[B5JMS] ATTN JMS: Gratuitous Sex and Violence?

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From: blarneylite at yahoo.com (blarney)
Date: 17 Apr 2002 13:09:38 -0700
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First off, I'd like to say that I'm enjoying Jeremiah very much, and
looking forward to the unfolding of the arc. However, it's been said
on one of the mailing lists that certain scenes are being reshot, with
less sex and and violence, to be used in syndication. Obviously, you
wouldn't be able to syndicate the show without some editing; but, if
you are actively refilming scenes with tamer content, wouldn't that
suggest that the a lot of what we're seeing is gratuitous?

I don't want anyone to think I'm a prude. I've only been disturbed by
one scene; the one in MOIWUG, when Captain Iron finds his sister tied
up with her shirt torn open. I felt that the purpose of the nudity was
to give the men in the audience a look at this woman's breasts, even
though she had been the victim of an attack. (And may I commend you
for not showing the girl who'd been raped in City of Roses nude. That
would have really been offensive to me).

As I said, I'm not disturbed by the sex, violence, or language. Heck,
this is cable! I just wondered what your thoughts are on the subject,
and I'm curious to know whether you are reshooting certain scenes.


Respect and fangrrl-type admiration,

blarney


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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: 18 Apr 2002 05:17:28 GMT
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>However, it's been said
>on one of the mailing lists that certain scenes are being reshot, with
>less sex and and violence, to be used in syndication. Obviously, you
>wouldn't be able to syndicate the show without some editing; but, if
>you are actively refilming scenes with tamer content, wouldn't that
>suggest that the a lot of what we're seeing is gratuitous?

If that's what's been said then what's been said is erroneous.

We shoot both a syndication version and a pay cable version simultaneously,
there are no reshoots after the fact, though some audio dubbing does happen in
post.

Every movie and TV series does this to ensure the life of the series in
domestic on-air syndication.  No one makes a big budget movie or series without
making an alternate version available.  It's just pro forma.

 jms

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