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Originally Posted by BillieCassin
So, seeing the costumes and bad monster make-up even crisper does nothing for me. I was more psyched than anyone about this, because we've seen how good 16x9 conversions have gone before with TV shows. If this had truly been a new experience, I would have been all over it. But if they do not even have a true 16x9 option (zooming and losing resolution, without the extra information is not a substitute that will get me to purchase this), I can't see any reason I'd ever sit and watch these when I can get the episodes on my TiVo that look "good enough" (as during my Trek marathons I'm usually on my laptop or something anyway, and crisper costumes and the bad acting of guest stars in higher resolution won't really be noticed by me).
They have also severely limited the commercial potential by not at least offering a 16x9 option on the discs. It simply will not sell at mass retail now. To the average consumer, HD and 16x9 are synonymous. Now, you and I know the difference - but they don't. If Wal-mart even carries these, I can see customers returning it now, "This isn't in HD!" because to them, it won't be. TNG has a huge cross-over appeal, it could easily go beyond "I buy all Trek stuff" fans, but it won't now.
So they only people who they are satisfying with this are Trek fans who are also purists. We had the arguments about this six months ago, I get how some people feel, and I'm happy they are getting what they want. But especially since they said that they ARE doing 16x9 versions at the same time, just not for Blu-ray, I'll be happy just waiting until they start syndicating them, and I'll just save the series on my TiVo to watch.
And that's from someone many would consider a die-hard Trek fan.
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Nope, it has to do with protecting the integrity of the way it was made in the first place. How may other movies get released with an "option" to pick whatever aspect ratio you want? I'll answer that: NONE. That's because you aren't the director, producer, or had anything to do with the show. You are a viewer and you WATCH it. It's funny that it was good enough back when it was made square, but now that TVs are a rectangle, everything somehow has to be a rectangle now just to fill up a stupid TV. News flash: when you go to the theater, the movie doesn't always fill up the screen, you know... that's because there are different aspect ratios! OMG. Really? People continually call themselves "fans" and blu-ray enthusiasts" etc, but honestly, if you were really that, you'd respect the integrity of cinema and the actual creators who took time to frame each shot carefully and use composition to help tell a story, instead of wanting to destroy that just so you don't have a black bar on your precious TV.
Luckily, the producers are smart and honor the show
as it was made, and didn't cave into the revisionists who want everything changed only for the sake of convenience.