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[JasonN]

Not bad, really. Cameron framed the film for both aspect ratios, even in post, so it's not like we're losing the director's intent like a fullscreen release. Just annoying for those looking to incorporate the scenes into a fanedit, because it's going to entail reframing either the deleted scenes (and losing precious resolution) or reframing the entire film to scope (which will take forever and a day).

Damn, my eyes must be off editing-wise (being away from editing for so many months), as I didn't even notice that while watching those scenes.

Well that does rather suck, in addition to the only 2.0 stereo mix for the deleted scenes audio.

 

[JasonN]

Next time I get a chance, I'm going to compare the flat and scope compositions for the bits of the deleted scenes that cross over into the finished film. I doubt that Cameron reframed every scene specifically and probably chose a common line (top third or center) for scope framing.

Did my own comparison of the "Pandora Rules" scene with the same video that was in the film and the scope bars were simply overlayed over the film, so it'd be pretty easy to add those deleted scenes listed back into the film and just add black bars overlays over the video to give the film a scope AR.