Posted by The Man With No Name on 01/12/61 11:39

"Biz" <spamoff@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Wasnt SAW II shown at 1.85:1 theatrically? So a 16:9 DVD release is
> completely unacceptable to you? Seems very close to me, doubt you could
> even tell the difference, but I'm sure you'll point out you can.....

I haven't seen Saw II, so you could be right. Saw 1 was 2.35:1, I think, so
it seems a simple mistake.
Nonetheless, I think the main point of his post was that Lion's Gate
specialises in sodomising their customers and on that point I quite heartily
agree (see the discussion on Lion's Gate's "Shadow of the Vampire," a few
threads down (under the heading "Curse of and Son of the Pink Panther..."))
Lion's Gate is already somewhat infamous for cropping 2.35:1 movies to 16:9
(presumably on the theory that people are more likely to buy a 16:9 movie
and, since plenty of movies are supposed to be 16:9, customers won't even
know they're getting the wrong aspect-ratio)

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