What is the worst widescreen to pan & scan conversion you've ever noticed?
01-20-04, 05:10 PM
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What is the worst widescreen to pan & scan conversion you've ever noticed?
I'm dying to get other opinions of bad widescreen to pan & scan movies. The worst one I saw was Real Genius and blessed the day it finally was released on DVD in widescreen. I noticed Heat also looked pretty bad when I watched it last night on HBO. The Great Escape was also another one.
What's the worst noticable pan & scan movie you've ever seen? (I could care less if the movie was good or not)
What's the worst noticable pan & scan movie you've ever seen? (I could care less if the movie was good or not)
01-20-04, 07:38 PM
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The Fan. I watched it on some movie channel years ago. The Pan and Scan movements were so quick, I'd never seen more artificial looking pans. It literally looked like the transfer was done by some guy in a movie theater with a camcorder.
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Pulp Fiction
The entire conversation between Jules and Vincent in the cafe is ruined with pans and cuts.
Ghostbusters
Winston's barely in it already... we need to cut him out MORE?
The entire conversation between Jules and Vincent in the cafe is ruined with pans and cuts.
Ghostbusters
Winston's barely in it already... we need to cut him out MORE?
01-20-04, 08:16 PM
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Any film by Ridley or Tony Scott are a pain to watch when they air on television.
You might as well be sitting in the front row at a movie theater.
You might as well be sitting in the front row at a movie theater.
01-20-04, 08:39 PM
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Any Star Wars film.
01-20-04, 08:50 PM
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Originally posted by muggins
Multiplicity. I can't stand that movie in P&S.
Multiplicity. I can't stand that movie in P&S.
VHS (pre dvd) and it was the last money I ever spent on a Pan
and scam presentation.
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01-20-04, 10:54 PM
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Originally posted by RyoHazuki
Isnt that a Groucho quote?
Isnt that a Groucho quote?
01-20-04, 10:54 PM
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Originally posted by BigPete
A League of Their Own will give even the strongest of stomachs a tinge of vertigo.
A League of Their Own will give even the strongest of stomachs a tinge of vertigo.
01-20-04, 11:01 PM
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Originally posted by RyoHazuki
Isnt that a Groucho quote?
Isnt that a Groucho quote?
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Hmm... League of Their Own, Ghostbusters, Multiplicity, The Fan, The Cable Guy. All Columbia/Tristar movies. I noticed years ago how awful their pan and scan jobs were.
Whereas other studios at least try to make it look halfway decent, they just constantly pan back and forth to whoever's talking instead of making an actual cut.
Whereas other studios at least try to make it look halfway decent, they just constantly pan back and forth to whoever's talking instead of making an actual cut.
