[Miggy]

It's hard to explain it to the average person without drawing out diagrams and charts, and I usually don't have pencil and paper with me. You start talking aspect ratio and 1.85:1 and widescreen and letterbox and they get lost. And the sad fact is, some people would still be bothered (for whatever reason I'll never understand) by the black bars even if they know that's the way to get all of the movie the way it was filmed.

I will say I will definitely advise someone IF they happen to ask me what's the difference b/w the two. Otherwise, I don't bother.

I did have a situation I debated about last week. I went to Walmart to see if they had the widescreen version of The Ring, which they did, although they were scattered around. I rearranged everything to put all the widescreen versions on the top shelf. I considered putting a WS copy on top of each of the P&S stacks, but then didn't. This older lady saw me with my copy and picked up one of her own. She asked me if it were any good. I glanced over and saw she had a P&S version. I was so tempted to say, "Yes, it is, but not in THAT format!" I hesitated and then finally just said, yes, it's a really good movie. She then bought the DVD she was holding. I just had the feeling that she would be getting that version no matter what I said.

I just feel confident that WS will always be at least available, like it was on VHS, even if it starts to becomes less prominent.

Miggy, the Thief