I would assume yes it will be in widescreen. Fox doesn't accept anything other than 16:9 for HD material. Originally they wanted to do it in 4:3 HD but Fox said no way. I guess they finally agreed to do it in 16:9 HD. All they had to do was redo the backgrounds for 16:9 in this episode.
I've read this about redoing the backgrounds before but never understood it. I mean didn't they do all the backgrounds in HD for the Simpons' Movie? I know that springfield looked great in HD in the Movie.
The movie also cost a gillion dollars. Don't expect that level of fidelity come February 15th. They will probably extend scenes by adding grass to the borders, or extra buildings. I also wouldn't be surprised if they simply super-zoomed in on characters faces so that there wasn't too much open space on the side that needs filling in.
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I would assume yes it will be in widescreen. Fox doesn't accept anything other than 16:9 for HD material. Originally they wanted to do it in 4:3 HD but Fox said no way. I guess they finally agreed to do it in 16:9 HD. All they had to do was redo the backgrounds for 16:9 in this episode.
I've read this about redoing the backgrounds before but never understood it. I mean didn't they do all the backgrounds in HD for the Simpons' Movie? I know that springfield looked great in HD in the Movie.
The movie used different backgrounds in areas that aren't in the series. The animation style was different. The Movie was probably a one off deal.
The movie also cost a gillion dollars. Don't expect that level of fidelity come February 15th. They will probably extend scenes by adding grass to the borders, or extra buildings. I also wouldn't be surprised if they simply super-zoomed in on characters faces so that there wasn't too much open space on the side that needs filling in.