cavx
Master Member
The Terminator was the first film where I actually noticed that there are different sound mixes: "this version sounds different than that other version I saw", because I remembered when Arnie shoots the wrong Sarah in the back, that it sounded like Magnum revolver, this huge and powerful sound. Then it didn't sound like that all of the sudden. That made me very confused :confused
Compared to Halloween, before you actually see the endoskeleton, that is like when Michael Myers is only seen driving around in the car, or very briefly
Both THE TERMINATOR (1984) and ROBOCOP (1987?), both from Orion pictures, had mono soundtracks. Both were "sweetened" to 5.1 for the DVD release, but ROBOCOP does not sound great IMO. The new THE TREMINATOR soundtrack is good, just as you pointed out, some of the guns just are not believable. The original sound elements sounded more real. Also do you notice the SPAS-12 sounds like the stutter of a machine gun for the first few shot? It doesn't actually sound like a shot gun until he shorts the power.
I don't think I have ever seen the original HALLOWEEN. I discovered two nights ago that I had never seen the theatrical cut of CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND either. Only ever seen SE (even when I saw it in the cinema) or DC.