The computerized cut of the pilot is now dumped out of memory, and
those portions only exist on a few VHS tapes of marginal quality.  Also,
the footage in computer file form is *very* low grade, like a poorly
scanned gif file, very low resolution.  It would be useless on a laser
disk.
 
	                                                                jms
Re: B-5 pilot: "The Director's
     I'm certainly not showing disdain for the missing material; I'm just
saying it ain't *there*.  Now, if B5 turns out to be a megahit, there may
be money set aside to re-edit the pilot some years down the road, but I'm
not currently counting on it.  My chief concern now has to be the series.
 
     As for keeping a record...I try, if spottily.  Oddly enough, the very
best record of this process exists in the multi-megabytes that have been
exchanged here, on GEnie and elsewhere.  It's something of a living
chronology.  I try to take photos on the set (when I remember), and I'm
keeping 1 copy of each day's dailies, instead of recycling the tapes.
 
	                                                            jms
Re: B-5 pilot: "The Director's
     The bloopers reel/christmas reel we did is just for internal use, I'm
afraid (though it's *very* funny).  As for the computer program...it hould
be out in about a week, on schedule.
 
	                                                                  jms
Re: B-5 pilot: "The Director's
     The computer program will be uploaded all *over* the place; it'll
be around....
 
	                                                            jms
