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Subject: Re: from jms: a few quick items
Date: 15 Feb 2001 16:31:04 -0700
From: jmsatb5@aol.com (Jms at B5)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated

>And before anyone flames me: The Gathering was shot in 4:3 as
>opposed to the rest of the series. Thus, a "widescreen" version
>would have to either be a cropped or vertically panned & scanned
>version, and this would be far from the show's correct aspect
>ratio. 

No, the DVD of the Gathering would not be in fake wide, it'd be in the original
aspect ratio.  As I noted earlier, the way SFC aired it was an error.


 jms

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