Comments on: Open Forum Friday: Do You Care If Netflix Alters Movie Aspect Ratios?

By: DeadInHell

DeadInHell — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 03:12:00 +0000

It amazes me when people are this stupid.

By: DeadInHell

DeadInHell — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 03:08:00 +0000

Oh boy, what a rebel you are.

By: T. Heilman

T. Heilman — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 14:14:00 +0000

Yup. They also built my hotrod!

By: Lior

Lior — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 12:52:00 +0000

I think the discussion here went a little off topic going on about general botching of aspect ratios – nobody really expects correct framing on TV and on airplanes – but the post is specifically about Netflix which disappointingly is quite lax in it’s quality control for a service that used to tout itself as the best thing on the planet for movie lovers. And I don’t watch TV, so I agree with you there.

By: ProCynic

ProCynic — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 07:58:00 +0000

All the time you all bitch and moan about it, yet still subscribe to big brother television this is never going away. Don’t watch TV simple, your life isn’t enriched in ANY WAY, it’s mind control for the masses. Go read a book, they are always in whatever aspect ratio you want.

By: Steve Kroodsma

Steve Kroodsma — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 02:37:00 +0000

On a flight back from Europe last week I was dismayed to discover that every movie had been squeezed (not pan-and-scanned, but SQUEEZED) to 4:3, and no-one even seemed to notice. I mostly use Netflix for TV now and just watch movies on blu-ray. I hope Hulu doesn’t try to do this with their Criterion catalogue.

By: Lior

Lior — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 00:57:00 +0000

This definitely exists and it’s definitely not cool. Other than wrong aspect ratios you got issues with on-screen text missing (Iron Man 2 had no opening credits to speak of) and other odd issues. It’s all that which eventually turned me off Netflix and I no longer subscribe. I might re-subscribe at some point but if I encounter these issues again I will just cancel again. There is also this annoying thing now that end credits are being cut off for a pop-up Netflix recommendation. Sadly, Netflix behaves just like any TV network in that regard. Not cool.

By: Lior

Lior — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 00:50:00 +0000

Netflix streaming is not geared towards movie buffs, it’s aimed at the mainstream consumers, the same ones who rented at Blockbuster. No wonder Blockbuster went down.

By: stephen_nyc

stephen_nyc — Sun, 28 Jul 2013 23:08:00 +0000

Heck, I canceled showtime and then encore because they refused my requests to stop putting their logo and text on-screen during movies. They are premium channels and that constituted editing the movie. Showtime even sliced and diced the end credits for their ‘showtime extras’. Directv didn’t do anything about it so thy lost my money when I canceled those packages.

By: ProCynic

ProCynic — Sun, 28 Jul 2013 19:19:00 +0000

Joe and Mary and the baby Jesus watch tv! No Shit!

By: T. Heilman

T. Heilman — Sun, 28 Jul 2013 16:29:00 +0000

I recently watched Session 9 on Netflix and it was cropped to 1.33:1. I was surprised as I am pretty sure the dvd is letterboxed. Bizarre this is still an issue. If the bars are still a problem for Joe and Mary Average they can use the zoom feature on their t.v. and everyone wins.

By: Wayne Regier

Wayne Regier — Sat, 27 Jul 2013 21:28:00 +0000

Yes. Why offer a service to film buffs if you are going to DESTROY the artistic vision that the film makers intended? They show Meek’s Cutoff in Academy, why would they take more away from a larger aspect ratio? It is complete horse shit.