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

[Holmes108]

Originally Posted by retablo

Why? It's really the only thing to compare it to, since, you know, we watch movies on both.

Yet again, "we paid to get a big tv and have it filled up" isn't an argument to alter all aspect ratios to fit a screen. If Hollywood wanted it that way, that's make 1 universal aspect rati and film everything that way. But since cinema is an art, directors can pick between several different ratios, because each one can benefit any particular story in a visual way.

Why should something look one way in the theater, but then changed for TV? Why should something that's made for 1.37:1 and always seen that way suddenly be changed just to fill up someone's precious TV? There's absolutely NO reason to alter something years after it's made just for a contrived convenience that only detracts from the original experience.

I don't want to argue with you. You just get rude, insulting and immature. I said it's not about arguing whether it's right to alter work, etc...

All I was saying is that people who want their TV filled up would be highly unlikely to have an issue with the way a movie is projected on a massive wall in the dark. It's a completely separate way to view it and has nothing to do with their TV. It's a place they don't normally watch things, leaving them with no preconceptions of how big it should be, plus they didn't personally invest in trying to get a specific size.

Again, the whole OAR argument is a separate issue. But to say "you don't have a problem with the theater so you shouldn't have a problem with your TV" is just asinine and makes no sense. People who want their screen filled (whether you or I agree or not) is their prerogative, but has nothing to do with movie theaters.