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Re: The random Babylon 5 vomiting thread

Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2022 1:04 pm
by Hunter
Show us some screenshots when you get a chance. :)

Re: The random Babylon 5 vomiting thread

Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2022 4:07 am
by karajorma
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What's the point in having 3 monitors if not to do this sort of thing? Leftmost is the original DVD release. Rightmost is the HBO upgrade and in the middle is a fan-made version I managed to get a few episodes of. It kind of shows that it is possible to improve the DVD version significantly if the willpower was there.

Re: The random Babylon 5 vomiting thread

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2022 10:38 am
by Hunter
Seems like they're 4:3 and cropped? The upscale version I have (which I grabbed in 2019 IIRC) is 16:9 and uncropped. I'm fairly sure JMS Intended B5 to be viewed in 16:9, I could be mistaken though.

A full remaster wouldn't be outside the realm of possibility nowadays, but the CGI is still likely cost prohibitive even with the technological improvements since the topic was first raised with JMS. It'd be cheaper and easier to do now than it was back in 2007 etc, but still so many effect shots would require a LOT of work.

Re: The random Babylon 5 vomiting thread

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2022 2:58 pm
by Xelions
Kara summed it up with those screens :) The CGI wouldn't be expensive if they re-used the same 3D models in the new show

Re: The random Babylon 5 vomiting thread

Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2022 3:02 am
by karajorma
Be warned that the HBO versions appear to have some missing scenes. Babylon squared for instance is about 3 minutes shorter, losing the scene where Delenn gets the triluminary and the scene where Sinclair and Ivanova talk about the Flying Dutchman.

Re: The random Babylon 5 vomiting thread

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2022 4:22 pm
by Xelions
Got mine through apple store. Funny thing is you simply mentioning those scenes, they just play back in my head. What happens when you watch something too much :)

Re: The random Babylon 5 vomiting thread

Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2023 11:20 pm
by CIH
I happened to see a random guy in the supermarket wearing a Babylon Five t-shirt.
It was just the outline of a shadow vessel - looked like something from redbubble.

Re: The random Babylon 5 vomiting thread

Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2023 4:11 pm
by Xelions
Not much decent scifi apparel out there.

At least something B5 is coming soon, new animation - w00t. Hopefully some live-action show or movies to follow :)

Re: The random Babylon 5 vomiting thread

Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2023 4:41 pm
by Hunter
Are they still doing that CW show? I think it was shelved. So now it's an animation? Hmmm.... Well Star Trek Prodigy & Lower Decks aren't bad, I guess.

Re: The random Babylon 5 vomiting thread

Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2023 3:47 am
by karajorma
Has anyone else watched The Road Home? I enjoyed it, but it didn't set my world on fire.

Re: The random Babylon 5 vomiting thread

Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2023 11:24 am
by Hunter
I didn't even know about it - I've not really been following fandoms much these dayas. Will check it out soon :)

Re: The random Babylon 5 vomiting thread

Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2023 6:36 am
by karajorma
Yeah, the remake is currently in limbo cause of the writers strike, but The Road Home was a different thing entirely.

Re: The random Babylon 5 vomiting thread

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2023 5:53 pm
by Hunter
Wasn't that impressed but it had some good moments. It was interesting to see
the shadow war unfold in a way JMS had originally intended, rather than the hugely compressed storyline we actually got. Also the Vorlons using the moon to destroy Earth was haunting.
I didn't much care for the silly jokes and humour. And there was so many scenes just rehashed 'because ma nostalgia-bait' , but I think this would've made a better live action than Legend of the Rangers for sure. Great to hear some of the original cast again, and the recastings weren't terribly off putting.

Re: The random Babylon 5 vomiting thread

Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2023 7:12 am
by Xelions
Haven't seen it myself yet, but just saw a trailer for it - plot looks okay - getting sick of this whole Sheridan center of universe push.

LOTR was so chessy, but it had several good ideas and moments.