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the original film wasn't destroyed, but all the 3D assets were lost/destroyed making a remaster impossible. they had an idea to simply re-render it all at maybe
by SG- 2y ago
the original film wasn't destroyed, but all the 3D assets were lost/destroyed making a remaster impossible. they had an idea to simply re-render it all at maybe higher resolution and possibly higher resolution textures/effects but that proved impossible with the data loss.
when they recently made a new movie a few years ago they used fan models for getting a 3D B5 going.
- 3eb7988a1663 2y agoAre the original assets that important? Presumably they are potato quality relative to modern expectations and have to be recreated anyways. So long as you did not require perfect fidelity, pixel-to-pixel rendition, but something within the spirit of the show. Rendering some space blobs seems attainable by a guy with Blender and Unreal.
- mixmastamyk 2y agoMany of ships were made with curves, that can be scaled up to 8k just like a svg. Of course they'd need other improvements but it would be great to start with the originals. Probably can be recreated but it raises the possibility of not keeping the spirit.
- compsciphd 2y agonot all of the models were destroyed, someone got a hold of some of the models and scenes and rendered them at 1080p, they were on youtube for a while at least.
- FrustratedMonky 2y agoI'd think that they could just take all space/ship shots, and completely start from scratch and it would look good. The changes in tools from then to now, I'd think armatures on internet could look better than something from 90's. So I'd think someone that is motivated with money, some streaming service, could re-create these.