MattFewins
Auditioning
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- Sep 21, 2002
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Now I know I'm not the only one who has run into this problem: you are are your favorite large DVD retail chain looking for a good lower budget movie to hold your attention and wallet over until next Tuesday. You pick up one that looks interesting (something like Leprechaun or Child's play), only to see the back say something to the effect of 'modified to fit your TV.' Now you can only wonder if A. The movie was filmed with a 1.33 aspect ratio and it's a mislabeling or B. It's another pan and scam. The last time this happened to me, I was considering picking up Child's Play and I saw this. Then it dawned on me: wouldn't it be great if there was a site that listed original aspect ratios of many, if not all movies? You would think this would be a feature on IMDB, since they list things such as even the original audio format. If anyone knows of such a site, by all means, post it here, and you will be my best friend until next Tuesday. If not, I can only hope IMDB or someone else adds this feature soon, so that I can stop wondering things such as if Dumb and Dumber is actually a matted widescreen or if they just matted the pan and scan.
Matt Fewins
Matt Fewins