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Jack Ryan S3 E3

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[–] 11 points 2 years ago (9 children)

SG1 was shot in 4:3 until like season 8 or so.

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  • [–] 40 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    SG-1 was shot in widescreen from day one, on cameras that had framing marks for 4:3 and 16:9. A 4:3 cut was sent to TV networks and a 16:9 cut was canned until the show was released on DVD.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Unless they were shooting with anamorphic lenses, that's still cropping 4:3 to 16:9.

    The real issue is that AFAIK the show's never been remastered from film. All we have are DVD transfers - and filters on top of that.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

    SG1 was shot in film and mastered in 16:9. 16mm in the first 3 seasons, 35mm 3-7, and then they moved to digital HD cameras season 8 onwards.

    Many shows from the 90s were [edit: shot on film]. That's why you can get a widescreen HD release of Seinfeld, among others.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    That's not always a good thing. If it was meant to be 4:3 the extra space on the frame can have set rigging, lights, microphone booms, and in case of stunts even crash pads.

    It's one of the reasons the HD rescan of Buffy:TVS sucks. That still needs a proper 4:3 HD remaster.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Right, but the general public only ever saw the broadcast versions, which were predominantly in 4:3. Also, Seinfeld was only shot in 4:3 as it's a multi cam sitcom. The widescreen version you've seen is a crop of the original 4:3 picture.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Depends on how you watched it. The DVDs that were being released were in 16:9. Depending on what country you were in, the DVDs sometimes came out before the later seasons were aired on a channel you could access, if at all.

    The fact that other series can be re-released in HD is due the fact they are filmed on actual film, which was the point I was making clear.

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