[HPFGU-Movie] Re: dvds- wide or full?

[AnyaSimbi at aol.com]

When it comes to dvds, I didnt become into them till last summer last year, 
when I got totally hooked on X2 & LiZZiE in the theaters, and wanted to watch 
them at my desk also, and the only bootlegs I could find were on dvd, and I 
knew the vhs ones werent that great anyways, while the dvd ones were sposedly 
pretty damn good- so, just for them, I finally bought a dvd player ^_^ 

Since forever, tho, I've only ever owned a tiny tv- never had the pleasure of 
owning a bigscreen. My current tv (of 3-going-on-4years) is a 13" w/built-in 
VCR combo, hehe. It sits on my desk next to my compu screen. Yes, I do also 
dream of having a widescreen someday... lmao. As soon as I got my dvd player, 
besides repeatedly watching the movies I'd got it for (and, its not like I didnt 
still go see them in the theater- I did that, too, plenty of times ^_^) I 
started borrowing dvds from the library. I didnt grasp the diff between full & 
wide yet, tho... 

My first official dvd was the Savage Garden concert one (full, I dont think 
there is a wide for it). The only other bootleg I bought that year was Pirates 
of the Carribean (looooooved that). I was especially happy that I had a dvd 
player when the (greatest movie of all time) LiONKiNG came on dvd, last October 
^_~ The next official movies I bought were LiZZiE(wide&full), X2(wide), and 
PotC(wide). I havent bought that many dvds since then, but my collection is 
beginning to grow (I've just acquired- finally!- the extended versions on LotR 1 & 
2, now I'm dying for 3, haha- and of course, theyre in widescreen)... 

Mostly, I quickly became accustomed to widescreen, cuz even tho I have a 
regular old tv, some shows have always been that way (ER, 3rdWatch, Angel, now 
Smallville)- with the bars, I mean. But, I guess I love fullscreen too. But I 
wont buy fullscreen dvds- it feels too much like a regular vhs tapes, and if Im 
getting dvds they should feel special when watching them. I really prefer that 
dvds should just simply have both versions on 'em (LiZZiE does, Anastasia 
does, I think LiONKiNG does too, not sure) just in case ^_^... 

For some reason, the bootlegs I got last year, were *really* good. They were 
widescreen, have good menus, picture, and sound, and even came with trailers 
for the movie (even the official X2/PotC dvds didnt come with the trailers... 
if they did, I couldnt find 'em on 'em... hehe). But, it seems bootlegs are not 
being made quality anymore, cuz, the few I've gotten this year- RotK, 
HP3:PoA, CinderellaStory, SpiderMan2, and RaiseYourVoice, are really blah, with no 
cool menus or trailers, bad sound, and awkward too-closely-zoomed 
tryin-to-be-fullscreen picture. Oh well. Theyre just to hold me over till I get the real 
things anyways! 

I have seen the widescreen versions of HP1 & 2, when I was borrowin them 
repeatedly from the library, but when I finally bought the movies, I inadvertantly 
got fullscreen instead. I just havent gotten around to exchanging them for 
wide, or buying wide, tho I plan to. I havent got the official HP3:PoA yet 
either, but when I do, it will be widescreen. As will be SpiderMan2 ^_^ (that movie 
was soooooo awesome too!) And, I also wish that they were more features on 
the HP dvds. And that they were easier to access too. Is anyone thinking theyll 
maybe release extended editions? *hopeshopeshopes* Gosh, I hope so! That would 
be so totally cool. 

I wonder, since I dont have a widescreen tv, if a 4:3 (square) tv shows bars 
on the top & bottom of a widescreen movie, then does a widescreen tv show bars 
on the sides of a fullscreen movie/show? LoL 

Sorry, if I went on too long. ^_^ 

~*SimbiAni*~ 
http://www.fanfiction.net/~PrincessSimbiAniDreamzaLuv 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SimbiFanfic 

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Look forward to: 
Music: HilaryDuff's 2nd solo CD: "HiLARY DUFF" ! (Sept2004) 
TV Shows: CHARMED Season7, SMALLViLLE Season4 ! (Sept2004) 
Movie: on DVD "HarryPotter3: Prisoner of Azkaban" ! (Nov2004) 
Movie: on DVD "SpiderMan2" ! (Nov2004) 
Movie: on DVD "LotR3: Return of the King: Extended"! (Dec2004) 
Music: DarrenHayes' 2nd solo CD: "the Tension & the Spark" ! (2005) 


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