Important to note: this does NOT mean that Warner Bros. spent $100 million on Supergirl's marketing campaign. It means that various marketing partners (KFC, Milkbone, etc.) are sponsoring Supergirl using their own products, and have all spent a combined $100 million to do so.

Not sure if you're into this kind of thing, but you should make sure to get a Blu-ray optical drive that is compatible with LibreDrive, which will allow you to rip 4K discs to your computer.

Correct.

The reason Sony is doing this? Because The Odyssey will be taking up all the IMAX screens for at least 4 weeks, on account of Christopher Nolan's exclusive contract. So, this is just a way to work around not having the IMAX screens.

Disney did this for The Mandalorian and Grogu as well. If more movies do this, IMAX will lose its edge...

While that is true, the movie was likely framed for 2.39:1 (like most Hollywood movies) in the first place, but they still shot it at a taller aspect ratio just in case they needed to crop something out. So either way, you aren't missing any details.

Winter blockbuster, you mean.

In my opinion, the only PLFs that are good are IMAX and Dolby Cinema, and RealD 3D if you're not averse to 3D. Since IMAX is not available, the best options would be Dolby Cinema and RealD 3D. Ignore all the rest, they are gimmicks.

If you want to know more about the other logos:

• Dolby Cinema is probably THE best pemium movie experience around. All of the Dolby theaters are equipped with 4K laser projectors, Dolby Atmos sound, and luxury reclining chairs. Also, they paint the entire auditorium black so that all the light can be absorbed, making the picture stand out even more. While IMAX theaters can vary in the way they are constructed, Dolby Cinemas are more consistent.
• "Premium Large Format" (PLF) is just a catch-all term for any non-standard movie theater screen (IMAX, Dolby Cinema, etc.)
• Cinemark XD is only available at Cinemark theaters, and it is slightly better than their standard theaters. Think of Cinemark XD as a "poor man's Dolby Cinema".
• 4DX is an interesting one, in that it aims to immerse you in the movie by giving you a "4D" experience - the seats move and shake, occasional water will spray at you, etc. It's more like a theme park ride than an actual movie theater experience, but with the right movie (like a "turn-your-brain-off" mindless action movie), it can be lots of fun. Sometimes it can distract from the movie itself, which is why I don't really recommend it, at least not for a first-time viewing of the film.
• As for D-BOX...yeah, I got nothing. I still can't figure out what it really is besides some premium sound...chair...thing.

TL;DR: Stick with IMAX and Dolby Cinema (and, if you like 3D movies, RealD 3D). The rest are gimmicks.

No, ScreenX is a type of Premium Large Format where the sides of the screen each have an additional projector screen, giving the film a 270° panoramic experience. It's very gimmicky in my opinion.

Disney's "Infinity Vision" isn't a PLF at all, and is just a certification program that tells consumers the best movie theaters in their area.

(And technically, this is a Sony film, but the point is that IMAX has new competition.)

Encoders must have cropped it themselves.

Most likely the Blu-ray release was cropped and the encoders used that as the source; studios almost never release the full-frame versions officially.

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When I was a kid, I asked my parents why our houses didn't have toothpaste pipes in addition to water ones. I'm strangely pleased to see Amazon thinking the same way.

"Let Jesus take the wheel" in panel 5, that was clever!

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