CDWOW vouchers, promotions, news, opinions, & bargains: PART TWO!
03-03-07, 02:52 PM
#526
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Originally Posted by Jay G.
Two additional posts successfully disproves that statement. 
To be fair, that's not all you said. You also implied in your first post, and flat out stated in a reply to a post by Pizza that the Buffy "images do look as if they are composed for 1.78:1." That's a highly dubious and potentially misleading statement based on a subjective determination of what should be an objective variable: intended aspect ratio. After all, we have on record from people who actually ran the show what the intended aspect ratio was and always has been, and it's not 1.78:1.
Ah, but should aspect ratio be about what image people prefer, or what image was intended by the creators to be seen?
To me, if one is truly for OAR, the only exception that should be allowed is when the creators themselves decide to alter the aspect ratio, as has happened on some Criterion releases and such. Saying "I prefer OAR except when I like the non-OAR image better," is pretty much akin to not supporting OAR at all, since your support can change on a whim and is based on subjective personal preference.
To me, if one is truly for OAR, the only exception that should be allowed is when the creators themselves decide to alter the aspect ratio, as has happened on some Criterion releases and such. Saying "I prefer OAR except when I like the non-OAR image better," is pretty much akin to not supporting OAR at all, since your support can change on a whim and is based on subjective personal preference.
Last edited by movielib; 03-03-07 at 06:02 PM.
03-03-07, 04:18 PM
#527
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Originally Posted by movielib
Sorry, I should have said "To me, the images look as if they were composed for 1.78:1."
If you want to be like Pizza and say, "I want/prefer the WS version despite knowing it's not OAR and against the creator's intentions," then that's one thing. Your statement, however, is only one step away from a complete untruth.
03-03-07, 06:01 PM
#528
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Originally Posted by Jay G.
That's still a disingenuous statement though, since you're making an unfounded logical leap from your own subjective personal preference to a complete stranger's original intentions, a leap that's in direct contradiction to what's on record as to what those original intentions actually were.
If you want to be like Pizza and say, "I want/prefer the WS version despite knowing it's not OAR and against the creator's intentions," then that's one thing. Your statement, however, is only one step away from a complete untruth.
If you want to be like Pizza and say, "I want/prefer the WS version despite knowing it's not OAR and against the creator's intentions," then that's one thing. Your statement, however, is only one step away from a complete untruth.
I was on the OAR bandwagon from the days of the first Criterion letterboxed laserdiscs when nobody even knew what the hell I was talking about when I said "letterboxed." So you just go right on ahead and impugn my integrity and come within a hair of calling me a liar.
Now I am done.
03-05-07, 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by cine
Back to our "regular programming":
For those who are interested in MoC The Savage Innocents: it is again available at CDWow for $17.95.
For those who are interested in MoC The Savage Innocents: it is again available at CDWow for $17.95.
03-05-07, 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by vcuram
I can't get the $2 off coupon to work. It says $17.95, but it shows up as $19.95 when I add it to my cart. Any suggestions?
03-05-07, 07:11 PM
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does anyone know the code for paris je t'aime? I saw it before but now I can't find it? how about also for the movie Wo Hu (wo-hu) by any chance. thanks.
03-05-07, 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by vcuram
I can't get the $2 off coupon to work. It says $17.95, but it shows up as $19.95 when I add it to my cart. Any suggestions?
03-16-07, 10:19 AM
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Is the coupon still working? I tried the link above but it didn't take the $2 off (even when I add to the cart and deleted the Internet cookies).
03-16-07, 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by TheMovieman
Is the coupon still working? I tried the link above but it didn't take the $2 off (even when I add to the cart and deleted the Internet cookies).
03-16-07, 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by kyle
For example, Extras Season 2 (R2) shows up as $25.95 with link, $27.95 otherwise.
03-16-07, 07:25 PM
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closing... Time for PT 3
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread.php?t=495483
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread.php?t=495483
