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Posted: 3/27/2024 11:29:42 PM EDT
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“Nothing Awesome is ever simple.” - qualityhardware
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Yeah, there’s quite a few good classics on Tubi
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Deckard “nobody wants to know the truth, nobody” Cobra Kai Johnny Lawrence “she’s hot and all those other things” Tucker Carlson 1/10/2018 “I used to be a liberatarian until Google”https://mobile.twitter.com/Henry_Gunn
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If I didn’t already have it on DVD I would be happy to hear that. Great series
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Widescreen? Hi-Def?
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Tom Sawyer.
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Delenn was hot after she got some hair.
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What’s Tubi?
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The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.
George Will |
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“Nothing Awesome is ever simple.” - qualityhardware
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If you haven't seen it, go watch it.
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View Quote So I should be able to watch it free on my Roku tv? Never watched Babylon 5. |
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The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.
George Will |
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“Nothing Awesome is ever simple.” - qualityhardware
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Zathras lives for the one.
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Why is the sky blue?
What makes the green grass grow? |
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That show was 20 years ahead of its time. Imagine it with modern cgi.
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Deckard “nobody wants to know the truth, nobody” Cobra Kai Johnny Lawrence “she’s hot and all those other things” Tucker Carlson 1/10/2018 “I used to be a liberatarian until Google”https://mobile.twitter.com/Henry_Gunn
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And so it begins...
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Sooooo disappointed in the blu-ray release
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Originally Posted By PR361: So I should be able to watch it free on my Roku tv? Never watched Babylon 5. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By PR361: So I should be able to watch it free on my Roku tv? Never watched Babylon 5. Yes assuming that you can download Tubi application. |
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Originally Posted By Keekleberrys: That show was 20 years ahead of its time. Imagine it with modern cgi. View Quote It wouldn't be better. The story and the characters carried it. B5 would be great in 240p with stop motion animation for the FX shots. Babylon 5 ?4K? "No dictator no invader..." G'Kar's Freedom speech 2x20 The Long Twilight Struggle HD |
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Liberals: There are many copies, and they have a plan.
Space Corps Directive 196156: 'Any officer caught sniffing the saddle of the exercise bicycle in the women's gym will be discharged without trial.' |
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Originally Posted By tortilla-flats: Widescreen? Hi-Def? View Quote If this is the same one that's on Roku it's the remastered version that used to be on Max. The CGI is obviously still in SD but the live-action shots are in HD and look great. Everything is in 4:3 to maintain consistency between live action, CGI, and composite scenes. |
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"This was an age of extremes, a fascinating century of freaks...but nobody loved it." -Alfred Bester
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Originally Posted By FlashMan-7k: It wouldn't be better. The story and the characters carried it. B5 would be great in 240p with stop motion animation for the FX shots. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3_9Xb3U1V4 View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By FlashMan-7k: Originally Posted By Keekleberrys: That show was 20 years ahead of its time. Imagine it with modern cgi. It wouldn't be better. The story and the characters carried it. B5 would be great in 240p with stop motion animation for the FX shots. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3_9Xb3U1V4 I meant with the same actors just translated forward. |
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Originally Posted By Keekleberrys: I meant with the same actors just translated forward. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Keekleberrys: Originally Posted By FlashMan-7k: Originally Posted By Keekleberrys: That show was 20 years ahead of its time. Imagine it with modern cgi. It wouldn't be better. The story and the characters carried it. B5 would be great in 240p with stop motion animation for the FX shots. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3_9Xb3U1V4 I meant with the same actors just translated forward. The CGI is terribly dated and it could be a lot better. But I think the story and plot would work as a stageplay, as a novel, or as a series of fireside stories. Really good content tends to transcend the medium you use to tell it. |
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Originally Posted By lazyengineer: This. It's a great series, but trying to watch it again in the original low resolution is just unwatchable. I tried. Have they remastered it for this? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By lazyengineer: Originally Posted By tortilla-flats: Widescreen? Hi-Def? This. It's a great series, but trying to watch it again in the original low resolution is just unwatchable. I tried. Have they remastered it for this? Agreed. And I say that as someone that was neck deep in the Amiga computer back in the day and fascinated by the product turned out by the Toaster. I tried a few years ago and just couldn't get past the low res quality. |
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Tom Sawyer.
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“How does it end?” “In fire!”
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4K CGI re-rendering
Babylon 5 Original Effects in 4K 24p "This time, we know everyone we kill" Babylon 5: Clarkstown pursues Alexander [4K60] "The Lost Tales" used upgraded CGI Babylon 5 The Lost Tales CGI Shots |
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It's actually at a watchable resolution. Thanks Tubi!
Anyone can guess the "claim to fame" of the guest stars in S1E4? |
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Tom Sawyer.
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Originally Posted By BB868: "You're the one, but not the one" One of the best mind fuck episode(s) I can remember watching. View Quote Probably in my top 3 FAVORITE Science Fiction TV episodes ever. I love Babylon 5. "Zathras lives for The One. Zathras will die for The One." Such a brilliantly acted character, too. |
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Why is the sky blue?
What makes the green grass grow? |
[Last Edit: PaladinM1911]
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A Grendel's Love is different from a 5.56's Love
SC, USA
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I have been watching.
Good Gawd the acting was horrible. I loved the show and now, well I see I was jaded back then. I will still continue to watch it. |
Leave me alone. I’m a libertarian. CW vet x7, give away a kidney to a loved one if they need it.
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What do you want now, you moon faced assassin of joy?
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Don't be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
General education should not be mere job training, but training in how to be fully human. |
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A freespace 2 Mod - The Babylon Project R1 Intro |
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Why is the sky blue?
What makes the green grass grow? |
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Originally Posted By lazyengineer: This. It's a great series, but trying to watch it again in the original low resolution is just unwatchable. I tried. Have they remastered it for this? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By lazyengineer: Originally Posted By tortilla-flats: Widescreen? Hi-Def? This. It's a great series, but trying to watch it again in the original low resolution is just unwatchable. I tried. Have they remastered it for this? Yes, and the remasters are worth watching. |
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Originally Posted By Keekleberrys: I meant with the same actors just translated forward. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Keekleberrys: Originally Posted By FlashMan-7k: Originally Posted By Keekleberrys: That show was 20 years ahead of its time. Imagine it with modern cgi. It wouldn't be better. The story and the characters carried it. B5 would be great in 240p with stop motion animation for the FX shots. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3_9Xb3U1V4 I meant with the same actors just translated forward. |
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Originally Posted By alligator94: I don't think all of the actors are still alive. The story and actors definitely carry it. Not to say the CGI is bad, it was the best at the time it's just 30yrs old and does show it's age. View Quote Most of them are dead. I think there's one left alive. IMDB about the cast of Babylon 5 that are dead |
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Why is the sky blue?
What makes the green grass grow? |
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Originally Posted By tortilla-flats: It's actually at a watchable resolution. Thanks Tubi! Anyone can guess the "claim to fame" of the guest stars in S1E4? View Quote There were a lot of great guest appearances on the show … maybe Walter White? I know he guested for a minute on the show at some point. |
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Let's Go Red Wings!
Beautifying the world one logo at a time since 1993. Soli Deo Gloria |
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Also: This is probably the earliest great show ever. One with real consequences and story arcs… one of my absolute favorite shows.
I’ve watched it end-to-end twice now, not including the original watch-through as it debuted. |
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Let's Go Red Wings!
Beautifying the world one logo at a time since 1993. Soli Deo Gloria |
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Tubi is great.
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Tom Sawyer.
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Don't be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
General education should not be mere job training, but training in how to be fully human. |
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I’ve watched B5 twice on Tubi. Decided to order BSG 2004 version in Blu-ray from eBay.
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VCDL Member
NRA Life Member |
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Why is the sky blue?
What makes the green grass grow? |
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Originally Posted By tortilla-flats: David McCallum (for the boomers) And the bad guy, karate guy from Roadhouse. S6 had "Chekov". View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By tortilla-flats: Originally Posted By macman37: There were a lot of great guest appearances on the show maybe Walter White? I know he guested for a minute on the show at some point. And the bad guy, karate guy from Roadhouse. S6 had "Chekov". Huh! i obviously knew about Chekov, but hadn’t realized McCallum was on there. |
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Let's Go Red Wings!
Beautifying the world one logo at a time since 1993. Soli Deo Gloria |
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Originally Posted By alligator94: I don't think all of the actors are still alive. The story and actors definitely carry it. Not to say the CGI is bad, it was the best at the time it's just 30yrs old and does show it's age. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By alligator94: Originally Posted By Keekleberrys: Originally Posted By FlashMan-7k: Originally Posted By Keekleberrys: That show was 20 years ahead of its time. Imagine it with modern cgi. It wouldn't be better. The story and the characters carried it. B5 would be great in 240p with stop motion animation for the FX shots. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3_9Xb3U1V4 I meant with the same actors just translated forward. There's 30+ year old CGI that holds up. I think the difference is that they were going for realism with what they had. But doing that instantly dates your visuals. Tron is older CGI and it doesn't look nearly as dated - because they weren't going for realism. |
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Originally Posted By 11boomboom: Originally Posted By MRW: Sometimes I think the entire series is really about Londo Mollari, a classical Greek tragedy. Absolutely. Nail, meet hammer. Londo was absolutely a warning about hubris, and how nemesis would show up and punish you for your hubris and you couldn't avoid it. Along with very strong themes of riding a tiger - you can't stay on, you cant' get off safely, you keep doubling down, until inevitably you fall off the tiger and it mauls you. |
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Originally Posted By FlashMan-7k: Nail, meet hammer. Londo was absolutely a warning about hubris, and how nemesis would show up and punish you for your hubris and you couldn't avoid it. Along with very strong themes of riding a tiger - you can't stay on, you cant' get off safely, you keep doubling down, until inevitably you fall off the tiger and it mauls you. View Quote There's not a single arc in the show that doesn't get fleshed-out or satisfactorily ended. The whole show is multiple allegories for government, control and power. |
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Why is the sky blue?
What makes the green grass grow? |
[Last Edit: Mal_means_bad]
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J. Michael Straczynski had complete arcs outlined for all the characters, including escape plans and introductions for actors leaving the show and their replacements. That's how he was able to write practically the entire show himself, which I understand is a unique achievement.
Unfortunately he didn't have a plan for being cancelled at the end of season 3 but given season 4 to wrap up everything he intended for seasons 4 and 5, then renewed at the end of season 4 by surprise after he used up all his story and having to wing season 5 with random messy post war plot lines. I actually like most of season 5's random messy post war clean up aspects anyway, that's at least something nobody else does, but it's obviously not as thought out and polished as his original 5 season war arc. |
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Originally Posted By FlashMan-7k: There's 30+ year old CGI that holds up. I think the difference is that they were going for realism with what they had. But doing that instantly dates your visuals. Tron is older CGI and it doesn't look nearly as dated - because they weren't going for realism. View Quote |
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Tom Sawyer.
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Originally Posted By 11boomboom: There's not a single arc in the show that doesn't get fleshed-out or satisfactorily ended. The whole show is multiple allegories for government, control and power. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By 11boomboom: Originally Posted By FlashMan-7k: Nail, meet hammer. Londo was absolutely a warning about hubris, and how nemesis would show up and punish you for your hubris and you couldn't avoid it. Along with very strong themes of riding a tiger - you can't stay on, you cant' get off safely, you keep doubling down, until inevitably you fall off the tiger and it mauls you. There's not a single arc in the show that doesn't get fleshed-out or satisfactorily ended. The whole show is multiple allegories for government, control and power. I beg to differ. I would have loved to have seen what JMS would have done with ivanova's character if she had stayed on the show. Not to say the character was handled badly. |
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