One aside...the release of the first DVD of "The Gathering" and "In the
Beginning" has been put back a month, at my request. There was apparently some
misunderstanding about which version of The Gathering to put out, and they were
going to do the original version rather than the re-edit (which would go for
the European market). They had already invested about $100,000 in copying
costs when I found out about this, and I asked if they could please reconsider
and do the re-edit instead. They finally agreed, which is commendable in the
extreme. It'll add one month to the release schedule, but I'd rather have the
best version out there and wait the addtional 30 days.

I have to really thank WB for taking the time and spending the money to put out
the right version.

jms

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>1. Will "The Gathering" be on the DVD in pseudo-widescreen from Sci-Fi (i.e.
>4:3 with picture info hidden by black bars at the top bottom), or will it
>have the 4:3 as-shot version like the Laserdisc?

Insofar as I know it'll be 4:3.

>2. Will "In the Beginning" show the Centauri Vorchan Cruiser blowing away
>the Narn ship at the ice planet/abandoned outpost and then bombarding the
>outpost (with missiles, IIRC), or just jump straight from the Vorchan
>exiting the jump point to flames on the ceiling of the bunker. In other
>words, will the DVD have the Sci-Fi cuts or will it have the whole thing
>(like the Laserdisc)?

DId the snip during the SFC broadcast somehow rebound into the WB negatives
vault and transmorgify the cut residing there...?

jms

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