Buford T Pusser

Well Mrs. Pusser picked it up at Costco today and didn't give it to me. "I decided to throw it in with your Father's Day presents."

TomOpus

I'm surprised there haven't been more people chirping in about how the mono track sounds. It seemed to be a deal-breaker for a lot of people on the previous release and now that it's on the new release.... nada about it.

gcbma

Senor Spielberg needs to get over himself. He is only one of many cast and crew members that worked on the film. He didn't write the original story, didn't write the screenplay, didn't act in any scenes that I can recall (besides an anonymous beach employee), didn't create the memorable music, didn't engineer the mechanical shark, etc., etc., etc. He was the director. True he did a good job, but it was only one of many jobs necessary to make it a good movie. The studio makes the decision of what to put on the merchandise it sells to consumers, not the grip, not the guy who got the coffee on the set, and not the director.

Plus, as others have astutely pointed out, Spielberg most certainly watches the commentaries of other films, and Jaws is good but its not some sacred relic. Repeat after me Steven, "It's only a movie. It's only a movie..."

And last I heard, this guy already owns his own production company--Dreamworks--, so why would Universal cowtow to a former employee, now competitor?

Buford T Pusser

I'm sure the studio knows they aren't going to sell anymore discs if there's a commentary and it could cause lots of issues in the future if he's pissed. POWER!

digitalfreaknyc

Just an FYI...

All those who are annoyed about not having the trailers on the new release, please email me. I have a solution.

darkside

Sounded fine to me. I still have my LD version and didn't notice any major differences between the two (though I'm sure the sound on the LD is better as LD sound almost always seems to be). If the mono track had been screwed up we would have been talking about it. I definitely am thrilled to have it as Jaws is a text book example of how recreating sound effects to make a mono track into a DD5.1 track can be a complete nightmare.

I believe Universal has a very friendly relationship with Dreamworks. I don't see them benefiting in any way by pissing off Spielberg.

Cameron

yah, and seeing how he has the rights to movies like schindler's list and E.T. Universal has much to gain from him.


i like the mono track