You want to see a perfect example of how incredibly stupid people on these DVD and Blu-Ray forums are, I print this post:
"The video hiccup happens around 1:50:36 during an insert shot of a bird flying in the sky overhead.
Since Mr. Gallagher states that the hiccup is also on the previously released DVD version, this leads me to believe that whatever master Sony/Columbia has of the film has the flaw in it and that the hiccup is not an encoding error. I do not know if this hiccup is present in the original theatrical prints (I've never seen the film projected from a theatrical print, but I can only assume the prints lacked this obvious error), but I suspect that the error has somehow been formed along the way in finding source material for home video and transferring it. Unfortunately, either Sony/Columbia hasn't noticed this problem or is too lazy to fix it.
Too bad they didn't choose new source material, one without the error, for the transfer. It is annoying that such a great film has been restored so nicely and released on an awesome home video format with an obvious, startling error.
Other than the video hiccup, the blu-ray is excellent. In fact, the audio and video quality of the blu-ray is so good that it makes the video hiccup at 1:50:36 that much more disappointing.
I plan on contacting Sony/Colombia's Home Video Department to try and get information about the video hiccup and why it wasn't fixed/removed.
If anyone else has insight into this issue, I'd appreciate you posting it in this thread."
Note the accusatory tone, the use of "too lazy" "why it wasn't fixed/removed" and "obvious and startling error" -
Now, the obvious and startling "error" is a jump cut that lasts about an eighth of a second. It has always been in the film and was done by Mr. Lean and his editor. Someone finally pointed this out, but not before this oaf had actually written Sony asking for an answer. Obviously this gentleman has no compunction about looking like a total twit. I mean, if you see the jump cut and your curious, there are many ways to ask about it that aren't offensive and accusatory, especially if you're too ignorant to know about film. And when given the correct answer, he thanked the person, but got in one last comment about not having heard back from Sony - as if they had time to deal with every dweeb who writes them an inane accusatory e-mail.
