BC wrote:

> 
> "Drinian" <sailracer6@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:319kk7F35t6udU1@individual.net...
>> BC wrote:
>>
>>> Are the quality much improved?  Are these worth getting?  I have
>>> original
>>> DVDs, plus the two director's cut discs...  Are the platinum series just
>>> remastered versions of the original, or are they director's cuts?
> 
>> I liked EvaMonkey's comment at Otakon... "The sound's been remastered...
>> you
>> can even hear the bongos in the opening theme now!"
>>
>> The last four episodes will be remastered director's cuts... I don't
>> think there's that much extra material added elsewhere.
>>
>> Just ask yourself, honestly, if you have the extra $140 or so to spare.
>> You
>> could still possibly cut your losses by selling off all your current
>> copies... these are superior.
> 
> Goddamn, there goes my plan to save some money this year...  One more
> question - have they redubbed any of the English dialog?  Or all just
> remasters?
> 
> <=[BC]=>

I don't know if they re-dubbed anything, but I doubt it. The most
significant thing done to the sound was remixing it into Dolby surround.

Also, I've just noticed that you're in New Zealand. I'm looking at an
Australian DVD store now to see the differences between this and the US
version, and it looks like they're largely the same, including box art.
Although it looks like you don't get the shiny platinum-colored slipcovers.


Drinian