What'ya got 2007-2013?

[Najemikon]

that's ok

I just looked at the back of the box... it says...

4X3 Letter box  Presented in A "Matted" Widescreen Format Preserving the Aspect Ratio of its Original Theatrical Exhibition.

I admit I don't know too much about the aspect ratios... but that sounds a bit weird to me for some reason. 

the first part seems a fancy way to say non-anamorphic. The rest is o.k. Movies are often filmed on 4:3 film stock and then latter a matte is applied (possibly as late as in the cinema) to create the widescreen effect.

I think there was a Pioneer release of Bride of Re-Animator which actually showcased this. They presented the open matte film in 4:3 and by choosing an option in the menu they would apply the matte and you could see the theatrical 1.85:1 version.

What he said...

It's called soft-matte, where the cinematographer films in full frame, but accounts for a widescreen presentation. Main cause of boom mikes appearing in shot; the director would have assumed we'd never see it when a theatrical screen would cover it. This is most common for 1.85:1.

Hard-matte is when they use widescreen, anamorphic lenses to actually alter the frame in such a way it can only be shown in widescreen. Usually how much wider, 2.35:1 is done.

Mind you, I bought Wonder Boys on 4:3 full screen ex-rental DVD. Later I found the widescreen retail version, but was shocked to find they'd matted it to 2.35:1!!!  Two thirds of the original image had been lost! I noticed when I realised I couldn't see Katie Holmes's sexy red boots in the scene where all she is wearing is a grey t-shirt and sexy red boots... 

[DJ Doena]

The Expendables

[whatyagotblu=doena-soft.de/phpdvdprofiler_en]5051890024022.5[/whatyagotblu] 05 Mar - €13 @ DVD-Börse Ludwigsburg


Double Impact

[whatyagot2=doena-soft.de/phpdvdprofiler_en]4012050407780.5[/whatyagot2]
05 Mar - €5 @ DVD-Börse Ludwigsburg


Knight and Day

[whatyagotblu=doena-soft.de/phpdvdprofiler_en]4010232051080.5[/whatyagotblu] 05 Mar - €10 @ DVD-Börse Ludwigsburg


The Running Man

[whatyagotblu=doena-soft.de/phpdvdprofiler_en]4012020120060.5[/whatyagotblu] 05 Mar - €9 @ DVD-Börse Ludwigsburg


The Town

[whatyagotblu=doena-soft.de/phpdvdprofiler_en]5051890022127.5[/whatyagotblu] 05 Mar - €12 @ DVD-Börse Ludwigsburg


Universal Soldier

[whatyagot2=doena-soft.de/phpdvdprofiler_en]4006680023564.5[/whatyagot2]
05 Mar - €10 @ DVD-Börse Ludwigsburg

[dfmorgan]

These arrived today

Operation: Endgame

Game Of Death

[Dragonfire]

	Sunshine Cleaning
	My Name Is Bruce
	Bambi
	Flawless

I wasn't really planning to get Bambi, but my mom decided to get it for me.

[Rogmeister]

Bambi is interesting...I've seen it in two size cases.  The one you picture looks like the DVD-sized case I first picked up...then a few moments later, I saw it in the normal Blu-ray sized case and I got that one instead.  Thus, for now, all my Blu-rays have the same size cases...

[Fasteddie33]

In the mail today...

[Dragonfire]

Bambi is interesting...I've seen it in two size cases.  The one you picture looks like the DVD-sized case I first picked up...then a few moments later, I saw it in the normal Blu-ray sized case and I got that one instead.  Thus, for now, all my Blu-rays have the same size cases...

Disney has been doing this for their movies for some reason.  If I had bought it myself, I would have gotten the Blu-ray case.  But this one was a gift.  So I'm not complaining.

[Achim]

In the mail today...

I liked Highh Tension when I saw it originally (despite plot holes and all) as well as Feast. Feast is a balls-to-the-wall horror flick which just keeps coming. In my opinion the first sequel has nothing of that charme (I found it downright terrible) and therefore I never bothered with part 3.

[Fasteddie33]

Cool,I have not seen either one yet,but looking forward to watching them this week..

[samuelrichardscott]

Larks on a String (released 14th March)
Dobermann (released 25th April)

Received both today for www.dvdcompare.net comparisons.

[Rogmeister]

Yesterday I received the following...

Legion of Superheroes, Volumes 1-3 (DVD)
All-Star Superman (Blu-ray)

[addicted2dvd]

Arrived Today....

 
 

[kahless]

Arrived today from amazon.de:



Smallville Season 8

[Rogmeister]

I found the following title waiting for me when I got back from having my car worked on...



This is Ellery Queen Mysteries, a whodunit mystery series that aired on NBC in the 1970s.  This includes 22 hour-long episodes plus the pilot on 6 discs.  It looks like the only extra other than the pilot is an interview with series co-creator William Link.  Well, they count the booklet as a special feature, too.  It's a pretty nice booklet...but still...

[Tom]

Paa (Amazon.co.uk)