The video was supposedly made in 1988, but it's shot in 16:9 aspect ratio, which was not used for broadcast TV for until at least 10 years later. All TV shows up till then were 4:3.
They went to so much trouble to add the crappy colour and VHS tape defects, but then screwed it up with the simplest, easiest thing to get right.
That is something I noticed instantly, and a particular pet peeve of mine.
Originality needs a reboot.
Completely agree, but this is probably because the film is marketed toward twenty-something-year-old kids who rule the internet and the internet culture. Because 90% of them don't know about the old ratio they won't get the joke. And if they see it with the "chopped off" sides of black space they will probably quit watching or assume something is wrong, I'm guessing.
shareDonald Trump (the "creator" of this TV movie) must have been like "Hey, shoot it in a cinematic ratio, not the TV ratio. TV ratio is for loohsers. Make it cinematic. It'll...be...huge."
shareLol who cares? Talk about nitpicking.
shareThe movie's aspect ratio is definitely screwed-up. From the looks of it, the movie was shot in wide-screen, then formatted for full-screen for television, then that VHS full-screen was re-formatted for wide-screen VHS. It's absolutely hilarious.
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