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Libretio
07-10-2013
KILLERS premiered OAR on C5 last night.
Libretio
09-10-2013
Unusually, C4 broadcast a cropped version of BEAR ISLAND yesterday. Predictably, it looked hideous.
Stone Free
09-10-2013
I noticed Reservoir Dogs, was in friken 4:3!
Libretio
10-10-2013
Originally Posted by Stone Free:
“I noticed Reservoir Dogs, was in friken 4:3!”

C5 has screened that one a couple of times, and it's always been shown the same way. I honestly don't know why they bothered.
pad_ehh
10-10-2013
It's a long held right to the film presumably, or it was thrown in as an extra with some other film rights they got.

What is even more disastrous is their positioning of their DOG on 4:3 content. They fixed it a while ago and then put it back where it was. Shockingly bad!
DVDfever
10-10-2013
Originally Posted by Libretio:
“C5 has screened that one a couple of times, and it's always been shown the same way. I honestly don't know why they bothered.”

It's a Super 35 film so it's not as bad as if it had been cropped to 4:3 throughout, although there are a lot of shots which do look cropped (like Keitel and Madsen talking to Joe in his office), but at least it allows the "Who shot Nice Guy Eddie?" question to be answered without being cropped.
theonlyweeman
10-10-2013
Originally Posted by DVDfever:
“It's a Super 35 film so it's not as bad as if it had been cropped to 4:3 throughout, although there are a lot of shots which do look cropped (like Keitel and Madsen talking to Joe in his office), but at least it allows the "Who shot Nice Guy Eddie?" question to be answered without being cropped.”

But Tarantino normally hires good DPs who know how to frame properly, so any cropping is just plain wrong...
DVDfever
10-10-2013
Originally Posted by theonlyweeman:
“But Tarantino normally hires good DPs who know how to frame properly, so any cropping is just plain wrong...”

Shame he didn't hire anyone to crop out the last 40 minutes of Django Unchained. Christ, that went on!
Simon Rodgers
10-10-2013
I tend to notice some films are better in widescreen, some are better as 4:3 and stretched by the TV.

How come it's not the same for all?
Libretio
11-10-2013
Originally Posted by DVDfever:
“It's a Super 35 film so it's not as bad as if it had been cropped to 4:3 throughout, although there are a lot of shots which do look cropped (like Keitel and Madsen talking to Joe in his office), but at least it allows the "Who shot Nice Guy Eddie?" question to be answered without being cropped.”

I have to disagree, since 4:3 and 16:9 versions of Super 35 films require extensive reframing of the image throughout, leading to cropping in some shots and 'opening out' in others. The aesthetic is altered to a significant degree, and is all the more insidious because the telecine artist goes out of his/her way to make it look 'invisible' to most people. I understand what you're saying in that it seems better than the cropping of an anamorphic image, but it's actually no less ruinous. So there.
Libretio
11-10-2013
(Unless otherwise indicated, all films in the following list were projected at 2.35:1 prior to 1971, and at 2.39:1 thereafter)

* = May not be screened in all areas (check your local listings).

Scope and 3-D movies across the Freeview platform for the coming week (12 - 18 October):


Saturday (12 October)

• 13 Assassins [十三人の刺客] (C4)
• 17 Again (Film 4)
• Backdraft (ITV 4)
• Battle of Britain (C5)
• The Crazies (Film 4)
• Date Night (Film 4)
• The DaVinci Code (5*)
• The Eiger Sanction (ITV 1)*
• Fistful of Dollars [Per un Pugno di Dollari] (C5)
• G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (E4)
• Glorious 39 (BBC 2)
• The Hole (C4) [3-D] [1.85:1]
• Horrid Henry: The Movie (ITV 1) [3-D] [1.85:1]
• Ladyhawke (Film 4)
• Lake Placid (Film 4)
• The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (ITV 2)
• Nim's Island (5*)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (BBC 3)
• Planet of the Apes (Movie Mix)
• The Secret War of Harry Frigg (ITV 4)
• Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (ITV 4)
• The Ugly Truth (More 4)
• The Vikings (5 USA) [Technirama]
• When a Stranger Calls (5*)


Sunday (13 October)

• Angels & Demons (C5)
• Armageddon (BBC 1)
• Blazing Saddles (ITV 4)
• The Cave (Film 4)
• Ever After (E4)
• Gun for a Coward (5 USA)
• Inglourious Basterds (Film 4)
• Lassie (Film 4)
• Men of Honor (Movie Mix)
• Skyline (Film 4)
• Superman III (C5)
• Superman II (C5)
• Vantage Point (C5)
• La Vie en Rose [La Mτme] (BBC 4)


Monday (14 October)

• 5 Days of War (Movie Mix)
• The Bourne Identity (ITV 2)
• Constantine (C5)
• Crimson Tide (5*)
• Death Drums Along the River (Film 4)
• Dragoon Wells Massacre (Film 4)
• D-Tox [Eye See You] (ITV 4)


Tuesday (15 October)

• Earthquake (C4)
• Layer Cake (Film 4)
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith (5*)
• Payback (ITV 4)
• The Siege (5 USA)
• The Tall Stranger (Film 4)


Wednesday (16 October)

• The Art of War (5 USA)
• Casino (ITV 4)
• The Karate Kid (Film 4)
• Monsieur Lazhar (Film 4)
• Planet of the Apes (Movie Mix)
• The Pursuit of Happyness (5*)
• Sunshine (Film 4)


Thursday (17 October)

• 1941 (Movie Mix)
• Blazing Saddles (ITV 4)
• The Comancheros (Film 4)
• Conan the Barbarian [3-D]
• The Crazies (Film 4)
• Damn the Defiant! [HMS Defiant] (C4)
• D-Tox [Eye See You] (ITV 4)
• Forrest Gump (Film 4)
• Men of Honor (Movie Mix)


Friday (18 October)

• 17 Again (Film 4)
• Angels & Demons (C5)
• The Bourne Identity (ITV 2)
• Dragoon Wells Massacre (Film 4)
• G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (E4)
• Inglourious Basterds (Film 4)
• In Too Deep (Movie Mix)
• Men of Honor (Movie Mix)
• Murphy's War (C4)
• Point Blank (BBC 2)
• Poltergeist (BBC 1)
• Runaway Jury (More 4)
• The Runaways (C4)
• Serenity (ITV 4)
• When Eight Bells Toll (Film 4)
pad_ehh
11-10-2013
Originally Posted by Simon Rodgers:
“I tend to notice some films are better in widescreen, some are better as 4:3 and stretched by the TV.

How come it's not the same for all?”

Can you give examples? I highly doubt anyone would find a 4:3 image streched horizontally to fill the screen would look better than a proper widescreen picture, or a 4:3 picture properly pillarboxed to maintain the aspect ratio.

I think your TV / set top box settings are wrong, you should look into fixing them if your getting 4:3 pictures filling the screen.
DVDfever
11-10-2013
Originally Posted by Simon Rodgers:
“I tend to notice some films are better in widescreen, some are better as 4:3 and stretched by the TV.

How come it's not the same for all?”

Films come in different ratios. You can't be talking about a load of films that are all in the same original aspect ratio.

Originally Posted by Paddy C:
“Can you give examples? I highly doubt anyone would find a 4:3 image streched horizontally to fill the screen would look better than a proper widescreen picture, or a 4:3 picture properly pillarboxed to maintain the aspect ratio.

I think your TV / set top box settings are wrong, you should look into fixing them if your getting 4:3 pictures filling the screen.”

Agreed that we need examples and, yes, no film looks better stretched. People's faces are distorted, for a start.

Originally Posted by Libretio:
“I have to disagree, since 4:3 and 16:9 versions of Super 35 films require extensive reframing of the image throughout, leading to cropping in some shots and 'opening out' in others. The aesthetic is altered to a significant degree, and is all the more insidious because the telecine artist goes out of his/her way to make it look 'invisible' to most people. I understand what you're saying in that it seems better than the cropping of an anamorphic image, but it's actually no less ruinous. So there. ”

How dare you make the assertion that films broadcast OAR are better?!
Libretio
12-10-2013
Originally Posted by DVDfever:
“How dare you make the assertion that films broadcast OAR are better?! ”

And in a thread devoted to that very same assertion, too! Don't think for a minute I'm not ashamed of it...
Braindead2011
12-10-2013
Reservoir Dogs was made with the video market and cable in mind, it was financed by LIVE Entertainment (a US home video label) the budget was well under $2 million. Like many films that period the theatrical release would have been used to generate reviews and publicity in the urban areas. If it made money theatrically it was a bonus and that could be used as leverage against cable sales and those figures could be used by sales houses at film markets.

Tarantino was allowed to produced a 2.35:1 cut from the Super 35 frame with full knowledge that the Super 35 negative would be used to produce a TV safe version and he had to compromise his final edit. The problem with Reservoir Dogs now is that the majority of TV screens in the western world are 16:9 and people STILL DON'T like black bars on their TV set and that means a panned scanned widescreen print or a zoomed/cropped full screen version has to come into play. I don't think Tarantino oversaw the creation of this new compromised version.
theonlyweeman
12-10-2013
Originally Posted by DVDfever:
“Shame he didn't hire anyone to crop out the last 40 minutes of Django Unchained. Christ, that went on!”

I don't think Django Unchained went on as much as Inglourous Basterds. Although Inglourious got better on a rewatch...
mike65
12-10-2013
• Fistful of Dollars [Per un Pugno di Dollari] (C5)

Shown 16:9 of course this being Channel 5, so how ironic that the first Wonga bookend featured a reference to 2.35:1 widescreen!
DVDfever
13-10-2013
Originally Posted by Braindead2011:
“The problem with Reservoir Dogs now is that the majority of TV screens in the western world are 16:9 and people STILL DON'T like black bars on their TV set and that means a panned scanned widescreen print or a zoomed/cropped full screen version has to come into play. I don't think Tarantino oversaw the creation of this new compromised version.”

Ta for the info. I'm sure I once saw the 16:9 version on C4 before they sorted out their widescreen film policy, and it looked dreadful as it was cropped from 2.35:1.

Originally Posted by theonlyweeman:
“I don't think Django Unchained went on as much as Inglourous Basterds. Although Inglourious got better on a rewatch...”

IB is much better in my view. It does go on a bit in places, but still holds together. 8/10 from me for that one, whereas Django was 4/10 - some great scenes, but just went on and on and Tarantino was up his own arse as the film progressed, like when Django asks the ladies to say goodbye to the lady of the house (I won't spoil what happens, but it was stupid and unnecessary)
Libretio
13-10-2013
Originally Posted by mike65:
“• Fistful of Dollars [Per un Pugno di Dollari] (C5)

Shown 16:9 of course this being Channel 5, so how ironic that the first Wonga bookend featured a reference to 2.35:1 widescreen!”

Yes, the brow-slapping irony of that Wonga bookend hadn't escaped my notice, either...
Libretio
18-10-2013
(Unless otherwise indicated, all films in the following list were projected at 2.35:1 prior to 1971, and at 2.39:1 thereafter)

* = May not be screened in all areas (check your local listings).

Scope and 3-D movies across the Freeview platform for the coming week (19 - 25 October):


Saturday (19 October)

• 1941 (Movie Mix)
• Casino (ITV 4)
• Die Hard (C4)
• Frost/Nixon (BBC 2)
• Hostel Part II (5*)
• Loch Ness (5*)
• Midway (ITV 4)
• Moulin Rouge! (Movie Mix)
• Never Been Kissed (E4)
• Operation Crossbow (C5)
• Pale Rider (C5)
• Runaway Jury (More 4)
• Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (ITV 1)
• Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (ITV 4)
• Tobruk (More 4)
• Tora! Tora! Tora! (Film 4)
• The Way Back (C4)


Sunday (20 October)

• Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (C4)
• Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (C5) [3-D]
• Glory Road (BBC 2)
• Gun for a Coward (5 USA)
• Gunmen (Movie Mix)
• Journey to the Center of the Earth (C4) [3-D] [1.85:1]
• King Kong (Film 4)
• The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (C5)
• The Rock (C5)
• Serenity (ITV 4)
• Terminator: Salvation (Film 4)
• Twister (ITV 2)
• X-Men (Film 4)


Monday (21 October)

• Black Knight (Film 4)
• The Bourne Supremacy (ITV 2)
• Chaos (C5)
• The Comancheros (Film 4)
• The Final Destination (Film 4) [3-D]
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith (5*)
• The Tall Stranger (Film 4)
• The Violent Men (C4) [2.55:1]


Tuesday (22 October)

• The Gauntlet (ITV 4)
• Little Buddha (Movie Mix) [scope and Arri 765]
• Moulin Rouge! (Movie Mix)
• The Prince and the Pauper (Film 4)
• Stargate (5*)
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Film 4)


Wednesday (23 October)

• 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (E4)
• Clear and Present Danger (Film 4)
• Conan the Barbarian (5*) [3-D]
• Is Anybody There? (BBC 1)
• When Eight Bells Toll (Film 4)


Thursday (24 October)

• Demolition Man (ITV 4)
• Everything Must Go (Film 4)
• Huge (Film 4)
• Law Abiding Citizen (Film 4)
• Lethal Weapon 3 (5*)
• Tears of the Sun (Movie Mix)
• Tora! Tora! Tora! (Film 4)
• The Virgin Queen (More 4) [2.55:1]
• X-Men (Film 4)


Friday (25 October)

• Basic Instinct (ITV 1)*
• The Bourne Supremacy (ITV 2)
• Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (Dave)
• The Final Destination (Film 4) [3-D]
• The Gauntlet (ITV 4)
• Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (BBC 1)
• Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (C4)
• King Kong (Film 4)
• Little Buddha (Movie Mix) [scope and Arri 765]
• Moulin Rouge! (Movie Mix)
• Never Been Kissed (E4)
• The Sons of Katie Elder (Film 4)
• Terminator: Salvation (Film 4)
• Tobruk (More 4)
• A Town Called Panic [Panique au Village] (Film 4)
• Zulu (Film 4) [Super Technirama 70] [2.21:1]
Libretio
19-10-2013
Nice to see EARTHQUAKE finally getting its OAR terrestrial 'premiere' on Film 4 the other day (they have the 1976 version of KING KONG in the coming week, which - if it's OAR - will be the first time that's been shown properly as well). And SUPERMAN IV: THE QUEST FOR PEACE has also been screening OAR on ITV 4.

But not the 'biggie', ANGELS & DEMONS, which was resolutely 16:9, typical of the films provided to C5 by Sony TV.
Grabid Rannies
19-10-2013
Is it even worth wondering whether C4 left Earthquake intact for a daytime screening? There are quite a few bastards, bitches and shits bandied around, as well as the sights of some of the bloodier by-products of the earth-moving mayhem.
Seymour Cat
19-10-2013
Poltergeist was cropped again on BBC1 last night
Libretio
20-10-2013
Originally Posted by Grabid Rannies:
“Is it even worth wondering whether C4 left Earthquake intact for a daytime screening? There are quite a few bastards, bitches and shits bandied around, as well as the sights of some of the bloodier by-products of the earth-moving mayhem.”

Probably not - I'll be watching my recording of it later and will report back, if someone else doesn't beat me to it. However, THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE is regularly screened pre-watershed with all its (considerable) PG-level language intact, so there's still hope for EARTHQUAKE...
DVDfever
20-10-2013
Originally Posted by Libretio:
“Nice to see EARTHQUAKE finally getting its OAR terrestrial 'premiere' on Film 4 the other day (they have the 1976 version of KING KONG in the coming week, which - if it's OAR - will be the first time that's been shown properly as well). And SUPERMAN IV: THE QUEST FOR PEACE has also been screening OAR on ITV 4.”

Might check out King Kong, ta, and I've still not seen Superman IV before.

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“But not the 'biggie', ANGELS & DEMONS, which was resolutely 16:9, typical of the films provided to C5 by Sony TV.”

And 4 years old, now, too. This doesn't bode well for when they eventually show 2012, which is at least a year late(!)
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