For those who DIDN'T get WideSceen LOTR... see what you're missing out.
- Thread starter nyeturo989
- Start date
Originally posted by: SSP
Pan & Scan rule!!! To hell with Wide screen!! Stupid black bars. you die now!
Viva Pan & Scan
Ah, thank you, this will make for excellent material for convincing my dad as to why widescreen is better.
how? widescreen cuts off the top and bottom of the film, and pan and scan cuts off the sides... its just what youd rather see... a wider picture or taller...
actually if you compare the images on that page, pan and scan cuts the image off horizontally, but is a taller image... in the same respect, widescreen cuts off the top and bottom and is a wider picture...
no it doesn't. nothing gets cut off. The movie was cropped to fit on a movie screen. Movie screens and TV are of different aspect ratios. In order to fit the WHOLE shot onto a TV screen it has to be shown with those "black bars" Fullscreen movies are the ones that lose more info. Pan and scan means that they will take the frame and "pan" across the frame to get to the other end of the frame to show you what was there. That doesn't happen with a widescreen version of the movie.
Just turn off the lights and you don't even see the black bars. I'd rather see the full frame as it was intended by the director instead of the Pan and Scan image.
Of course, if I didn't have a 36" direct view set, I might change my mind because the actors images get quite small with widescreen on a standard set.
OTOH.. I hate it when dvd's only come in widescreen. Especially movies like "Dude, where's my car", where it doesn't really matter what I'm missing on the sides of the frame. I'd rather have Pan and Scan or at least a choice in this instance.
Sal
Of course, if I didn't have a 36" direct view set, I might change my mind because the actors images get quite small with widescreen on a standard set.
OTOH.. I hate it when dvd's only come in widescreen. Especially movies like "Dude, where's my car", where it doesn't really matter what I'm missing on the sides of the frame. I'd rather have Pan and Scan or at least a choice in this instance.
Sal
cropped for the theater and generally shot for both tv and widescreen ratios. guess what they use it for? yes romance movies and cr@ppy dramas. its only 1.66:1... or the not so wide screen wide screen.
for example, in one of the images, look at where the elfs hair is cut off... in the pan &scan you see more of his head... in the on with the ring laying on the snow, you see farther down, and more of the sky with the pan & scan... by the way, im not saying that one is better than the other, i just noticed something and am bringing it to the attention...
kami
Lifer
- Oct 9, 1999
- 17,627
- 5
- 81
Who gives a sh!t? The importance isn't what you can see, but what the goddamn director intended you to see. When thye made the film, they framed it for 2.35:1, not 1.33:1....Andrew Lesnie didn't win an Oscar for cinematography for how he framed his shots in pan & scan.
Please, beast...don't even think about defending pan and scan at all :disgust:
Roger That Kami,
My wife preferred Pan & Scan, before she realized what Widescreen gives.
Now we're just looking for a larger screen
-Sketcher
My wife preferred Pan & Scan, before she realized what Widescreen gives.
Now we're just looking for a larger screen
-Sketcher
Widescreen (AKA Original Aspect Ratio) all the way! fullscreen is for idiots who don't know that there are better alternatives available.
TRENDING THREADS
-
Discussion Zen 5 Speculation (EPYC Turin and Strix Point/Granite Ridge - Ryzen 9000)- Started by DisEnchantment
- Replies: 25K
-
Discussion Intel Meteor, Arrow, Lunar & Panther Lakes + WCL Discussion Threads
- Started by Tigerick
- Replies: 24K
-
Discussion Intel current and future Lakes & Rapids thread- Started by TheF34RChannel
- Replies: 23K
-
-
Facebook
Twitter