Count Dracula 4K UHD (88 Films)

[oddbox83]

Originally Posted by Hammerlover

Nice, but I wish there were a widescreen option.

Unless all older versions were zoomed, the framing is wildly inconsistent. A traditionally matted version would look awful on some shots.

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/blu-r...la_blu-ray.htm

If it was matted originally, I bet it looked even more inept than it should, like the reverse of Ed Wood's Plan 9 From Outer Space, which looks far sloppier than even that should when it was seen at open matte 4:3 all these years. You'd have to reframe on a shot by shot basis, and that wouldn't in any way mimic an original projection. I guess no one releasing it sees the point of creating a new version when it works as 1.37:1.

[Ruined]

Originally Posted by oddbox83

Unless all older versions were zoomed, the framing is wildly inconsistent. A traditionally matted version would look awful on some shots.

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/blu-r...la_blu-ray.htm

If it was matted originally, I bet it looked even more inept than it should, like the reverse of Ed Wood's Plan 9 From Outer Space, which looks far sloppier than even that should when it was seen at open matte 4:3 all these years. You'd have to reframe on a shot by shot basis, and that wouldn't in any way mimic an original projection. I guess no one releasing it sees the point of creating a new version when it works as 1.37:1.

From viewing these caps, I agree this was framed for 1.37:1 (or at very widest, 1.66:1). To get 1.78:1 widescreen, there would have to be some real creative reframing that differs from shot to shot (similar to how EVIL DEAD 1 was reframed), and even then, it would still look odd IMO. If you just stuck a matte on it as-is, it would look ridiculous.

Also this is up for preorder on amazon.co.uk