Seeking Input For Widescreen/P&S Comparison (1 Viewer)

[Mark-W]

A couple of films pop to mind, and at least one has
both the pan-and-scan and the widescreen on the same
DVD: Mars Attacks! has widescreen on
one side and pan-and-scan on the other. Unlike many
Tim Burton films, it was not shot soft-matted, so the
pan-and-scan really losses a bunch of information.
Not that anyone wants to see Washington toasted after
September 11, but the scene with the saucer toppling
the Washington Monument on a bunch of Boy Scouts shows
how badly a scene needs to be shown OAR or it looses
its comphrensability.
Another film, but I don't know if both pan and scan are
on the same DVD is The Neverending Story.
My local Fry's has it set up as a side-by-side comparrison
as to why widescreen is better...and the 2.35:1 image
looks HORRIBLE pan-and-scanned.
Maybe a bit late, but there you go.
Mark

 

[SteveK]

Randy- A weekly half-page feature? I would love to see something like that in our local paper. Any chance of getting your column syndicated?
Steve K.

 

[Randy A Salas]

"The Mummy" Ultimate edition fits those criteria fairly well.

DavidBL, could you please email me at your earliest convenience? Thank you.

Randy

 

[Randy A Salas]

I'll be using The Mummy and The Mask of Zorro as the main examples in Widescreen 101. For their suggestions, David and Glenn are being sent the four-disc Vista Series release of Pearl Harbor, courtesy of Buena Vista Home Entertainment and the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Thanks to everyone for their input.

Randy