Gee, I guess I overlooked Star Trek.... (nm)

Posted by Shawnkara from spider-wn042.proxy.aol.com on February 18, 2001 at 06:45:25:

In Reply to: "Let me tell you something" has no clue. posted by California Smith on February 17, 2001 at 10:28:03:

: : : : Which is better? Indy with a full screen...or widescreen. I have been watching the full screens my whole life. I bought the trilogy on normal a year ago, but should I buy widescreen too? Is it worth it? Thanks.

: : : It's an over rated joke. I have both versions of 'Titanic'. It's said that standard crops the sides of the screen. But most people don't realize that widescreen crops the top and bottom. In one scene in 'Titanic' a character is holding a wine glass. In the standard version the entire glass is visible. In the widescreen the glass is cropped just below the rim. Since this revelation I have examined both versions of several films. Most films are nothing but cropped versions of the stanard format. I do not have the widescreen versions of the Indy films. But seeing as how Lucas doesn't give a crap about anything but 'Star Wars' I doublt any attention was given to bringing us the best possible versions of the Indy films.

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: This person doesn't know what they are talking about. The comment about Cameron's films is right on. Cameron is one of the FEW who composes his shots like this. 99% of other movies you are missing A LOT from the side. I can't stand people who spout off without doing any research or any facts. Drives me crazy. You lose shots of characters reacting unless you see the widescreen version. A good lesson on this is in the Directors cut of Star TrekIV. Leonard Nimoy actually demonstrates with a side by side comparison. In future,make sure of your facts before you spout off and look ignorant.

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: : : : : Which is better? Indy with a full screen...or widescreen. I have been watching the full screens my whole life. I bought the trilogy on normal a year ago, but should I buy widescreen too? Is it worth it? Thanks.

: : : : It's an over rated joke. I have both versions of 'Titanic'. It's said that standard crops the sides of the screen. But most people don't realize that widescreen crops the top and bottom. In one scene in 'Titanic' a character is holding a wine glass. In the standard version the entire glass is visible. In the widescreen the glass is cropped just below the rim. Since this revelation I have examined both versions of several films. Most films are nothing but cropped versions of the stanard format. I do not have the widescreen versions of the Indy films. But seeing as how Lucas doesn't give a crap about anything but 'Star Wars' I doublt any attention was given to bringing us the best possible versions of the Indy films.

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: : This person doesn't know what they are talking about. The comment about Cameron's films is right on. Cameron is one of the FEW who composes his shots like this. 99% of other movies you are missing A LOT from the side. I can't stand people who spout off without doing any research or any facts. Drives me crazy. You lose shots of characters reacting unless you see the widescreen version. A good lesson on this is in the Directors cut of Star TrekIV. Leonard Nimoy actually demonstrates with a side by side comparison. In future,make sure of your facts before you spout off and look ignorant.

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