Lava_Lander

Hi Chris, I was wondering if you could give us some insight into the newly-remastered HD broadcasts of The X-Files coming out of Germany.

The remastering project had been a rumor for about two years, with most of us assuming it would lead to a Blu-ray release of the series (similar to the Star Trek: The Next Generation project), and that HD broadcasts would follow. Now that we can see some of the efforts released so far, it's raised a number of questions with fans.

The German broadcasts of the first season are in 16:9 widescreen, but the show didn't go widescreen until Season 5 (as evidenced by the DVD releases), meaning that what's being shown is a mix of 4:3 footage cropped for 16:9, and expanded, cropped widescreen footage (meaning that the picture has been widened to show more of the originally-filmed picture, but cropped on the top and bottom to fit the standard 16:9 aspect ratio).

Could you tell us a little bit about the decision-making process going into recomposing the shots for broadcast? If the series does come to Blu-ray, do you know if the early seasons will be released in 4:3 (as originally broadcast) or 16:9?

Hi Jeffrey!

Could you tell us a little about your experience being mistaken for 'Jeffrey Coombs,' a passenger aboard hijacked American Airlines Flight 11, which crashed into the World Trade Center on 9/11?

What was it like to have to announce to the world that you were 'still alive'?

Great, thanks for answering!

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