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I don't know what all the fuss is about. I just adjust my TV to whatever suits the film/TV show, whatever.
I find that you 'adjust' to black lines above & below the picture anyway after a few minutes. It's all psychological methinks ![]()
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Thursday (12 May)
• 300 (5 USA) • BATTLE FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES (Film 4) • BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES (Film 4) • COACH CARTER (Film 4) • CONQUEST OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (Film 4) • DOLORES CLAIBORNE (ITV 3) • HUSH (Film 4) • THE ISLAND (ITV 2) • SERENITY (ITV 4) Also a good example of the theatrical version being a long way from the definitive version, although not from a ratio POV |
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Is Predator (on Film4 now) in its OAR?
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Is Predator (on Film4 now) in its OAR?
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Is Predator (on Film4 now) in its OAR?
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Yes (1.85:1).
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Annoying - ITV3 are airing a pan-and-scan 4:3 cut of Fiddler...
Good thing I have the DVD... |
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Annoying - ITV3 are airing a pan-and-scan 4:3 cut of Fiddler...
Good thing I have the DVD... |
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There is a Biopic of Gary Glitter?
I went in at Tevye's massive tantrum re Motel's sewing machine. |
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Annoying - ITV3 are airing a pan-and-scan 4:3 cut of Fiddler...
Good thing I have the DVD... I'm also assuming BBC 2 ran a scope version of THE RED BARON, which is how it was screened when it premiered on the same channel last year. Annoyingly, this 12-cert movie has been scheduled before the watershed on both occasions, so gawd knows what (if anything) was edited from the film... |
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Just watched the Joneses on sky movies and noticed they were showing it in 16:9, different from the OAR of 2.35:1. Quickly compared with the trailer and it was opened up at the top and bottom, must have been shot on super35. Unusual for sky as everything is usually in OAR and uncut.
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Will Shawshank onITV1 tonight be in it's OAR I'm assuming it will be in HD for ITV HD
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Long time lurker, first time poster - although I used to frequent Libretio's posts on the old Film Four forums!
Good to see BBC4 screened Jar City in 2.35:1, since the UK DVD was opened up to 1.85:1. Vastly disappointed with Film4's screening of Amelie last week during their Films for Life season - edited for a pre-watershed screening, shocking treatment for a much-loved film during a season supposedly celebrating the joys of cinema! |
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If it's any consolation, BBC 4 ran a 2.35:1 version of JAR CITY, whilst ITV 3 ran a similarly scope version of DOLORES CLAIBORNE.
I'm also assuming BBC 2 ran a scope version of THE RED BARON, which is how it was screened when it premiered on the same channel last year. Annoyingly, this 12-cert movie has been scheduled before the watershed on both occasions, so gawd knows what (if anything) was edited from the film... Quote:
Will Shawshank onITV1 tonight be in it's OAR I'm assuming it will be in HD for ITV HD
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Long time lurker, first time poster - although I used to frequent Libretio's posts on the old Film Four forums!
Good to see BBC4 screened Jar City in 2.35:1, since the UK DVD was opened up to 1.85:1. Vastly disappointed with Film4's screening of Amelie last week during their Films for Life season - edited for a pre-watershed screening, shocking treatment for a much-loved film during a season supposedly celebrating the joys of cinema! I'll bet there was no warning about the editing of AMÉLIE before the broadcast? Back in the early 80's, when Channel 4 first started, this kind of thing would have been beyond the pale for those running the station, where 'censorship' was a dirty word (we can thank C4 for the gradual 'opening up' of the broadcast airwaves, since they pioneered the screening of uncut material - whether films or imported TV shows - right from the very beginning). I recall their announcer making a big thing of the censor cuts imposed on them when they premiered SCUM and A BIGGER SPLASH, both of which were later screened completely uncut. Nowadays, anything goes, and who cares if the punters don't notice?... Quote:
Just watched the Joneses on sky movies and noticed they were showing it in 16:9, different from the OAR of 2.35:1. Quickly compared with the trailer and it was opened up at the top and bottom, must have been shot on super35. Unusual for sky as everything is usually in OAR and uncut.
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Monte Carlo or Bust on Film4 again next week.
The film was released on US dvd a couple of years ago and just this week has appeared on a US Bluray double billed with Houdini . But before the official dvd I tried to do one myself only to find that Film4 showed it cropped to 16:9. Have they changed to the correct 2.35:1 since starting to show the HD version? |
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Hopefully not. I prefer the 16:9 crop as it fills much more of my screen.
I much prefer to see the film as it was 'composed' - nothing worse than seeing two noses (left & right) talking. But since there also seems to be the habit of channels showing a film more than once in a week - I think they could show is in both modes on different nights. Then I can start saving for a Philips 21:9 HDTV ![]() Cheers, daveac |
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Hopefully not. I prefer the 16:9 crop as it fills much more of my screen.
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Monte Carlo or Bust on Film4 again next week.
The film was released on US dvd a couple of years ago and just this week has appeared on a US Bluray double billed with Houdini . But before the official dvd I tried to do one myself only to find that Film4 showed it cropped to 16:9. Have they changed to the correct 2.35:1 since starting to show the HD version? |
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2.35:1 movies across the Freeview platform next week (14 - 20 May):
The rental DVD version of BLACK SHEEP is cropped/altered to 1.78:1, so it's unlikely we'll be seeing a 2.35:1 version on BBC 1 next week. I haven't been able to find out if the retail DVD is similarly cropped, but I'm hoping someone out there can confirm one way or the other. And anyone hoping for a 2.35:1 version of DRAGOON WELLS MASSACRE on Channel 4 will be waiting in vain if the Radio Times listing is anything to go by. There's no '(HD)' or even '(W)' notation for the film, so it looks like we'll be getting the same cropped 1.33:1 version we've been getting for many years. It may be an obscure oldie, but it deserves more respect than this, surely?... Saturday (14 May) • APOLLO 13 (ITV 2) • BATTLE CRY (BBC 2) • BLACK SHEEP (BBC 1) • BLOOD DIAMOND (BBC 2) • THE BRAVADOS (More 4) • THE COOLER (C4) • THE ENFORCER (ITV 1) • FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE (5 USA) • THE GREEN BERETS (Channel 5) • MAJOR DUNDEE (Channel 5) • MULTIPLICITY (5 USA) • TELL NO ONE [Ne le Dis à Personne] (BBC 4) Sunday (15 May) • APOLLO 13 (ITV 2) • BLACK KNIGHT (E4) • THE BUSINESS (C4) • DIE HARD 4.0 [Live Free or Die Hard] (C4) • DON'T SAY A WORD (Film 4) • FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE (5 USA) • KULL THE CONQUEROR (ITV 4) • McLINTOCK! (BBC 2) • PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (BBC 1) • PLANET OF THE APES (Film 4) • PRACTICAL MAGIC (Channel 5) • THE SPY WHO LOVED ME (ITV 1) • SUMMER HOLIDAY (ITV 3) Monday (16 May) • THE BONE COLLECTOR (5 Star) • BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY (ITV 2) • THE COMANCHEROS (Film 4) • THE CONQUEROR (More 4) [2.55:1] • MONTE CARLO OR BUST! (Film 4) • THE PROPOSITION (Film 4) • THE SQUARE (Film 4) Tuesday (17 May) • BOYS ON THE SIDE (Film 4) • BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON (ITV 2) • EVER AFTER (Film 4) • THE PELICAN BRIEF (ITV 1) • WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS... (Film 4) Wednesday (18 May) • AGAINST THE ROPES (C4) • CELLULAR (Film 4) • COACH CARTER (Film 4) • HELLO, DOLLY! (ITV 1) [2.21:1] • THE ISLAND (ITV 2) • LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER (BBC 3) • NINE MONTHS (E4) • WARLOCK (More 4) Thursday (19 May) • INSIDE I'M DANCING (ITV 3) • THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (Film 4) • THE SHERIFF OF FRACTURED JAW (C4) Friday (20 May) • THE BRAVADOS (More 4) • CHANGING LANES (More 4) • DON'T SAY A WORD (Film 4) • DRAGOON WELLS MASSACRE (C4) • ERASER (5 USA) • GHOSTBUSTERS II (5 Star) • KISS THEM FOR ME (Film 4) • MARS ATTACKS! (ITV 4) • THE WAVE [Die Welle] (BBC 2) |
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An Education...
...was shown at 8:30pm this evening on BBC2 in 2.35:1.
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[AN EDUCATION] ...was shown at 8:30pm this evening on BBC2 in 2.35:1.
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As if to make up for it, THE BEST MAN (which I somehow managed to omit from last week's listings) was cropped to hell and back on BBC 1. Who on earth is making these decisions on a film-by-film basis?
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DVDFever, I just sent you a PM.
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As if to make up for it, THE BEST MAN (which I somehow managed to omit from last week's listings) was cropped to hell and back on BBC 1. Who on earth is making these decisions on a film-by-film basis?
To be fair the decision seems quite recent in that it was only late last year when it started and there is likely to be huge number of films left with contracts from earlier than that which may well have several years left to run so we're likely to see cropped movies for a very long time yet as the BBC won't be paying for new copies of films they already have unless they are interested in getting HD copies to replace an sd version which I would say they would not bother with on many , if any existing films |
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Blood Diamond...
...on BBC2 now in 2.35:1.
Also: Tell No One on BBC4 in 2.35:1 (DOG free) |
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Chances are that films not in the correct ratio are simply old copies of films still running on a contract made before the decision to screen 2.35:1 films.
To be fair the decision seems quite recent in that it was only late last year when it started and there is likely to be huge number of films left with contracts from earlier than that which may well have several years left to run so we're likely to see cropped movies for a very long time yet as the BBC won't be paying for new copies of films they already have unless they are interested in getting HD copies to replace an sd version which I would say they would not bother with on many , if any existing films Quote:
...on BBC2 now in 2.35:1.
Also: Tell No One on BBC4 in 2.35:1 (DOG free) |
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