Any news on widescreen?
POSTED BY: Shuggie
UPDATED: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 16:34
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Just thought I'd ask if anyone knows if Fox are going to be showing Firefly in widescreen or not. Have the promos been in widescreen? Have there been any announcements?
Shug
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There are clips from The Train Job in all of the newer previews... and they appear to be in widescreen. So here's hoping that means *all* of the episodes will be.
--Dylan Palmer, aka NoVaGrAsS--
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According to Molina, they had already shot "Serenity" and "The Train Job" in letterbox before FOX dictated that eps must be in standard tv format. Expect the premiere to be re-formatted.
--- Joe
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Originally posted by mojoeca:
According to Molina, they had already shot "Serenity" and "The Train Job" in letterbox before FOX dictated that eps must be in standard tv format. Expect the premiere to be re-formatted.
--- Joe
My understanding is that...
"Serenity" (original pilot) - letterbox
"Train Job" - letterbox
all other eps - standard
I heard that Fox thinks its audience won't understand letterbox... that they'll think their TVs are broken.
Like all those idiots who watch those other crappy "wide-screen" shows like Angel, ER and West Wing!
I might as well sell my truck and buy a f
ing high def TV so I can get the whole picture. Aaagh!
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FOX must be so used to being stupid and close-minded, that they must think that it's a universal conditon.
Come to think of it, they aren't far wrong. 
Grr. Arg.
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I believe FOX is in the right to introduce the show in standard format. Some people are turned off by widescreen, and FIREFLY needs all the viewers it can get. If the series establishes itself, FIRE will go wide in season 2 or 3.
--- Joe
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Originally posted by mojoeca:
I believe FOX is in the right to introduce the show in standard format. Some people are turned off by widescreen, and FIREFLY needs all the viewers it can get. If the series establishes itself, FIRE will go wide in season 2 or 3.
--- Joe
True, lots of viewers would be nice... even those with tiny, black & white TVs. More episodes = better than letterbox.
Maybe if we're lucky, Fox will put FF Season One out as quickly as they are with "24" and "The Shield" so that my widescreen desires can be satisfied.
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Originally posted by mojoeca:
I believe FOX is in the right to introduce the show in standard format. Some people are turned off by widescreen, and FIREFLY needs all the viewers it can get. If the series establishes itself, FIRE will go wide in season 2 or 3.
I don't care that much about the screen ratio per se. I think widescreen would give more of a sense of the 'epic' nature of the subject (you think it's a long way down the street to the chemist etc) but that's not too important.
What sucks is that they let Joss go ahead and shoot in widescreen and now we don't get to see what he shot in it's intended format.
If they shoot in widescreen, I want to see it in widescreen. If they shoot in 4:3 then I want to see it that way.
Shug
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If they shoot in widescreen, I want to see it in widescreen. If they shoot in 4:3 then I want to see it that way.
Shug
Interestingly enough, ME shoots all of their shows in widescreen and then output to 4:3 -- it's not panned and scanned like they do when they edit widescreen films for television.
While Angel is the only one that gets shown in 16:9 on the regular broadcast, you can get Buffy in 16:9 on DVD (& see it broadcast that way in some countries outside the US).
What stinks is that Joss will be forced to conform to the 4:3 format for significant images and not use the 16:9 to its full, epic self!
D
m the tiny screened ones, I want my fng widescreen now!!!!!Whoops... "episodes" I meant lots and lots of viewers and episodes.
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Originally posted by malcolm:
Interestingly enough, ME shoots all of their shows in widescreen and then output to 4:3 -- it's not panned and scanned like they do when they edit widescreen films for television.
While Angel is the only one that gets shown in 16:9 on the regular broadcast, you can get Buffy in 16:9 on DVD (& see it broadcast that way in some countries outside the US).
Buffy is physically filmed in widescreen but framed for 4:3. As far as I'm concerned that's the 'intended' AR. Oh plus Joss said he preferred 4:3 for Buffy and 16:9 for Angel - cos Angel's more 'cinematic'.
I have Buffy S4 DVDs - the widescreen ones - and there are a couple of scenes where they've used the full 16:9 frame but most not. In fact there are some obvious bloopers that come from this fact. Like in 'Who are you?' the scene by the firetruck. In the 4:3 version Willow speaks a line from off-screen. In the 16:9 version we hear the line and can actually see Willow - who's lips don't move!
Sorry but this is an old bugbear of mine. A ratio is just a number - it's what you do with it that counts.
Shug
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