Attn JMS: SFC & DVD questions

[Joseph DeMartino]

A couple of quick questions:

Will the Sci-Fi Channel become the first to air "B5" in the intended order?
Finally?

In April Warner Home Video (US) said that a DVD release was "being planned
and discussed" but that there were "remastering issues" to be worked out.
This week Warner Bros. (UK) said that there are no present plans to release
the show on DVD although they have, "requested the materials."

1) Have you heard anything further about a DVD release on either side of
the pond?

2) If so, will you be involved in prepping the show for DVD?

3) Since they've already released the entire series in the UK (PAL) and
most of it in the US (NTSC) I can't think of any reasons for WHV to remaster
the series *unless* they intend to finally do a widescreen release - so the
delay might be good news. Or am I missing something?

FYI the "B5" anamorphic DVD petition (http://b5petition.ii.net/) topped
5,000 signatures a little while ago, and is still going strong.

Regards,

Joe

P.S.

Have you seen "The X-Files" DVD boxed set? *That's* the way to do a TV
series on DVD. (Although for "B5" I'd like a few extras - a commentary
track or two, outtakes if you can negotiate the rights, that sort of thing.
<g>) I was sorely tempt to buy an extra copy and mail it to Mike Finnegan
at Warner Bros.

Joe

[Jms at B5]

General statement because I get this query about once every few weeks: I don't
know anything about the DVD situation; I'm not in daily contact with WB and
don't generally hear this stuff. If I *did* know anything specific, I'd tell
people.

Generally speaking, if you have to ask me if there's anything new on this,
there isn't, because if there was, I'd announce it. It ain't like I'd forget
to mention it.

jms

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[Joseph DeMartino]

And I really should have known this. <g> Ah, well, there's always the hope
that you're so busy with other things that you *might* have forgotten to
mention it. Now that I remember how things work with Warner Bros. I realize
that it is far more likely that one of us will tell *you* that the DVDs are
already in the stores than that you'll have news for us. Sorry. You might
want to have SFC say something to this effect before the live chat, or the
DVD question is going to be asked over and over as new people join in. (At
least that's what happened with the Warner Bros. live chat at the Home
Theater Forum. The WHV reps seemed to be getting a little annoyed by the
fifth or sixth time it came up.)

Regards,

Joe

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