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<h1>B5 DVD update</h1>
<p>Season one is out on DVD now.  Check<a href="http://www.dvdpricesearch.com">DVD Price Search</a>for the best prices.  Here are the product details from<a href="http://www.amazon.com/">Amazon.com</a>:
<ul><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005NTNP/thelurkersguidt">The Gathering / In the Beginning</a><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00006HAZ4/thelurkersguidt">Season One: Signs and Portents</a><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000087EYB/thelurkersguidt">Season Two: The Coming of Shadows</a><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00009OOFK/thelurkersguidt">Season Three: Point of No Return</a> (August 12, 2003)<li>Season Four: No Surrender, No Retreat (not announced yet)<li>Season Five: The Wheel of Fire (not announced yet)</ul>

<h3>jms speaks</h3>
<p>JMS posted the following to rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated on June 9, 2002:
<blockquote><p><i>From: jmsatb5@aol.com (Jms at B5)<br>Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated<br>Subject: Re: Need early B5 scripts for Captioning</i><p>&gt; The jollies I'm getting right now is that it looks like DVD is for real....<p>Yeah, it's real...I was holding off saying anything until WB or someone elsecould announce it, but since it's come up here via the captioninginstitute...yeah, as noted, it's real.<p>Season One will be out in a boxed set this Fall, and they're going to beincluding at minimum two commentaries from me, probably on Signs and Portentsand Chrysalis (it's a matter of how much time and energy I can give to it giventhat there's no fees involved and I'm in the midst of Jeremiah), and ifpossible, Babylon Squared, maybe Sky Full of Stars. They'd also like to filman on-camera intro by me (but I guess folks will buy it anyway, even with thatparticular horror included).<p>They're pulling together a lot of stuff on this release so that there areplenty of extras this time around, now that the value of the DVDs has beenshown by the first release.<p>jms<p>(jmsatb5@aol.com)<br>(all message content (c) 2002 by synthetic worlds, ltd.,<br>permission to reprint specifically denied to SFX Magazine<br>and don't send me story ideas)
<p><i>From: jmsatb5@aol.com (Jms at B5)<br>Subject: Re: Need early B5 scripts for Captioning</i><p>&gt; Have they decided on aspect ratio?&gt; <p>Widescreen.<p>jms</blockquote>
<p>JMS posted the following to rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated on June 25, 2002:
<blockquote>On the DVDs, last I heard they'll be out around mid-November, with the wholefirst season at about a hundred bucks.  I did the commentaries on Signs andPortents and Chrysalis, and an on-camera intro and interview.  They've alsodone new interviews with Rick Biggs, Claudia, John Iacovelli, John Copeland,Stephen Furst, Jerry Doyle and others.  So it should be a pretty big dealoverall, much better than the movie dvd.</blockquote>
<p>And shortly thereafter:
<blockquote>One error.  Apparently Claudia had agreed to do the interview, then canceled atthe last minute.<p>jms</blockquote>
<p><em>Why no Michael O'Hare in the DVD extras?</em> (July 5, 2002)
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WB was frantic to find Michael.  They had no direct contact information forhim.  They went through SAG which said they didn't have a current listing foreither Michael or his agent.  They asked me for help, and I gave them a numberwhich I had a while ago but didn't work.  So next we tried Sandy Bruckner, whohad another number for him, which I gave to WB, and they said they leftmessages at that number but never heard a reply.  This was all at very shortnotice, and there was only a week to try and track him down.  B5-DVD mavenScott Devine at WB can directly confirm that they were looking for himeverywhere, but the clock finally ran out.</blockquote>
<p>More from JMS on August 13, 2002:
<blockquote>The disk has an on-camera introduction by me (despite my warnings thatthis would undoubtedly drive down sales), a letter of introduction eachby me and Doug Netter, and the half-hour piece features new interviewswith Rick Biggs, Stephen Furst, me, Doug, efx maven Mitch Suskin, makeupwhiz John Vulich, and others.<p>They're tentatively targeting next April for season 2, and the followingNovember for season 3.</blockquote>

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