Week 38 of 2020: Home Theater Chat with Rob H from AV Rant - The Martian 4K v 3D
DJ sat down with Rob H from the AV Rant Podcast to have a Home Theater chat. They discuss The Martian in 4K and in 3D but first they go over this weeks listener comments, movie recommendations and this weeks Featured Theater from Theo. It's really just two guys hanging out chatting about the hobby they love.
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🍿This weeks movie🍿 Recommendations
Armageddon (1080P)
Steve George
“The picture quality is rather soft at times but the DTS HD track sounds pretty great in Neural X!”
Long Way Up Apple TV+
Steve George
“A fun docu-series (so far!) with some lovely imagery and some nice ambient sound in the Atmos tracks. It has a Star Wars connection too!! “
Kingsman & Kingsman Golden Circle 4K
John M
“14.99 for both 4k movies at Beest Buy. Awesome movies high production values stellar casts”
The Quick and the Dead 4K
John M
“Suburb catalog title hit it out of park with Atmos remix. Perfect length tight story Dicaprio so young. Hackman such a good villian.”
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🍿NOTABLE SCENES FROM THE WEEK🍿
🍿= Reference Material
The Martian 4K & 3D
Home Theater Viewing Time is 2h 25min 28sec (Extended Cut)
Home Theater Viewing Time is 2h 16min 04sec (Theatrical Cut)
TRAILER
https://youtu.be/ej3ioOneTy8
Opening
2:45 Shut him off
4:52 Sand storm 🍿🍿🍿
8:35 Escaping Mars 🍿
9:12 Television vs Reality
16:00 Video Journal
24:30 The Sun Shade
27:14 Ear Ringing
29:00 Funeral
41:30 Going to Pathfinder
1:21:30 Subtitles in 3D
1:54:10 Crowd Shot
1:57:28 (1:49:00) Eject Windows
2:05:39 (1:56:30) MAV Launch 🍿🍿🍿
2:15:54 (2:06:00) Activate🍿🍿
BONUS SHOW NOTES
From Rob H
0:00:00 20th Century Fox logo HDR
0:01:25 3D title. Sun over Mars. Rumbling bass in soundtrack
0:03:00 colour of spacesuits
0:05:00 airlock dynamics. Rock storm. Headlamps blue in HDR. Small rocks coming up (toward viewer) in ladder area
0:08:45 rocket liftoff, probably not as explosive as might expect
0:10:30 3D landscape as suit alarm beeping. HAB small lights (colour and intensity HDR)
0:16:00 why is HAB journal graphics in 3D over his 2D video? (Easy to do b/c graphics)
0:24:30 Sun. Surround pan as hatch opens in garden. Storm outside as Watney records journal. High pitch after water-making explosion for his ears ringing
0:29:00 stars over Earth. Reverb of Jeff Daniels’ microphone at Mark’s burial
0:31:30 Mission Control screens HDR
Just a note: text to introduce characters to avoid clunky dialogue
0:41:30 bass in soundtrack. Used to good effect to add tension when what is happening is not really that exciting. Figuring out Mark is going to Pathfinder rover sight. Mark digging. Etc.
0:51:00 surround effects as they set up hexadecimal circle
Another Note: music moments not as overly loud as a lot of other movies.
1:03:00 HAB explosion. Easier to follow exact movement of Colin see airlock in 4K HDR.
1:05:30 multi-LED flashlight HDR
1:08:00 Hermes return ship space shot 3D
1:10:00 first obvious lower gravity when he drops rectangular plastic bins
1:12:00 earlier had to use wooden cross to burn. But then he’s writing on paper (did mention everything sent was flame-retardant)
1:18:30 3D establishing shot. Mark alone on Mars after supply rocket explosion.
1:21:30 multi-layer text (subtitles and text description) in 3D
1:22:30 council of Elrond
1:26:45 3D shot of Hermes flying away from screen. Rear thruster in HDR
1:36:00 Chinese supply docking on Hermes 3D
1:42:00 the red of Mars. All channel music
1:49:00 taking apart the ship. Window explosions. Surround as things drop
1:54:10 crowd shot 4K. Sun through Hermes orbiting Mars
1:56:30 MAV launch. Surround, Atmos, water boil clipping
2:06:00 Bomb not that big a sound
2:09:30 ropes circling in space
From DJ
Opening
cool sweeping sounds with he logo
Vibrating bass as you look over mars
Piano sounds seem to be overhead
Orange and reds of Mars are beautiful
2:45 Shut him off
The bass playing when you are inside the ship is really nice and is more engaging in Atmos. There’s a repetitive machine sound and vibration that is more distinct
Seat is vibrating
4:11 Wait it out
Sounds of the ship blowing around outside the ship are really cool when we go inside and meet Kate Mara’s character Beth
Cool use of overheads as you hear all the stuff blowing around above you as all the characters look over head too
4:52 Sand storm ***
Sand bowing all around room
Awesome bass
Alarm going off on right at start
Swirling wind and sand as scene plays out
Great bass inside ship as ship threatens to tip
HDR of flashlights against the dark background
Awesome scene and plays right into
8:35 Launch *
When they first launch the blast starts dead center at the front of your room and then the blast from the thrusters comes at you and the sound sweeps from front to the rear of your room. The only thing missing was a blast of air in your face. Such a cool effect.
Then as the ship takes off it passes by you from front center to right rear. A nice crossing pan
9:12 Television vs Reality
Such a cool comparison here when they pull back from the pixilated lines of resolution of the tv to the real life press conference with Jeff Daniels (teddy Sanders)
The sound a similar pan going from the tinny sound of a tv to the full sound of an open room with a bunch of people
14:40 a Vibration
Listen to the right side of your room
There is a distinct metal vibration coming from a vent or something on above you on the right
It sounds like something IN YOUR ROOM IS VIBRATING making you want to get the “Theater Putty”. So cool
17:45 Integrity
All sorts of noises going on here as Matt Damon is sitting inside the hut while a sand storm rages outside.
The building is making noises all around the room
Sand and wind blowing when we are outside building
Great use of all channels differentiating the two hostile environments
A very engaging scene
18:39 Taking Stock
As Mark Watney starts to take stock in supplies and stuff there is some crazy sweet shacking and vibrating bass.
Really cool effect. I always love these. I even leaned to my son and asked if he could feel it too. He said yes so i was happy
26:30 Woo! BOOM!!
Really cool bass in the explosion and here
Scene also reminds me of iron man 1 when Tony starts at 10%
27:14 Ringing
Listen to the ringing sound in your room even BEFORE Mark says “just as soon as my ears stop ringing”
Then it really comes up in volume but the sound was there for like 20 seconds before
30:31 Satellite Time
Clear strong dialogue in this scene but listen to the subtle sounds of the world going on outside that room.
There are sounds of people walking around and, conversations, paper shuffling.
Then at...
31:35
Mackenzie Davis’ character Mindy takes something out of the microwave and walking into the huge NASA room
as she approaches the room you can hear it coming on the right side of you room fading in from the rear and then spilling into the front and then eventually filling your room signifying that you are now in the room
39:12 Hot Stuff
When Mark plays Hot Stuff and it starts out just in the cabin of the the rover and then fills your room. Really cool
53:02 Time Jump
When they speed up the time in the movie to show how they communicate from earth to mars with Mark all the sounds around the room are really cool.
Voices are sped up amid circle the room
There are computer noises sped up and movie around the room
Keyboard clicks
Ambient sound sounds amplified
But there is also like a synthesizer sound playing the and the notes are seemingly circling the room which plays into the circle formula they are designing for communication
Just a fun cool scene
58:52 Feedback noise
There is some feed back noise in the scene where they first tell the crew Mark is alive
It sounds like it is hovering in front of you over upsurge head as the scene approaches the ship
Then is bounces back and forth from center to left and right but still overhead
Very subtle but really cool
1:04:49 Malfunction
Insanely fun scene for sound
Banging sounds in all Chantelle’s at different times
Explosions is loud and deep
You feel like your in there bouncing around with mark
1:12:50 Integrity
Testing the integrity if the habitat
Plastic and duct tape stressing
The bass in this scene really sets the mood very deep and vibrates you and your seat
Hearing the flapping noises and the stress all around your room as the scene plays out it scary
Then...
1:14:18 A storm test
Everything is ramped up and is TERRIFYING
Felt like my room was going to blow away
1:53:17 Pop Tent
Nice little sound pan from right rear to cent front as Mark throws the pop tent on the ground and is about to inflate
1:57:28 Eject
Mark ejects the sides off the Mars Lander and there are nice booms that match the location on the screen
The first is center and the second is left
Then some nice bass as pieces hit the ground too
1:59:01 It’s a Convertible
Cool use of the overheads as Mark ties down the convertibles rag top LOL
2:04:32 Pre Flight
Getting ready to launch Mark off Mars
Listen to the different details in each location
The space ship** is relatively quiet but nice subtle bass and her voice is clear and centered
NASA on earth is a room full of people and you can hear the computers?? And her voice is thru a speaker and filling your room. Then at one point the room cheers when they say they are a go
Mark in the convertible you can hear some increase bass from The wind and the tarps are flapping all around
2:05:39 Launch ***
Awesome bass
Shakes your room
Feels like its overhead when you are inside convertible
All channels doing something different
Tarps letting loose
Pans as ship passes by going left to front. Right to rear
Then the quiet and you can hear the little screws bouncing of Marks helmet as they float by
2:15:54 Activate**
(2:06:00)
They blow the bomb
The explosion was cool and had nice bass but
The different sound around the room
The rush of cold air from back of your room blowing over your head and filling the room in front of you on the screen. Was awesome
Better separation of channels in Atmos. More distinct rush
