Reservoir Dogs Controversy

[MoviePropMaster2008]

I don't care WHO puts up the screen cap, as long as the one doing the replacing is of SUPERIOR quality.

There are some pages on IMFDB I'm itching for someone to replace the CRAP screencaps. I know there will be some egos bruised, but per the rules, IMFDB allows for any replacement IF the image is of superior quality.

So, I sure hope you guys get it all worked out. And even now, if a show can be replaced with a newer, more awesome shot then go for it.

I remember recently a brand new member (complete noob) wanted to put in 14-16 new shots of a particular gun on a page I built. I told him 'no'. If he had new shots of hither to unidentified guns, then all is good, but for him to CRUSH a new section with tons and tons of shots of the same gun is ridiculous. I am so glad we are clamping down on that idiocy.

[Ace Oliveira]

Originally Posted by MoviePropMaster2008

I don't care WHO puts up the screen cap, as long as the one doing the replacing is of SUPERIOR quality.

There are some pages on IMFDB I'm itching for someone to replace the CRAP screencaps. I know there will be some egos bruised, but per the rules, IMFDB allows for any replacement IF the image is of superior quality.

So, I sure hope you guys get it all worked out. And even now, if a show can be replaced with a newer, more awesome shot then go for it.

I remember recently a brand new member (complete noob) wanted to put in 14-16 new shots of a particular gun on a page I built. I told him 'no'. If he had new shots of hither to unidentified guns, then all is good, but for him to CRUSH a new section with tons and tons of shots of the same gun is ridiculous. I am so glad we are clamping down on that idiocy.

And who was that?

[MoviePropMaster2008]

Originally Posted by Ace Oliveira

And who was that?

It wasn't YOU so you don't have to freak out.

[Ace Oliveira]

Originally Posted by MoviePropMaster2008

It wasn't YOU so you don't have to freak out.

I know. I just didn't catch up. I'm sorry if I'm pissing you off but, Who was it? We don't really get much screencappers now. Most new members don't know how to screencap.

[AdAstra2009]

I agree, revert back to YNH's version.

Gunman69's screenshots, while they are widescreen are too small. He also has alot of repetitive caps of low quality.

[Yournamehere]

After reading the rules, standards and principles, I have another question to pose; why are widescreen images considered better than fullscreens?

Furthermore, my Reservoir Dogs page was made prior to the rules, standards and principles page and therefore I couldn't have followed the conditions such as widescreen/jpeg formatting etc. I built the page purely to look it's best, which is why I used the fullscreen version (to get bigger shots) and .png formatted images (which are bigger but allow for more detail). The question I am posing now is, should we allow the pages that were made prior to the rules, standards and principles page to slip through the preferences of .jpeg or widescreen so long as the look good and/or better than any other change that can be made? In other words, is quality the most important element in a page, or should the preference of a certain type of file or shot be taken into consideration first at the potential sacrifice in quality? Where is the gray area? Would my case be an exception to the rule?

[AdAstra2009]

Widescreen is generally preferred as with fullscreen you are possibly losing something on the left or the right.
However if the widescreen screencaps are lower quality, the point is moot as your fullscreen screencaps are of SUPERIOR QUALITY.

I say go ahead and revert back to your original version, but get a better shot of the LAPD's S&W Model 19s and add the S&W 669.

[MoviePropMaster2008]

Originally Posted by Yournamehere

Furthermore, my Reservoir Dogs page was made prior to the rules, standards and principles page and therefore I couldn't have followed the conditions such as widescreen/jpeg formatting etc. I built the page purely to look it's best, which is why I used the fullscreen version (to get bigger shots) and .png formatted images (which are bigger but allow for more detail). The question I am posing now is, should we allow the pages that were made prior to the rules, standards and principles page to slip through the preferences of .jpeg or widescreen so long as the look good and/or better than any other change that can be made? In other words, is quality the most important element in a page, or should the preference of a certain type of file or shot be taken into consideration first at the potential sacrifice in quality? Where is the gray area? Would my case be an exception to the rule?

No one expects people to be psychic when they made pages prior to the posting of the rules. However, all that means that ANY page in the future can still be overwritten with higher quality images. Widescreen images that are HIGH QUALITY (I fear the ones which were posted were saved at too low a resolution and thus looked blurry on high rez monitors) will always trump FULL screen, however, if they are of worse quality, then the full screen stays.

I am hoping for the day when we have more and more BLU RAY screenshots (properly edited of course)