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ultrafilter posted:Honestly out of all the characters probably the best match for Brian was G'kar, but Andreas Katsulas perfected that role, so no dice. Ivonava
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People would definitely listen to Brian Blessed Zathras.
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Brian Blessed as Sinclair. “HELLOOOO! OLD FRIEND!”
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I do wonder how well James Spader would have been as Morden. Kinda thinking of his Robert California, questioning the underlings.
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You know, when I made my "Neroon chews the scenery more than anyone" comment, I realized that I was actually thinking of Draal. So, uh, sorry about that.
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Neroon definitely has bits of backdrop in his teeth. And I think Spader would be wasted on Morden unless you gave him more screen time. I’m thinking more like Bester although Koenig was perfect so ...
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James Spader as the political office. Don't change a single scene or line.
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Now I'm trying to think of a way B5 could use a Raymond Reddington style playboy raconteur hitman type of guy.
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Data Graham posted:Now I'm trying to think of a way B5 could use a Raymond Reddington style playboy raconteur hitman type of guy. I mean what show wouldn't benefit from a Raymond Reddington style playboy raconteur hitman type of guy?
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There's a new fan rerender!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf0ka2xJF94
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The scene of the president attempting to destroy the planet in retaliation for his obvious defeat is not reassuring at all.
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It sounds like there's an official "remaster" slowly and ineptly being released. I say "remaster" because it because it basically seems to be decent quality 4:3 scans of the broadcast versions which, considering the absolute smudge-fest we've been dealing with, is a heck of an improvement. And I say "ineptly" because Amazon UK has a "Remastered" banner but the episodes seem to still be the same terrible quality, and others are reporting that some of the episodes on iTunes are now this better quality 4:3 version. So I don't know if these are actually going to be delivered in any kind of orderly fashion, or if we're forever going to be in this pot-luck state where you might get a remastered episode depending on any of the following: the episode, the streaming service, the region, fate. JMS has linked to a YouTube video which is light on description but seems to be a comparison of the "remaster" and the old versions we had. It's definitely too much of an improvement to be AI upscaling, but not so good that it's amazing, so it seems believable enough. https://twitter.com/straczynski/status/1328634855823876097?s=20 And actually, looking at the comparisons, I think I'd be fine if this is all we ever got. A little softness around the edges helps hide some of the roughness, I think!
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Even the vudu versions we have are, if not light-years, then at least a bunch of AU better than the DVDs or anything else.
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Dirty posted:It sounds like there's an official "remaster" slowly and ineptly being released. But I would purchase for a 3rd time and be very happy with this.
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Dirty posted:JMS has linked to a YouTube video which is light on description but seems to be a comparison of the "remaster" and the old versions we had. It's definitely too much of an improvement to be AI upscaling, but not so good that it's amazing, so it seems believable enough. I’m not sure I’d take his word for it since his sight has been going for a while. 
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Watch the video. The difference is huge.
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I’ve only ever seen the DVDs and that definitely looks so much better
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I'm just happy that someone somewhere with decision making power has accepted that zooming and cropping to widescreen is not a superior experience to a consistent 4:3 version
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Endless Trash posted:I’ve only ever seen the DVDs and that definitely looks so much better It's maybe too warm on skin tones, but that's a hell of a lot better. Someone tell Amazon I'll buy the series if it gets that treatment, plus a re-render from original assets for the space scenes.
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mllaneza posted:It's maybe too warm on skin tones, but that's a hell of a lot better. Someone tell Amazon I'll buy the series if it gets that treatment, plus a re-render from original assets for the space scenes. It's not just the colour, it's the sharpness. All the lost detail is back. Short of a full 1080p remaster it's the best the show is ever going to look.
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mllaneza posted:It's maybe too warm on skin tones, but that's a hell of a lot better. Someone tell Amazon I'll buy the series if it gets that treatment, plus a re-render from original assets for the space scenes. It looks like all five seasons on Amazon Prime have the label "Remastered" across the top of the season icon. Which is exciting. They may have already done it. Thirty bucks a season is less than I paid for the DVDs, I think. EDIT: JMS says this about the source, but he's not sure: https://twitter.com/straczynski/status/1328864560200073219 Lemniscate Blue fucked around with this message at 05:01 on Nov 18, 2020 |
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Someone should probably fire up Severed Dreams and see how it looks since that was stuck with the widescreen version even on that Vudu release
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mllaneza posted:It's maybe too warm on skin tones, but that's a hell of a lot better. Someone tell Amazon I'll buy the series if it gets that treatment, plus a re-render from original assets for the space scenes. You might be waiting a long time/forever for that last part. What we're getting here is the absolute bare minimum - making the best of what's already in the can. If it's broadcast masters, I guess that means this is far less work than even the DVDs, which must have been re-edited for 16:9 and had new captions etc. Which is slightly ironic if what we end up with is a much better deal. If it's taken this long to get this apparently inexpensive and comparatively low-effort task done, we should get CGI re-renders around 2258. Dirty fucked around with this message at 13:00 on Nov 18, 2020 |
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The first three attempts to remaster Babylon 5 were sabotaged. The fourth vanished mere moments after hitting store shelves.
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Endless Trash posted:The first three attempts to remaster Babylon 5 were sabotaged. The fourth vanished mere moments after hitting store shelves. Pulled into the future to help win the war against the quarantine. originally B4 was supposed to go to the future in early treatments
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Doctor Zero posted:Pulled into the future to help win the war against the quarantine. And it was in the show as aired 
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MrL_JaKiri posted:And it was in the show as aired Well, yes. Fair point I guess.
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Along with the remastered versions online it looks like a bluray release might be coming https://thedigitalbits.com/columns/my-two-cents/113020-1400quote:Also, we’re starting to hear rumors that Warner Bros. Home Entertainment is cooking up a Blu-ray release of the classic Babylon 5 TV series, which would presumably involve some kind of upsampling and remastering. But a number of European retailers have set a Babylon 5: Complete Collection for tentative Blu-ray release in March. We’ll keep our eyes on this and post as we learn more. This is apparently from someone who's leaked stuff like this before, including the LotR 4K set months before it was announced, so hopefully it's true. It'll almost certainly just be the 480p remastered versions but that's still a huge improvement
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As is typical with these kind of things, JMS has no idea what’s going on here. Which probably means that if this is coming, he won’t have any involvement and we’re going to get the same bonus material as we got on the DVDs (if we get that!)
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And you know what? I don't care. If true, this is still better than I have come to expect.
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It's possible that JMS is involved but can't say anything yet. There's a difference between an anonymous leak and something that's traceable to a single individual.
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He's always been pretty clear that the deal he had to sign to get B5 produced means he has no influence or control over it anymore. He retained feature film rights but literally everything else is WB's, and they don't talk to him. He says dubious poo poo at times but I think he's being truthful about having no clue what's going on and not being involved.
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Something like a March 2021 release would be amazing even if it's just an upscaled broadcast master deal. I thought the Vudu version was the best one we were ever going to get, but the iTunes/Prime video sampler looked better for sure, and I have no doubt that's the stuff that's gonna be on the discs. I can't believe I'm already thinking another rewatch even though I just did one this spring/summer.
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Are we at the point of doing AI upscaling, like they can do with video games? Or is that still a ways away? I guess you'd need to do it frame by frame, but it seems achievable.
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