mstrox 3933 Posted November 15, 2019 Author Share Posted November 15, 2019 The FX app gave you a choice of aspect ratios, if I recall correctly, when you actively picked an episode - but if you did the random Simpsons episode button or let it autoplay, I think it defaulted to cropped widescreen for the first 19 (Fullscreen) seasons Link to post Share on other sites
Harry Irene 24 Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 You mean all episodes streaming, except the Michael Jackson one. Link to post Share on other sites
rough cut 858 Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 Cropping and stretching all taken into consideration - that is the real crime here. Link to post Share on other sites
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6000 Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 Arpy 1 Link to post Share on other sites
The Big Man 6968 Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 Gruesome Son of a Bitch 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6000 Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 Hehe Link to post Share on other sites
Disco Stu 10316 Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 So Disney says they will add a 4:3 option in “early 2020.” Bayesian 1 Link to post Share on other sites
mstrox 3933 Posted November 17, 2019 Author Share Posted November 17, 2019 Wonder if they’re going to do the same for some of the other butchered shows that nobody is raising a stink about like Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers? Link to post Share on other sites
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6000 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 I like Chip's leather jacket on that show. Not Mr. Big 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Fargo 228 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 I’m glad Disney will add this change; I kind of expected it to happen at some point given that there were a bunch of articles about it in the last week. And you’ve reminded me I need to go back and watch some of these cartoons from my childhood - Chip n Dale, Gargoyles, and others. So far I’ve only watched: Both Mando episodes 30 min of Rogue One until I got bored S1E1 of The Simpsons The Little Mermaid An episode of a random NatGeo documentary about mountain life that I quite liked Link to post Share on other sites
mstrox 3933 Posted November 18, 2019 Author Share Posted November 18, 2019 I watched both Mandalorian episodes. We watched The Three Caballeros with my kid. Otherwise at this point, it's just been Disney Junior shows (and Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers, as I photographed above) as background noise for my kid. Link to post Share on other sites
The Big Man 6968 Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 diznie÷ Link to post Share on other sites
Brundlefly 1767 Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 On 11/14/2019 at 7:29 PM, mstrox said: True - there's also an edited scene in Fantasia. Cutting controversial or retarded content from past media is dangerous - it's no extension of the limits of tolerance and equality, it's history censorship. TSMefford 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Goldsmithfan 3 Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 2 hours ago, Brundlefly said: Cutting controversial or retarded content from past media is dangerous - it's no extension of the limits of tolerance and equality, it's history censorship. The scene from Fantasia was censored in 1969. This is nothing new. Now, they're putting disclaimers at the beginning of movies and in their description. Your bizarre movie-based history program is still relatively intact. Link to post Share on other sites
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6000 Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 The real weird thing about Fantasia is that the original narration has been replaced for years. What's up with that? Link to post Share on other sites
mstrox 3933 Posted November 18, 2019 Author Share Posted November 18, 2019 We just watched Fantasia with my kid for the first time a few weeks ago. At the time, I read through the IMDB trivia - I think the audio was unsalvageable for a rerelease/remaster, so they had a known voice actor rerecord it. EDIT: Yup Quote The 2000 restoration was the first time the longer, so-called roadshow version of the film was seen after the initial release. This version contains much longer interstitials from Deems Taylor explaining what will be seen. The picture of these segments was easy to find and was cleaned up, since most of them were used in the 1990 restoration, but the soundtrack for the segments that had not been seen since the 1940s either could not be found or was in terrible shape. After much debate, actor Corey Burton was called in to dub all of Taylor's dialog, but the original narration can be heard in the soundtrack sequence halfway through the picture. Link to post Share on other sites
Darth Wojo 2384 Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 On 11/16/2019 at 9:49 PM, mstrox said: Wonder if they’re going to do the same for some of the other butchered shows that nobody is raising a stink about like Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers? What's the issue here, aside from the pisspoor color grading? The cropping is minor. Link to post Share on other sites
Disco Stu 10316 Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Still waiting on them to add the option to watch the good seasons in their proper 4:3 aspect ratio. "Early 2020" was the promised release window. Tick tock tick tock... mstrox 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TSMefford 889 Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 On 11/18/2019 at 4:34 PM, woj said: What's the issue here, aside from the pisspoor color grading? The cropping is minor. Honestly it doesn't matter if the cropping is considered "minor". I want to watch it as it was originally created and intended. Simple as that. That applies to most everything for me. For example, even if a movie that was originally intended to be widescreen and has a version in full-screen that is open matte (and therefore ADDS, instead of removes picture) I will still want the Widescreen version. Next they'll want to change the aspect ratios in Grand Budapest Hotel for "consistency". Just leave it alone. mstrox 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Holko 5216 Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 But muh black bars! Waaaaaaaah! TSMefford 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6000 Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 On 11/16/2019 at 6:49 PM, mstrox said: Wonder if they’re going to do the same for some of the other butchered shows that nobody is raising a stink about like Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers? They've gone up the ventilation shaft! mstrox and MikeH 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Not Mr. Big 2796 Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 36 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: Still waiting on them to add the option to watch the good seasons in their proper 4:3 aspect ratio. "Early 2020" was the promised release window. Tick tock tick tock... Just watch the newer episodes while you're waiting... Link to post Share on other sites
Bayesian 592 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 On 1/25/2020 at 10:00 AM, Not Mr. Big said: Just watch the newer episodes while you're waiting... That's largely what I do. The show switched to 16:9 high-def at S20:E10. Link to post Share on other sites
crumbs 8182 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 It's weird seeing the show in such crisp quality. It feels like something got lost along the way, the magic of those older episodes painstakingly created by hand. Molly Weasley 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6000 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 I don't know if it was a streaming issue, but I noticed the Disney+ Simpsons would flip/flop between very crisp-looking (albeit cropped) and like a zoomed-in DVD image with noticeably lower quality. I haven't seen the issue with any other content on the service, so I think it's the source material. Link to post Share on other sites
crumbs 8182 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Yes there's some weird aliasing issues on a lot of episodes, it looks horrible. Not sure if it's just an issue with the source material or potentially bad encoding along the way. Surely they could remaster these older episodes if they have the original film elements? Link to post Share on other sites
Fargo 228 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 The Simpsons will be available on Disney Plus in the correct aspect ratio by the end of May Finally. Now bring Futurama. Darth Wojo 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Disco Stu 10316 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 It's another "expect to" statement though! They previously "expected" to have it done in early 2020, so I don't trust it. Link to post Share on other sites
Edmilson 1573 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 7 minutes ago, Fargo said: Now bring Futurama. Maybe too adult for the family friendly Disney +? Link to post Share on other sites
Pieter Boelen 626 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Disco Stu said: It's another "expect to" statement though! They previously "expected" to have it done in early 2020, so I don't trust it. May is still first half of the year. So if they do it, it won't be LATE 2020 at least. Link to post Share on other sites
The Big Man 6968 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 I have all these on tape anyway. Link to post Share on other sites
Nick Parker 2840 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 10 hours ago, Fargo said: The Simpsons will be available on Disney Plus in the correct aspect ratio by the end of May Finally. Now bring Futurama. Calculon's back! Link to post Share on other sites
mstrox 3933 Posted May 21, 2020 Author Share Posted May 21, 2020 DISNEY+ announced the correct aspect ratio is coming on May 28th Disco Stu 1 Link to post Share on other sites
The Big Man 6968 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 I bet they forgot. Link to post Share on other sites
Disco Stu 10316 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 We had a thread for this @mstrox! Posting the news here for posterity, The Simpsons will finally be streaming in its correct aspect ratio on May 28. TSMefford and mstrox 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Darth Wojo 2384 Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Today's the day the aspect ratio is fixed! Disney+ gives you the option to watch in either format. https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/simpsons-4-by-3-aspect-ratio-disney-plus-1234618818/amp/?__twitter_impression=true Link to post Share on other sites
Disco Stu 10316 Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Ay Caramba! Link to post Share on other sites
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