Why are no films made with an aspect ratio of 3.55:1?

[4K2K]

Why are no films made/Blu-ray's released with an aspect ratio of approx 3.55:1?

[wormraper]

Originally Posted by 4K2K

Why are no films made/Blu-ray's released with an aspect ratio of approx 3.55:1?

hmmm, I dont' know why. I say lets create the first 3.55:1 porn film!! it will be epic!!!

[arazz45]

Originally Posted by wormraper

hmmm, I dont' know why. I say lets create the first 3.55:1 porn film!! it will be epic!!!

haha... not a bad idea

[Stubblecat]

Originally Posted by 4K2K

Why are no films made/Blu-ray's released with an aspect ratio of approx 3.55:1?

Probably because that's a ridiculously wide ratio. I'm sure it would be just peachy for a documentary about container cargo ships.

[saprano]

Can somebody give a picture of how it looks?

[crazyBLUE]

The black bars would be even bigger on our TVs !

[#Darren]

bwa ha ha

[Petra_Kalbrain]

Originally Posted by 4K2K

Why are no films made/Blu-ray's released with an aspect ratio of approx 3.55:1?

Because even giant movie theatre screens would then have visibly noticeable black bars too!!! Imagine how j6p would react when, all of a sudden, their theatrical experience was being "ruined" by "not being able to see everything in frame because those black bars are making the image smaller."

[Louisville Slugger]

I think 3.55:1 would be a little too wide man.

[Midnightsailor]

Originally Posted by Stubblecat

Probably because that's a ridiculously wide ratio. I'm sure it would be just peachy for a documentary about container cargo ships.

Anyway, Abel Gance's Napoléon (1927) was made in the aspect ratio of 4.00:1.

[Lucy Diamond]

I could just see Quinten Tarentino shooting his foot fetish scenes in 3.55:1

Just one loooooooooooooooong foot on the screen.

Damn dude, I'm eating.

[AikonEnt]

I have no problem with black bars, but I may do if they were actually bigger than the picture itself

[PS3FAN]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d82j_Qfp_VA

[H9k_]

Awesome!

[Tadji Malik]

I'm going to mask my screen down to 3.55:1 and show 'Friends' on it. That'll get back at all those years of having the sides of my movies chopped off. It'll teach my buddies a lesson about OAR too!

[dobyblue]

Originally Posted by Midnightsailor

Anyway, Abel Gance's Napoléon (1927) was made in the aspect ratio of 4.00:1.

That's immediately what I thought of when I read this thread.

[Chevypower]

Hey, the wider the better. I don't care how high the screen is. It could be 1mm high (or 1 pixel), but the width has to be 10 billion pixels!
So 10,000,000,000:1 would be nice!

[Cromlech]

Hell, that would play better on my triple-screen display than my HDTV (obviously I would have to stretch it to fit).

[Mr. Cinema]

Originally Posted by Petra_Kalbrain

Because even giant movie theatre screens would then have visibly noticeable black bars too!!! Imagine how j6p would react when, all of a sudden, their theatrical experience was being "ruined" by "not being able to see everything in frame because those black bars are making the image smaller."

Those would be added to the list with crying babies, cell phones, people talking and kicking seats.

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by Mr. Cinema

Those would be added to the list with crying babies, cell phones, people talking and kicking seats.

More reasons too stay home and enjoy are HT