[B5JMS] Rumor: region one release of Crusade: 7th December 2004

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From: Iain Clark <iainspam at dragonhaven.plus.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 01:24:13 +0000 (UTC)
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On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 00:13:58 +0000 (UTC), jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
wrote:

>>Not widescreen then?
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>Alas, no.
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>The reason that WB was able to release B5 wide is that TNT had paid to have
>them re-telecine'd to that format.  It would take about two hundred grand to go
>through and do that with Crusade...and even though they've now grossed about
>half a BILLION dollars on the B5 dvd's to date, they don't seem inclined to
>want to spend that.

Just to clarify a point of general confusion - can you let us know
what ratio the CGI effects were rendered in for Crusade?  Was it the
same as for B5, with essentially a 4:3 image designed to be cropped
top and bottom for widescreen?

Iain


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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 10:36:41 +0000 (UTC)
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>Just to clarify a point of general confusion - can you let us know
>what ratio the CGI effects were rendered in for Crusade?  Was it the
>same as for B5, with essentially a 4:3 image designed to be cropped
>top and bottom for widescreen?

Yes...at that time the EFX companies we used only had the tech to pump out 4:3
efx for us to use.

 jms

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