This week DJ gets back into the Lord of the Rings 4K Extended Edition Set and breaks down The Two Towers part ONE.  Also Listener comments, Movies & Scenes and more Home Theater fun.  Time StampsMovies and Scenes- 3:25 Listener Comments- 5:28 Two Towers Trailer- 12:15 Spoiler Free Comments- 15:25 Scene Reviews- 19:55YouTube Video 
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Graham Cole Andrew JoynerKarl RichichiBrian Merriman



New Twitter Followers
Thank you for joining our Community 

Dean MathewsMichael MaddoxJayson Kennedy


Movies & Scenes of the Week

News of the World NetflixJT on Twitter“@BrightSideHT Hi DJ - just watched News of the World on Netflix. Decent enough film but thought the Atmos was amazing. The sound during the dust storm scene was out of this world even on my relatively puny 7.1 system in my lounge! In a dedicated theatre it would be even better!!!”

XXX The Return of Xander CagePaul Stewart email“Another outstanding soundtrack, my god every speaker is used literally all the time! Music is directed to the heights when affects aren’t whizzing about, highly recommended.”



NOTABLE SCENES FROM THE WEEK

= Reference Material
Lord of the Rings: Two Towers 4K  (Part 1)

Picture Sound

Home Theater Viewing Time 1hr 46min 26sec

Trailer

• Opening
• 1:47 YOU SHALL NOT PASS
• 2:43 The Fall
• 6:10 Directional Thunder
• 9:18 Gollum on the Rocks
• 17:07 Caught Their Scent
• 20:05 Rule this Middle Earth
• 28:40 It’s The Trees
• 37:02 Hands Were Bound
• 41:44 The White Wizard
• 45:19 Dead Faces
• 47:35 Glowing Ring
• 49:40 Fellbeasts
• 51:45 Talking Trees 
• 53:55 Balrog Battle
• 1:03:40 Marching
• 1:20:01 Poison
• 1:22:27 Grasp the Sword
• 1:40:32 Gollum v Smeagol
• 1:45:04 Ambush

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DJ is joined again by Tom Andry of AV Rant & AV Gadgets website and this time they talk about the expected differences between the upcoming Snyder Cut and Joss Whedon's Justice League.  Opinions and tangents GALORE!  And be sure to check out the entire podcast episode on YouTube by clicking HERE
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Open- 0:00
New Patreon Supporters- 9:50
New Twitter Followers- 14:00
Listener Comments- 14:15
Featured Theater from Paul Stewart- 25:17
Snyder Cut/Justice League- 44:42

New Patreon Supporters

• Ilango Thirumoorthi
• Anthony Rodriguez
• Brad Horton
• Paul Stewart 

New Twitter Followers

• bjhorton2005
• Garrett Sorge
• TLDR 

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A lot of fun and exciting stuff in this weeks Podcast!  DJ has some new and exciting Bright Side Home Theater news.  He goes on a little bit of a rant.  He points out a contradiction that is actually 100% accurate. And of course DJ breaks down the latest giant monster movie in our countdown to Godzilla vs Kong.  
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Martin Scorsese Essay Takes Aim at "Content" 

New Twitter Followers

• Eoin Merriman
• Miller’s Movies
• TheLEDFactory 
• HighDefDiscNews.com
• Wyatt 

Movies & Scenes of the Week

Unbroken

Steve Ratcliffe on Twitter“The 1st 10 mins is my new go to demo. Bass you can feel, flybys, gunshots,            it has it all right from the start.  If you have good subs you will love it.”


NOTABLE SCENES FROM THE WEEK


= Reference Material
Kong Skull Island 4K

Picture Sound Home Theater Viewing Time 1hr 47min 47sec
Trailerhttps://youtu.be/44LdLqgOpjo
Opening 2:40 Kong Appears 5:33 Phone Ring8:40 Vietnam Blend14:10 Long Cool Woman24:41 Into the Storm27:25 Rotor Blades28:46 Incoming 29:56 Helicopters 31:07 Fire at Will 32:30 Kong Roar43:07 Spider Attack47:36 Splashing49:20 Squid 1:04:20 Eaten1:18:17 Run!!1:19:56 Flash1:29:20 Kongs Eyes1:31:25 Chest Pounding1:39:28 Tree Peel 1:42:50 Upper Cut1:46:37 KONG!

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This week DJ sits down again with Ara Derderian of the HTguys Podcast.  Ara and DJ comment on the listener questions and comments as well as talk about this weeks Featured Theater the Collins Starlight Theater.  Then they just have a fun time hanging out and discussing some of the important Home Theater questions we all have...  Do you need to calibrate your TV?  Do you need to calibrate your speakers?  If so, why?  Should it be done professionally?  Why and why not?  Do we need 8K over 4K?  What is more important, 4K or HDR?  Why did we open the car door for our wives/girlfriends?  All of that and more and believe it or not all you need to do is Push Play...
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New Twitter Followers

• HD Report 
• Davide
• CUDFAM

Movies & Scenes of the Week


Space Sweepers Netflix

wvbrew on Twitter“@BrightSideHT OMG I HAVE ONLY WATCHED 12 minutes of this. This film is most agressive atmos use ever you want discrete sound effects there are more in 12 min of ghis movie than if you took 10 great atmos movies like Gravity and watched all 10 in full. Cheap movie amazing sound!”
Tron Legacy 

Graham Cole Twitter“@BrightSideHT  Tron Legacy 29:25 at loud volume , elevator ride going up into the arena. With a loud cheering crowd it felt like a vertical 360° pan but this is all in my brain. Great bass, lots of nostalgic Tron sounds.”
Our Planet documentary on Netflix

Paul Stewart “It is in Atmos but the picture is beautiful especially the “water” episode. When the kingfisher dives into the water it is reference quality”
Tenet 4k 

“the soundtrack is immense!”


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What a big week!  This is the first Bright Side Home Theater Podcast that has a contest attached to it!  You will have to listen to find out who won but thank you and congratulations to GC for the hard work and attention to detail for winning the first Bright Side Contest!  But lets not bury the lead though, District 9 is a fantastic Home Theater movie and DJ's really excited to break it all down in the way that only he can.  Push Play.
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• Steven Spielberg on why cinema will never die: "Audiences will go back"

• Empire Magazine Greatest Cinema Moments

New Twitter Followers

• sa001
• Rick Foster 
• Quintin McKenna
• RollingStoned171 

Movies & Scenes of the Week

The Grey

Preston (email)“The Blu ray has an excellent 5.1 DTS hd master audio track that puts you on the edge of your seat and plays well with neural x. For picture quality, don’t go into this movie with high expectations but I think you’ll be blown away by the sound design... watch all the way to the last credits”

NOTABLE SCENES FROM THE WEEK


= Reference Material
District 9 4K

Picture Sound Home Theater Viewing Time 1hr 44min 49sec
Trailer
 Opening2:08 First Contact 2:27 Alien Crawling 8:33 Moving out 10:00 Transition12:15 Engine Off 18:25 Big Mess19:42 Trash21:23 They’re Coming23:19 I Don’t Trust It31:05 Black Stuff 37:20 Evacuate Ward 1138:40 MNU 54:24 Helicopter Overhead 1:09:10 Building goes BOOM 1:12:37 Shootout 1:18:49 Lift Off1:25:52 Mothership1:35:30 Fire 1:40:47 Engines Roar1:42:04 Inside The Mothership

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This week DJ is joined by Jeff from the HD Report website to discuss The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring Part 2.  Before they break down the movie they have a great Home Theater conversation about Jeff's website, upcoming movies, the state of Physical Media, DJ answers a great Question from SVS and of course listener questions and comments.  
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How The Iconic THX Deep Note was made

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New Twitter Followers

• Patricia Jones
• PhysDigiCollect’s Corner 

Movies & Scenes of the Week

Hunter Killer 

gcornell “Good movie in 2.39:1 with rock'em sock'em sound. If you haven't, pick it up immediately, you will love it. Make a big bucket of popcorn”

NOTABLE SCENES FROM THE WEEK

= Reference Material
Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring Part 2

Picture Sound Home Theater Viewing Time 1hr 35min 00sec
Trailer 

• 2:10 One Last Time
• 6:30 HIDE!
• 7:37 Ring in the Snow
• 9:15 Light as an Elf
• 16:43 A Mine
• 24:34 Dwarf City
• 26:50 They’re Coming
• 35:31 Surrounded
• 37:15 Arrows
• 40:32 You. Can. Not. Pass.
• 42:25 Mountain Side
• 43:32 Echo
• 45:00 Footsteps of Doom
• 51:23 Welcome
• 57:06 The Cauldron
• 1:00:20 Orcs
• 1:08:08 On The Move
• 1:11:18 Kings of Old
• 1:15:27 Boromir
• 1:18:49 Aragorn’s Stand
• 1:21:23 Legolas Firing
• Heavy Arrows 
• 1:29:18 I wish...
• 1:33:56 Mordor

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This week DJ breaks down the Blu-ray disc Godzilla from 2014.  Is it worth the money? Does it NEED HDR? Is the sound mix engaging?  Yes, Yes, and YES!  But you may be surprised to why.  Plus DJ talks about :going to a concert" during COVID, responds to the downside of the Zappiti and talks about some great articles and movies and scenes this week.  All great Home Theater fun that should be making you just Push Play... 
HOME THEATER THIS WEEK


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Featured Theater


New Twitter Followers

• Justin VanCamp
• Irawanan
• Byron Stocks

Movies & Scenes of the Week

District 9 4K 

@wvbrew on Twitter       District 9 Video damn near close to as Good as Gemni Man Audio may be widest soundfield I have ever heard.Scenes 54 min flyovers  1:25:00 robot active 1:41:00 lift off last 1/2 hour is fantastic
Def Leppard - And There Will Be a Next Time on Qello

      This 2017 concert is pristine video and energetic audio crowd noise screams band is on point. You would be hard pressed to beat Let’s get Rocked in this concert video they nail it! Qello strikes again

Road Warrior Blu-ray 

       Watching my favorite Mad Max movie Road Warrior on blu ray I would love to see this in 4k. Even on Blu ray though I dare you to find a movie with more detail dust scratches wear tires with tread all rotted at diff stages and costumes detail just gritty goodness.  
Star Trek The Motion Picture 

      Want to have some fun and be floored by what an upmixer can do upmix Star Trek 1979 mesmerizing. Your ceilng speakers will dance. These are unbelievable scenes to test upmixer
40:00 Wormhole 1:12:00 Intruder Alert1:56:00 Vger

The Walk (2015) 3D

Steve George “The video is pristine and the upmixed Neural:X soundtrack is awesome. The helicopter towards the end is a highlight!”
1:40:00 The final Walk 

Links


Kef KC62 Subwoofer

AMC Escapes Bankruptcy


NOTABLE SCENES FROM THE WEEK


= Reference Material
Godzilla (2014)

Picture Sound Home Theater Viewing Time 1hr 56min 10sec
Trailer

https://youtu.be/vIu85WQTPRc

• Opening
• 2:45 Helicopter
• 9:40 This is a Pattern
• 10:38 Aftershock?
• 13:24 Door Closed
• 17:46 Can’t Find my Pants
• 29::15 Captured
• Cables Overhead
• 35:10 Jump Scare ***
• 38:10 Gas Mask **
• 40:25 Great Design
• 44:38 Godzilla
• 53:20 Prepare to Engage Target *
• 54:55 Second Bogie **
• 56:40 Flares
• 58:29 Airport
• 59:20 Godzilla Roar **
• 1:01:30 Swimming
• 1:16:44 Hit The Deck **
• 1:24:47 Port Side
• 1:29:25 In Love
• 1:34:32 HALO Jump**
• 1:37:57 Another Scream 
• 1:40:27 Tackled
• 1:44:06 Power Up
• 1:48:55 No Score **
• 1:55:15 Thank you 

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This week instead of breaking down a movie DJ tells you all about the experience of using a Zappiti Pro 4K Media player.  He also talks about Game of Thrones, Home Theaters being "Under Construction" and a give away as well.  Plenty of Home Theater fun so why not just Push Play...
New Twitter Followers

• BenG
• Pola Ashraf 
• Midgardz 
• Gadghub 
• Amit Aggarwal

Movies & Scenes of the Week


WandaVision Disney+wvbrew on Twitter“Highly reccomend leads are fantastic.”
2012Steve George on Twitter @LEGALBEAGALOK“@BrightSideHT Hey DJ! If you’re looking for scene recommendations for this week, I suggest the new 4K remaster of 2012. From 0:45 onwards basically... Thunderous bass and some nice overhead activity. It’s AWESOME!!”

Zappiti info

DVD/BluRay DrivesAlex Coluzzi
Zappiti Pro 4K Media Server

Compatible with 16TB Hard Drives

FIDECO External Hard Drive Enclosure with Fan for 3.5/2.5 Inch SATA Hard Drive, 3.5/2.5 Inch HDD Enclosure,Support 16TB Drive and UASP Compatible

NOT COMPATIBLE with 16TB Hard Drives

Sabrent USB 3.0 to SATA External Hard Drive Lay-Flat Docking Station for 2.5 or 3.5in HDD, SSD [Support UASP] (EC-DFLT) 


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This week DJ steps into the way back machine and revisits the 1980's Arnold Schwarzenegger Action Classic Predator in 4K.  How is the picture?  How is the sound?  What are his favorite scenes?  Of course he gets into all of that.  That's what he loves to do.  But he also gets into a little A/B fun with DTS 5.1 vs DTS Neural X up mixing too.  Plus listener comments, emails and just all around Home Theater fun.  No reason really for you to not push play... 
HOME THEATER THIS WEEK


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Featured Theater

• Scott Lindstra

Movies & Scenes of the Week


Midnight Sky

From @wvbrew on Twitter “You must have a subwoofer to enjoy this. There are atleast 3 demo worthy scenes when I say demo worthy Im talking like official Dolby Atmos demo produced like natures fury leaves etc. I thought movie was great.”Scenes 32:38 Wind Storm54:50 Surprise1:00:00 Demo Worthy Wind Storm1:07:00 Flying in the Dark1:12:00 Helmets on 


New Twitter Followers


Thank you for joining our Community 

• Steve Ratcliff

NOTABLE SCENES FROM THE WEEK


= Reference Material
Predator (1987) 4K

Picture Sound Home Theater Viewing Time 1hr 43min 02sec
Trailer

 https://youtu.be/Vo3FmkleTEQ

• Opening
• 4:52 Fans?
• 6:30 Inbound
• 11:28 Jungle
• 15:15 Birds
• 18:35 Predator View
• 24:40 Showtime *
• 34:16 Anytime
• 47:28 Just Unloads **
• 57:00 Mac *
• 1:06:34 It’s a Trap
• 1:09:15 Over Here
• 1:14:05 Dillon
• 1:17:23 Water Fall
• 1:19:20 The Predator
• 1:28:40 Fore Fight 
• 1:40:30 The Laugh

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What a big week for the first week of 2021 and no better movie to kick off the new year than the new Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring Disc 1.  But before that there is so much...   A new Featured theater, TWO new segments are introduced for listeners to contribute and DJ weighs in with his opinion on when is a good time to have a ISF Video Calibrator to your house.  PLUS, so much more...All you have to do is Push Play
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Featured Theater

• Scott Linstra

Movies & Scenes of the Week


Looperwv brew on Twitter @BrightSideHT Looper never watched it before was in 4k for 6.99 on Amazon really intersting story good cast good audio video.
Wonder Woman 1984 on HBO Max

• 1:08:00 Take off
• 2:02:40 Make a Wish

New Twitter Followers


Thank you for joining our Community 

• Paul Yohann
• Pankaj Pant
• Blaise Leslie
• Patricio Pèrez

NOTABLE SCENES FROM THE WEEK


= Reference Material
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Part 1 4K

Picture Sound Home Theater Viewing Time 1hr 45min 10sec
Trailer

• Opening
• 2:40 Fought for Freedom
• 3:55 Sauron
• 8:15 Bilbo
• 10:15 The Banner
• 10:20 The Door
• 11:11 You’re Late
• 20:45 The Celebration
• 22:55 Dragon Launched
• 27:35 BILBO BAGGINS!
• 32:10 Saruman’s Lair
• 39:31 The Ring
• 43:17 Separate Ways
• 44:27 Farthest From Home
• 49:32 Door Slams
• 53:48 Get Off The Road
• 1:01:52 And He’s Gone
• 1:07:35 BUGS!
• 1:09:04 Sauron’s Voice
• 1:13:33 Gone Again
• 1:16:50 Orks!
• 1:22:02 Arwen
• 1:35:17 Isildur”s Heir
• 1:38:50 Boromir”s Reach
• 1:43:00 The Fellowship is Born

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