Zoe: Jayne. This is something the Captain has to do for himself. Mal: No! No, it's not!

'War Stories'


Buffista Movies 3: Panned and Scanned  

A place to talk about movies--Old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.


Polter-Cow - Jan 27, 2005 8:57:03 pm PST #8512 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Holy crap, that's awesome!

And I'm pretty sure that line was totally hysterical, imagining the delivery.


Alibelle - Jan 27, 2005 9:33:35 pm PST #8513 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan

So awesome. So hysterical.

I didn't stay to talk to him afterwards, simply because I had a feeling the first question I'd ask would have been, "Can I give you a hug?" And we've been specifically warned not to do that to our guests.

But he is definitely the coolest.


tommyrot - Jan 28, 2005 4:40:49 am PST #8514 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Wankers!

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Apparently all of MGM's 'theatrical wide screen' DVD releases for the last few years have been the pan-scanned versions with the top and bottoms cut off.

...

If you own any of the eligible movies, you have until March 31 to either opt to exchange your copy for $7.10, or a new DVD from MGM, presumably in its proper aspect ratio."

eta: PDF list of movies eligible for replacement, etc. (site has been slashdotted so is a little slow now)

Damn, there are a lot of movies involved....


Steph L. - Jan 28, 2005 5:04:58 am PST #8515 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

At first glance, it looks like the only movie on that list that I own in DVD format is Bull Durham, which you can DAMN betcha I want in the proper aspect ratio.


Kate P. - Jan 28, 2005 5:05:16 am PST #8516 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

Lotta Buffista favorites on that list, like The Princess Bride, The Cutting Edge, and Bull Durham [ eta: xposty]. Of the movies I own, there are four on that list: TPB, Some Like It Hot, The Sum of Us, and Y Tu Mama Tambien. Will have to go home and watch them now to see if they look wrong.


Lilty Cash - Jan 28, 2005 5:13:54 am PST #8517 of 10001
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."

I've got Carrie off of that. Hmm.


Lyra Jane - Jan 28, 2005 5:26:12 am PST #8518 of 10001
Up with the sun

I have The Princess Bride, Spinal Tap, and 24 Hour Party People. I probably won't bothter with the exchange, though.


tommyrot - Jan 28, 2005 5:28:42 am PST #8519 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I wonder if we'll be able to tell the new versions apart when they hit the shelves. Maybe they'll say on the case, "Widescreen Edition - no really, this time we mean it"?


Frankenbuddha - Jan 28, 2005 5:29:49 am PST #8520 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

24 Hour Party People

I've got this, among others, as well. I suspect because this one was shot on video that it may not be an issue.

Some of the items on the list I know have been reviewed in Video Watchdog, and they usually spot crop-boxing (as they call this manouver) a mile away. I wonder if they missed it, or if some of these aren't as bad as others.


§ ita § - Jan 28, 2005 5:32:21 am PST #8521 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Princess Bride, Dr No and Fish Called Wanda. Interesting.