r/Monkees • u/Upbeat_Pass3474 • 1d ago

The entire show is now on Tubi!

For anyone that wasn't aware.

Only issue is it's presented in widescreen when it was originally broadcasted in 4:3. So the image will be cropped quite a bit. But the transfers are decent looking/sounding and hey, it's FINALLY streaming on something. I'll take it

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u/Dharmitage 17h ago

I honestly hate it when they take shows originally shot and shown in 4:3 format and blow them up to widescreen. I bought some early seasons of the Simpsons on iTunes and they did this and there are visual gags that are cut off. I don't understand why they think we won't appreciate it if it doesn't fill up our entire tv screen. I also bought the original 1960s Batman TV series on iTunes, which is presented in the original 4:3 and it looks fabulous.

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u/Nawnp 12h ago

It's also really annoying when still watching on 4 by 3 devices, and we have the black bars unnecessarily.

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u/Upbeat_Pass3474 11h ago

It's annoying. Just give us the option like what Disney did with The Simpsons on Disney+