Attn jms: Season 5 Opening

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From: "Andrew Petrie" <atrimis at rocketmail.com>
Date: 25 Apr 1998 13:26:12 -0600
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I prefered the original Season 5 opening.  The newer one uses new voice
overs that are so...bland.  At least the original opening had sound bytes
directly from older episodes and they had life/emotion in them...  I'm
dissapointed with the current season 5 opening sequence.  If there's any way
to put it back on future episodes please do so.

Also, there's always a greenish streak that flashes from left to right at
the end of the opening credits.  Right when the station swings around to
show your engraved name, it looks like text of some sort flying quickly from
left to right.  Very weird, and it looks silly. :)  Is this something
created in the production house?  It can't be accidental, since it happens
each time the opening is seen.
Any ideas as to what it says?

- Andrew

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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: 26 Apr 1998 03:05:58 -0600
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>I prefered the original Season 5 opening.  The newer one uses new voice
>overs that are so...bland.  At least the original opening had sound bytes
>directly from older episodes and they had life/emotion in them.

The problem, however, is that since they came from the original production
track, they had a great deal of background noise on them, and in many cases
weren't satisfactory to be heard clearly by most people.  We could put them
back, but then many people wouldn't be able to understand them well, which
kinda defeats the point.

>Also, there's always a greenish streak that flashes from left to right at
>the end of the opening credits.  

Those are colored streamers/trailers being made by a pair of Starfuries.

 jms

(jmsatb5 at aol.com)
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