Recent content by Jambalaya Gumbo

Can I ask a simple question? Deduce this for yourselves. What is the primary distinction between an open matte live action film and an animated feature? Answer that, and you probably already know why this "open matte" analogy is DOA.

The above was condescening and rude. No more so than that extended to me. You give it, be ready to take it. The question is a simple matter of whether or not the film was composed for the more constrictive widescreen ratio and protected for 4:3 or whether it was composed for 4:3 without...

As you might be able to deduce from my name, I have no intention of revealing my identity, so you can further deduce I have no intention of being more specific regarding my knowledge of American animation or the Disney studios. You'll just have to take my word for it and use your own eyes and...

What do you think of CASPER or DEATH BECOMES HER? All of the non-effects shots are open matte 1.33:1, but any shots involving special effects are 1.85:1 hard matte. A completely moot point as Robin Hood was shot entirely in 4:3, no differing aspect ratios for differing f/x shots. The point is...

Disney animated features were almost never shown on television before the video era, ALICE IN WONDERLAND being one exception that comes to mind. Alice in Wonderland and Dumbo were both show in the initial seasons of the Walt Disney anthology TV show, as well as slews of shorts from his...

I wonder what you think of the Super 35mm format I wonder how gloriously arrogant you are that you think I'm not aware of the S35 format. Robin Hood was not shot open matte, it was cropped for theatrical release. The 4:3 aspect ratio is its true aspect ratio. That's the truth, ruth.

"In any case, as I recall, Robin Hood had some of its important sequences rotoscoped from previous Disney animations, which would make it difficult to establish a preferred aspect ratio other than the theatrical." Which is a statement singularly ignorant of the animation process. The ability...

I admit that Disney animation has not been an emphasis for me, but the statement that Quote: The "whole image" is the "whole originally photographed image" is as generally erroneous with respect to animated films as in the case of live-action motion pictures shot flat since 1955, if you mean...

Provide MORE evidence? What, you don't trust your own eyes? (see the link from UltmateDisney's review in the first post on this thread). You admit ignorance of Disney Feature Animation production techniques? That's no surprise, most people are. I don't ask Robert Harris to put up or shut up when...

1) I'm not Orson Welles, but I don't have to provide strong evidence as to why colorizing Citizen Kane would be a bad thing. Just because you are ignorant of the production processes of Disney animated features post-1959 doesn't mean everyone else should accept cropping of their films as...

Was the entire point of this thread to tell us what we're supposed to like? Was the HTF founded on acceptance of cropping footage to fit a home theater aspect ratio? That's what Disney has done. I can't believe people I respect like you and others are kowtowing to it...unless you just like...

a) Good to know I am in the minority as regards to artist's rights, and the cropping of films to suit whatever aspect ratio is prevailing at the moment. Siskel and Ebert were wrong to fault Disney for cropping Snow White. The theatrcial ratio is definitive. In fact, Robert Harris was wrong to...

And you sound like people at my local blockbuster complaining about the black bars. I will repeat myself since you selectively ignored the question. I posit to you, with BOTH aspects in mind, which is BEST? The version that gives you ALL the information (like the 4:3 version), or the...

Yeah its just you, since Walt Disney is famous for shooting his 1954-55 TV shows like Davy Crockett and others in color even though he was airing in black and whie medium. He knew (from experience with film) that B&W TV wouldn't last.

I really doubt Disney would produce a major feature film in 1973 that isn't intended for at least 1.66:1 theatrical matting. Patrick -- since the production of the animated episodes of the Disneyland TV series in the mid-50s (the great "Mars and Beyond" and others), the battle between 4:3 and...