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Originally Posted by Dude111
I just found the first 1979 release of Towering Inferno and I ordered it  (Magnetic Video)
I like movies to look,etc exactly as they did when they came out so getting one as close to its release date is important.. (Major (BIG) US companies really ruined movies.. They flattend the movies out like pancakes,etc)
Do they do that on DVD also guys? Do you watch movies and notice they are flat and look disgusting??
Thanx Chris for the recommendation for TTI!!
My dad said he saw it in the theater.. He said the theater next door was showing EARTHQUAKE and it was vibrating,etc... |
The only way to see a film as the director intended it is in a cinema.
If it’s not going to be on a cinema screen then the nearest you will get to it is the Blu Ray release, which seems to get good reviews in terms of its faithful reproduction from the original Panavision film print. Then get the biggest, widest TV you can lay your hands on.
I know you’re a fan of 80s consumer tech but no piece of kit made in the 80s or 90s reproduces anything the way it looked when it originally came out. Especially not if you’re in the States and relying on standard definition videotape with NTSC colour, which is inferior to the PAL and SECAM systems used elsewhere in the world.
But, you be you, at least it will look somewhat similar to the way it would have had it been screened on a Sunday afternoon some time in the mid 80s, and that will have a nostalgic charm of its own.