On Sat, May 19, 2018 at 7:04 PM M-D November <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, that makes sense, of course, but if that's true, then the Great > Maker should spring to have the VFX remastered to match. (Which, obviously, > he's not going to do, and it's doubtful WB has any interest in.) > JMS only controls the movie rights. He doesn’t have the rights to create new CGI for the TV series, and he said the only reason to go back to the 4:3 masters is because he knows the old guard at Warners won’t spend a dime on it. He’s offered to help Amazon for free > > On Saturday, May 19, 2018 at 9:26:48 PM UTC-4, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: > >> JMS thinks an HD experience would be better than standard definition. >> >> On Sat, May 19, 2018 at 6:24 PM M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Wouldn't it just be simpler to just keep the whole thing in 16:9 SD and >>> let home users upscale if they so choose? >>> >>> >>> On Saturday, May 19, 2018 at 4:47:04 PM UTC-4, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: >>>> >>>> They produced an HD 4:3 version for laserdisc (remember those?) release >>>> years ago. The DVD versions were produced in 16:9 but SD. The masters of >>>> what was shot are all in 16:9 film and can be converted to HD with no >>>> problems, but the 16:9 CGI was produced in SD and it would be cost >>>> prohibitive to have that redone. >>>> >>>> Nevertheless, B5 will be streaming in June. >>>> >>>> https://twitter.com/straczynski/status/997029449097871360 >>>> -- >>>> Kevin M. (RPCV) >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >> >> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
