The DVDs are all widescreen. And know I might sound like a broken record here, but this is a pet peeve of mine - I really hate them. Any shot with a special effect element (including those mixing fx with live action) have been cropped at the top and bottom and are much lower quality than the non-fx shots. I find it really distracting. Yes, you gain some picture information on the purely live shots, but I'll take the more consistent full-screen versions any day.
Babylon 5 viewing order
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I have seen B5 DVDs for sale that are 1:33:1 aspect (non-widescreen).
If you have a link or more info, please let me know cause I'll buy that in a heartbeat. But my guess is they're bootlegs or a misprint. The official releases have all been 16:9, except The Gathering.
Well, I have seen them in the store (Could of gotten them SD at Sams club about 1 year ago for about 100 bucks total, but hadn't watched it)
I PMed you a link to a complete series that is listed as 1:33:1 on amazon, and i know walmart.com has two complete sets listed, and the widescreen one is more expensive.
and Gaaaa...they just dropped the price hours after I ordered mine!! GAAAAA, 15.99 for a season....#()$*)(#$*)(#*$)(#*$)( I paid double that!
If you ordered from Amazon, and the price on Amazon dropped (or increased) before your ordered shipped out, you will get charged the lower cost
Well, I have seen them in the store (Could of gotten them SD at Sams club about 1 year ago for about 100 bucks total, but hadn't watched it)
I PMed you a link to a complete series that is listed as 1:33:1 on amazon, and i know walmart.com has two complete sets listed, and the widescreen one is more expensive.
and Gaaaa...they just dropped the price hours after I ordered mine!!
If you ordered from Amazon, and the price on Amazon dropped (or increased) before your ordered shipped out, you will get charged the lower cost
Well, I have seen them in the store (Could of gotten them SD at Sams club about 1 year ago for about 100 bucks total, but hadn't watched it)
I PMed you a link to a complete series that is listed as 1:33:1 on amazon, and i know walmart.com has two complete sets listed, and the widescreen one is more expensive.
and Gaaaa...they just dropped the price hours after I ordered mine!!
Well, I might need to call amazon, but it looks like they dropped the price right after they boxed up my order.
Edit: turns out that I bought though some amazon vendors, and not Amazon itself, so I am SOL.
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Bummer, though they probably have a 24 hour policy or something, so they should automatically charge you less (or credit you automatically) or if not automatically, they should respond positively when you contact them.If you ordered from Amazon, and the price on Amazon dropped (or increased) before your ordered shipped out, you will get charged the lower costWell, I have seen them in the store (Could of gotten them SD at Sams club about 1 year ago for about 100 bucks total, but hadn't watched it)
I PMed you a link to a complete series that is listed as 1:33:1 on amazon, and i know walmart.com has two complete sets listed, and the widescreen one is more expensive.
and Gaaaa...they just dropped the price hours after I ordered mine!!
Well, I might need to call amazon, but it looks like they dropped the price right after they boxed up my order.
Thanks, though yeah I think that's a misprint (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=841208). And the walmart sets, I think one is an older version before they bundled in the movies.I PMed you a link to a complete series that is listed as 1:33:1 on amazon, and i know walmart.com has two complete sets listed, and the widescreen one is more expensive.
And yeah, send amazon an email. Their customer service is great. I think they generally care more about cultivating loyalty rather than nickle-and-diming you on individual purchases. They can probably offer a credit!
Thanks, though yeah I think that's a misprint (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=841208). And the walmart sets, I think one is an older version before they bundled in the movies.I PMed you a link to a complete series that is listed as 1:33:1 on amazon, and i know walmart.com has two complete sets listed, and the widescreen one is more expensive.
And yeah, send amazon an email. Their customer service is great. I think they generally care more about cultivating loyalty rather than nickle-and-diming you on individual purchases. They can probably offer a credit!
Well, I sent a email, and will try to at least get a kindle download or something out of this. I would double check as I have seen SD (in the big cardboard box) B5 DVDs for sale, as I remember seeing a price difference in the two seasons, one listed as widescreen, the other was not. Then again, it might not be past those who sell to pull tricks like that
Yes, Finally got some more Babylon 5 Episodes in....
"The Exercise of Vital Powers" - the wheel of fate keeps turning, and the plot has thickened to a gravy. Well, at this point there would of been two options on what Mr. Eggers has planned. ok, three. One is that the virus is like a sleeper, causing telepaths to shut down. (Not likely)...or that everyone becomes a telepath (too happy), or kill all telepaths(This is the B5 way.) and it confirmed by the dying telepaths.....
And what do they have planned for the Popsicle telepaths.
"The Face of the Enemy" - well, it is confimed that Mr Gerabaldi was a Manchurian candidate. Sheridan going was surprising, but hey, it is still dark as Bester reveals what happens to Mr. Garibaldi. ...
I have been warned that you will want to go right though from "Intersections in Real Time" to the end of season four, so I am holding off as I will not be able to do that tonight, and I have to get other stuff done anyways...so only two episodes tonight...
"The Exercise of Vital Powers" - the wheel of fate keeps turning, and the plot has thickened to a gravy. Well, at this point there would of been two options on what Mr. Eggers has planned. ok, three. One is that the virus is like a sleeper, causing telepaths to shut down. (Not likely)...or that everyone becomes a telepath (too happy), or kill all telepaths(This is the B5 way.) and it confirmed by the dying telepaths.....
And what do they have planned for the Popsicle telepaths.
"The Face of the Enemy" - well, it is confimed that Mr Gerabaldi was a Manchurian candidate. Sheridan going was surprising, but hey, it is still dark as Bester reveals what happens to Mr. Garibaldi. ...
I have been warned that you will want to go right though from "Intersections in Real Time" to the end of season four, so I am holding off as I will not be able to do that tonight, and I have to get other stuff done anyways...so only two episodes tonight...
^I wouldn't say you "have" to do that at all. Remember some of us survived a whole seven days between episodes.
It is pretty much a continuous story from here on out though. Actually it was pretty much continuous from 'No Surrender, No Retreat' onwards. Seriously, just keep going as long as you feel like it, the next episode will always be there when you get back!
It is pretty much a continuous story from here on out though. Actually it was pretty much continuous from 'No Surrender, No Retreat' onwards. Seriously, just keep going as long as you feel like it, the next episode will always be there when you get back!
LOL, I also have gotten addicted to the Patrick O'brian novels, so I have to split the time 
Seven days between episodes, how did people live that way!
Seven days between episodes, how did people live that way!
LOL, I also have gotten addicted to the Patrick O'brian novels, so I have to split the time
Seven days between episodes, how did people live that way!
Oh, it was worse at times. PTEN, the "network" that aired the first four seasons of the series held back the last four episodes of each season and didn't air them until the new season.
That meant after Confessions and Lamentations, there was a break for roughly half a year before Divided Loyalties showed up, then it ran straight through until War Without End.
There was another break for a half-year until we got Walkabout.
Now, remember, these were written as seasons. Each season had its own feel, its own ending. Instead of a long break, as intended, after season three, it went Walkabout straight through until Intersections in Real Time.
Intersections (season 4) is when Joe caught on to what they were doing, and wrote the ending of that as sort of a cliffhanger.
Then we got the last four episodes of season 4 in either late September or early October.
Season 5 is when it began its run on TNT, but even they followed PTEN's lead, by running the first 17 episodes and then holding the last five until October. I distinctly remember watching the series finale the day before Thanksgiving of 98.
Add to this the scheduling fuck-ups ... such as here, before TNT, the station that aired it refused to give it a stable time-slot, instead having it at 6 pm on Saturday one week, then 2 am on Tuesday the following, then Sunday at 11 pm, and on and on, it was a long, twilight struggle just keeping up with the series.
You get to click "next" and see the next episode whenever you want. It's a luxury we didn't have the first time through.
LOL, I also have gotten addicted to the Patrick O'brian novels, so I have to split the time
Seven days between episodes, how did people live that way!
Oh, it was worse at times. PTEN, the "network" that aired the first four seasons of the series held back the last four episodes of each season and didn't air them until the new season.
That meant after Confessions and Lamentations, there was a break for roughly half a year before Divided Loyalties showed up, then it ran straight through until War Without End.
There was another break for a half-year until we got Walkabout.
Now, remember, these were written as seasons. Each season had its own feel, its own ending. Instead of a long break, as intended, after season three, it went Walkabout straight through until Intersections in Real Time.
Intersections (season 4) is when Joe caught on to what they were doing, and wrote the ending of that as sort of a cliffhanger.
Then we got the last four episodes of season 4 in either late September or early October.
Season 5 is when it began its run on TNT, but even they followed PTEN's lead, by running the first 17 episodes and then holding the last five until October. I distinctly remember watching the series finale the day before Thanksgiving of 98.
Add to this the scheduling fuck-ups ... such as here, before TNT, the station that aired it refused to give it a stable time-slot, instead having it at 6 pm on Saturday one week, then 2 am on Tuesday the following, then Sunday at 11 pm, and on and on, it was a long, twilight struggle just keeping up with the series.
You get to click "next" and see the next episode whenever you want. It's a luxury we didn't have the first time through.
In the Bay Area in California, I was at least spared the jumping around from one time slot and night to another. B5 always ran on Wednesday right next to DS9. So, Wednesday was always a fantastic night, B5 and DS9 (No DS9 vs B5 war in my viewing
)So, Wednesday was always a fantastic night, B5 and DS9 (No DS9 vs B5 war in my viewing
As with most conflicts, the rhetoric is spewed most loudly by those who do not know both sides of the story.
So, Wednesday was always a fantastic night, B5 and DS9 (No DS9 vs B5 war in my viewing
As with most conflicts, the rhetoric is spewed most loudly by those who do not know both sides of the story.
Funny how two of my fave shows where on at the same time. (DS9 and B5.) Don't ask me yet which I like more, as I really like both.
B5 by a hair over Farscape and DS9 for me, but, those are my top 3 favoritesSo, Wednesday was always a fantastic night, B5 and DS9 (No DS9 vs B5 war in my viewing
As with most conflicts, the rhetoric is spewed most loudly by those who do not know both sides of the story.
Funny how two of my fave shows where on at the same time. (DS9 and B5.) Don't ask me yet which I like more, as I really like both.
And we had to walk barefoot 5 miles to school in blinding snowstorms and it was uphill both ways!
Pardon me but...huh? Conflict? Rhetoric? What sides of what story? Sindatur just finished saying he watched both shows and didn't have to choose.So, Wednesday was always a fantastic night, B5 and DS9 (No DS9 vs B5 war in my viewing
As with most conflicts, the rhetoric is spewed most loudly by those who do not know both sides of the story.
Jan
*puts on his best Yorkshire accent*And we had to walk barefoot 5 miles to school in blinding snowstorms and it was uphill both ways!
Aye, you were lucky..!
As for the "B5 vs DS9" thing, even back in the day I just took those that banged on about it as a (very) vocal minority. Really, DS9 is easily my favourite Trek show (it's the only one I bothered to get on DVD) and I think by now we all know how much I also enjoy B5. I swear some so called fans just like to start arguments over nothing.
I remember that too. It was my sophomore year in college and I came home that day from college. I made sure everyone knew that I would be unavailable for that hour and met up with friends after it ended (with a good 1/2 hour cushion to absorb what I just saw, dry my eyes, and prepare to re-enter the "real world").
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