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Early widescreen films were an outright attack on tv viewers, designed to give them "more" than they were getting at home (back when it was first believed that tv was going to put theaters out of business).

You are not only paranoid, but your wrong also. They were make movies and showing them in theaters before TV. Widescreen was gimick to get people back to theaters, later movie companies realized that they could make money by sell widescreen versions on VHS and DVD.

You sir are what is commonly called a movie purist, in that you are fanatically against anyone actually enjoying a movie out of the theater. You're a killjoy.

My reply to you is. :p

You denounce my claim that widescreen movies were an attempt to get tv viewers into theaters and then you agree with it. Whatever.

As to your claim that I am a snobby movie "purist", I own LD and DVD so I do watch movies at home as well as in the theater.

NOTHING I do will be able to make a movie 25 feet high at home. Some (not all) movies have to be seen this big to have a real impact.