Indiana Jones on BBC1

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What's with the BBC? They showed the trilogy on BBC Three a few weeks ago and showed all three in full letterbox format. Now they're showing all three again on BBC1 but in full screen.
Rubbish! :mad:
 
I would instantly through my HD box out of the window (if I had one) if a widescreen film was cropped and hacked at for me without my approval.
 
Absolutely!

Sort it out BBC. It's 2008, not bloody 1988!! :mad:

The s*it brick that approved, and allowed this atrocious full screen print to be aired on terrestrial television should be shot.

Thank goodness somebody was paying attention over at BBC HD! This has easily got to be the single most embarrassing crime the BBC has committed so-far this year.

The HD broadcast is superb. Shame about the DOG.
 
thank heavens these will soon be coming out on Blu-ray. in the trailer for Indy IV you see footage from the 1st 3 and it looks breathtaking in HD, the sooner they come to Blu-Ray the better!
 
:eek: I didn't realise by 'full-screen' you actually really do mean 'full-screen'!!! As in hacking to 4:3, not the mere cropping to 16:9 I was expecting when I had a look to see how bad it was.

That's terrible. 16:9 would've been bad enough, 4:3 is just awful.
 
Is it just me, or is there a terrible scar that keeps appearing every so often to the left of the screen?
 
Yup, seen that myself. Pointed it out to my mate just a second ago.

Just goes to show how old & worn out the Beebs Print of this Film really is.
 
A lot of modern widescreen films are simply the 4:3 version with the top and bottom chopped off - although I would not have expected Spielberg to pander to tv in 1981
 
Not completely true. It all depenRAB on the method of film that was used to shoot the footage.

4:3 to 16:9 will not add anything to the sides and remove the unwanted space at the top and bottom of the picture.

Open Matte to 1.85:1 however will add information to the sides of the picture, whilst either retaining the information at the top and bottom, or removing it, depending on the instructions of the director/producers.

The same sort of methoRAB are also used for CinemaScope/Super 35 types of Widescreen in the 2.35:1 ratio.

When cropping that sort of ratio to a 1.85:1 equivalent, technically the extra information then becomes a form of Open Matte so you will still be getting more information on the sides than if you stupidly went to a full screen 4:3 ratio. That would also need to introduce the dreaded pan and scan process, especially on 2.35:1 shot film.
 
Am I some kind of idiot in wondering how you get the HD channel version when I have an HD ready television or do you have to subscribe/pay for it... because it did look quite crap on my screen and a wobbling effect in parts...

Had nothing to do and the weather is awful here, so sat watching it :)

I'm not sure on the date, but are the films leading up to the release of the new one in cinemas?
 
I wasnt intending my statement to be a de facto comment on all films - thats why I said "a lot" of films.

Cinemascope is a Fox trademark and a genuine Cinemascope film will require panning and scanning when screened in any format except 2.35:1.

Its easy to shoot a film in 2.35:1 and retain the "tv safe" area without panning and scanning because I have dvd's where it is done.

T2 was one of the earliest examples.

However movies have been made for years where the additional image on all 4 sides varies from shot to shot.

A 1.85:1 film will vary throughout its running time and some sequences will offer more side image over the 4:3 while at other times the 4:3 will have more top and bottom- but it can change from scene to scene
 
You could see the HD version on BBC HD - you would need a Sky HD or other HD satbox to receive BBC HD

Any chance of telling us the title of the R1 disc you got from Lovefilm?
 
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