Posted on 12/06/2004 11:15:57 AM PST by ambrose
Full Metal Jacket in PAS is a POS. I've seen both, and while I did not suffer an aneurysm watching the PAS version, I sure WANTED one.
The letterbox of Strangelove is also far superior, though hard to find on tv.
Obviously they've never heard of the "zoom" feature most DVD players have.
Back in the early 90's, I had a bet with a friend that didn't think it was Sean Young.
Got me a free lunch. 8^>
So since not everyone has a lot of time to read does that mean books should be avaiable in shorter, bowderlized versions? You don't need a widescreen tv. That's what the black bars are for to duplicate the widescreen aspect ratio.
Easy fix... but a newer 16x9 TV that's 42" or bigger...
But at least you can see it if you squint. Otherwise you'll never see it no matter how hard you look. Try watching Lawrence of Arabia or Ben Hur in full screen. I dare you! :-)
I have no complaints. I got a projector :)
Just rationalizing.
That is true of the Back to the future movies as well. In fact, I have a copy of My Bodyguard that has both full screen and letterboxed versions on opposite sides. And yes, the letterboxed version is nothing more than the "full screen" version with the top and bottom covered.
You can sometimes spot these types movies when watching the "full screen" version when you see an obvious microphone, etc. in the area that was blacked out for letterboxing and theaters.
Had the FBI been on the lookout for those who wanted to "pirate" jet planes to destroy buildings and lives, than in protecting the profits of the already well-connected and well-to-do, then full screen or wide screen would truly be important.
"I continue to buy VHS in full screen..."
Honey you need to get with the program... As technology evolves you're going to have less and less choices for movie watching...
People should also know that before about 1953 or 1954 movies were made in 1:37:1 which is just about the TV radio (1:33:1) therefore they don't need letterboxing. In the 1960s they re-releeased 'Gone with the Wind' to theaters and decided people wouldn't want to see a windowboxed (black bars on the sides instead of the top and bottom) movie. So they cropped it out to a 1:85 which had become the standard theaterical aspect ratio. It became a movie about Vivien Leigh's nostrils.
I sold tv's back in 1982. One of the reasons laserdisc failed was that most tv's at the time didn't have the resolution to demonstrate it's advantages over tape.
Tv's got better...
The same is true with this. As more and more people get flat screen TV's and projectors, fewer and fewer will want the panned and scanned versions.
Now if bar and hotel staff would just quit squashing normal tv to fit their new wide screens...
What I find funny is how TNT offers an HD channel and it offers movies in 4:3 in HD and edits it for language and content...
That is good to know. Thanks for post.
"One of the reasons laserdisc failed..."
You obviously haven't been to ebay lately and seen what people are paying for copies of the OT of SW or Hamlet with Kenneth Branaugh...
There are some phony "widescreen" films out there that apparently do nothing more than add the black bars to a fullscreen format. A Christmas Story supposedly does this...
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