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In the Bluray era I've not seen any 2.35:1 movies chopped in half , not usually even on dvd I don't think apart from one of those Mill Creek compilations and the chopped up travesties seemed to be of movies that are available properly on other releases. Their Space set included the Italian...

So you refused to buy a movie you love because the studio decided to offer an alternative to viewers who may not have had widescreen tv's at the time. That showed them then. All that achieved was you missing out on a movie you love for several years. Warner released lots of films including some...

Network release the majority of their 50's and 60's British films in 1.66 or 4x3. The Edgar Wallace Mysteries , all 47 of them are 1.66 and very good they look too , much better than previous 4x3 tv broadcasts. Perfect Friday with Stanley Baker also 1.66 . But they are now starting to list...

I got this disc quite a long time ago and it was good enough to replace the excellent Midnite Movies dvd . I was really hoping we'd see a good Blu of the follow up Vault of Horror uncut but the time that has passed suggests not. The current version airing on British tv , apparently restored by...

It's 3 years later so I would say probably no . Maybe A and E want to have their next Avengers release as Bluray like it should have been in the UK for the Emma Peel and Tara King episodes. Why not get a multi region player and buy the R2 edition?

I have the disc - I think the original source of the bonus films was not 720 - it was standard def . The existing dvd's of both look better as if they are from superior sources

Give them a break - they have to put up with being French too

They were also 1.66 on dvd from Anchor Bay . I'm sure someone somewhere may email them about this unacceptable presentation giving viewers several millimeters of image they shouldn't be able to see. Of course , switching overscan on would eliminate the issue for most . =====================...

I'm only 51 but sometimes I've forgotten what I was doing 24 hours ago. Yet some people , like Tim Lucas for example , can tell whether a current product looks the same as it did when they visited the cinema 45 years ago - amazing .

My Amazon Canada orders for The Time Machine and The Nutty Professor all still show original release dates

No disrespect intended Bob. I just gave it as an example of what could possibly happen in such a scenario. We have to wonder what happened when the Hammer bods were in discussion with SC for them to end up with so many errors

Yes but not buying them is basically cutting off your own nose to spite your face. Not buying the QX or The Brides of Dracula because the ratio is slightly wrong seems rather stupid. It may be years before these movies get a reissue and in the meantime I watch the films in HD. Who loses out ...

I definitely agree they are the exception and I even ordered COF when people were complaining about it . Same as the dvd - rubbish how can that be - I thought. After I'd looked at it I actually played the Warner dvd on one player and the Blu on the other player and switched between them. Even...

Because its likely the forums would then be filled with whingers complaining the film is in the wrong widescreen ratio. Practically every Hammer Bluray has someone complaining that the ratio is incorrect - I can see why studios perhaps can't be bothered , knowing they'll get complaints whatever...

Ludicrously priced at over £25 on Amazon - I've pre-ordered it now its dropped to around £16 (its dropped even further to £13.96 now)

Perhaps on the first viewing but as the destination was disappointing it makes a repeat run difficult to get round to. I just watched the whole of ER for the first time ever over 7 months and I'm already quite keen to watch it again. I wonder if LOST will be a forgotten series in syndication...

It looks like the release date is going to change and Amazon don't know what to. But you should be able to delete it from the saved section and pre-order it regardless

It's pedantic to point it out but all Blurays are 16:9- you don't get 4:3 Blurays. You may get a 4:3 image ( like Little House on the Prairie or Star Trek) but its pillarboxed within a 16:9 frame. DVD's were technically all 4:3 but the anamorphic enhancement was used to present 16:9 images...

Yes it's increasingly annoying to see the term anamorphic on the back of Bluray covers. Do New Line still use the R1 dvd region coding symbol on their Blurays ?

You've not seen the UK Bluray of The Curse of Frankenstein yet then? The only Bluray I've ever seen where the picture quality is no better than the dvd. The UK Blu of the original Straw Dogs comes a close second

I've not viewed the Oz disc all the way through but when I do I won't be zooming it to a ratio that might just be correct. I've seen Star Trek TOS episodes ( and other films and tv shows ) cropped for widescreen and while you can often get away with it without losing too much picture information...

Somebody made a point earlier about the inadequacies of Studio Canal and how they should employ someone like Bob. Lets assume they did. Bob is there along side the SC employess as they try to work out the ratio for QX. After the SC people have their say Bob chimes in with "It should be...

Does Bob know what ratio QX was filmed for ? Answer - no he doesn't. To counter your usual quote John , there's no more to say. Until someone can prove categorically what ratio it's in the constant whinging about the 4:3 version is pointless. If it's that important use your zoom feature albeit...

We also know it wasn't 2.35:1 , or 2.55:1 . Great . As James Coburn says to Charles Bronson in The Great Escape - "What bloody good is that". The key thing is that we keep being told we shouldn't watch QX in 4:3 . I'm more than happy to watch in widescreen but until someone finds out what ratio...

I can understand why someone may want to continue watching the Quatermass films in 4:3. The fact you ain't got a clue what ratio they were in when they first appeared means your argument is almost worthless. You keep going on about the directors intent which would be all well and good if you...

I watched every episode of Lost on Bluray . I've yet to get round to watching it again because it just doesn't seem worth the time . When it all ended my thoughts were "is that it?"

I've never been able to stomach more than 5 minutes of any episode of Friends. Similarly I've only seen clips from Seinfeld - never watched a complete episode ever

Just discovered that along with OOTU the BFI is also releasing ( at long last) The Changes . An all film series albeit 16mm this is long over due . I can finally put my dvd copies from VHS in the bin.

Would you say that a lot who gave positive feedback before the release didn't come through with a purchase once it was available? How long was it expected to be on sale before it was sold out ?

.......and on Bluray too . Lovely