From the Earth to the Moon

[Warbler]

Originally Posted by CouchTater

1.85 widescreen area
1.33 television
1.37 academy aperture
1.33 full aperture

Originally Posted by shinobipopcorn

1.85 widescreen area
1.33 television
1.37 academy aperture
1.33 full aperture

edit: ninja'd!

Thankyou both.

[scarecroe]

I couldn't find a link for the trailer that would play outside of iTunes, so here are some screenshots.

[Warbler]

I hope someone that has the original DVD can take screenshots from the exact same time and compare them.

[AmishParadise]

Originally Posted by Warbler

I hope someone that has the original DVD can take screenshots from the exact same time and compare them.

It would be interesting to compare the framing. Aside from that, screenshot comparisons don't really interest me. They are sort of fun to check out I guess. I'm sure once the Blu-ray is released we'll have plenty of screenshots comparisons to check out. I personally don't plan to do any comparisons to the DVD's. I own this on DVD in both AR's and have watched the series several times. Have no intention of giving the DVD's a spin again once I own this on Blu-ray. Should look fantastic projected at 150" diagonal unlike the DVD's.

[thorr]

Here are a couple of shots compared to the 4:3 DVD. I cut a line across it at the bottom so you could see the difference. The black on the sides is native to the DVD, and the DVD is obviously on top of the HD trailer, so you can compare that to the picture quality in the post above.

[Indiana Jones]

Well that comparison is a nice surprise because the way people have gone on I just assumed when they created the widescreen version they took the 4:3 versions and just cropped stuff off the top and bottom but its more like what they did with the early seasons of The X-Files where they lost a bit top and/or bottom but they also gained info on the sides.

[KiLLPaTRiCK]

Thank god its widescreen.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Indiana Jones

Well that comparison is a nice surprise because the way people have gone on I just assumed when they created the widescreen version they took the 4:3 versions and just cropped stuff off the top and bottom but its more like what they did with the early seasons of The X-Files where they lost a bit top and/or bottom but they also gained info on the sides.

Yes, and I greatly disliked what they did with X-Files S1 and S2 because it ruined the composition and even the small amount added to the sides still managed to introduce framing errors like visible lighting equipment. I also recall a close-up of someone speaking and their mouth was halfway out of frame.

At least when something is shot 16:9 'safe' with the 4:3 framing set *inside* the 16:9 (e.g. X-Files S3 onwards) it preserves the original height of the frame, more or less, and although I don't like the dead space on the sides I'd rather that than have a large chunk of original image area chopped off. You can't fully expand the width if it's not there, natch, which is why they had to embiggen FTETTM in this manner.

It was probably shot 1.33 TV safe in 4-perf Super 35 rather than sound offset Academy 35, hence the equal amount of moderate expansion on the sides rather than the extreme left bias you'd get from moving into the soundtrack area.

However, if it sounds like I doth protest too much then I managed to get through the widescreen DVD without bursting into flames and hey, it's still From the Earth to the Mother-****ing Moon in HD Blu-ray so I'm there day 1 regardless.

[Warbler]

embiggen?

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Warbler

embiggen?

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/embiggen

[Warbler]

perhaps someone could compare these screenshots with the screenshots from the widescreen DVD?

[Filmmaker]

Originally Posted by Warbler

embiggen?

Geoff is the only person on the planet I know who uses the term, but God love him, he uses it enough to make up for the rest of us. It’s actually become a little endearing.

[solaris72]

It's a perfectly cromulent word.

[Eagle1487]

Early delivery from Best Buy today. Beyond excited to watch this. One of my all time favorite series. I had started to think we'd never see a Blu release. Planning on doing a marathon on the 20th for the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11.

[AdamWestFan]

What is the bonus feature situation

[AmishParadise]

Originally Posted by AdamWestFan

What is the bonus feature situation

The press releases have stated the below will be included.

"Inside the Remastering: A behind-the-scenes look at the decision-making process and work put into updating and replacing the previous CG effects."

Not sure if any of the DVD bonus content was ported over. If not I'll just revisit the DVD sets I own of this.

[Eagle1487]

Originally Posted by AdamWestFan

What is the bonus feature situation

Disappointing. There is one new extra, "Inside the Mastering Process." The only extra that has been carried over from the DVD is the 30-minute behind the scenes featurette. The Blu-ray has lost the special effects feature (likely replaced by the remastering feature), the trailers, and all of the other historical context features. It would have been nice to retain all the extras, but I wasn't planning on getting rid of my DVDs anyway, with the lenticular Earth/moon case.

[Filmmaker]

Every Blu release these days gotta be a “one step forward, one step back” deal it seems.

[noirjunkie]

Originally Posted by Filmmaker

Every Blu release these days gotta be a “one step forward, one step back” deal it seems.

Here's the rundown of the special features from the DVD set, courtesy of DVDTalk:

On the 5th disc are two featurettes. The newly titles "Behind the Scenes" featurette runs 29:31 and is the exact same as the "HBO First Look" on the original release. It is a series of interviews with some of the cast and crew and plays more like a promotional piece than a documentary on the production. "Special Effects" runs 4:08 and is also the same as the one on the original release. It is a very brief overview of how the special effects were created. Neither is particularly illuminating.

There are also 6 promotional trailers totaling about 5 minutes and excerpts from the text of President Kennedy's speech on May 25, 1961 (with an incredibly brief audio excerpt). Finally -- yes, that's it -- finally, there are some mildly educational sections called "The Space Race Timeline", "The History of the Moon", "Out of This Solar System", and "Famous Astronomers" that allow you to navigate through menus that describe various aspects of the space race.

In other words, we gain one new special feature, and we're not losing much of substance from the original extras.

[david_blu]

So is that a sticker on the front or printed on?