Damn Fool Idealistic Crusader | Home Video History of Mission Impossible (1996) @DamnFoolIdealisticCrusader | Uploaded July 2023 | Updated October 2024, 12 hours ago.
#missionimpossible #physicalmedia
This video discusses the overall video release history of the Mission Impossible franchise by Paramount from the days of Laserdisc and VHS, through the various reissues tied to the sequels and then those film's entries onto video, the HDDVD and early Blu-ray releases, the continual recycling of the very dated USA 2007 Blu-rays of 1-3, the re-encoded import Blu-rays and all the way to the current 4K UHD presentations of 1-6.
I also discuss how the first film's theatrical audio mix was altered first for the 1998 DVD and all subsequent reissues across formats. The original theatrical audio in 2.0 and 5.1 had much more low end bass and LFE to it which I have confirmed by theatrical print screenings. I really miss it and sadly it is not even to be found in the DTS-HDMA and Dolby TrueHD lossless presentations. Only the Laserdisc release has the theatrical audio intact in both 5.1 and 2.0 matrix. The VHS edition has it as well on its 2.0 Dolby Surround matrix hifi stereo track.
00:00:00 Intro goof
00:01:26 Introduction
03:37 1996 VHS with theatrical 2.0 hifi audio
05:30 1996 Letterboxed VHS
05:40 1996 Letterboxed Laserdisc with theatrical 5.1 and 2.0 audio
20:23 Pan and Scan USA Laserdisc
20:32 Japanese letterboxed Laserdisc
25:10 My third Laserdisc copy
26:11 1998 DVD non-anamorphic and pan n scan-this is where the audio remixing begins
32:16 2000 M:I2 original DVD release, VHS and Japan late release Laserdisc
33:57 2006 Special Collector's Edition DVD remaster of 1 and 2 as an M:I3 tie in
39:08 HD-DVD and Blu-ray of 1-3
42:23 M:I 2007 USA Blu-ray
44:00 Paramount's continual recycling of the same inferior 2007 Blu-ray of 1-3 to this day
45:05 The hard to find import re-encoded Blu-rays of 1-3 with DTS HDMA 5.1 audio and 1-4 boxset for Ghost Protocol
50:55 Mention of M:I 3 bonus DVD exclusive extras
51:53 Mention of Ghost Protocol exclusive Best Buy Blu-ray edition extras
52:50 Reissues for Rogue Nation: 2007 BDs of 1-3 recycled YET AGAIN
54:15 Rogue Nation exclusive Target edition extras
55:51 Fallout and the 1-6 UHD boxset.....and the return of the 2007 BDs of 1-3....YET AGAIN
58:57 The UHDs...and their True HD 5.1 audio for 1-3 which is lesser than the import BDs....and still without the theatrical audio of 1...and no new extras
01:03:37 The standalone 25th Anniversary Blu-ray reissue of M:I which is finally a remastered Blu-ray from the new 4K master
01:06:46 Ultimately the UHD has the best picture quality of the first film but the Laserdisc has the theatrical audio mix
01:09:44 Final Summary
#missionimpossible #physicalmedia
This video discusses the overall video release history of the Mission Impossible franchise by Paramount from the days of Laserdisc and VHS, through the various reissues tied to the sequels and then those film's entries onto video, the HDDVD and early Blu-ray releases, the continual recycling of the very dated USA 2007 Blu-rays of 1-3, the re-encoded import Blu-rays and all the way to the current 4K UHD presentations of 1-6.
I also discuss how the first film's theatrical audio mix was altered first for the 1998 DVD and all subsequent reissues across formats. The original theatrical audio in 2.0 and 5.1 had much more low end bass and LFE to it which I have confirmed by theatrical print screenings. I really miss it and sadly it is not even to be found in the DTS-HDMA and Dolby TrueHD lossless presentations. Only the Laserdisc release has the theatrical audio intact in both 5.1 and 2.0 matrix. The VHS edition has it as well on its 2.0 Dolby Surround matrix hifi stereo track.
00:00:00 Intro goof
00:01:26 Introduction
03:37 1996 VHS with theatrical 2.0 hifi audio
05:30 1996 Letterboxed VHS
05:40 1996 Letterboxed Laserdisc with theatrical 5.1 and 2.0 audio
20:23 Pan and Scan USA Laserdisc
20:32 Japanese letterboxed Laserdisc
25:10 My third Laserdisc copy
26:11 1998 DVD non-anamorphic and pan n scan-this is where the audio remixing begins
32:16 2000 M:I2 original DVD release, VHS and Japan late release Laserdisc
33:57 2006 Special Collector's Edition DVD remaster of 1 and 2 as an M:I3 tie in
39:08 HD-DVD and Blu-ray of 1-3
42:23 M:I 2007 USA Blu-ray
44:00 Paramount's continual recycling of the same inferior 2007 Blu-ray of 1-3 to this day
45:05 The hard to find import re-encoded Blu-rays of 1-3 with DTS HDMA 5.1 audio and 1-4 boxset for Ghost Protocol
50:55 Mention of M:I 3 bonus DVD exclusive extras
51:53 Mention of Ghost Protocol exclusive Best Buy Blu-ray edition extras
52:50 Reissues for Rogue Nation: 2007 BDs of 1-3 recycled YET AGAIN
54:15 Rogue Nation exclusive Target edition extras
55:51 Fallout and the 1-6 UHD boxset.....and the return of the 2007 BDs of 1-3....YET AGAIN
58:57 The UHDs...and their True HD 5.1 audio for 1-3 which is lesser than the import BDs....and still without the theatrical audio of 1...and no new extras
01:03:37 The standalone 25th Anniversary Blu-ray reissue of M:I which is finally a remastered Blu-ray from the new 4K master
01:06:46 Ultimately the UHD has the best picture quality of the first film but the Laserdisc has the theatrical audio mix
01:09:44 Final Summary
