Netflix, Streaming Videos & DVDs

... and small town theaters the sound was severely constrained. Remember, most televisions didn't have stereo sound until the 'nineties.

So movie producers basically had two sound mixes -- one for the larger showcase theaters, and one for small town theaters and television.

With Blu-Ray and Digital broadcast television many producers just said "fuck it..." and skimped on, or skipped entirely, the simple stereo mix. A mix for a big theater will sound crappy and nearly unintelligible on any television without a big theater sound system.

I heard a lot of hemming and hawing about that in the second video. I found it interesting that Netflix considers this kind of slap-dash down-mixing of the theater sound track for streaming television unacceptable.

And, ah but of course, Amazon wants to do this down-mixing with AI, and it's going to be crap, just like 90% of the movies with these huge immersive sound tracks with their unrealistic explosions, engine noises, and other nonsense.

The art of making movies the old fashioned way, let's say on 35mm film with a simple analog stereo sound track, is fading... If you can't tell a story with that basic format (or its electronic equivalent) then it's probably a crappy story.