Originally posted by: pittrek
Yes, I thought it's a common fact, that JC prefers the fullscreen versions of his movies ...

That's ridiculous. He's one of the few directors that hasn't allowed a single film of theirs on DVD in anything but widescreen. Now, he did OK fullscreen versions for TV and VHS (with his full supervision), but that's just not true. Besides, 16x9 is the current norm, so he wouldn't prefer 4x3 fullscreen versions anymore. Maybe 16x9 unmatted versions (which wouldn't affect The Terminator or Aliens), but keep in mind that the best that can be compromised without cropping the sides would be 2:1. It's just a compromise in the laserdisc era when everything was low resolution (which is why Kubrick was fine with keeping mattes off on his films back in 1991 when he made his last approvals for video transfers).