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Topic: Strange web site to poke fun at...
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Christopher Duvall
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 500
From: Denver, CO
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 06-24-2001 06:07 AM
Here is the address to strange site I found a few years ago before the DVD format was introduced.
http://members.aol.com/savetele/savetele.html This guy is some some sort of lawyer and in his spare time he ranting that running letterboxed movies on standard 4:3 TV's is censorship. HE claims that it is censorship of your TV and that artistic integrity means nothing. Mainly alot of double talk and what-not. To make matters worse, he no will no longer reply or debate anyone against his views. A friend of mine had a long running email debate with him and the lawyer kept making statements that kept circling back upon itself. Anyhoo, I thought some you movie geeks (such as myself) would get a good laugh at this...
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Chris Duvall
General Manager
Regal Cinemas Colonnade14
Las Vegas, NV
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Joe Redifer
You need a beating today
Posts: 12859
From: Denver, Colorado
Registered: May 99
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posted 06-24-2001 12:07 PM
Somewhere in his diatribe are the words "they want to take away our rights to watch and enjoy television as it now is"If that is the case, then color TV is also censorship. What about the people of the past who "want to watch and enjoy television as it was"? Perhaps this guy just likes attention? I can't take this guy seriously. He MUST be joking. Saying that letterboxing is the most vile evil of ALL TIME kind of gives it away for me. Wait. No. Actually I think perhaps letterboxing may have been the cause of those Columbine shootings that happened not too far from my house.
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Christopher Duvall
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 500
From: Denver, CO
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 06-24-2001 11:07 PM
I tried to get a rise out of him and get a response by sending him email last night. To make a long message short...I stated that we in the theatre industry "censor" our screens as well by masking out the unused area of the screen for scope and flat films. I tried to goad him into a debate in which I think he is taking the cowardly way out by responding to me with the message that states..."we have no interest in what you say, lettershlocking is evil and will end"
...and I agree with Michael Barry, the guy has to be a troll. He is definately looking for the flame messages. If not, he must be a complete moron. Whatta goof...
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Chris Duvall
General Manager
Regal Cinemas Colonnade14
Las Vegas, NV
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John Wilson
Film God
Posts: 5438
From: Sydney, Australia.
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 06-25-2001 03:17 AM
>>In widescreen/lettershlocked garbage, the image is squashed down small between the black bars so that it pretends to look like a movie screen<<OK...so the guy's a fruit-loop, but it sure is a good laugh to read! ------------------
"If you think THIS is fantastic...wait until you see the full effect with the HIMP!"
- Chief Inspector Clouseau.
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