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CatHorse
Jan 5, 2008
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUGZ_R4T09c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8ulJ00_rd8

from http://www.b5scrolls.com/#Screen4_04_2

"This is a frame for frame re-render of a couple of short scenes from a few episodes of the show. They’re using the original Lightwave scene file for camera and model movement, lights, etc. It’s also the original 3D models and textures used on the show – and nothing has been updated in any way other than being rendered out at 1920x1080. It’s the raw CGI without any post work. "

CatHorse fucked around with this message at 05:27 on Feb 12, 2019

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CatHorse
Jan 5, 2008
Two more CGI scenes with comparison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHAuK_lDkk0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDl_sJ16KxE

CatHorse
Jan 5, 2008
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVDwPoisC6M

CatHorse
Jan 5, 2008
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiBJ2Rs3kC0

CatHorse
Jan 5, 2008
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IBBwnRDZ7s

CatHorse
Jan 5, 2008
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SkU91BMLgc

CatHorse
Jan 5, 2008

lost my old email posted:

smdh if you don't watch b5 on a 10 inch crt like god intended

First time I watched B5 was on this thing



That's a 6inch black&white TV.

CatHorse
Jan 5, 2008

Son of Sam-I-Am posted:

Anyway I assume there's more to the show than realistic orbital mechanics? Like what is it actually about and maybe something about the characters.

I have read the books but only seen a couple episodes of season 1 and some clips from later seasons. It's a lot like John Wick, they have that one thing they concentrate on (orbital mechanics) the rest ranges from meh to total crap.

CatHorse
Jan 5, 2008

TraderStav posted:

That’s fair. B5 uses the jump gate way of traversing the galaxy. Which I really enjoyed that they explored that quite a bit through the series. Native species to it, getting lost if not tethered, fleets hiding there, etc.

drat. B5 rules

There was USS Copernicus that was launched before jumpgates.

CatHorse
Jan 5, 2008

TraderStav posted:

Tell me more about this ship! I don't recall it. Was it able to go in between systems? Did it take generations?

It took 100 years to get to Babylon 5. https://babylon5.fandom.com/wiki/The_Long_Dark

CatHorse
Jan 5, 2008

MrL_JaKiri posted:

In addition, in The Fall of Night they make the point that Centauri pilots can both withstand more g forces and also will happily black out in order to get the drop on someone in combat situations

Also different species use different atmosphere inside their ships, so they explode in ,for example, green while human ships explode in red.

CatHorse
Jan 5, 2008
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxEtUeXcgSI

CatHorse
Jan 5, 2008
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24AJP0693mc

CatHorse
Jan 5, 2008
Another CGI rerender mixed with live action. https://youtu.be/Ge6BPyfxVw0

CatHorse
Jan 5, 2008

McCloud posted:

I've noticed is how everyone has a tragic backstory.


Read or listen to Becoming Superman: My Journey From Poverty to Hollywood

CatHorse
Jan 5, 2008
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpjGAHoE8Es
Re-render from season 3.

CatHorse fucked around with this message at 22:54 on Jun 6, 2020

CatHorse
Jan 5, 2008

CainFortea posted:

I'd forgotten about this. I wonder if this intentional foreshadowing or not.

I don't know how intentional, but Straczynski was a story editor (something closer to a showrunner)

CatHorse
Jan 5, 2008

McCloud posted:

her girlfriend was murdered and then dissected.

Do any books actually show that to be true? I think Bester said that to get an emotional response (that, in universe, leads to internal thoughts becoming "louder" and allow telepats to read mind without detecting).

Son of Sam-I-Am posted:

The story JMS tells is that he took her to dinner, I think to celebrate renewal for season 5, but she misinterpreted the rose he gave her as a forward gesture. Knowing notorious story changer JMS it's probably impossible to know his true motive, but to me it seems likely it was supposed to be one of those "it was just innocent, unless... you feel the same way?"

From Claudias book.

"Toward the end of season four Joe Straczynski started calling me into his office for private conversations. He didn’t do that with many cast members, but I felt that it was a natural progression of the friendship that had been growing over the course of the series. It was common knowledge that I’d broken up with John (Flinn director of photography on Babylon 5), but I hadn’t advertised the fact that I had started seeing a new paramour. One day Joe asked me if I’d like to go and see a show with him. I agreed, and never gave it a second thought. We were all pretty buddy-buddy on the set and the cast and crew would often socialize after work, though Joe had never asked me to go anywhere with him before. I suddenly knew I’d made a mistake in accepting his invitation when the next day a dozen red roses appeared at my front door. poo poo, this is a date! But maybe it wasn’t. Maybe Joe was just being nice. I went out to meet him, and when I saw the black stretch limo pull up any doubts I’d harbored were washed away. gently caress, this is definitely a date! I was more than a little freaked out. I’m not normally thrown off guard by men, but it does make a difference when your boss, the guy who puts the words in the mouth of your character, who can kill or dishonor your character, asks you out on a date. It’s not entirely inappropriate; this was Hollywood after all, and things like that do happen. But that night it totally threw me for a loop. I wondered what people would think. Here I am, I’ve just come off a long relationship with the director of photography, and now I’m climbing into a limo with the show’s creator. And then I started to worry about Joe’s expectations. I’d said yes to seeing the show, I’d accepted the roses, and then I climbed into the limo with him. How do you give back roses without causing offense? In hindsight, I should have made a joke about the whole thing: Roses? You know, I don’t date writers, Joe. I married the last writer I dated, and they’re still searching for his body. We went to the show, and I endured some awkward conversation. It was clearly an uncomfortable evening for both of us. When he dropped me off back at home I quickly thanked him and closed the door to the limo before he had time to move in for anything physical. It was a small thing, really, just a miscommunication between friends. But these things do change relationships. They change how people act toward one another. After that night I don’t think we ever recaptured the trust and friendship that we’d previously enjoyed. Back on set Joe stopped calling me into his office, and I’d stay in my trailer on breaks and head home straight after work."

CatHorse fucked around with this message at 08:15 on Jun 22, 2020

CatHorse
Jan 5, 2008

Angry Lobster posted:

Speaking of Claudia's book, Babylon Confidential is a parade of sadness with ocasional funny anecdotes.

Read (or better listen to Londo reading) Becoming Superman. That book goes places.

CatHorse
Jan 5, 2008

Vavrek posted:

WHAT.

Please tell me he does the accent.


Unfortunately only a line or two at the begining.

CatHorse
Jan 5, 2008
A new render. This time it's true form of a Zorlon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPEiPzeNkPs

CatHorse
Jan 5, 2008

Doctor Zero posted:

That’s not actually the true form. That’s the telepathic projection
:ssh:
Did a bit of Googling.
From "Out of the Darkness" (seems to be a canon book)


... but I was present that amazing day when Kosh Naranek, the Vorlon ambassador, emerged from his suit. Others reported visions of a great winged being, and I...

I saw nothing.

Actually, that is not entirely accurate. I saw... light. An overwhelming brilliance. But it was shapeless, amorphous, and indistinct. For a moment, it seemed as though I perceived a hint of something, but that was all.

Sometimes I have wondered whether what others saw was some sort of mass delusion... or whether I was simply not deserving of the experience.

CatHorse
Jan 5, 2008

ultrafilter posted:

The show does eventually reveal a Vorlon without one

Which episode? the one in deconstruction is a Human

CatHorse
Jan 5, 2008

Midjack posted:

When Kosh Classic pops out of Sheridan and duels Cherry Kosh though I don’t remember exactly which episode that was.
Thank's. It was Season 4 episode 4.

CatHorse
Jan 5, 2008

Jedit posted:

Why? They're literally the aliens from Communion.

What is Communion?

CatHorse
Jan 5, 2008

McSpanky posted:

...just because of aliens and space travel.

You forgot the important one: Humans in Star Trek are a Post-scarcity society.

CatHorse
Jan 5, 2008
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDgWXhuDG_E

CatHorse
Jan 5, 2008

Jedit posted:

I'm on the verge of wishing harm to an rear end in a top hat. You all know who.

The Doctor?

CatHorse
Jan 5, 2008

AntherUslessPoster posted:

Delenn said what she said, that Kosh is the last remaining First One.

Delenn said that Kosh is a Zorlon and Zorlons are the last remaining First Ones

CatHorse
Jan 5, 2008
Does anybody know how many humans died in Earth-Minbari war?
The numbers I found are: 50-60 000 before the meeting described in "The Begining" then about 200 000 after. And the was Battle of The line with ~19 800 ships lost (so about 10 people per ship (less for fighters more for capitals) ~150 000). That makes about 400 000.
Are there any better numbers?

CatHorse
Jan 5, 2008

Jedit posted:

In Lexx you'll almost definitely hate one character because nobody can like both Stanley and 790 but that's intentional, so roll with it.

There are NO likeable characters in Lexx.

CatHorse
Jan 5, 2008
Somebody has taken some of those CGI rerenders. Made them 24fps and slapped a film grain on top.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlDaygRhrg8
IMHO looks better.

CatHorse
Jan 5, 2008
Are there other shows that have done the show footage from not yet done upcoming seasons?

CatHorse
Jan 5, 2008

Tosk posted:

It's fun to see them all old. Claudia Christensen in particular seems like she's had quite a life in the interim...

She is a certified heavy duty alcoholic. Like lock yourself in wine cellar till all the wine is gone.

CatHorse
Jan 5, 2008
Some rerendered Minbari on Minbari action
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTxpDyhEi0A

CatHorse
Jan 5, 2008

adhuin posted:

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?

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtNtUIbU5zDuTq_BJ7xj_MA/videos Original models+mostly origonal textures

CatHorse
Jan 5, 2008

Absurd Alhazred posted:

Will it be good? I don't know. What's a good thing JMS has made lately?

https://www.audible.com/pd/Becoming-Superman-Audiobook/0062932292

CatHorse
Jan 5, 2008
henry rollins for garibaldi

Kibayasu posted:

They should leave Kosh’s shop as low rez as the original.

Yeah make Kosh run the Babylon 5 gift shop

CatHorse
Jan 5, 2008

Doctor Zero posted:

and as far as Garibaldi goes, just cast Bruce Willis already.

And Michael Imperioli as Morden

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CatHorse
Jan 5, 2008
Buses in US don't get cleaned every morning?

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