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Posted by Mystic Slippers on 03-28-2003 12:35 PM:

Important News for owners/would-be owners of BTTF DVD's...

Click here:

http://www.bttf.com/backtalk/20030328.shtml

If you are unsure of what this story is about, you can find a full detailed FAQ right here which explains it all for you:

http://www.bttf.com/ubb/ultimatebb....ic;f=9;t=001337

Posted by pHo on 03-28-2003 04:18 PM:

what about those of us in R2 regions who have R4 versions, .. i dont wanna send my discs to aussie land!

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Posted by 404notfound on 03-28-2003 05:15 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by pHo
what about those of us in R2 regions who have R4 versions, .. i dont wanna send my discs to aussie land!

Yep thats exactly what i was gonna ask.

To be honest tho i've been waiting for the reframed R1 releases as i had always intended on getting them to add to my collection.

Also does anyone else have a problem with the trailer on the BTTF 3 disk ? It doesn't play the audio score on the trailer!

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Posted by scottymac on 03-30-2003 01:51 PM:

Originally posted by Prizm @ bttf.com

quote:
BTTF was filmed in a soft matte format where the full frame is "matted" (covered, 'black bars' on the top and bottom) to achieve a widescreen ratio. When the film is released on Pan & Scan, the film is unmatted...

So if you want the whole movie, you should get the non-widescreen edition????

I'm all for widescreen over P&S, Movies are intended to be watched with the ratio and shots the director intended, but not with this "soft matte" format I guess. Makes me think "soft matte" is just for widescreen snobs.

EDIT--

BUT WAIT...

Originally posted by Prizm @ bttf.com

quote:
With the BTTFs, the special effects were filmed with a "hard matte", meaning the 'black bars' were unremovable. The rest of the shots, however, were filmed with a "soft matte" - which is where the bars are put in place later on.

and

quote:
The widescreen contains the same amount of picture that people saw in theaters (aside from the messed-up 2 minutes in part II and 4 minutes in part III), but in non-special effects shots the fullscreen version will have a small amount of extra picture on the top and bottom, and less picture horizontally in special effects shots.

Does this we have to choose between the lesser of 2 evils?

I love the BTTF movies, but this sucks.

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