A DVD REVIEW: TAXI DRIVER - COLLECTOR'S EDITION (Columbia/TriStar)

[GMichael]

Hey Lex,

Nice review.

I remember seeing this movie at the drive-in when it first came out. Definitely a very cool movie. Sorry to hear about the dialogue not keeping up with the rest of the track. Do you think it's the way it was mixed? I know that this is something you have said about other DVD's as well. Could something be wrong with your center speaker? Do you have another you could try, just to see what happens? Just throwing out ideas in hopes of hitting something in the dark.

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in awhile.

[Lexmark3200]

"Nice review."

Thank you.

"I remember seeing this movie at the drive-in when it first came out. Definitely a very cool movie."

And the DVD soundtrack delivers this same kind of drive-in-theater presentation that feels more like a "glorified mono mix" than anything else, but, as I said in the review, probably appropriate for the genre and age of this piece of cinema and what elements Columbia was working with to "restore" this to DVD.

"Sorry to hear about the dialogue not keeping up with the rest of the track. Do you think it's the way it was mixed?"

Yes. Definitely.

"Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in awhile."

Are you suggesting I am completely defunct of ability to realize what Im hearing on these soundtracks? Because I can assure you I am not.

Thank you for taking the time to read and comment, G.

[GMichael]

Hey Lex,

"Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in awhile."
"Are you suggesting I am completely defunct of ability to realize what Im hearing on these soundtracks? Because I can assure you I am not."

No, I wasn't suggesting that. I was suggesting that I do not have enough technical know-how to be able to give you a definitive answer to your dialog volume concerns. Also, if I did come up with the correct answer that it would only be because I took a wild guess and got lucky.
Sorry if my joke wasn't clear in it's intent. I meant no disrespect to you.

[Lexmark3200]

Hey Lex,

"Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in awhile."
"Are you suggesting I am completely defunct of ability to realize what Im hearing on these soundtracks? Because I can assure you I am not."

No, I wasn't suggesting that. I was suggesting that I do not have enough technical know-how to be able to give you a definitive answer to your dialog volume concerns. Also, if I did come up with the correct answer that it would only be because I took a wild guess and got lucky.
Sorry if my joke wasn't clear in it's intent. I meant no disrespect to you.

Thank you for the interpretation clear up; in this particular case, I can rest assured knowing the problems resided in the mix....

Look, in all fairness, this was just a really low, old-sounding, low-budget oriented soundtrack for Taxi Driver which was probably the best Columbia could do with the audio stems; but the sound is NOT what you are watching Taxi Driver for, agreed?

[GMichael]

Thank you for the interpretation clear up; in this particular case, I can rest assured knowing the problems resided in the mix....

Look, in all fairness, this was just a really low, old-sounding, low-budget oriented soundtrack for Taxi Driver which was probably the best Columbia could do with the audio stems; but the sound is NOT what you are watching Taxi Driver for, agreed?

absolutely