On Jan 15, 8:26 pm, Joseph DeMartino  wrote:
> On Jan 15, 7:39 pm, Duggy  wrote:
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> > I can't speak of US presentations, obviously, but my memory is that
> > the video release in Australia was titled "The
Gathering" which was
> > way before TNT... however, where that came in terms of going to
> > series, I can't be sure.
>
> So you got the original cut on VHS.  Nice.  There were no video
> releases of any kind in the States until *after* the TNT recut.  The
> first was from the Columbia House Video Club.  JMS had given
> instructions that only the revised edition should be released on video
> after the TNT version aired, but someonee at Warner Bros. screwed up
> and provided the wrong master to Columbia House.  The first production
> run of a few thousand tapes (they grossly underestimated demand) was
> of the original cut.  It quickly sold out.  By the time they started
> shipping again they were sending out the TNT version.
The version downloadable from iTunes is, and has always been, the PTEN
version.
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