S5 region 1 release date and specs

[Joseph DeMartino]

Warner Bros. has issued a press release announcing the pending release of B5 S5 in region 1. The web site TV Shows on DVD has posted the full specs and proposed cover art. (http://www.tvshowsondvd.com)


Here are the specs for the April 13,2004 release for Region 1:

The set contains all 22 episodes of the fifth and final seasonùremastered for widescreen picture and Dolby Digital 5.1 audio.

Introduction to Wheel of Fire (Season 5 of Babylon 5) by series creator, J. Michael Straczynski
Two audio commentaries by J. Michael Straczynski
Movements of Fire and Shadow commentary by cast members Bruce Boxleitner, Peter Jurasik, Patricia Tallman and Tracy Scoggins
Digital Tomorrowùa featurette about making the special effects for the series
Beyond Babylon 5ùa featurette focusing on the fans, their reactions to the show and available Babylon 5 merchandise
The Universe of Babylon 5
Personnel Files
Data Files
Gag Reel
Episode previews
Easter EggùMarcus Cole: Dead or Frozen
Additional and Extended Scenes
New digital widescreen transfer
Remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1


Hmmmm.... "Marcus Cole: Dead or Frozen"?

Regards,

Joe

[Ranger1]

Additional and Extended Scenes...
thats sounds so cool,they have should have done that with each season box set.
Well i guess this is it,im a little bit disappointment,i was hoping for something new and original compare to the rest of the seasons to be on this final B5 story (and i mean final B5,of course we all wait for the telemovies and crusade).

Thanks for the info Joe....as always

[Jan]

Wonderful news! Thanks, Joe!

Jan
Hmmmm...just a teensy bit early for my birthday....life is good.

[Corwin17]

Re: S5 region 1 release date and specs

Originally posted by Joseph DeMartino
Hmmmm.... "Marcus Cole: Dead or Frozen"?

Oh, come on, Joe. You remember ....


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Ok .. that should be enough

On the B5 CD-ROM ... buried deep down in the bowels of details ... there was a comment on Marcus' Bio about him being "frozen by orders of Cmdr Susan Ivanova" .. or something of the like.

Later JMS wrote one of his "Amazing Stories" entries to put to rest the speculation of that mention that had Marcus being "healed" something like 300 years past his "death" in the series, finding some scrap of Ivanova DNA, creating a clone, and "crash" landing on a planet to live happily ever after in ignorant bliss that they weren't in "real time" and alive.

Ok ... it was a strange way to stop the speculation, but it's cannon now!

Regards,

Corwin, The Master Physicist

[Joseph DeMartino]

I once posted the following on another board, and someone there actually adopted it as her sig.

I, for one, prefer to think ...that ["Space, Time, and the Incurable Romantic"] is more of a JMS "What If?" story than part of the series "canon". As far as I'm concerned Marcus stayed in that tube forever, a monument to missed opportunities and to the enduring power of hope.

I really think JMS intended it as a way to shut the "bring back Marcus" crowd up once and for all, while setting the whole thing so far outside the regular continuity that fans would be free to accept it or ignore it. I'll be interested in seeing what he has to say on the subject on the disc. The Easter Egg could be an on-screen text version of the story (which is very short, after all) and it may include some commentary by JMS. We'll have to see.

Regards,

Joe

[Vir]

Sounds to me like JMS has just got a great sense of humour and doesn't take it as seriously as all of us hardcore fans.

[Lyta]

Originally posted by Joseph DeMartino
I'll be interested in seeing what he has to say on the subject on the disc. The Easter Egg could be an on-screen text version of the story (which is very short, after all) and it may include some commentary by JMS. We'll have to see.

I thought I read somewhere that when the fans were interviewed at ComicCon that "Marcus: Dead or Alive" was one of the questions they finished with. To me, it sounds like fan's opinions on whether or not they believe JMS' short story.

[Joseph DeMartino]

when the fans were interviewed at ComicCon that "Marcus: Dead or Alive" was one of the questions they finished with.

Interesting! I wasn't aware of that. Still, there will have to be some explanation of the short story to put their comments in context. Otherwise people who have never read or heard of the short story will be scratching their heads wondering what those fans are talking about.

Regards,

Joe

[Lyta]

Indeed! Now I wish I could remember where I read that comment but oh well.