[B5JMS] Do promoters add their own SFX?

[b5jms at cs.columbia.edu]

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From: Christopher Wong <cwong at world.std.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 12:24:40 +0000 (UTC)
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I wonder: do the folks that do those short teasers/trailers for B5 add their
own special effects? 

I'm going through the B5 series for the very first time, watching it on DVD
(US version). Season 2's 7th episode ("A Race Through Dark Places") starts
with Bester interrogating a prisoner. The trailer for that episode shows a
bit of that scene, the difference being that in the trailer Bester's hand
has this cheesy red glow meant to "illustrate" his telepathic power. That is
NOT in the show itself, at least not on the DVD. I realize that the people
doing the teasers take liberties, but it seems strange to me that they would
try to "improve" on the program with their own effects.

Chris



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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 05:36:10 +0000 (UTC)
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>That is
>NOT in the show itself, at least not on the DVD. I realize that the people
>doing the teasers take liberties, but it seems strange to me that they would
>try to "improve" on the program with their own effects.

Seemed pretty weird to me at the time, too.

 jms

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