Cropping/Reformatting Tv/programs/movies for the 16:9 display era

[BillieCassin]

Originally Posted by retablo

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.

Thank you for respecting my opinion. Not.

Do you feel better now that you put me down and set me straight?

I didn't argue anything that you said above. I said, I'm happy you guys are getting what you want. And I have been on the forefront of education about aspect ratios since your knee-jerk-reaction-self was probably in diapers.

And that led you to attack my dedication to Trek, Blu-ray, talk to me like I was a child, and an idiot.

I simply was sharing the reasons I am not purchasing this title, and why.

I'm getting what I want, just not on Blu. So I get it for free when it's on TV instead. They would have gotten my $ if they offered what they will be offering syndicated on Blu, but they aren't.

So I hope you feel better after yelling at me this morning. It proves you cannot read terribly well since you didn't actually reply to anything I actually wrote, but I do hope by starting your day ranting at someone who said they understood your opinion and was happy for you, it just wasn't right for me, made you feel like a big proud strong man as you go about your day.