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usenet celeb 1992 posted:They had a funny thing going as "bad boys of magic" until you realize that Penn really was like that 24/7. Not as shocking if I'd paid attention to Garibaldi's evolution more. 
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Terror Sweat posted:I'm watching this show for the first time and it owns. Just got to the gift shop episode CEASE READING THIS THREAD IMMEDIATELY. Go post in this one instead, everyone is hungry for fresh meat: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3925635
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Terror Sweat posted:I'm watching this show for the first time and it owns. Just got to the gift shop episode Seconding the above poster. There are mighty mighty spoilers in this here thread. And B5 is very spoiler sensitive.
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I'd say whether you wanna risk getting spoilered is your own choice and this thread is actually a lot less spoilery than a lot of TVIV threads, but yeah there's the blindwatch thread for if you wanna have a more protected experience. But man, the way Sheridan says "Bear", I still can't believe it. It haunts me.
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SlothfulCobra posted:I'd say whether you wanna risk getting spoilered is your own choice and this thread is actually a lot less spoilery than a lot of TVIV threads, but yeah there's the blindwatch thread for if you wanna have a more protected experience. More to the point, the blindwatch thread hungers for fresh meat and you will be adored and praised for posting there as you progress through the show, regardless of how you personally feel about having been spoiled or whatever.
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CaptainPsyko posted:More to the point, the blindwatch thread hungers for fresh meat and you will be adored and praised for posting there as you progress through the show, regardless of how you personally feel about having been spoiled or whatever. I did not know there is one. What's it called
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Terror Sweat posted:I did not know there is one. What's it called https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3925635 Here's the link to it. It's called "Babylon 5 blind watch thread: Maybe they're Zorlons?" It's in SciFi Wifi.
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TV IV › Babylon 5: blindwatch thread is in another castle, OP
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CainFortea posted:https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3925635 Thanks bro
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Oasx posted:I had no idea there was a B5 thread. CGI was originally made with Amigas, so it can't be that expensive. What's the current going rate for a Amiga-farm to render some CGI?
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adhuin posted:CGI was originally made with Amigas, so it can't be that expensive. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtNtUIbU5zDuTq_BJ7xj_MA/videos Original models+mostly origonal textures
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adhuin posted:CGI was originally made with Amigas, so it can't be that expensive. It was made on a farm of Amiga 4000s with Video Toaster cards. 4000s aren't too common these days, and the VTs were $5k each at the time. It would be infinitely cheaper to use the last generation of PC Toaster from 2012.
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SlothfulCobra posted:I'd say whether you wanna risk getting spoilered is your own choice and this thread is actually a lot less spoilery than a lot of TVIV threads, but yeah there's the blindwatch thread for if you wanna have a more protected experience. This thread is a lot less spoilery because the franchise is more or less dead, nothing new is coming out. Something like Star Trek or Star Wars has new material coming out, that's then compared to older stuff, thus becoming quite spoilery.
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kingturnip posted:The only thing a thread on forums.somethingawful.com needs in order to be filled with assholes posting Minor edit for truth.
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Torrannor posted:This thread is a lot less spoilery because the franchise is more or less dead, nothing new is coming out. Something like Star Trek or Star Wars has new material coming out, that's then compared to older stuff, thus becoming quite spoilery. No, it's because us Old Ones have a strict non-intervention policy. sometimes.  WRT redoing graphics - the main issue is that the ship battles are in a different aspect radio than the live action stuff, so it would look jarring to bounce back and forth. At least that's what JMS says.
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Doctor Zero posted:No, it's because us Old Ones have a strict non-intervention policy. Yea, spoilers in the Younger Races thread tend to cause people (me) to ping mods on discord and it's effectively the only thread I report posts in. 
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Just in case there's anyone who still doesn't like Claudia Christian: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=410347110451022&id=100044272097519
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Babylon 5 rewatch: Lochley's hair is reaching centauri proportions:
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Holy poo poo the Babylon 5 on HBOmax does not look good at all. Maybe its just me I dunno it looks really bad.
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Hollismason posted:Holy poo poo the Babylon 5 on HBOmax does not look good at all. Maybe its just me I dunno it looks really bad. It looks as good as it ever has. Though the video is slightly more visibly compressed on HBO Max than on Prime Video, smoothing out the film grain a bit, but nothing major. It's a huge improvement over the DVD versions anyway. Note also that The Gathering is not remastered, if that's what you started with.
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Zat posted:It looks as good as it ever has. Though the video is slightly more visibly compressed on HBO Max than on Prime Video, smoothing out the film grain a bit, but nothing major. Yeah that's what I started with. That's what's listed as S01E01. I haven't seen Babylon 5 in literally 20 years or more so be interesting to rewatch it. I remember some major plot archs but a lot of the middle stuff I don't remember at all.
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Interesting interview with JMS, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw1OU-m9LC8 Apparently the Centauri hair was the result of a practical joke that JMS took seriously.
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Alhazred posted:Babylon 5 rewatch: Lochley's hair is reaching centauri proportions: The '90s were a glorious time, although I don't think B5 got as far into the shoulder pads thing as trek did
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I'm through most of Season 1 of B5 now and drat is it good. Like some of the episodes are kind stinkers, but when its good its really loving good. Just got through with Voice in the Wilderness.
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Hollismason posted:I'm through most of Season 1 of B5 now and drat is it good. Like some of the episodes are kind stinkers, but when its good its really loving good. Just got through with Voice in the Wilderness. post in the blind watch thread, they are newbie vampires and will feed on your soul essence with shrill cries of delight (but in a good way!) 1st season is a little underrated imo, it's def bitsier but I really like Sinclair and there is a real gusto in all the alien and sci fi set dressing stuff. next few seasons will not disappoint you e: oh you are, lol oops proceed
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sebmojo posted:post in the blind watch thread, they are newbie vampires and will feed on your soul essence with shrill cries of delight (but in a good way!) Hey, could you edit the post OnlyBans made in the other thread? it's not really spoilery, but it doesn't belong in the 1st watch thread.
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Finished Season 1 of Babylon 5. I sleep skipped a few episodes but overall I really liked it. I'mma try to make a effort to watch all episodes going forward though.
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Hollismason posted:Finished Season 1 of Babylon 5. I sleep skipped a few episodes but overall I really liked it. I'mma try to make a effort to watch all episodes going forward though. Go back and watched the ones you slept through. If they're late season one, they're important.
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It's a heavily serialized show. You can't really skip things
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Data Graham posted:It's a heavily serialized show. You can't really skip things Unless you sleep-skipped TKO.
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Data Graham posted:It's a heavily serialized show. You can't really skip things There's only four truly skippable episodes in S1 - Believers, TKO, Grail and Eyes - but you can skip 12 episodes of S1 without harming the arc to any great degree. The other eight are good world and character building, but they aren't essential viewing.
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Even in the later seasons there are episodes that don't mean a whole lot to the overall story. But like with all tv shows you shouldn't skip an episode unless you have seen it at least once.
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I can't remember who it is that's in charge of the blind watch thread, but got some folk talking about the psi-corp commercial in there. I know it's not really a like, story spoiler, but it is a really funny bit that works best if you're not expecting it. Might want to edit some posts in there. Probably mine too now that I think about it.
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V-Men posted:Unless you sleep-skipped TKO. It's only very slightly plot or arc relevant in any way, but I stand by TKO for the B-plot. Vavrek posted:This is one of my favorite episodes just for how wildly divergent the A and B plots are in tone, character significance, and how much I like them. I once had this exchange with a friend, when I was rewatching the series:
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Zat posted:It looks as good as it ever has. Though the video is slightly more visibly compressed on HBO Max than on Prime Video, smoothing out the film grain a bit, but nothing major. Yeah the actual HD shots are so good that I got a new appreciation for how good the costuming and makeup was. Especially for Londo and G’kar. On the flip side I noticed in one scene the mesh/hair net thing that Bill Mumy wore under the bonehead prosthetic sticking out a bit. And there was one very heavy, emotional scene that was 90% close-ups on Delenn and it was clear that they messed up the skin to hair transition on the side of her head. These were in later seasons so no doubt they were due to their attempts to cut down on the time spent in the makeup chair every day.
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Ash1138 posted:Yeah the actual HD shots are so good that I got a new appreciation for how good the costuming and makeup was. Especially for Londo and G’kar. That poo poo blows my mind about sci-fi actors. The folks that get made up are in the drat chair for HOURS every day before their day even starts. And they probably don't make nearly as much as the series leads that waltz in, get some powder or whatever and are good to go.
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