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From: Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org>
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Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2025-02-07 (Friday)
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2025 08:18:25 -0800
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On 2/8/2025 11:56 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>> On 2/8/2025 2:46 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>> Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>>>> On 2/8/2025 11:21 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>>>> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
>>>>>> On National Fetticine Alfredo Day, I watched:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Various YouTube videos.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What did you watch?
>>>>>
>>>>> Hey, thanks for asking!
>>>>>
>>>>> The final episodes of THE PRACTICE, leaving me free to start watching
>>>>> BOSTON LEGAL.
>>>>>
>>>>> SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON
>>>>> 1939 John Wayne cavalry classic that the critics say is the first movie he
>>>>> actually started acting in. It has a running gag where somebody will try to
>>>>> apologize and Wayne will stop them saying “never apologize, it’s a sign of
>>>>> weakness“ so now we know where Gibbs got his rule number six.
>>>>>
>>>>> A couple mid third season BUFFY episodes when the series was still at its
>>>>> peak.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On disc or streaming?  How was the picture quality?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Buffy on the Hulu. It’s 4:3 but the image quality is excellent. There are
>>> also 16:9 versions of it. The originals of those were horrendous, but the
>>> new ones look pretty good. Same notation for Angel.
>>>
>>
>> Good to know.  If this new series gets off the ground I'm going to want
>> to revisit the original.  But I don't think my DVDs are up to the job.
>>
> 
> I just started season four (the college years) on the Hulu. These are now
> 16:9. And they look great. I haven’t had an opportunity to side-by-side
> compare the current 4:3 versions of Buffy and angel with the current 16:9
> versions From the same source (for instance I was watching 16:9 season
> three Buffy on Comet broadcast and decided to switch over to Hulu to get
> rid of commercials). And I’m watching on the iPad. But anything I’m seeing
> right now should be up to the task.
> 
> I don’t think I’ve ever seen the pilot for angel in 16:9…
> 

The first season Angel DVDs are 1:33 before switching to anamorphic wide 
screen for the rest.  All the Buffy episodes are 1:33.  I'm assuming 
"Once More With Feeling" is nonanamorphic wide screen.

I watched the entire series of both Buffy and Angel back in 2011.  And I 
even figured out when to swap discs for the cross over episodes.  It was 
great.  But I haven't watched an episode in over a decade.  A new Buffy 
series would be a great excuse to watch some of the best episodes again.

I just need to know *when* so I can have enough time to plan for it.