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| The first post in this thread says the "latest" casualties... is there a list of all the titles that they've f___ed up? |
Yes. I've compiled a list of all the known casualties.
List of Sony
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"Geronimo: An american legend" in pan-and-scan........ That must be quite a sight.
I don't know, I thought the opposite of this would happen. That the titles that had previously only been in "foolscreen" would be re-released in WS.....
I do believe it's more or less just a problem within the US though. I can't remember reading about any re-releases in R2 that got rid of the WS-presentation. Making a quick check, "Annie", "The deep" and "Iron Eagle" are all anarmorphic WS in R2. Is it just a matter of widescreen-tv's being more common over here?
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| Are this butchered versions only sold by retail shops like Wal-Mart, or does amazon.com also sell them. |
Soon, these will be the only versions of the discs available so every retail store will sell the P&S only discs. Get what you want while you can
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If anyone wants to contact Wal*Mart on this matter....
Wal*Mart Stores, Inc., Home Office
Attn: Customer Service
702 S.W. 8th Street
Bentonville, Arkansas 72716-8611
You might want to address your letters to Lee Scott. He's the current CEO.
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Looking at the earlier list, and the one from page 1; I have missed a few titles that I would have added to my collection. Oh well, more money for other studios. Frickin' Columbia Tri-Star 
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On the one hand, every title on that list that I want to own, I already have in OAR.
On the other hand, I haven't seen many of them, and if I do, and end up liking them, I'm going to be majorly pissed that they're only available MAR.
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I'm waiting for Lawrence of Arabia to show up on this list.
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I noticed that "Multiplicity" is now full frame only. I don't really care about the film per se. But it is known as being one of the most nauseating Pan and Scan transfers of all time.
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Yes, and the price on that one hasn't even been dropped that much- I saw the pan and scan disc at Wal-Mart for around $7.99. I still saw plenty of the real discs of that at Best Buy but don't know if they'll be around for long. Multiplicity was one of the first DVDs I got back when there weren't nearly as many titles out there, having both transfers on the disc is a great way to demonstrate why pan and scan is wrong!
Again, this speaks volumes about the "New" Sony Pictures versus the "Old" Columbia TriStar.
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| I can't believe more people aren't upset. |
Don't confuse the couple hundred people who post on internet forums with the millions who make up the DVD market. There are plenty of folks who are upset but not on the net, and plenty more who aren't upset at all.
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Makes you wonder (or worry), are they going to release pan and scan blu-ray discs?
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| I agree. Where's the guy who got "Castle Keep" a second release? |
Like I said earlier, the rumor is that Steven Speilberg, Martin Scorcese, and George Lucas intervened by writing a letter to Sony and apparently that is what convinced them to release the OAR version. That's why I think we need to figure out how to contact the directors of these films and maybe then things might change. I think it's obvious that Sony will not listen to customer feedback and/or internet petitions.
The funny thing is that some guy got MGM named in a class action lawsuit about their insert graphics misrepresting the actual way their widescreen tranfers were derived. There must be some kind of way to get this practice exposed to larger eyes.
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