Crap! I go to take a nap after turkey and come back to find I've missed out on an entire page!
SSj Kaboom wrote:I understand that. But it still seems like making a major mountain out of a minor molehill. So an extremely tiny little bit of footage is getting cut out from the top and bottom in exchange for more on the sides. So what? Shouldn't all the other unbelievably good things (looking forward to the JP BGM, by the way...) far, far, FAR outweigh that one little thing?
It's not cutting out the whole screen, but I don't know that I would call what's missing "tiny".
Tiny would be where I barely notice a difference, and that's certainly not the case with these comparison images.
But even so, I think the point that people against the widescreen decision are trying to make is that
any cropping for a series filmed in 4:3 is too much, no matter how small. It simply shouldn't be happening, because there's no justifiable reason for it when it was already released once before in the proper ratio.
I'm not saying I'm one of those people. I don't
like that FUNimation chose to go through with this, but I was never terribly concerned to begin with-- at least, not to the point where it would affect my purchase either way. I do in fact agree with you 100% that the good far outweighs the bad: The sets themselves are still the glorious rebirth I would often dream about but could never have anticipated, and I can appreciate that FUNimation (however misguided) is trying to give us the show in a whole new way and keep it in the public eye. But at the same time, I can appreciate even more the views of those who see WIDESCREEN in the trailer and beg the universe for an answer as to why.
DaemonCorps wrote:And just top clear some things up, I'm pretty sure I'm the only person suspicious about this footage. Everyone else seems to have accepted it and have decided to buy the damn thing anyways.
It's an interesting theory, Daemon, and on some levels I suppose it has merit. But we've still gotten only the one screen, and that's not enough for me to agree with you. But that doesn't mean I'm set to
disagree no matter what-- I'll wait for more screens, and if anything looks too obvious to ignore then you and I can rent out an office and start our own X-Files.
DaemonCorps wrote:And really, the whole process I go through whenever FUNi releases stuff is 1) I wait until the price drops somewhat 2) during that time, I check out what others have been saying about the item and 3) I fanially get the thing regardless of pros and cons. Am I gonna get this? Most likely. Am I gonna complain anyways? Hell yes.
It's your God-given right to complain, and I engourage you to indulge if it makes you feel better. Though technically, I myself would be thankful for the opportunity to complain at all, since FUNimation never had to backtrack and decide to re-release the entire series to begin with. Whether you agree with what they're doing or not, you have to admit that the whole thing has been unexpected and is set to cause something of a revival that, among other things, will keep us talking for a
very long time to come.
laserkid wrote:See here's the thing. I don't WANT to rebuy all the episodes I already own, I just want the rest I don't yet own in proper fullscreen format. That's not to say I hate widescreen, in fact I preffer it for movies. However ultimatly my main issue is to keep the footage the way it was filmed/animated for.
There are going to be people who look at this decision and wish the Ultimate Uncuts had never stopped. Those, of course, were released in 4:3 just like the rest of the series, and the last Namek disc would have been the complete series at last for a lot of people. Consistency was within our grasp.
But with the release of these season sets, FUNimation has effectively prohibited us from getting the series all in one format or the other until the very last box, and I wouldn't be surprised if their strategy is even deeper than Daemon earlier described. It might not simply be about setting themselves up for the next fullscreen release; it
could be that buying all of the
current box sets is going to be the only way for distressed fans to have the show flow consistently from beginning to end-- and
then we'll want the 4:3. It's brilliant because even if I'm 100% right about the way they think, it's still disguised as something so alluring and generous that
we look like the bad guys for
complaining about this whole widescreen business in the first place.
But of course, I don't actually know that it runs that deep. I'm still willing to-- for the moment-- take these sets for what they appear to be; a long-needed gesture on behalf of FUNimation that somehow happened to go afoul. And it's still better than anything we have out there now.
Blitzen wrote:I'm not gonna let it stress me out. It's just a show.
This could be the best thing I've heard in this entire thread.
No, I'm not saying that those who are upset shouldn't be. Realistically, DragonBall isn't "just a show" to any of us-- but we know it's not the end-all to life itself, either. Besides, if Blitzen is right and everything is already finalized for release, then it's not going to do any good for us to go over and over again why this decision should be reversed. You can either buy or not buy the season sets, as EX so thoughtfully suggested, and
that will be the best way for FUNimation to be made aware of your opinion.
Well . . . other than Desire's shit-in-a-box idea, of course.
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One of many scenes where a character is in frame, but what he's doing (his hand's position) will be cropped.
