Attn JMS: ANFAW Pan and Scan a simple error?

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From: jpfrain at att.net
Date: 26 Nov 2000 20:57:08 -0700
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To elaborate, I wasn't saying that fiona did supervise the transfers.  i was saying
that someone who knows the show, like fiona, SHOULD have oversaw the transfers.
For someone that cares about the fans, and has reason to distrust a network to do
the job right, I'm surprised something like that wasn't done.

Saying that such and such a practice is standard, is a complete non-answer.
"Sorry sir, it's standard practice that blacks sit on the back of this bus."
"We're killing these women and children because it's common practice to follow our
commanding officers orders."
"It's common practice to count votes by machine, hand recounts are prone to
mischief."

And I'm curious to hear your opinion on the sci-fi channel promoting the show as
"letterboxed" now that they know it's not.

I know I'm coming across as a real ass, but I feel pretty damn strongly about this
particular matter.  And I certainly hope someone who cares about the show will help
with the transfers to DVD when that time comes.

Sincerely,
               Jon Frain


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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: 26 Nov 2000 21:50:57 -0700
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>I know I'm coming across as a real ass

Yes, you are.

>but I feel pretty damn strongly about this
>particular matter.

I would suggest that you can not care about this any more strongly than I do.

>To elaborate, I wasn't saying that fiona did supervise the transfers.  i was
>saying
>that someone who knows the show, like fiona, SHOULD have oversaw the
>transfers.
>For someone that cares about the fans, and has reason to distrust a network
>to do
>the job right, I'm surprised something like that wasn't done.

Can I ask you a question?  What color is the sky in the world where you live?  

I cannot send someone, nor can I, just barge into a major studio's technical
lab and demand to oversee this process.  First off, I didn't know WHEN it was
being done, nobody told me, because they never tell ANYbody.

Second, again, if you think I or anyone can just go barging in there and
oversee this thing on my say-so...you're from Mars.  It doesn't work that way. 


It's got nothing to do with caring about a show or not caring about a show,
it's got everything to do with what you can and can't do when it comes to
marching into somebody's office in a multi-billion dollar corporation and
telling them their job when (at that point) there had not been any reason shown
to merit this.  Saying "I'm here because you guys are just such fuckups that I
*know* you're going to mess this up" would serve only to have security
summoned.

I'm sorry, but neither I nor anyone else involved with Babylonian Prods. can be
held responsible for your erroneous view of how things should be done, which do
not touch reality at any two contiguous points.

 jms

(jmsatb5 at aol.com)
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