Post #90566

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Originally posted by: Darth Simon
I understand that some films are shot in a 1.33:1 ratio with the intention of cropping the top and bottom for the theatrical release (so technically while picture is lost it is picture that the director never intended you to see)

the problem i see is then, when this movie is put into a pan and scan ratio the sides are still getting cut off of the film, just as if an anamorphic movie is done in pan and scan, correct?

so then, if they then cut off more picture onthe top and bottom to make a 'widescreen' version of it (which is the impression i got from this) then you are being royal screwed as far as how much of the movie you are not seeing (pan & scan looses picture, but then widescreen is loosing even more picture)

and this seems to be the case because I remember in Spaceballs when the princess is being threatened with a nose job and they hold up the picture of her old nose you see it. Everytime i watched my dvd (in widescreen) the nose is always cut off and im like, im sure ive seen this movie with the full nose. First that should have been scanned over to so that you see the nose because it defeats the whole point of showing the picture if you cant see the nose.

I may be incorrect about this scene, but if my memory serves me correctly this is the case and since i cant check till i get home either someone else that can check one of these titles for a similar situation (or specifically Spaceballs) or can at least remember if her old nose was ever fully shown, then im going to go under the presumption that this is the case.

-Darth Simon

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