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Unfortunately, that's probably the "last best chance" for a not-awful watching experience. At some point after the show wrapped, they lost all of their 3d model

by rosser 8y ago

Unfortunately, that's probably the "last best chance" for a not-awful watching experience. At some point after the show wrapped, they lost all of their 3d models, so they will never be able to re-render a single ship. EDIT: I didn't mention fan models as a possible approach because this is WB/PETN we're talking about here. They aren't Paramount-dumb, but they seemed take that as a challenge, at least vis à vis B5.

coryrc 8y ago
There weren't enough polygons on them to look good at higher resolutions; they'd really have to be redone anyway.
- Zardoz84 8y ago
  you are pretty wrong . Watch the original meshes at HD resolution : https://youtu.be/uHAuK_lDkk0 https://youtu.be/uHAuK_lDkk0
  - coryrc 8y ago
    Did we watch the same video? It looks like a 2002-era video game when rendered at 1080p. It does not realistic at all; it is nothing like improving a film video of a model (film is basically ~5k equivalent and a model is.. infinite?).
    - boomlinde 8y ago
      I agree that it doesn't look particularly good. The question is whether it's due to a lack of polygons.
ocdtrekkie 8y ago
They used a fan-created model of Babylon 5 for The Lost Tales, and there likely exists fan meshes for most of the rest of the models on the show. Arguably, even rebuilding the models of B5's relatively simple models is not that big a deal compared to all of the editing work. The biggest reason you'll never see a remaster of Babylon 5 is that it lacks the continued financial interest of it's backers or widespread market appeal. Star Trek is a wildly popular 50 year old franchise, which is still seeing new work today, and even then, CBS decided it wasn't worth it to remaster two of it's shows.
TeMPOraL 8y ago
There's probably six million recreations of every 3D model in B5 made by fans, just like it is with Star Trek. Lack of 3D models isn't really a show-stopper, just ups the labor requirements. Hell, if respective owners relaxed their grips on IP, remasters would've been done already by fans of both Star Trek and B5 (I'd happily participate).

by rosser 8y ago

coryrc 8y ago

There weren't enough polygons on them to look good at higher resolutions; they'd really have to be redone anyway.

Zardoz84 8y ago
you are pretty wrong . Watch the original meshes at HD resolution : https://youtu.be/uHAuK_lDkk0 https://youtu.be/uHAuK_lDkk0
- coryrc 8y ago
  Did we watch the same video? It looks like a 2002-era video game when rendered at 1080p. It does not realistic at all; it is nothing like improving a film video of a model (film is basically ~5k equivalent and a model is.. infinite?).
  - boomlinde 8y ago
    I agree that it doesn't look particularly good. The question is whether it's due to a lack of polygons.

ocdtrekkie 8y ago

They used a fan-created model of Babylon 5 for The Lost Tales, and there likely exists fan meshes for most of the rest of the models on the show. Arguably, even rebuilding the models of B5's relatively simple models is not that big a deal compared to all of the editing work. The biggest reason you'll never see a remaster of Babylon 5 is that it lacks the continued financial interest of it's backers or widespread market appeal. Star Trek is a wildly popular 50 year old franchise, which is still seeing new work today, and even then, CBS decided it wasn't worth it to remaster two of it's shows.

TeMPOraL 8y ago

There's probably six million recreations of every 3D model in B5 made by fans, just like it is with Star Trek. Lack of 3D models isn't really a show-stopper, just ups the labor requirements. Hell, if respective owners relaxed their grips on IP, remasters would've been done already by fans of both Star Trek and B5 (I'd happily participate).