Page 1 of Preserving the aspect ratio

Recently upgrade my DVD of Top Gun from the vanilla disc to the 2 disc special edition and noticed the aspect ratio had changed from 2.00:1 to 2.35:1.

Also walking around Asda wondering whether to buy Heat for £5.99 or Heat: Special Edition for £9.99 and noticed the aspect ratio again had changed from 1.85 to 2.35:1

I thought DVD`s/Widescreen was true to the directors vision.

Whats going on?

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Also walking around Asda wondering whether to buy Heat for £5.99 or Heat: Special Edition for £9.99 and noticed the aspect ratio again had changed from 1.85 to 2.35:1

Nah, Heat has always been 2.35:1 (anamorphic) on DVD. Top Gun, I`m not really sure on the reasoning, but likely it was a f*ck-up on the studios part, and they got it right for the Special Edition.

It`s Apocalypse Now that p***es me off, with the cinematographer and his "universal" aspect ratio meaning Apocalypse Now Redux is slightly cropped. If you make decisions like that, do them BEFORE you shoot your picture, not after... what a douche.

Regarding Top Gun, I have seen comparison shots between the original and SE release and if anything I would say the SE is the f*** up as things like callsigns on their helmets/hats are visible on the original release but are cut off on the new release.

erm...


Both releases of TOP GUN have the correct aspect Ratio





My DVD collection





JamesL

This item was edited on Wednesday, 5th July 2006, 18:28