Kojak: the Complete Movie Collection

Fang Shih-yu · 01-22-12, 03:21 PM

Another good review from Paul Mavis. However, what happened the first three Kojak movies are presented in their proper screen ratios, but the other ones have been cropped?

Didn't people learn from the Route 66 DVD set debacle this isn't what classic TV purists what? Unless the Kojak movies in question were actually filmed wide and the pictures were cropped for pre-HDTV broadcast, they all need to be 1.33:1. The new "wide" versions may play well (as I've noticed with more than a few old programs visually trimmed for HD, like Hogan's Heroes), but the complete visual experience on those later movies has been compromised with no rational justification whatsoever. If Universal is solely to blame for this action, then let's hold no grudge against Shout, who had to work with whatever Universal gave them.

Let the buyer beware...again.

Paul Mavis · 02-12-12, 01:42 PM

Just saw this (because we don't get notified anymore about these posts).

I don't think these are cropped; the framing looks absolutely correct, so I'd say they were shot in the widescreen ratio (many of these Kojak movies were shown overseas as theatrical releases, so that would make sense).

01-22-12, 03:21 PM	#1
Fang Shih-yu New Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Fishers, IN Posts: 13	Kojak: the Complete Movie Collection Another good review from Paul Mavis. However, what happened the first three Kojak movies are presented in their proper screen ratios, but the other ones have been cropped? Didn't people learn from the Route 66 DVD set debacle this isn't what classic TV purists what? Unless the Kojak movies in question were actually filmed wide and the pictures were cropped for pre-HDTV broadcast, they all need to be 1.33:1. The new "wide" versions may play well (as I've noticed with more than a few old programs visually trimmed for HD, like Hogan's Heroes), but the complete visual experience on those later movies has been compromised with no rational justification whatsoever. If Universal is solely to blame for this action, then let's hold no grudge against Shout, who had to work with whatever Universal gave them. Let the buyer beware...again.

02-12-12, 01:42 PM	#2
Paul Mavis DVD Talk Reviewer Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,053	Re: Kojak: the Complete Movie Collection Just saw this (because we don't get notified anymore about these posts). I don't think these are cropped; the framing looks absolutely correct, so I'd say they were shot in the widescreen ratio (many of these Kojak movies were shown overseas as theatrical releases, so that would make sense). __________________ Paul Mavis DVDTalk Staff Reviewer Online Film Critics Society Member