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Damnit, I Hate Buying Full-Screen Format DVD's On Accident
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borghe said:The only company I think that ever did 16x9 from the start without exception was Warner/New Line.
And to the guy who says he only buys OAR... but then you miss out on Happy Gilmore, Ace Ventura 1, Secret of Nimh, Muppet Treasure Island, Muppet Christmas Carol, An American Tale, and uymmmm... I think that is all in my collection of movies that I have no choice on
The Sony studios did also.
And Happy Gilmore, along with Billy Madison, is available in widescreen, a new special edition (a 2-pack of the movies) came out last year.
BuckRobotron
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I did this only once, and it was recent. Grabbed the Dawn of the Dead remake as part of CC's recent 2-for$20 deal and forgot to check for widescreen. I opened it anyway, I doubt I'm missing any great moments in cinematography with fullscreen in this case....
Escape Goat
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When I worked at blockbuster people hated widescreen. Everyone was pissed that "you dont get to see the whole movie" with widescreen. wtf
Fowler said:Someone gave me the Shrek box set for Christmas. I was happy. I ripped it open. Then I saw FULL SCREEN EDITION. Didn't have the heart to cuss them out since it was Christmas, but...
Welcome to my world...except I did my research ahead of time and realized it was Full Screen only and was quite pissed and took it off my Christmas List. I'm still on the lookout for a widescreen version of the original film; it is a rare commodity, I think. The second...not so much on the lookout.
This is yet another reason I make incredibly detailed Christmas Lists where I list, for example:
Harry Potter: The First Three Years Box Set (WIDESCREEN)
It makes things so much easier, as there's no stupid problems with people not understanding the basic concept.
The one time I actually ran into this was watching Finding Nemo with a group of friends. I was at someone else's house, but was put in charge of putting in the DVD. Now, with Nemo, it wouldn't have been too big of a deal in terms of characters, as they re-aim the cameras in the full-frame version (For a detailed look at how they do this, see the great Deluxe Edition of A Bug's Life). But, nonetheless, the scenery and animation in that film is half the brilliance, so I put in widescreen. And, lo and behold, I got quite a few "Ugh, Widescreen!?"s but I stood firm and got my way.
My parents have pretty well been converted by my brother and I on the issue, but I have a number of other friends who simply don't grasp the concept. Blockbuster is the same way, right now. On one hand, it's nice, because the idiots don't rent the widescreen copies, which leaves more for us. On the other hand I've seen, many a time, a full-screen disc given when a widescreen box was selected. They're lazy sons of bitches, I guess.
Kuro Madoushi
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I think you should view the film as it was originally shown in the theatres. The directors put a lot of time and effort into the little details and to buy fullscreen and lose that attention to detail is just...criminal!
Shin Johnpv
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Memles said:
Yeah what the hell is up with that
why would they make this awesome box set ONLY In full screen
when I first saw it I almost sold my original copy of shrek widescreen, till I couldnt find that box set in wide screen anywhere glad I didnt sell it since I haven't seen the widescreen version of the first movie anywhere in AGES
Shin Johnpv said:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=617&item=6369748906&rd=1
in the ebay description it says one disk is full screen the other is widescreen.
BatiGOOOOOOL
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This just happened to me on tuesday. I bought The Pianist, completely sure it was widescreen. Well, I ripped it open and then realize it says full screen on the box. What the fuck was I smoking? Oh well, awesome movie anyway, so I watched it. Maybe later on I'll get the widescreen edition.
The term "fullscreen" is the most ingenious marketing ploy that home video has ever come up with.
I still use the old, "Pan and Scan" moniker even though the process doesn't always apply. Still, it makes the movie sound fucked with, which is the message that should be brought across.
And...
If there's one thing that I hate more than watching "Pan and Scan" movies it would have to be watching 4:3 television stretched, cropped or whatever on a wide aspect monitor.
Don't people notice this shit?!?
I still use the old, "Pan and Scan" moniker even though the process doesn't always apply. Still, it makes the movie sound fucked with, which is the message that should be brought across.
And...
If there's one thing that I hate more than watching "Pan and Scan" movies it would have to be watching 4:3 television stretched, cropped or whatever on a wide aspect monitor.
Don't people notice this shit?!?
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