Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

I do consider the non-anamorphic format to be a bug. Why? Because industry standard at the time was to release widescreen movies anamorphically. It shouldn't have been necessary to state that it was anamorphic; a reasonable presumption is that it would be. It's also the first thing that fan edits correct when using GOUT as a base - something LFL should have done from the start. So it is obviously for all practical purposes a bug that should have, and could at zero cost have been, fixed.

i also think it's not an issue.

just because people's expectations are implied,

doesn't mean anyone is obligated to 'assume' that

a process or product will be done to suit their needs.

is it really a zero cost issue? if the transfer

wasn't done that way originally, wouldn't

they have had to do another one?

If a DVD of Wizard of Oz came out and it turned out to be black and white, would it not be a mistake because the label didn't say "in color"? No, certain things are just presumed.

Perhaps if the disc included the label - "disclaimer: outdated crappy non-anamorphic f-ed up transfer", then there wouldn't be any bugs!

don't all movies state what formats and technical

specs they are on the back?

couldn't you tell just by looking?

studios have re-issued and re-released dvd's due to

mastering errors (back to the future - improper cropping, etc)..

i'm still not really sure why people were complaining at

the time. all i had to compare them to was a laserdisc

version. and the dvd's were superior in ease, and access

compared to those on standard def tv.

i was VERY happy with the GOUT. (well at

least until i came to OT.com) ha ha

later

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