http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Wed, 21 Dec 2005 19:23:18 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/02/15/004325.php#comment-293452 Very, very few films are shot that way. James Cameron is one of the few directors who does this, and only on a couple of films. I'd be willing to say 90% of major studio films are shot in true widescreen. 293452@blogcritics.org Wed, 21 Dec 2005 19:23:18 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/02/15/004325.php#comment-293413 Farber is correct, many widescreen films are made by lopping the top and bottom a 4:3 film. Who in their right mind would want a view of the world like that obtained from sitting inside a post box, only those of unsoundmind I would imagine. 293413@blogcritics.org Wed, 21 Dec 2005 18:15:37 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/02/15/004325.php#comment-118839 I couldn't agree more. Perhaps Mr. Farber should investigate some other new technologies, mainly Lasik surgery. Mr. Farber fails to understand that one of the reasons that digital televisions are constructed with wide-screen is to bring the aspect ratio of movies into the home. That coupled with high-definition make the widescreen, digital televisions one of the newest wonders of the world. Perhaps Mr. Farber prefers to sit back, and remember the good old days. Days when we had three or four channels and damn if you didn't have to get up off the couch to move the rabbit ears so you could see Mr. Cronkite. Times change. Apparently Mr. Farber hasn't. 118839@blogcritics.org Tue, 15 Feb 2005 21:44:36 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/02/15/004325.php#comment-118666 This sounds a lot like the guy who reviewed the Mini-Mac and complained it didn't have a 5 1/4" floppy bay. Or maybe it's Sendar Argic under his witless protection programme. 118666@blogcritics.org Tue, 15 Feb 2005 15:40:04 EST