Post by Prestan on Sept 13, 2007 3:57:57 GMT -5
Has anyone else noticed that the UK version of EQ doesn't have the wide screen bars at the top/bottom of the screen, meaning you can actually see MORE picture?
seriously, theres like a third of the screen missing in the US version becuz they added widescreen bars to make it a 2x1 screen, but we're missing the whole picture.
notice in Father's stadium at the begininng of the movie when the audience is applauding, the view screen of Father is cut in half and you can't see his whole face. Thats just one example.
I KNOW for a fact I'm right becuz i've seen footage of fight scenes via YouTube where you could see more on the top and bottom of the screen, more so than my version at home. At first I thought it was just in my head, but upon review I was right.
Another example: The famous motorcycle blackflip.
In the first birds-eye-view-shot of preston killing the sweepers, you can see a sweeper at the top of the screen and another one at the bottom of the screen, (these being the two sweepers Preston killed during his blackflip). Anyway, you see them fall down and die. Well, in the US version, the widescreen bars prevent you from seeing those two sweepers because they are located at the top and bottom of the screen.
In hall of mirrors, preston is mostly cut off from the waist down, but I have seen footage (UK version) where you can see most of his legs.
This wouldn't bug me so much except that I don't feel like I've actually SEEN EQ. Its kinda like when you watch a movie in full screen but never in wide screen: You can't really appeciate the movie because you never saw the full picture because they boxed it in. (Ironically, this is the complete opposite, they added bars on the top and bottom, I guess to make it more 'cinematicy')
Someone out there must know what I'm talking about. It may not even necessarily be the "UK version" but I assume its the original w/e you want to call it.
Does anyone know where I might find it?
(ps: even some of the audio is different. For example, in the US version they added an "AHH!" when the first two sweepers are hit via the motorcycle blackflip, which isn't there in the UK version.)
seriously, theres like a third of the screen missing in the US version becuz they added widescreen bars to make it a 2x1 screen, but we're missing the whole picture.
notice in Father's stadium at the begininng of the movie when the audience is applauding, the view screen of Father is cut in half and you can't see his whole face. Thats just one example.
I KNOW for a fact I'm right becuz i've seen footage of fight scenes via YouTube where you could see more on the top and bottom of the screen, more so than my version at home. At first I thought it was just in my head, but upon review I was right.
Another example: The famous motorcycle blackflip.
In the first birds-eye-view-shot of preston killing the sweepers, you can see a sweeper at the top of the screen and another one at the bottom of the screen, (these being the two sweepers Preston killed during his blackflip). Anyway, you see them fall down and die. Well, in the US version, the widescreen bars prevent you from seeing those two sweepers because they are located at the top and bottom of the screen.
In hall of mirrors, preston is mostly cut off from the waist down, but I have seen footage (UK version) where you can see most of his legs.
This wouldn't bug me so much except that I don't feel like I've actually SEEN EQ. Its kinda like when you watch a movie in full screen but never in wide screen: You can't really appeciate the movie because you never saw the full picture because they boxed it in. (Ironically, this is the complete opposite, they added bars on the top and bottom, I guess to make it more 'cinematicy')
Someone out there must know what I'm talking about. It may not even necessarily be the "UK version" but I assume its the original w/e you want to call it.
Does anyone know where I might find it?
(ps: even some of the audio is different. For example, in the US version they added an "AHH!" when the first two sweepers are hit via the motorcycle blackflip, which isn't there in the UK version.)
