Pirates Full & Widescreen?
12-03-03, 09:23 PM
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Pirates Full & Widescreen?
Have some money in PayPal that I would like to spend and curious if Pirates is a Fullscreen and Widescreen disc? I can only find one version at places like amazon , futureshop and they say widescreen but some ebay sales have fullscreen listed.
12-04-03, 01:30 AM
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Originally posted by GMLSKIS
Not happy about being forced to buy 2.35:1 which I hate but probably will buy anyway. They screwed up by not putting out wide and full in my opinion.
Not happy about being forced to buy 2.35:1 which I hate but probably will buy anyway. They screwed up by not putting out wide and full in my opinion.
12-04-03, 01:48 AM
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Ergyu, no, he's not joking. GMLSKIS has the distinction of being just about the only person on here who doesn't appreciate OAR as much as everyone else here.
In this case, it's not an issue worth pursuing.
In this case, it's not an issue worth pursuing.
12-04-03, 07:56 AM
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Originally posted by GMLSKIS
Not happy about being forced to buy 2.35:1 which I hate but probably will buy anyway. They screwed up by not putting out wide and full in my opinion.
Not happy about being forced to buy 2.35:1 which I hate but probably will buy anyway. They screwed up by not putting out wide and full in my opinion.
12-04-03, 11:25 AM
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On Tuesday at Best Buy there were about 5 or 6 people standing around the huge display of DVD's frantically searching for the Fullscreen version.
I didn't have the heart to tell them it was in Widescreen only (probably because I can't stand to hear people whine "I can't believe that they didn't release this DVD in Fullscreen"). I was leaving that to the extra knowledgable Best Buy employees to inform them.
A few probably ending up buying it anyway, but I'm sure a few people decided to pass because it was in it's original OAR. Sad but True.
I didn't have the heart to tell them it was in Widescreen only (probably because I can't stand to hear people whine "I can't believe that they didn't release this DVD in Fullscreen"). I was leaving that to the extra knowledgable Best Buy employees to inform them.
A few probably ending up buying it anyway, but I'm sure a few people decided to pass because it was in it's original OAR. Sad but True.
12-04-03, 11:53 AM
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Originally posted by Low RG
On Tuesday at Best Buy there were about 5 or 6 people standing around the huge display of DVD's frantically searching for the Fullscreen version.
I didn't have the heart to tell them it was in Widescreen only (probably because I can't stand to hear people whine "I can't believe that they didn't release this DVD in Fullscreen"). I was leaving that to the extra knowledgable Best Buy employees to inform them.
A few probably ending up buying it anyway, but I'm sure a few people decided to pass because it was in it's original OAR. Sad but True.
On Tuesday at Best Buy there were about 5 or 6 people standing around the huge display of DVD's frantically searching for the Fullscreen version.
I didn't have the heart to tell them it was in Widescreen only (probably because I can't stand to hear people whine "I can't believe that they didn't release this DVD in Fullscreen"). I was leaving that to the extra knowledgable Best Buy employees to inform them.
A few probably ending up buying it anyway, but I'm sure a few people decided to pass because it was in it's original OAR. Sad but True.
I saw this in the theaters in it's glorious original aspect ratio, and I can't imagine missing an inch of the action. Watch the movie people, not the bars!
12-04-03, 12:42 PM
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I've said it before and I'll say it again: those black bars are in the theaters too, folks. Movies are all sorts of aspect ratios but each screen is only one size...so...something ain't gonna fit. The big, classier theaters that are equipped for 2.35:1 usually have curtains that come in from the sides to hide the extra space for 1.85:1, etc...
12-04-03, 12:51 PM
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I've said it before and I'll say it again: those black bars are in the theaters too, folks. Movies are all sorts of aspect ratios but each screen is only one size...so...something ain't gonna fit. The big, classier theaters that are equipped for 2.35:1 usually have curtains that come in from the sides to hide the extra space for 1.85:1, etc...
I've said it before and I'll say it again: those black bars are in the theaters too, folks. Movies are all sorts of aspect ratios but each screen is only one size...so...something ain't gonna fit. The big, classier theaters that are equipped for 2.35:1 usually have curtains that come in from the sides to hide the extra space for 1.85:1, etc...
To badly paraphrase Ebert 'If you're watching the bars instead of the movie, it must not be a very good movie.'
12-04-03, 12:58 PM
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Originally posted by GMLSKIS
Not happy about being forced to buy 2.35:1 which I hate but probably will buy anyway. They screwed up by not putting out wide and full in my opinion.
Not happy about being forced to buy 2.35:1 which I hate but probably will buy anyway. They screwed up by not putting out wide and full in my opinion.
If you were joking, disregard my comment.
12-04-03, 02:37 PM
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I applaud Disney for taking a rather bold move, in this day and age of dual FF and WS releases, and only releasing this film in its original aspect ratio as it was meant to be seen.
Of course, Wal-Mart won't be thrilled when Joe and Jane Sixpack start returning the DVD because of the "defective" black bars
Of course, Wal-Mart won't be thrilled when Joe and Jane Sixpack start returning the DVD because of the "defective" black bars
Go USA!!!! Go Disney!!!