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Widescreen (Finally) Winning

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the film-fans-rejoice dept.

Yort writes "There's a little blurb over at the IMDB about customers at Blockbuster now generally preferring the widescreen, or letterbox, format over full-screen. This after Blockbuster tried to only stock full screen versions of movies a few years ago. I guess now the wife will have to let me buy that new widescreen TV, right?"

2 of 519 comments (clear)

  1. Re:It is a superior format by mwolff · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I saw a short clip on letterbox vs. full on Turner Classic movies. I was shocked at how much was lost when it was converted from the original format to the full screen format. Entire characters would disappear sometimes. Since then I have only watched letterbox. It is the way the director intended you to view it.

  2. This is the same Blockbuster that edits content by gad_zuki! · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Great, now I can watched widescreen NC-17 and other films edited by the studio for "family-friendly" stores like Blockbuster and Walmart because these stores will refuse to carry content they find religiously/morally questionable. The studios don't want to lose money so there goes the penis scene from Bad Lieutenant. I can't remember any others from the top of my head, but the editing is quite real.

    They need to widen their tolerance not their aspect ratios.