Hairspray DVD - On Sale Now! — Page 5

Been watching al night. Watched all the extras first, now I'm almost done with the film.

Def. going to invest in the Blu Ray version, as I'm not satisfied with my current DVD.

Love the extras about the costumes, wigs, choreography, music, etc. How wonderful!!

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Did anyone happen to get the Locker gift set? I wanted the Link Lime but had NO luck finding it. My intention was to buy the 1 disc Wal-Mart version with the bonus disc they were offering and then the Link Lime giftset which would give me the 2 disc edition. I went to 2 Best Buys, Target, 2 Wal-Marts, Circuit City and Barnes & Noble (didn't think they'd have it but it was in the area). The only place that had the gift set at all was Best Buy and they only had pink - and not many of them. I called around to some that are pretty far from me just to see if it was out there but no luck. Unfortunately when you order it online you can't specify color. Since Amazon.com's picture was the green one, I placed my order online and i'm just hoping it ends up being the "Link Lime".

Did anyone happen to see this color in the stores today? and if so - where? Thanks for the help in advance if anyone can offer a suggestion. I know it sounds stupid, but I really wanted to find it.

Anyway, I watched the movie on the one disc version - this should hold me over until the 2 disc version arrives in the mail.

Thanks Again.

Brodyfosse123 - I have to completely agree with you on the Blu-Ray presentation. It's simply amazing and the standard DVD is pale in comparison.

Here in the UK Entertainment in Video distributors had a promo set that they sent out to key retail buyers which included the Blu Ray version, 2 disc DVD double disc, double CD plus the original Waters movie verison. This came in a Hairspray shaped can and was limited to about 50 copies. Now if only i can get my hands on one!!

Just a tidbit...

Target in south Austin TX...was sold out of wide screens when I got there...a lot of full screens left and a few 2 disc editions. I paid the extra $ and got the 2 disc set, as did 2 people around me as I was on the phone with the old roomie trying to figure out if the 2 disc set is wide screen (it is).

Watched everything on both discs. Very well put together. Had sound issues when i first came in (menu on the movie disc had no sound), but once the movie started everything went to normal including the menu sound.

Wow I love this movie.

Dottie, don't you have a Sugar Daddy to buy you a nice big TV and a home theater sound system?

Odd to see that many haven't upgraded to widescreen TVs and merged into the high definition world. I embraced this many years ago. Come on, people. Time to catch up!

The ONLY way to see the Blu-ray DVD of HAIRSPRAY is on a 60-inch widescreen HD Sony TV with a 7.1 Sony receiver.

I think the last time I owned a regular square-screen 27-inch TV was about 15 years ago.

Has anyone attempted the commentary with Shankman and Blonsky? If it's anything like their commentary on the extended "You Can't Stop The Beat" then it's sure to be ninety minutes of torture.

"Shake and Shimmy Edition" is only available in Widescreen.

Phyllis - do you mean the commentary on the deleted "You Can't Stop The Beat" ending?

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BrodyFosse, I bought my telesion in 1990!! But I'm definitely in the market for a new one, since this one is on its last leg. I definitely got my money's worth, that's for sure.

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That crop you just did mateo is completely wrong.

HAIRSPRAY was shot in the aspect ratio of 2.35:1, which means it was not matted.

What you are showing is a full-frame image cropped to simulate a 2.35:1 aspect ratio, which is WRONG!

For the Fullscreen does NOT show more at the top and bottom -- it is equal to the widescreen 2.35:1 image. For the Fullscreen DVD they left the top and bottom of the image -- they only cut on the left and right sides of the image.

You're showing a totally misleading representation and makes people believe you see more of the top and bottom of the image in Fullscreen -- which you do NOT since the film wasn't matted when filmed.

I hope this clears up YOUR confusion between the difference of widescreen and fullframe/fullscreen.


Here's the difference of how HAIRSPRAY was done for Widescreen and the Fullscreen DVD:

WIDESCREEN 2.35.1 DVD:


FULLSCREEN 1.33.1 formatted DVD:



See how both versions show the same composition -- top and bottom of image?


This is what YOU were stating:

A Fullframe image being cropped to resemble Widescreen:

shall i take a few more caps for you to see...

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