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bluefirebrandtoday at 4:53 AM1 replyview on HN

What does the writing quality, genius or otherwise, have to do with the boom mic though?


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defrosttoday at 5:04 AM

Bugger all - particularly given the boom mic operator and other framing "gaffs" are (as I recall) all part of the "wide screen" 16:9 later release on BluRay etc that were somewhat rushed out the door.

A number of shows of that era were filmed wide (16:9) and post processed / coloured / reframed and broadcast on TV in a box 4:3 aspect ratio

No visible boom mic operators, etc - careful eyes in the initial post production for TV phase saw to that.

Later wide screen releases were rushed with no real post production budget to address these and other issues - that's on the studios wanting a second grab at money, not the original creative teams.

Similar complaints abound for Buffy the Vampire Slayer and (IIRC) The Wire (?) and their wide screen releases.

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