Listening to movies, now easier.

[joeranger]

I had a 16hr drive back from Florida with the kids. I love to listen to favorite movies that I don't watch anymore.
Like a blind person, when you are only listening to the movie you pick up more subtleties and background conversation.
Now with downloadable versions available, it is easier to play from a smartphone. What is really interesting is that with a movie that you have scene a million times, like Aliens, V for Vendetta or Prometheus for me, the movie plays in your head as if you are watching it; like a ghost image or phantom pain.

It also is cool to listen for the sound effects and appreciate the music score.
As a kid I used to record Tom Baker as Dr Who on cassette tapes. No VCR back then.
Anyone else listening?

 

[CB2001]

I had a 16hr drive back from Florida with the kids. I love to listen to favorite movies that I don't watch anymore.
Like a blind person, when you are only listening to the movie you pick up more subtleties and background conversation.
Now with downloadable versions available, it is easier to play from a smartphone. What is really interesting is that with a movie that you have scene a million times, like Aliens, V for Vendetta or Prometheus for me, the movie plays in your head as if you are watching it; like a ghost image or phantom pain.

It also is cool to listen for the sound effects and appreciate the music score.
As a kid I used to record Tom Baker as Dr Who on cassette tapes. No VCR back then.
Anyone else listening?

I know what you mean. When I was much younger, I recorded the audio from the film "The Crow" onto a cassette tape and would listen to it after school on my way home on the bus.

 

[jcoffman99]

I have a bunch of concert DVDs and have ripped all the audio so I can listen on the road. I love it.

 

[SSgt Burton]

It also is cool to listen for the sound effects and appreciate the music score.
As a kid I used to record Tom Baker as Dr Who on cassette tapes.

When I was in my teens (mid 80s) I used to listen to "The Terminator" on cassette (which I had recorded off the tv with a microphone and tape player). Used to listen to it with my Walkman on the bus ride to school in the morning.


I used to own a few of those "Story of" LPs. Like Star Wars and ESB. These were not those kids 45rpm records with the "read along" picture book, but rather a 33/3 LP that essentially was the movie with a narrator. (I did own a few of those read along books/records as well though.)

I also remember a friend owning an LP of Raiders of the Lost Ark that again was like the movie on an LP, however it deliberately had no narration. It was meant to "immerse" you into the listeing experience of the film.


These days I still listen to soundtracks while driving.


Kevin

 

[Monster Dave]

Funny you mentioned this. I just setup a new surround sound theater system at home and one of the things I like most about it is that now I can turn off the TV and just listen to what I have playing.

Many evenings I've thought geeze I wish that I could just lay here and listen to an episode of DS9 or something...it's a very enjoyable experience to listen to your favorite movies/shows!

 

[Mattastic13]

When I am at work, I will throw in a DVD and minimize the window and just have the audio. The hard part is not opening it when the good parts come on.