civilians don't care about this stuff, right?
http://flavorwire.com/404511/why-is-netflix-secretly-cropping-movies
― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 18 July 2013 15:25 (ten years ago) link
i sure do :(
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Thursday, 18 July 2013 15:27 (ten years ago) link
Yeah I don't care.
― Jeff, Thursday, 18 July 2013 15:31 (ten years ago) link
Doubtful that it's entirely Netflix's fault. The studios are probably sending them files that have been cropped for TV and Netflix doesn't do their due diligence to find out if it's the original aspect ratio.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 18 July 2013 15:33 (ten years ago) link
See note at bottom of article
― how bad could it be to be stuck to the couch, forever... (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 18 July 2013 15:35 (ten years ago) link
I care a lot, but I feel like this should be a setting, something to the effect of "do you actually like the art of film or are you a crybaby who hates black bars"
― mh, Thursday, 18 July 2013 15:39 (ten years ago) link
i've seen pan&scan stuff on netflix, its infuriating
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Thursday, 18 July 2013 15:42 (ten years ago) link
also im pretty sure the version of lukas moodysson's together i watched the other night was from a VHS copy, it had horrible hard-subs and it was letterboxed but not anamorphic so basically the picture was floating on my screen with bars on all sides
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Thursday, 18 July 2013 15:43 (ten years ago) link
and it was shit quality
"secretly"
― badg, Thursday, 18 July 2013 16:52 (ten years ago) link
I hate pan & scan, but does Netflix still do this? That article mentions Starz, and also how that is no longer the source. But two of the three movies screen capped in the piece are not currently even streaming on Netflix.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 18 July 2013 17:00 (ten years ago) link
Huh, yeah, Man in the Moon is indeed 1.85-ish. Weird. Anyway. I've noticed this worse on Amazon Prime, I want to say. My usual 'Scope test is John Carpenter movies.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 18 July 2013 17:01 (ten years ago) link
i will turn off any movie on netflix with p&s/wrong ratio/shitty transfer within the first 5 minutes because it pisses me off so much. and yeah, theres plenty of it. the current netflix battle royale stream looks like it was filmed with a tripod camera
― You pieces of shit. (jjjusten), Thursday, 18 July 2013 17:10 (ten years ago) link
That Tumblr makes me jealous of all the movies streamed overseas but not here. That's an equal injustice!
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 18 July 2013 17:10 (ten years ago) link
I was surprised how different the Netflix selection is in Canada!
― mh, Thursday, 18 July 2013 17:36 (ten years ago) link
max not on fire
― auscozeichnet (cozen), Thursday, 18 July 2013 18:03 (ten years ago) link
http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Last_Kind_Words/70272856?trkid=2361637
My buddy Kevin's movie is streaming on Netflix now! Southern Gothic ghost story, gorgeously shot in rural Kentucky. Highly recc'd. Some music by our roommate (P.G. Six)
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Friday, 19 July 2013 17:16 (ten years ago) link
hah ian, I never made the PG6 connection before.
― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 July 2013 17:20 (ten years ago) link
but haven't you MET pat????
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Friday, 19 July 2013 17:20 (ten years ago) link
yeah, I didn't know he was dat guy!
(I haven't known who ppl in bands are for eons, you know that)
― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 July 2013 17:24 (ten years ago) link
I think a friend of my friend Geoff plays w/ him, in fact
― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 July 2013 17:26 (ten years ago) link
that wldn't surprise me!
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Friday, 19 July 2013 17:27 (ten years ago) link
My buddy Kevin's movie is streaming on Netflix now!
Your buddy Kevin? My buddy Kevin! How do you know Kevin?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 19 July 2013 18:14 (ten years ago) link
music stuff, mostly! he's friends with a lot of ppl i know, he would come into the record store where i used to work, etc. i think the first ppl i met kevin thru were 0tt0 h and d4v3 l3rn3r?
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Friday, 19 July 2013 18:17 (ten years ago) link
Huh. I went to school with Kevin (undergrad) and played in a band with him. So I wouldn't be surprised if we had a few other mutual friends as well.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 19 July 2013 18:19 (ten years ago) link
huh! wild. i bet we do...
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Friday, 19 July 2013 18:27 (ten years ago) link
is The Glades any good? never even heard of it until i saw it was on netflix. but i don't have cable anymore. would watch alligator cop show if its halfway decent. a chicago cop is REALLY a fish out of water in this spicy crime drama.
― scott seward, Saturday, 20 July 2013 21:19 (ten years ago) link
they're REALLY convinced i'll like that one.
i think because i watched the bones spinoff set in florida or on an island or something like that.
but i tried to watch csi miami and felt discomfort and existential self-loathing so i'm not so sure about florida.
― j., Saturday, 20 July 2013 23:04 (ten years ago) link
they think i'm gonna love THE GLADES too. i blame that episode of longmire i watched, and also rockford.
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Saturday, 20 July 2013 23:09 (ten years ago) link
The Glades was okay in a guilty pleasure kind of way in the first season. They had a marathon one weekend and I was sick and watched the whole thing. Second season was essentially an hour-long Kia commercial every week. The most hackneyed, embarrassing product placement ever. I felt sorry for the actors having to say their stupid lines about the stupid Kia. Haven't seen Season 3 but my husband assures me it's still terrible, still a Kia commercial.
― franny glass, Saturday, 20 July 2013 23:16 (ten years ago) link
I watched Orange is etc etc. not bad!
― mh, Saturday, 20 July 2013 23:29 (ten years ago) link
i'm watching pilot of glades now. its okay. standard stuff. probably don't need 30+ episodes in my life.
― scott seward, Sunday, 21 July 2013 01:40 (ten years ago) link
i could watch longmire all night long. watched them all.
I binge-watched those after in orbit mentioned it in Facebook. Longmire!
― mh, Sunday, 21 July 2013 01:58 (ten years ago) link
I tried The Glades, thought it was terrible. But...Longmire!!
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Sunday, 21 July 2013 02:10 (ten years ago) link
I oly drink Rainier
― mh, Sunday, 21 July 2013 06:20 (ten years ago) link
I am very late, I know, but I just began watching Sherlock. I've been informed that I am now obligated to post Benedict Cumberbatch gifs on my tumblr.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 21 July 2013 06:34 (ten years ago) link
i watched the first episode of Psych last night. pretty entertaining (even though completely implausible). i might watch more of those. never saw it before.
― scott seward, Sunday, 21 July 2013 14:18 (ten years ago) link
their Twin Peaks episode was great
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 21 July 2013 14:44 (ten years ago) link
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51T9YZ9E88L.jpg
Saw this the other night. It was hilariously bad. At one point a woman gets killed BY A TURTLE.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 21 July 2013 14:55 (ten years ago) link
I love Psych. They have good jokes.
― tokyo rosemary, Sunday, 21 July 2013 15:19 (ten years ago) link
i finally started sherlock last night. fell asleep halfway through the first one though but it was late. like it although it's hard not to think Cumberbach is doing the Doctor as Sherlock and makes me sad that because he did one he wouldn't be able to do the other, because he'd be awfully good
― akm, Sunday, 21 July 2013 15:46 (ten years ago) link
otm
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 21 July 2013 15:51 (ten years ago) link
he's a v good inscrutable Holmes
my only gripe with Sherlock is that it looks like it was shot on Instagram; and the constant sound effects get a little maddening at times
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 21 July 2013 15:52 (ten years ago) link
Not having ever really watched Doctor Who, I guess I'm bless that I won't keep making constant comparisons.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 21 July 2013 18:40 (ten years ago) link
we watched TWINS last night. pretty bad movie. but i love danny devito.should i really watch more longmire? he seems so... not tough. like the sheriff from no country for old men if he was a wuss.
helen started to watch The Killing after I fell asleep, she is hooked. should i watch that? i have to catch up.
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Sunday, 21 July 2013 19:45 (ten years ago) link
i like the middle of nowhere thing about longmire. and the indian reservation thing. and last but not least the kara thrace thing about longmire.
― scott seward, Sunday, 21 July 2013 20:11 (ten years ago) link
i kinda don't feel like going back to Fringe...i dunno, its a commitment. i'm not exactly on the edge of my seat. and the alternating oh no the world is gonna end/ho hum xfiles unrelated/unconnected episode thing kinda bugs me. i mean you would think the end of the world would be the only thing they were working on.
― scott seward, Sunday, 21 July 2013 20:14 (ten years ago) link
scott have they gone to amber fringeworld yet? because that whole setup is pretty choice.
― j., Sunday, 21 July 2013 20:16 (ten years ago) link
no, not yet. can't remember where we are. somewhere in season two i think.
― scott seward, Sunday, 21 July 2013 20:17 (ten years ago) link