TMC
12-15-2014, 01:59 AM
http://uproxx.com/tv/2014/12/joss-whedon-is-not-a-fan-of-the-widescreen-buffy-remaster/
According to the Internet, Joss Whedon can do no wrong. Create imaginative and exciting television shows built on magnificent, one-of-a-kind worlds? Check. Write and direct one of the best superhero movies ever made? Duh. Deliver the goods with an even better, geekier sequel? You betchya.
All detractors must deal with the wrath of Whedon’s enormous fanbase, but hell hath no fury like Whedon himself. Since August, Pivot, the self-proclaimed television channel for millennials, has been airing remastered episodes of Whedon’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Basically, the original was shot in 4:3 and the widescreen (http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer/33355/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-widescreen-reruns-going-badly-wrong) crops shots and can distort scenes.
A recent round of complaints brought the remastered episodes (http://toybox.io9.com/oh-dear-buffys-hd-makeover-is-a-total-mess-1671812347?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_twitter&utm_source=io9_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow) to Whedon’s attention (http://www.zap2it.com/blogs/joss_whedon_says_widescreen_buffy_is_nonsense-2014-12). In response, the filmmaker took to Twitter (https://twitter.com/josswhedon/status/543650973495726080):
According to the Internet, Joss Whedon can do no wrong. Create imaginative and exciting television shows built on magnificent, one-of-a-kind worlds? Check. Write and direct one of the best superhero movies ever made? Duh. Deliver the goods with an even better, geekier sequel? You betchya.
All detractors must deal with the wrath of Whedon’s enormous fanbase, but hell hath no fury like Whedon himself. Since August, Pivot, the self-proclaimed television channel for millennials, has been airing remastered episodes of Whedon’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Basically, the original was shot in 4:3 and the widescreen (http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer/33355/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-widescreen-reruns-going-badly-wrong) crops shots and can distort scenes.
A recent round of complaints brought the remastered episodes (http://toybox.io9.com/oh-dear-buffys-hd-makeover-is-a-total-mess-1671812347?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_twitter&utm_source=io9_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow) to Whedon’s attention (http://www.zap2it.com/blogs/joss_whedon_says_widescreen_buffy_is_nonsense-2014-12). In response, the filmmaker took to Twitter (https://twitter.com/josswhedon/status/543650973495726080):