Re: B5 dvd

2003-02-11 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 15:14 10-2-2003 -0500, Bryon Daly wrote: For those that have the Season 1 DVD's - what do you think? I thought the quality was great, and the shows were much better than I had remembered. Did you notice a technical problem on DVD #6? Amazon.de reports that due to technical problems with

Re: B5 dvd

2003-02-11 Thread Ticia
J. van Baardwijk wrote: Did you notice a technical problem on DVD #6? Amazon.de reports that due to technical problems with the master disks, the screen will jump back and forth between full screen (Vollbild) and widescreen. However, there is no mention of this at other Amazon sites, Barnes

Re: B5 dvd

2003-02-11 Thread Reggie Bautista
Bryon Daly wrote: For those that have the Season 1 DVD's - what do you think? I thought the quality was great, and the shows were much better than I had remembered. Jeroen replied: Did you notice a technical problem on DVD #6? Amazon.de reports that due to technical problems with the

Re: B5 dvd

2003-02-11 Thread Bryon Daly
Did you notice a technical problem on DVD #6? Amazon.de reports that due to technical problems with the master disks, the screen will jump back and forth between full screen (Vollbild) and widescreen. However, there is no mention of this at other Amazon sites, Barnes Noble, or Proxis. I've

Re: B5 dvd

2003-02-11 Thread Richard Baker
Reggie said: AFAIK, this DVD was only released in widescreen in all regions, no full-frame DVD version available. Unfortunately, all CGI rendering and compositing were done in 4:3 and they no longer have any of the original files to rerender and recomposite. This means that any effects shots

Re: B5 dvd

2003-02-11 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 19:31 11-2-2003 +0100, Ticia Luengo wrote: Amazon.co.uk : UKP 39.59 (USD 42.76) Jeroen! What exchange rate did you use?! That's USD 64.41 and EUR 59.99! Still the best buy (see below) D'oh! My mistake. Apparently I read EUR where it says UKP and thus only did the EUR - USD

Re: B5 dvd

2003-02-10 Thread Bryon Daly
Reggie Bautista wrote: In the end, he decided not to prosecute. In various posts of his to the newsgroup Rec.Arts.Scifi.Tv.B5.moderated and on Genie and AOL, he as stated that he doesn't think Pillar, Berman, Taylor, or any of the other creative people involved in DS9 stole his ideas

Re: B5 dvd

2003-02-09 Thread Matt Grimaldi
Jon Gabriel wrote: (Has Kurt Russell ever made a *good* movie??) The computer wore... um no. Big Trouble in... nope. Tango and... definitely not. Escape from... Hmm...let's check IMDB OK OK, Backdraft was pretty good, and I've heard things about Silkwood. -- Matt I came here to kick ass and

Re: B5 dvd

2003-02-08 Thread Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo
Julia Thompson wrote: You can get Season 1 on DVD, and if Season 2 isn't out on DVD yet, it will be soon. :) Are there rumors of the 2nd season release yet? Please tell! Amazon.com says it'll be released April 23rd. OK, so either Dan will order it in May, or he'll put off his amazon.com

Re: B5 dvd

2003-02-08 Thread Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo
Speaking of B5, I was reminded of a story which I'd like to share with you guys... I don't know if this is common knowledge, since I'm totally disconnected from B5 I once had the pleasure and opportunity to exchange email with B5's creator, JM Straczinsky (sp?). He was a really cool guy to

Re: B5 dvd

2003-02-08 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 09:18:25PM +, Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo wrote: Speaking of B5, I was reminded of a story which I'd like to share with you guys... I don't know if this is common knowledge, since I'm totally disconnected from B5 I once had the pleasure and opportunity to exchange email

Re: B5 dvd

2003-02-08 Thread Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo
Speaking of B5, I was reminded of a story which I'd like to share with you guys... I don't know if this is common knowledge, since I'm totally disconnected from B5 after the first couple of seasons. I once had the pleasure and opportunity to exchange email with B5's creator, JM Straczinsky

Re: B5 dvd

2003-02-08 Thread Julia Thompson
Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo wrote: According to JSM, the similarities between the two shows in question were, most likely, NOT accidental. He felt ripped off. I don't know if he chose to prosecute, or even if he had legal grounds to do so. From what I know, when submitting story ideas, you lose

Re: B5 dvd

2003-02-08 Thread Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo
From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: B5 dvd Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2003 16:21:00 -0500 On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 09:18:25PM +, Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo wrote: Speaking of B5, I was reminded of a story which I'd like to share with you guys

Re: B5 dvd

2003-02-08 Thread Reggie Bautista
Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At the time, which was near the launch of both B5 and DS9, Straczinsky took the opportunity to address the questions regarding what was referred to, at the time, as a striking similarities between B5 and DS9. According to JMS, he had the chance to

RE: B5 dvd

2003-02-08 Thread Jon Gabriel
PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 6:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: B5 dvd From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: B5 dvd Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2003 16:21:00 -0500 On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 09:18

Re: B5 dvd

2003-02-07 Thread Reggie Bautista
Concerning the B5 DVD's, Jim (I think) wrote: Man, I need to get these. I tired to talk Santa into bringing them, but I was thwarted. And they're cheap, relative to ST:TNG especially. Julia replied: I wouldn't know about ST:TNG, but I know that ST:TOS just seems to be available on DVDs

Re: B5 dvd

2003-02-06 Thread G. D. Akin
You have know the right 7 chevrons. George A - Original Message - From: Marvin Long, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 11:20 PM Subject: Re: B5 dvd On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, G. D. Akin wrote: I don't know, but do you know when Season 3

Re: B5 dvd

2003-02-06 Thread Marvin Long, Jr.
PM Subject: Re: B5 dvd On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, G. D. Akin wrote: I don't know, but do you know when Season 3 of Stargate SG-1 will be out? I'm afraid not. I've never been able to get into Stargate. Marvin Long Austin, Texas Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter Ashcroft, LLP

Re: B5 dvd

2003-02-06 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Marvin Long, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: B5 dvd Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 08:48:50 -0600 (CST) Rimshot! :-) Actually, I just thought the movie was incredibly dumb. The show is amusing and on some rare occasions could be called pretty

Re: B5 dvd

2003-02-06 Thread Marvin Long, Jr.
On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Jon Gabriel wrote: re: Stargate The show is amusing and on some rare occasions could be called pretty decent scifi. It's a tremendous improvement on the film, which was awful. (Has Kurt Russell ever made a *good* movie??) Big Trouble in Little China may be as good as it

Re: B5 dvd

2003-02-06 Thread Julia Thompson
A - Original Message - From: Marvin Long, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 11:20 PM Subject: Re: B5 dvd On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, G. D. Akin wrote: I don't know, but do you know when Season 3 of Stargate SG-1 will be out

Stargate SG-1 TV series comment Re: B5 dvd

2003-02-06 Thread Julia Thompson
Julia Thompson wrote: Ah, but the series has Richard Dean Anderson. :) And Christopher Judge is a hoot. Oh, and if there are any Ranma 1/2 fans who watch the American-dubbed version, the actress who did the voiceover for Kodachi Black Rose Kunou is on the show, although her Stargate SG-1

Farscape (Re: B5 dvd)

2003-02-06 Thread Ticia
Marvin Long, Jr. wrote: On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Jon Gabriel wrote: Also, as with Farscape, there are many subtle (and not-so-subtle) jokes slipped in to the dialog for the at-home viewer. Guest star John Billingsly (who plays Dr. Phlox on ST: Enterprise,) hailing all things Vulcan in a

Re: Stargate SG-1 TV series comment Re: B5 dvd

2003-02-06 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 12:41 PM 2/6/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: And Christopher Judge is a hoot. Agreed. Oh, and if there are any Ranma 1/2 fans who watch the American-dubbed version, the actress who did the voiceover for Kodachi Black Rose Kunou is

Re: B5 dvd

2003-02-05 Thread G. D. Akin
I don't know, but do you know when Season 3 of Stargate SG-1 will be out? George A - Original Message - From: Marvin Long, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 8:25 AM Subject: B5 dvd On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, Julia Thompson wrote: You can get

Re: B5 dvd

2003-02-05 Thread Marvin Long, Jr.
On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, G. D. Akin wrote: I don't know, but do you know when Season 3 of Stargate SG-1 will be out? I'm afraid not. I've never been able to get into Stargate. Marvin Long Austin, Texas Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the USA)

Re: B5 dvd

2003-02-05 Thread Julia Thompson
G. D. Akin wrote: I don't know, but do you know when Season 3 of Stargate SG-1 will be out? No info on that on amazon.com. You *could* go to amazon.com and sign up to be alerted when there's more Stargate SG-1 stuff announced. That would probably get you the information as quickly as

Re: B5 dvd

2003-02-04 Thread Sean Kane
Marvin wrote: You can get Season 1 on DVD, and if Season 2 isn't out on DVD yet, it will be soon. :) (Season 1 is on the piano. Season 2 will be ordered this month if it's available, and if not, it'll be ordered on the first 15th-of-the-month that it is.) Are there rumors of the 2nd

Re: B5 dvd

2003-02-04 Thread Julia Thompson
Sean Kane wrote: Marvin wrote: You can get Season 1 on DVD, and if Season 2 isn't out on DVD yet, it will be soon. :) (Season 1 is on the piano. Season 2 will be ordered this month if it's available, and if not, it'll be ordered on the first 15th-of-the-month that it is.) Are

Re: B5 dvd

2003-02-04 Thread Jim Sharkey
Julia Thompson wrote: You can get Season 1 on DVD, and if Season 2 isn't out on DVD yet, it will be soon. :) Are there rumors of the 2nd season release yet? Please tell! Amazon.com says it'll be released April 23rd. OK, so either Dan will order it in May, or he'll put off his amazon.com

Re: B5 dvd

2003-02-04 Thread Julia Thompson
Jim Sharkey wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: You can get Season 1 on DVD, and if Season 2 isn't out on DVD yet, it will be soon. :) Are there rumors of the 2nd season release yet? Please tell! Amazon.com says it'll be released April 23rd. OK, so either Dan will order it in May, or he'll