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TNG looked like crap compared to modern standards, and why they spent a lot of money to restore and fix it. Was expensive/unprofitable enough that no other sho

• threethirtytwo 9mo ago
  I'm talking about more then just the remaster. On a fundamental level the effects of TNG can hold up today. Babylon 5 can't. This is for both the space effects and the technology effects in the space ships themselves. The LCAR interface still looks modern and it's way better than the babylon 5 CRT screens.
  • mixmastamyk 9mo ago
    You can still see the CRTs behind LCARS, but I have to admit it is pretty cool in general. They had a bigger budget. But for space scenes, IMO the later episodes of B5 were amazing and beautiful. They just need a modern render and to turn down the saturation. TNG era ships and camera framing were much more boring, partly due to the smaller story.
    • threethirtytwo 9mo ago
      I'm gonna give it a shot. And by give it a shot I mean watch all 5 seasons lol. But I still think TNG just looks better. I get that the space scenes were less epic and the scenes are less dynamic. That restriction enabled effects that were more grounded in fidelity so it holds up with the CG of today. I do know they used CRTs in TNG but not often. Most of the LCARS stuff was just literally backlit plastic panels. Because of that it's much less jarring whereas babylon 5 I think the CRT screens were used everywhere.
      • mixmastamyk 8mo ago
        Ok, keep in mind the first season of B5 the lighting of ships is very bright and doesn’t look very good. But S2 with the new captain I think they default to nighttime and it looks better as well.