Chris Bardon
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I was going through the Die Hard disc the other night, and saw the "Why Widescreen" segment, and thought "Hey, ALL DVDs should have something like that". Not only is it interesting, but it could help educate anyone new to widescreen about its benefits (I know that I once was).
Got to thinking about what else could be done aout it though, and here were a couple of thoughts:
-Stop referring to "Pan & Scan" as "standard".
-Replace the "This film has been modified from its original version-it has been formatted to fit your screen" qualifier with something like "This film has been hodified from its original version-Portions of the film have been removed to fit your screen".
Maybe I have a little too much faith in the intelligence of the general public, but anyone that I've explained widescreen to has at the bare minimum acknowledged that yes, they are missing sometihing in P&S, and in many cases, I've gotten converts.
Got to thinking about what else could be done aout it though, and here were a couple of thoughts:
-Stop referring to "Pan & Scan" as "standard".
-Replace the "This film has been modified from its original version-it has been formatted to fit your screen" qualifier with something like "This film has been hodified from its original version-Portions of the film have been removed to fit your screen".
Maybe I have a little too much faith in the intelligence of the general public, but anyone that I've explained widescreen to has at the bare minimum acknowledged that yes, they are missing sometihing in P&S, and in many cases, I've gotten converts.