rockin said:

There is an open matte hdtv version of Gladiator around somewhere. I never found it, but it was shown with screenshots on the avsforum.

So this imply that you will be happy to see a Gladiator restoration using open matte for the whole movie, or variable aspect ratio? I think it could be cool, in both cases.

bigrob said:

Add Hunger Games Catching Fire to that list as it switches from scope to re-formatted IMAX sequences throughout

done.

one i would like to see would be Apollo 13

that was opened up for the IMAX version (but shortened as well due to technology contraisnts at the time). I have disc two from the R1 DVD set that contains the IMAX version and also had a 1.78:1 HDTV rip of the full theatrical cut as well on my laptop

bigrob, thanks, you have always interesting ideas! Can you tell me (or check) if the IMAX version AR is 1.78:1 as well? The HDTV version could be integrated along with the HD-DVD 2.35:1 when (if) the former has p&s shots instead open matte...