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Might be a bit OT but what are more4 doing this evening? The Untouchables is in what looks to be almost the original aspect, but with (at least) the top and bottom scanlines wrapped over (sort of like an old CRT with field collapse) and the bottom leg of the 4 from the more 4 DOG visible in the top corner. Proper weird, and technically crap which I guess is the point of this thread.
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Might be a bit OT but what are more4 doing this evening? The Untouchables is in what looks to be almost the original aspect, but with (at least) the top and bottom scanlines wrapped over (sort of like an old CRT with field collapse) and the bottom leg of the 4 from the more 4 DOG visible in the top corner. Proper weird, and technically crap which I guess is the point of this thread.
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Perhaps that's just what it was. 2.35:1 broadcast 16:9 with the dog in the same place. They should turn it off though no?
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Perhaps that's just what it was. 2.35:1 broadcast 16:9 with the dog in the same place. They should turn it off though no?
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More4 and E4 never do.
Presumably somebody is listening to complaints. Just a bit more to go now and it will be perfect!
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E4's DOG is too far in from the left still, it would be nice if they moved it right into the corner like for More 4 and made it the same colour. Don't get me started on 4 Music's DOG...!
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Certainly E4 HD's DOG should be smaller and more to the left, it's too big for an HD channel.
The E4 DOG has always been in the very left corner, no point in complaining about that. |
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2.35:1 movies across the Freeview platform for the coming week (29 October - 4 November):
Saturday (29 October) • 3:10 TO YUMA (5 USA) • AIR AMERICA (ITV 3) • BRANNIGAN (C5) • THE BRAVADOS (Film 4) • BYE BYE BIRDIE (BBC 2) • CONSTANTINE (ITV 1) • CONTACT (5 USA) • FISTFUL OF DOLLARS [Per un Pugno di Dollari] (C5) • FRIDAY THE 13th (C4) • THE GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST (C4) • GUN FOR A COWARD (C5) • HALLOWEEN (BBC 2) • HITMAN (Film 4) • LESBIAN VAMPIRE KILLERS (BBC 3) • MISSION TO MARS (5 USA) • MOONRAKER (ITV 4) • PREMONITION (More 4) • RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II (ITV 4) • RAMBO III (ITV 4) • RUSH HOUR 3 (Film 4) • STORMBREAKER (Film 4) • TAXI (Film 4) • THE THIEF LORD (ITV 2) • THOSE MAGNIFICENT MEN IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES OR HOW I FLEW FROM LONDON TO PARIS IN 25 HOURS 11 MINUTES (Film 4) [Todd-AO (2.21:1)] • ZOOLANDER (E4) Sunday (30 October) • THE 51st STATE (Film 4) • CUTTHROAT ISLAND (Film 4) • DAY OF THE EVIL GUN (Film 4) • HOSTAGE (Film 4) • KISS OF THE DRAGON (C5) • MISS POTTER (BBC 2) • THE NEGOTIATOR (Film 4) • NIM'S ISLAND (BBC 2) • THE ODESSA FILE (5 USA) • SMART PEOPLE (BBC 1) • UNFORGIVEN (ITV 4) • X-MEN (E4) Monday (Halloween) • BEOWULF (5*) [3-D] • HALLOWEEN: RESURRECTION (BBC 2) • IN HER SHOES (Film 4) • KING KONG (ITV 2) • RAMBO III (ITV 4) • STAR TREK VI: THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY (Film 4) Tuesday (1 November) • DISTRICT 13: ULTIMATUM [Banlieue 13: Ultimatum] (Film 4) • FLATLINERS (C5) • MONSTER-IN-LAW (Film 4) • NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (Film 4) • TANGO & CASH (ITV 4) • UNDISPUTED (5 USA) Wednesday (2 November) • 300 (5 USA) • FANTASTIC FOUR (E4) • LESBIAN VAMPIRE KILLERS (BBC 3) • PAYBACK (ITV 2) • RUSH HOUR 3 (Film 4) • SADDLE THE WIND (More 4) • THE TALL MEN (Film 4) [CinemaScope (2.55:1)] • UNFORGIVEN (ITV 4) Thursday (3 November) • BONNEVILLE (5 USA) • CUTTHROAT ISLAND (Film 4) • HOSTAGE (Film 4) • ICE STATION ZEBRA (Film 4) [Super Panavision 70 (2.21:1)] • THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND (Film 4) • NONE BUT THE BRAVE (More 4) • ZULU (Film 4) [Super Technirama 70 (2.21:1)] Friday (4 November) • BEOWULF (5*) [3-D] • THE BRAVADOS (Film 4) • FOR YOUR EYES ONLY (ITV 4) • THE LONGEST YARD (5 USA) • THE NEGOTIATOR (Film 4) • RUMBLE IN THE BRONX [紅番區] (BBC 1) • THE THIN RED LINE (More 4) |
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Space Cowboys on ITV 4 at the mo is showing in it's original ratio.Be good if Moonraker after gets the same treatment but I very much doubt it will
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It didn't, why though?
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Space Cowboys on ITV 4 at the mo is showing in it's original ratio.Be good if Moonraker after gets the same treatment but I very much doubt it will
More OAR goodness on other channels this morning - BYE BYE BIRDIE on BBC 2, and THE THIEF LORD on ITV 2. Good times. |
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By the way, Dar, are you sure it was SPACE COWBOYS on ITV 4 this morning and not MISSION TO MARS? It's the latter title that was scheduled for broadcast on that channel today, and has been screened OAR a number of times before.
Easy to see how they might get confused, though. |
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It was definately Space Cowboys,seen both before and it was on last night,don't know what was on this morning as working.
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Does anybody know why Channel Four show their films squeezed on freeview, no matter how hard I fiddle about with the DVR and TV settings I can't get a decent letterbox image for films shot in cinemascope but everything seems fine on Channel 4 plus one Does anybody know if Movies4Men actually show their films in the correct OAR or are they over scanned full screen versions matted to fit a 16:9 broadcast. |
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Does anybody know why Channel Four show their films squeezed on freeview, no matter how hard I fiddle about with the DVR and TV settings I can't get a decent letterbox image for films shot in cinemascope but everything seems fine on Channel 4 plus one.
I can only ask: Are you absolutely certain all your equipment is set to '16:9' (or 'full' or the nearest equivalent)? |
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As usual at this time of the year, the BBC insisted on screening their pathetically cropped version of HALLOWEEN. If there's one film that really needs to be seen at its full Panavision dimensions, it's this one.
Pity the poor fools who 'saw' it for the first time on BBC 2 last night and thought they'd gotten The Real Deal... |
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As usual at this time of the year, the BBC insisted on screening their pathetically cropped version of HALLOWEEN. If there's one film that really needs to be seen at its full Panavision dimensions, it's this one.
Pity the poor fools who 'saw' it for the first time on BBC 2 last night and thought they'd gotten The Real Deal... |
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By the way, wasn't LESBIAN VAMPIRE KILLERS screened OAR the other night. I caught the opening credits but nothing afterwards. Could anyone out there confirm one way or t'other?
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By the way, wasn't LESBIAN VAMPIRE KILLERS screened OAR the other night. I caught the opening credits but nothing afterwards. Could anyone out there confirm one way or t'other?
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It was,I turned over 20 mins in and kicked myself for missing it but will watch the Wednesday night repeat
Kicked yourself for missing it, eh? Wouldn't have anything to do with the word 'Lesbian' in the title, would it?... ![]()
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I see VIVA broadcast Blade in 2.35:1 the other night.
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I see VIVA broadcast Blade in 2.35:1 the other night.
True to the trailers, the first episode of TOP BOY went out framed at 2.35:1 on C4 last night. Online reports confirm it was shot with HD cameras. It will probably be edited into a feature-length version for theatrical release in non-domestic markets, which isn't unusual for one-off, multi-episode TV dramas these days (recent French film CARLOS developed from the very same TV background, shooting 2-perf 35mm for TV and theatrical release). |
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Following on from my recent post concerning UK DVD versions of SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE and THE WARRIOR'S PATH, both from Momentum, the same company has been at it again:
I rented New Zealand horror THE DEVIL'S ROCK yesterday, and it was cropped from 2.39:1 to 1.78:1, despite the fact the film is clearly framed at 2.39:1 on the cameras which we see being employed on-set during the accompanying 'Making of' documentary. I'm beginning to wonder if Momentum has a policy of supplying cropped editions of such films wherever possible, and if there's an e-mail contact address, I'll be writing to them forthwith to ask about this very thing. Watch this space. |
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Now that they're broadcasting in 16:9, could you confirm it was a 'proper' 16:9 version, with the 2.39:1 image letterboxed within the 1.78:1 frame? Ta.
True to the trailers, the first episode of TOP BOY went out framed at 2.35:1 on C4 last night. Online reports confirm it was shot with HD cameras. It will probably be edited into a feature-length version for theatrical release in non-domestic markets, which isn't unusual for one-off, multi-episode TV dramas these days (recent French film CARLOS developed from the very same TV background, shooting 2-perf 35mm for TV and theatrical release). |
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