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Date Posted: 11:12:41 06/30/04 Wed
Author: Mo
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Subject: Seeing those movies in widescreen makes a surprising difference.
In reply to: Pouncer 's message, "Oh yes." on 10:24:32 06/30/04 Wed

For the longest time, my only copy of Empire Strikes Back was the one I had taped off of HBO in the mid-80s. They sure did cut off a lot of things happening at the fringes of the screen.

For example, there's a really funny moment when Leia kisses Luke as a way of making Han jealous, and Threepio is standing in the back, and he walks forward to get a better look.

It doesn't sound like much, but it really is quite funny to watch. And if it's not widescreen? There is no Threepio in that scene.

It's kind of like how in Jaws, if it's not widescreen, Richard Dreyfuss essentially makes a cameo appearance, due to being cut out of the frame in half the scenes he's in.

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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> The worst is "American Graffiti." -- wwolfe, 11:20:27 06/30/04 Wed (161.149.63.100)

Ninety percent of that movie is spent looking at the driver and passenger sitting in the front seat of a car as it cruises the main drag. When they cut the widescreen's left and right sides to show the movie on TV, all that remains is a shot of the rear view mirror, while two disembodied voices speak from off-screen.


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