Crusade & B5 Bibles

[Von Bruno]

"For what was paid, I expected a lot more quality than that. The Crusade bible
looks like it was printed out on a home PC and
printer...something I could have easily done at home, and is so short that it
doesn't even come close to justifying that expense." John Dutka

Well, I, for one, am sad to read that for I was contemplating making a similar
purchase. Unfortunately, I think your complaint speaks to the crassness of
modern day merchandising. I went to the B5 online store and spotted a pretty
cool B5 sweatshirt that had a price tag of $58.00. Sadly, I never could bring
myself to pay that kind of money to do someone else's advertising so I passed
it by (btw, I don't go for the Nike swoosh either).

I would also think that something like the B5 and Crusade series bibles would
have been donated to The Lurkers Guide to Babylon-5 website as sort of a neat
freebie (and downloadable PDF) "Thank You" to all the fans for their loyal
support over the years, rather, than having them fork out their hard earned
clams for such an item.

~Von Bruno~

[John W. Kennedy]

John Dutka wrote:
>
> After finally receiving the B5 and Crusade Bibles after ordering them just
> after the Xmas rush (Christmas gift - the relative never got it to me), I must
> say I'm disappointed. For what was paid, I expected a lot more quality than

> that. The Crusade bible looks like it was printed out on a home PC and
> printer...

Well of course it does. It's a reprint of a real document really used
in production. It's not _meant_ to look sexy, it's meant to convey
practical information from professionals to professionals. And unless
you're a professional TV writer, the only reason to own one is that it's
a collectable. (And with both shows out of production, even the above
qualification doesn't apply.)

--
-John W. Kennedy
-rri...@ibm.net
Compact is becoming contract
Man only earns and pays. -- Charles Williams

[Jms at B5]

>I can throw together a low quality item and call it a collectible to charge
>more money, too, but it doesn't make it one, fortunately. IMHO (which
>which probably differs with most) is that this isn't even close.

The scripts and bibles are exactly what we said they were: they are exact
doubles for the material we provided writers on the show. That is the whole
PURPOSE of them, to look like, and be, what we used on the show, not a
slickback published version.

Every series that sells scripts sells exactly the same thing, whether it's
Buffy or XFiles or anybody else.

jms

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