The DBZ Season One Review: R.I.P.

SSJmole · Post by **SSJmole** » Tue May 01, 2007 7:45 am

Kendamu wrote:Like you said, your information is out there. Let people take it for what it is. If they would rather buy into FUNimation's hype, let them. It's not your money and, like you said, there are much more important things for you to lose sleep over.

FUNimation wouldn't lie to us. Would they?

That was a joke

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Tue May 01, 2007 5:48 pm

Of course not! 16:9 is how it was meant to be seen.

SSJmole · Post by **SSJmole** » Tue May 01, 2007 6:03 pm

Kendamu wrote:Of course not! 16:9 is how it was meant to be seen.

I'm still going to get the new dvds but the wide screen thing does sound bad. Wide screen with proper picture so everything on screen would of been perfect.

How long till FUNimation stops theses dvds and brings out blueray , hd-dvd box sets?

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Tue May 01, 2007 7:22 pm

Well, they scanned the film into their computers at an HD resolution... and probably just so they could one day throw out the series (again) on HD or Bluray... the way it was meant to be seen.

MajinVejitaXV · Post by **MajinVejitaXV** » Tue May 01, 2007 7:28 pm

Kendamu wrote:Well, they scanned the film into their computers at an HD resolution... and probably just so they could one day throw out the series (again) on HD or Bluray... the way it was meant to be seen.

Undoubtedly, though as myself and a number of other people have pointed out these masters are devoid of detail which makes an HD release pointless.

-Corey

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Tue May 01, 2007 8:33 pm

Didn't you know? Those details weren't supposed to be there! It's not part of the way it was meant to be seen.

ect5150 · Post by **ect5150** » Wed May 02, 2007 8:18 pm

Kendamu wrote:Of course not! 16:9 is how it was meant to be seen.

Wait a minute... are you tellin' me it wasn't ?!?!?!

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Wed May 02, 2007 11:05 pm

Now why would I be sarcastic about the way it was meant to be seen!

Anyone seeing a patern in my posts here?

BlueSky · Post by **Kaboom** » Wed May 02, 2007 11:05 pm

Kendamu wrote:Now why would I be sarcastic about the way it was meant to be seen!

Anyone seeing a patern in my posts here?

So YOU'RE the father?!

BrollysKin · Post by **BrollysKin** » Wed May 02, 2007 11:07 pm

SSj Kaboom wrote:
Kendamu wrote:Now why would I be sarcastic about the way it was meant to be seen!

Anyone seeing a patern in my posts here?
So YOU'RE the father?!

I thought Darth Vader was?

BlueSky · Post by **Kaboom** » Wed May 02, 2007 11:23 pm

BrollysKin wrote:
SSj Kaboom wrote:
Kendamu wrote:Now why would I be sarcastic about the way it was meant to be seen!

Anyone seeing a patern in my posts here?
So YOU'RE the father?!
I thought Darth Vader was?

ZOMG SPOILERS

...So much for on-topic...

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Thu May 03, 2007 4:29 am

I was just reading over at the FUNi forums and a petition with over 800 names was snail mailed to FUNi to get 4:3 boxsets.

I don't want to put too much faith in it but at least it's an effort beyond individual letter writing.

tarsonis · Post by **tarsonis** » Thu May 03, 2007 8:37 am

Kendamu wrote:I was just reading over at the FUNi forums and a petition with over 800 names was snail mailed to FUNi to get 4:3 boxsets.

I don't want to put too much faith in it but at least it's an effort beyond individual letter writing.

If anything, I hope it was that one well-written petition letter that was here a few months ago.

SSJmole · Post by **SSJmole** » Thu May 03, 2007 9:59 am

I would rather have it widescreen but with out loosing any part of the picture. Is that too much to ask?

Post by **TripleRach** » Thu May 03, 2007 11:04 am

SSJmole wrote:I would rather have it widescreen but with out loosing any part of the picture. Is that too much to ask?

Yes, actually.

The only possible way I can think of converting the picture to 16:9 without cropping would be adding black space on the left and right sides to widen the picture. But if they did that, on a widescreen TV (their target audience, since every 9 year old has one), it would just look identical to watching 4:3 video with the picture uncompromised, similar to watching letterboxed movies on a fullscreen TV. (Thus, it would be pointless, since it would look no different than if they'd just bought a 4:3 release and let the TV add its own black space.) But on a fullscreen TV, you'd not only have the black space on the left and right, but you'd have the anamorphic widescreen's black space on the top and bottom, too, so the whole thing would be surrounded in empty space, leaving a very tiny picture.

So yeah, the whole picture would be there if they did that, but it would be no different than a 4:3 release for a widescreen TV, and a stupid mess on a fullscreen TV.

...Oh, I guess there is one other alternative: stretching the picture out horizontally, and I'm sure I don't have to explain why THAT would look bad on any kind of TV.

Mr.Piccolo · Post by **Mr.Piccolo** » Thu May 03, 2007 11:37 am

This has been explained before is it just me or does the screen shake when you're watching the remastered episodes?
-Rick

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Thu May 03, 2007 2:37 pm

tarsonis wrote:
Kendamu wrote:I was just reading over at the FUNi forums and a petition with over 800 names was snail mailed to FUNi to get 4:3 boxsets.

I don't want to put too much faith in it but at least it's an effort beyond individual letter writing.
If anything, I hope it was that one well-written petition letter that was here a few months ago.

It's this one:

http://www.petitiononline.com/DBREDO/petition.html

Oh, and did I mention that FUNimation has only received a little under 30 letters so far? That's sad considering how controversial this release is.

Jerseymilk · Post by **Jerseymilk** » Thu May 03, 2007 3:30 pm

SSJmole wrote:I would rather have it widescreen but with out loosing any part of the picture. Is that too much to ask?

What for? The show was never widescreen in the first place.

Dayspring · Post by **Dayspring** » Thu May 03, 2007 3:35 pm

Jerseymilk wrote:
SSJmole wrote:I would rather have it widescreen but with out loosing any part of the picture. Is that too much to ask?
What for? The show was never widescreen in the first place.

Exactly. Widescreen was just "the way it was meant to be seen," not actually seen! Haven't you been listening?

SSJmole · Post by **SSJmole** » Thu May 03, 2007 4:20 pm

TripleRach wrote:
SSJmole wrote:I would rather have it widescreen but with out loosing any part of the picture. Is that too much to ask?
Yes, actually.

The only possible way I can think of converting the picture to 16:9 without cropping would be adding black space on the left and right sides to widen the picture. But if they did that, on a widescreen TV (their target audience, since every 9 year old has one), it would just look identical to watching 4:3 video with the picture uncompromised, similar to watching letterboxed movies on a fullscreen TV. (Thus, it would be pointless, since it would look no different than if they'd just bought a 4:3 release and let the TV add its own black space.) But on a fullscreen TV, you'd not only have the black space on the left and right, but you'd have the anamorphic widescreen's black space on the top and bottom, too, so the whole thing would be surrounded in empty space, leaving a very tiny picture.

So yeah, the whole picture would be there if they did that, but it would be no different than a 4:3 release for a widescreen TV, and a stupid mess on a fullscreen TV.

...Oh, I guess there is one other alternative: stretching the picture out horizontally, and I'm sure I don't have to explain why THAT would look bad on any kind of TV.

Wasn't Star wars released in Widescreen after it originally came out. (for the special editions.) You do not have the cut head thing with them. So why not dragonball?

As for two people who said why. Widescreen plus 5.1 surround sound is much better for any show or film.