Well, I thought of you. Did you play the same song at the F2F as they kept showing Theremin playing? I can't remember, don't have the tape handy.
Well, lady, I must say-- You're my kinda stupid.
Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'
All Ogle, No Cash -- It's Not Just Annoying, It's Un-American
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bon bon - Dec 29, 2002 12:19:18 am PST #1104 of 9843
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Jon B. - Dec 29, 2002 12:36:09 am PST #1105 of 9843
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Did you play the same song at the F2F as they kept showing Theremin playing?
No, at the F2F, I played "Danny Boy", "Those Were the Days" and, or course, the Buffy stuff.
Fiona - Dec 29, 2002 2:13:41 am PST #1106 of 9843
I have watched Buffy in both PAL and NTSC and haven't noticed any difference in voice pitch. PAL has the reputation of being generally of better quality than "Never The Same Color", and, let's face it, you're talking DVD - the quality is so good generally, the differences between a PAL and an NTSC disc are probably going to be indistinguishable to a normal eye.
AFAIK, the Buffy Region 1 and Region 2 editions are identical.
Edited to add: I forgot about the problems with the S2 discs. I assume they cleared that up for the NTSC edition.
DXMachina - Dec 29, 2002 6:00:14 am PST #1107 of 9843
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
This is what they did they did with the Buffy DVDs. I notice it mostly with the male voices, especially Xander, but others have told me they didn't notice it at all. I'm fairly sensitive to pitch (theremin playing and all) so maybe I'm unusual.
I noticed it, too, but I remember reading your post about it before my S2 set arrived, so I was expecting it. Don't know whether I would have if I hadn't known.
§ ita § - Dec 29, 2002 8:38:57 am PST #1108 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I noticed it, and thought there was something wrong with my DVD player's region-freedom.
I was relieved to find out it wasn't just me.
Betsy HP - Dec 29, 2002 9:20:04 am PST #1109 of 9843
If I only had a brain...
The real issue isn't the sound, it's the digitizing artifacts. bastards.
John H - Dec 29, 2002 1:35:37 pm PST #1110 of 9843
The common solution is to map them 1 to 1, which means the footage runs 4% faster.
You know when you really notice this? It's when you're in Australia, and you have a virtual video date with a Buffista in the USA, and you're both watching the same movie and snarking about it over the phone, but you keep having to stop and let them catch up.
Rebecca Lizard - Dec 29, 2002 3:47:57 pm PST #1111 of 9843
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket
All of the energy spent on pressing "play" at exactly the same time is kind of wasted, you see.
Madrigal Costello - Dec 29, 2002 3:50:28 pm PST #1112 of 9843
It's a remora, dimwit.
and you're both watching the same movie and snarking about it over the phone, but you keep having to stop and let them catch up.
I've heard of this in other international fandoms, but I always figured it was because the Americans themselves were slow.
Jon B. - Dec 29, 2002 4:24:07 pm PST #1113 of 9843
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Awww! John H. & RL with the virtual dating!