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Originally posted by: 3RA1N1AC
i hear that... to a certain extent. people want to see whichever version is considered the "original" one, whether that means the theatrical aspect ratio or otherwise. just sayin', anchor bay's dvd is 1.85:1, it's claimed that sam raimi prefers 1.66:1, so it's not a huge discrepancy from that p.o.v. but if you consider "the real evil dead" to be 1.33:1, then yeah you've got a case for comparing it to pan & scan. it kinda depends on whether you place more stock in the theatrical aspect ratio or in the director's preferred aspect ratio (in cases where there's a difference).
I respect the rights of filmmakers to do what they want with their films, but I just think that they should do it before we see it and not after. Don't give me something and then take it away. If a filmmaker is going to change something after the fact it should at least be adding something to the film, not taking away from it. This is the very same reason that after I purchased the Evil Dead: Book of the Dead DVD I went out and bought a copy of the Elite release so that I could have the film in its original presentation as well.