I assume Disney did a bunch of market research, but it seems like they kind of missed the point. Civilians don't dislike the black bars because they're not decorative, they dislike the black bars because they are too retarded to appreciate the importance of maintaining the original aspect ratio and want the video to fill up the whole screen even if it means destroying the creators original vision. I have some asshole friends that actually prefer watching the pan-and-scan version of movies on their standard def TVs instead of watching the widescreen version with bars on the top and bottom. Stupid. Anyhow, these graphics on the Disney films probably aren't going to fix the most common problem people have with the extra space. Not that it needs to be fixed, I don't understand how having that loud static border is better than a nice benign black area.
No no, we all know people (friends or otherwise) that prefer to "fill the whole screen" with stretchovision rather than look at black bars. It makes no sense to me.
It seems to me that you are the idiot and not your "asshole friends". I am a content creator for both film and TV. And while I appreciate a wide aspect in a theater, at home on my plasma I find that the 16x9 aspect is just right given the screen size. Not to mention that image retention is still an issue on all plasmas, especially the less expensive ones.
I have a 50" screen which seems big, but when you watch something in cinescope it's like watching something on a tiny but really wide screen. It looses it's cinematic quality and I personally don't feel as involved in the movie when it's in that aspect on my particular screen.
Don't even try spouting that crap about the creators original intention. I am a DP jerk. I can assure you that we always film within safe action areas for when the film will be watched in 1.85. Most of the extra space was intended for peripheral vision. I'm pushing for 1.77 e.g. 16x9 to be more standard since most premium channels (HBO Cinemax, Showtime show their movies in 1.77. We used to even shoot a lot of important scenes with the 4:3 area protected.
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I assume Disney did a bunch of market research, but it seems like they kind of missed the point. Civilians don't dislike the black bars because they're not decorative, they dislike the black bars because they are too retarded to appreciate the importance of maintaining the original aspect ratio and want the video to fill up the whole screen even if it means destroying the creators original vision. I have some asshole friends that actually prefer watching the pan-and-scan version of movies on their standard def TVs instead of watching the widescreen version with bars on the top and bottom. Stupid. Anyhow, these graphics on the Disney films probably aren't going to fix the most common problem people have with the extra space. Not that it needs to be fixed, I don't understand how having that loud static border is better than a nice benign black area.
"I have some asshole friends ..."
Maybe you need new friends? (or they do.)
No no, we all know people (friends or otherwise) that prefer to "fill the whole screen" with stretchovision rather than look at black bars. It makes no sense to me.
It seems to me that you are the idiot and not your "asshole friends". I am a content creator for both film and TV. And while I appreciate a wide aspect in a theater, at home on my plasma I find that the 16x9 aspect is just right given the screen size. Not to mention that image retention is still an issue on all plasmas, especially the less expensive ones.
I have a 50" screen which seems big, but when you watch something in cinescope it's like watching something on a tiny but really wide screen. It looses it's cinematic quality and I personally don't feel as involved in the movie when it's in that aspect on my particular screen.
Don't even try spouting that crap about the creators original intention. I am a DP jerk. I can assure you that we always film within safe action areas for when the film will be watched in 1.85. Most of the extra space was intended for peripheral vision. I'm pushing for 1.77 e.g. 16x9 to be more standard since most premium channels (HBO Cinemax, Showtime show their movies in 1.77. We used to even shoot a lot of important scenes with the 4:3 area protected.