Ever buy Full Screen because of price?
12-08-06 | 08:56 AM
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Yes. Grabbed Eyes Wide Shut out of the $5.50 bin at WalMart......but Kubrick's movies are a whole other thread!
12-08-06 | 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Drexl
BTW, why wasn't the widescreen version that cheap at Target?
12-08-06 | 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by roger_d
FUCK YOU shit head. You got nothing better to say, don't you piece of shit.
12-08-06 | 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by roger_d
You got nothing better to eat, don't you piece of shit.
I have exactly one MAR disc in my collection, the old Total Movie bundled release of omaha (the movie). It's a shame, too, because the master that director Mirvish provided them was letterboxed. At least it was "free," so to speak.
12-08-06 | 01:45 PM
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Never. I received a full screen copy of Minority Report for a gift a few years ago. I didn't realize it until after I opened it. I threw it in the trash, waited a year for it to go on sale cheap, and bought the widescreen version. There are a *couple* of full-screen discs in my collection because there was/is no widescreen available. But 99% of the time, if full-screen is the only thing available, I wait. I waited five years for Ace Ventura, even though it is one of my favorite movies. I think the steak/dog shit is a perfect analogy.
12-08-06 | 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by starman9000
I got Can't Buy Me Love and Grumpy Old Men in fullscreen...but I believe that's the only way to get them. (I didn't know they were fullscreen when I got them, but I didn't get rid of them due to this being there only presentation)
Off topic, but have they started releasing "fullscreen" titles in 16:9 yet? Like titles that have an OAR of 2.35:1?
I wonder if this is a trend that will start.
Off topic, but have they started releasing "fullscreen" titles in 16:9 yet? Like titles that have an OAR of 2.35:1?
I wonder if this is a trend that will start.
12-08-06 | 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Rypro 525
thats actually a 2:35 movie, and is heavily cropped full frame wise (I've seen bits and pieces on cinemax)
12-08-06 | 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted by scott1598
yeah, i am not talking about movies that are only in Full Screen like CBML which i have as well as a few others, i meant actually buy over the WS as a conscious choice.
Yeah, I figured that....but I did only buy them because they were cheap as well as being the only format available.
12-08-06 | 05:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike Adams
I would not buy because of price,
I would not buy if it was nice,
I would not buy it for my niece,
I would not buy it with some geese.
I would not, COULD not, ever buy fullscreen!
I would not buy if it was nice,
I would not buy it for my niece,
I would not buy it with some geese.
I would not, COULD not, ever buy fullscreen!
12-08-06 | 06:31 PM
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Never bought VHS just cause it was cheaper either.
12-08-06 | 08:35 PM
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I bought FS Last Action Hero because it was cheap and I couldnt find the WS version. I regret so much since it does that pan and scan crap which makes it virtually unwatchable. I dont put it in my collection as it is in my basement. Then later, I found out the other version has both full and widescreen so it makes me wonder why they even made that FS only version.
12-09-06 | 01:21 AM
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Originally Posted by scott1598
wow, that's funny i didn't mention it. It is "Wedding Crashers" (Uncorked). i mean this isn't a movie that is enhanced by the dvd experience and going to ever be reference quality, so...
ps) i promise i will never ever do it again.
ps) i promise i will never ever do it again.
12-09-06 | 05:16 AM
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Originally Posted by ytrez
Did you ever want to eat filet mignon but found that dog shit was free, so ate the dog shit?
NO. NEVER. EVER.
NO. NEVER. EVER.
That said, other than OAR and questionables like Kubrick, the only FS DVD's I have in my entire collection are "Creature" and "Nemesis," two awesome/terrible sci-fi movies that are't available in WS and most likely never will be. Availablity is my only reason for choosing FS, never the price.