LEXX DVD Stuff
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Originally posted by Joe D.:
[b]It’s a minor nitpick (since I was so thrilled to finally get Lexx DVD’s), but I was particularly annoyed with the fact that the Lexx DVDs aren’t actually divided into true chapters (there are a few “jump to” points, but they aren’t actually chapters), and also there are no track-times (the player never lists the time elapsed). Just makes it kinda difficult to find where you left off.[/b]
You know, I’m glad you brought this up. I had the same problem with mine, and thought it might just be some hardware compatibility thing. The check discs we’ve been given don’t have track-times listed either, but they’re truncated and only contain 10 minutes of program (just to see how the on-screen functions go). I’ll inquire about this, as it bugged me as well.
As to the chapter question (I haven’t really used the chapter menu of Season 1, other than examining how they approached it in general), I’m unclear as to what you mean. The one thing that *really* bothered me about the Season 1 DVDs was the fact that the scene index was not numbered, and appeared to be almost randomly laid out on the screen (they really *aren’t*, I found out, but it looked kind of haphazard). What we’re doing as far as chaptering goes, is placing chapters either at the commercial break (where it fades to black and there’s a scene change), or where there is a significant scene change and a new element of the plot is introduced or expanded upon (and laid out at about 6-10 minute intervals). It’s a little more in-depth than a jump-to-a-scene thing, but a little more broad at the same time.
Good observations. Let me know what you think.
–Aleck