A few nights ago Kathryn and I were watching a movie at home. We popped the DVD (digital video disc) in our DVD player and in no time, a familiar message appeared:
"This screen has been modified from its original version. The following has been formatted to fit this screen."
And Kathryn made a blog-worthy observation: Why are they informing us about this bit o' editing. Certainly, the editors have made plenty of editing decisions that they didn't feel the need to inform us about - so why this one. "This shot was originally 4 seconds long, but it has been adjusted to be 3.25 seconds." If we don't need every editorial detail, why do we need that one? Good call.
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Kathryn: Isn't our body temperature 98.6 degrees?
Matt: Yeah.
Kathryn: So, how come when it is 98 degrees outside, we feel so hot? Shouldn't it neutralize itself out into equilibrium or something? Shouldn't that feel...you know, normal?
Matt: Good call!
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Kathryn's good friend from college (Jen from Lost) wrote a real letter to the 90210 character, Dylan. Not Luke Perry, mind you. Dylan. I am curious what address she sent it to. What did she write on the envelope? Kathryn exclaims, "Was this like one of your letters to Santa that you gave to your mom but she never really sent it?" Oh, Jen.
Good call!!!
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That wife of yours. She IS a genius!
Can we make sure to mention I wrote the letter in 4th grade??? Just so people don't lose respect for Kathryn...
-Jen from Lost
The reason why they inform you of this bit of editing is because pan and scan chops off a bit of the sides to make the normally rectangular cinematography square. This is just a warning that you won't see the real movie so when you get disappointed they can say, "We warned you." This is why you should always buy widescreen.
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