Those damned Hollywood ad wizards...
A guy was looking for a DVD at Pawn America this weekend -- "Dodgeball," of all movies -- and he picked one up, said to his girlfriend/sister/mother(?)/whatever, "Oh, this one's in 'widescreen' ... but I don't have a widescreen TV," set it down defeatedly and left the premises.
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Fly High, Duluth! on October 7, 2007 04:55 PM | Permalink
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Aww, that's sad. Movies presented on DVD/VHS/Whatever in anything other then their original aspect ratio are a huge pet peeve of mine. I have no idea why.
Posted by: Nate | October 7, 2007 05:38 PM
That story just ruined my day. I feel really bad for him. And I'm not even pregnant.
Posted by: Mel | October 7, 2007 05:44 PM
I presume the implication is that this guy wasn't particularly intelligent? I think I've done the same thing several times albeit with regards to VHS tapes. I can't stand widescreen movies on my TV personally. All that unused space irks me for some reason. Fortunately my computer is perfect for that.
Posted by: @ndy | October 7, 2007 05:56 PM
Nate, I have the same peeve because you miss a good 1/5 of the movie and the editors do clumsy pans to try to make up for the fact that you can't see something that is important. I always go widescreen if I can.
Posted by: ironic1 | October 7, 2007 07:59 PM
I especially love when people get widescreen TVs and the aspect ratio is wider, and they still complain about black bars... i.e. WHAT THE FRICK LOL I THOT I WAS GON GIT RID OF BARS LOL!!1!
Posted by: Nate | October 8, 2007 12:32 PM
I'm with ironic1, WIDESCREEN OR BUST!
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