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Skriven 2007-07-30 13:24:18 av Mac Breck (2701.babylon5)
  Kommentar till text 16215 av rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated (2688.babylon5)
Ärende: Re: Reports from Comic-Con
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"Jan" <janmschroeder@aol.com> wrote in message
news:f8krv002lil@drn.newsguy.com...
> In article <46adc721$0$25604$ecde5a14@news.coretel.net>, Mac Breck
says...
> >
> >
> >What do you expect from WB/WHV?  They STILL haven't greenlighted more
> >B5-Lost Tales DVDs even in light of all those pre-orders.  I guess
> >they'll be "surprised" when the the first B5-TLT DVD sells well, just
> >like they were when the test-the-waters B5 DVD (The Gathering / In
the
> >Beginning) sold well.
> >
>
> *Still?*  What still?  C'mon, what company in the world is going to
greenlight
> even a few million dollars based on 'sales' that can be cancelled
right up to
> the moment they ship?

The company that knows B5 fan history.  They should know B5 fans by now.

Seriously, how many do you think are going to cancel?  This is the first
new B5 we've had in how many years? Over 5-1/2 years.  My four B5:TLT
DVDs are paid for and have shipped, and I'm going to Best Buy first
thing tomorrow morning to pick up another copy (to get the comic).



> I don't need to point out that this disk is very much a
test-the-waters DVD
> also, do I?

B5 is a proven seller on DVD.  This disc is going for ~$16.  It's not a
big risk.  The risk is having eons of time between releases.  The less
you are prepared, set wise, CGI wise, etc., the longer it's going to
take.



> Once again, JMS took the director's chair in order to set the tone
> but also to prove that a good product could be done with what dollars
they were
> given.

I'm more than a little nervous about all this green screen.  How can
characters interact with anything, touch anything, ring the doorbell to
somebody's quarters, put a keycard into a reader to get into their
quarters, put a datacrystal into a reader, etc.?  There are tons of
instances where actors have to interact with a tangible set.  The sets
should be rebuilt.



> It's just a feeling, but from what Doug Netter said the other night
and a couple
> of interviews I've seen, I think that a more substantial budget from
WB will be
> required if more Lost Tales are going to be done.

WB needs to have a helluva lot more faith in B5, its creators, actors,
and its **fanbase**.  WB, think "Field of Dreams."  You build it, and we
will be there [to paraphrase the Walkers of Sigma 957 ;-) ].




> That'll take some heavy
> negotiating with WB so don't hold your breath on the next disk being
> greenlit/announced for a bit.

I never do when WB's concerned.  Waiting is our middle name.
Unfortunately though, we are finite.  We can run out of time.  Like I
said, WB needs to have faith.



> Of course, we're free to add our voices to the
> chorus requesting more of them.

I am.  Five copies of B5:TLT bought (first two, now three as gifts)
should tell them something.


-- 
Mac Breck (KoshN)
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"Babylon 5: Crusade" (1999)
Galen: "There is always hope, only because it's the one thing that no
one has figured out how to kill yet."

"Brimstone" (1998)
Angel: Oh, there's one more thing you should know. Your fate was never
determined until you killed Gilbert Jax. All in all, you've led a good
life, Ezekiel. Have faith. Your work's appreciated.
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