Posted by Drunken Uncle Hal at ip-207-198-222-128.nyc.ny.fcc.net on May 13, 2001 at 14:07:56:
1) I have a question about the Skywalker sound mix. I was talking to my friend Rob about the film a few days ago. He was with me the last two times I saw ABP: once with the old sound (NYC), once with the new sound (Vulgarthon). He commented that the film somehow seemed much more violent the last time, and I agreed: for some reason that we couldn't put our fingers on, the violence seemed more... gruesome, I guess. And the audience's reactions to the violence were bigger than the other times I'd seen the film. Rob thought the difference might've been due to the sound mix; he particularly thought that at the end of the locker room fight, when the bully (Todd?)'s face was slammed down, there was more noise to go along with the impact.
So, are Rob and I right, or are we just stupid? I'd love to be able to compare the sound mixes in the violent scenes, to see how much of a difference there is.
2) I just saw those screenshots on News Askew. Which scenes are those with the sound mix comparisons?
3) Can you tell us what the deleted scenes are, or should I just shut up and wait until June? I was trying to see how many I could identify; I got the one where Ryan buys the gun, the one where Ryan talks about books and Barret talks about life, and the one you've mentioned which would've been Augustine's final appearance, when she sees that something's wrong with Barret.
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