s on the German language track, that’s right this is fine example of how the little things get botched up!

Chapter 25
Time 82minutes 16seconds

Miss Tesmacher reads though the daily planet, then turns the page, but wait hold on where’s the sound gone too?

Yes you got it right boys and girls, it’s only on the German language track, strange don’t you think and this is not the first time hyped up special edition DVD tiles have gone pass your noses, I bet you didn’t even realize it, well I have noticed the little tiny things now for several years.

Chapter 30
Time 95minutes 28seconds

So what is Warner Bros excuse for this one, I am really disappointed with such a broad sweeping organisation to even let these films be realised with such carelessness onto the DVD market without even doing quality control checking of both image and sound!

[SeanL]

Originally Posted by Dolby CP-200

I bet you didn’t even realize it, well I have noticed the little tiny things now for several years.

What do you want, a medal?

[Wirehed]

So... umm. How did you find this difference?

[raptors661]

so, you are mad that the sound of some news paper crinkling is missing?

[Pirate]

This is indeed a day-ruining glitch, but I'm still moving this to the OWC.

[mtcarmel00]

What's an organisation?

I buy my special editions from organizations because they ususally get sound effects right.

[esc]

bad foley editing can really ruin a movie.

however I can let this one slide as the original sound recordings were lost for years and only recently surfaced. most of the audio tracks were used to created the Superman Director's Cut, but some were damaged or have been lost forever and the original sounds had to be replaced. (the noises of the rotating 'prison rings' in the ZOD trial for example)

[Dolby CP-200]

ESC

So that’s to say there isn’t one single 70mm print out there that they can salvage and convert the six-track mag tracks to digital tape and then onto authoring a better sounding original without any new soundtrack elements within it.

[Wirehed]

Originally Posted by Dolby CP-200

ESC

So that’s to say there isn’t one single 70mm print out there that they can salvage and convert the six-track mag tracks to digital tape and then onto authoring a better sounding original without any new soundtrack elements within it.

yes.

That's what he said.
It's a shame, but most films are not properly preserved.

[ganthc]

Originally Posted by Seamonkey

yes.

That's what he said.
It's a shame, but most films are not properly preserved.

Yeah, I remember seeing a special on that, and how "Meet Me in St. Louis" was almost lost forever. Or maybe it was "My Fair Lady." At any rate, there were tons of films that were simply rotting away because of older materials used or just poor upkeep.

[brian]

The Warner Bros US division recalled the theatrical disc from the 4-disc set, and replaced it with a DVD that contains the original sound mix.