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Post #1250176

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speakhard
Parent topic
Babylon 5 - Broadcast NTSC (4:3)? (Released)
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Date created
18-Oct-2018, 2:57 PM

AntcuFaalb said:
2. The intro is strangely in letterboxed 16:9.

The intro was always letterboxed, even on the original broadcast. It’s actually slightly wider 2.35:1 AR intended to give it cinematic scope. I’ll let jms explain:

jms said:
We’ve decided, in order to emphasize the cinematic aspects of our show, that it’s taking more of a movie approach to TV SF…to do the main titles in letterbox format.

And it looks really, really cool.

jms.