[B5JMS] Attention JMS

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From: "David Williams" <dwilliams298 at attbi.com>
Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2003 06:07:46 GMT
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"Jms at B5" <jmsatb5 at aol.com> wrote in message
news:20030404004931.05659.00000177 at mb-fz.aol.com...
> >Out of curiosity, about how much time has been required on average, of an
> >actor
> >volunteering to provide commentary for the B5 DVD season boxed sets?
>
> Commentaries or interviews?  The commentaries are all done real-time, so
it's
> about 45 minutes; the interviews take about one hour per actor per season.
>
>  jms
>

An impractical and naive suggestion:
I for one would be willing to pay an extra dollar or two (retail) per season
set to compensate the actors and/or producers for their time.  That
multiplied by however-many box sets sold...
However, once you add up the cuts for all the middle-men, that would
probably amortize in one direction to about $2.59 net to the actor.  Either
that, or $1.00 per set in production would somehow, magically add up to
about an extra $50/set to the consumer.  (Or am I just being cynical?)

-David W.



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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: 04 Apr 2003 08:37:02 GMT
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>An impractical and naive suggestion:
>I for one would be willing to pay an extra dollar or two (retail) per season
>set to compensate the actors and/or producers for their time.

Not workable, and especially not in advance of sales.  
 jms

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