OK. I fell for it. Hope you did not.
After reading on some website that the new Canadian Blu-Ray disc of this movie had a "beautifully remastered 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack", I spent the $20 and ordered the disc from Amazon.ca.
It showed up today, via DHL (actually had to sign for it) and I popped it in the Oppo. As I feared, it's the same dull, muddy, echo chamber soundtrack that was on the original "remastered" Mirimar DVD from 2002.
Not that I expected anything better, but there was always a glimmer of hope. Anyway, save your $20 on this one. The picture is pretty nice, "filled" to 16x9 (or distorted to 16x9 if you will), but there are many spots and dirt that fly by on the screen.
This is in no way the definative version of this film. I'll stick with my Criterion LaserDisc for now.
After reading on some website that the new Canadian Blu-Ray disc of this movie had a "beautifully remastered 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack", I spent the $20 and ordered the disc from Amazon.ca.
It showed up today, via DHL (actually had to sign for it) and I popped it in the Oppo. As I feared, it's the same dull, muddy, echo chamber soundtrack that was on the original "remastered" Mirimar DVD from 2002.
Not that I expected anything better, but there was always a glimmer of hope. Anyway, save your $20 on this one. The picture is pretty nice, "filled" to 16x9 (or distorted to 16x9 if you will), but there are many spots and dirt that fly by on the screen.
This is in no way the definative version of this film. I'll stick with my Criterion LaserDisc for now.