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.
All of the energy spent on pressing "play" at
exactly
the same time is kind of wasted, you see.
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.
Awww! John H. & RL with the virtual dating!
Shoulda put a
t /kidding
in there. Sorry.
It wasn't a
date
kind of a date, for several obvious reasons, it was just a 'watching a video together' kind of date conducted internationally.
And the movie was the original BtVS movie starring Kristy Swanson, so a few technical difficulties didn't spoil it too much.
Remember when Buffy got
period pains
which warned her that vampires were around?
Kind of a spidey-sense, but more of a crampy-sense?
yeah. bleah. so glad that isn't in the series.
It would have made the whole Angel fake-out impossible.
not if she thought she had endometriosis, but...ew!