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Babylon 5 animated movie written by JMS is done, WB announcing release date next week
- Thread starter ManaByte
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I really love Babylon 5, but I don't know if I want it in animated form.....
I guess it depends on the art and animation I guess. Oh god, please don't look like those newer cartoons catering to adults that look more like they'#re for kids, and please don't be cheaply animated.
Also:
'Classic B5: raucous, heartfelt, nonstop, a ton of fun through time and space'
I wouldn't really use that to describe to 'classic' Babylon 5 tho and that's the part that has me worried it's gonna be the above...that and WB who's animation department I felt has been kinda slacking lately.
I guess it depends on the art and animation I guess. Oh god, please don't look like those newer cartoons catering to adults that look more like they'#re for kids, and please don't be cheaply animated.
Also:
'Classic B5: raucous, heartfelt, nonstop, a ton of fun through time and space'
I wouldn't really use that to describe to 'classic' Babylon 5 tho and that's the part that has me worried it's gonna be the above...that and WB who's animation department I felt has been kinda slacking lately.
ManaByte
Member
Like I said, depends on the animation and art. But I literally could accept it in any other form, novels, comics, audio plays, entirely new cast for a series, movies, tv movies etc.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
I'm in, baby
Ulysses 31
Member
We're never gonna see the Telepath War or Drakh War, are we? 
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Jinzo Prime
Member
Are they going with a "DC Animated Universe" style or 3D?
This is done as in ready to release or done as in "we can start animating it and you will see it in 2 years"?
Better have a forked penis in it, all I'm saying. And those better distortion bubble blaster shots, not the cheaper effect they used in the later seasons.
Fuck, I love the starfury design....that stuff is gonna be CGI no matter what style they use for the characters, right? Doesn't seem like anyone wants to hand draw vehicles anymore.
Better have a forked penis in it, all I'm saying. And those better distortion bubble blaster shots, not the cheaper effect they used in the later seasons.
Fuck, I love the starfury design....that stuff is gonna be CGI no matter what style they use for the characters, right? Doesn't seem like anyone wants to hand draw vehicles anymore.
ManaByte
Member
He says it’s done. He already recorded the commentary for it.
Pegasus Actual
Member
Cyberpunkd
Member
I remember on some god-forsaken forum in Poland in the late 1990s / early 2000s writing summaries of the show. Just found out the dates: 2004 - daaaaaaaaaaaaamn. Is this what it means to be old?
NecrosaroIII
Ultimate DQ Fan
Which is better: This or Deep Space 9
Pegasus Actual
Member
If you have seen the other treks, or at least TNG, then I'd watch DS9 first.
But as a stand alone experience without TNG, then I'd say the first 4 seasons of B5 is more rewarding and complete. You can do just that and I think you will have a fantastic sci-fi experience.
The 5th season...OK. The Rangers spin-off or what have you, not so much. I'm trying to remember how many of the movies I've seen and that should tell you the relevance they have.
Trogdor1123
Member
I loved ds9, it is awesome, but b5 is better in every way…. Except sets.
Third space was the best movie!
If watched in close proximity to the series I bet the films hold up better. I only watched this stuff was it aired so "in the before times" it was way harder to keep up with WTF was going on.
Though the thought of wading through 20-22 ep seasons......ooph!
Trogdor1123
Member
My wife hates sci-fi but I made her watch b5 with me, every episode, and she enjoyed it!
Won’t even consider star trek
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/m...the-road-home-voice-cast-unveiled-1235483312/
I'm glad they were able to get most of the remaining cast back!
I'm glad they were able to get most of the remaining cast back!
Trogdor1123
Member
I thought we were supposed to find out the release date today?
Looks like it will be sometime this summer:
https://twitter.com/straczynski/status/1656436209923801089
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Interesting art style. It looks a little plain in stills, so I'll have to see it in motion.
Tams
Member
Ah, that kind of art/animation style. I wonder if there's a term for it?
I don't like that the backgrounds are very frequently reused and not of the best quality (and often blurred). It makes the characters stand out too much.
So the story is going to have to do a lot of work here.
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Deleted member 1159
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“Bad.”
SirTerry-T
Member
Seriously though, looking forward to how this thing looks, those tweet shots don't instill much
confidence. Looks like the "Netflix CGI anime show" style they have been cultivating over there for some of their Netflix Original shows.
Warner's animation has been a bit hit or miss for me, personally, over their last few releases, at least from an art P.O.V.
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I'm gonna watch the shit outta this but I gotta say, while i don't.....hate...the time travel/parallel dimension genre, it is SOOOOOOO hit or miss with whether or not it is a proper sci-fi story or just a lazy crutch to string together a series of memberberry scenes and disjointed plot beats with all logic and internal consistency thrown out the window. I feel like The Butterfly Effect, maybe the original Flashpoint concept, and naturally Timecop are about as far as I like to go. Unless they spend the same effort as Primer in getting it all right, it's usually just a cool concept that quickly falls to shit in a no stakes environment.
Clear
CliffyB's Cock Holster
I hope its good, but honestly the original show was one of those lightning in a bottle situations.
No disrespect to JMS as a writer and show-runner, but so much of the magic of the show was the chemistry of the cast which for my money was on-par with OG 60's Trek.
Katsulas and Jurasik as G'Kar and Londo... man, every scene they were in crackled and their entwined destiny was for me the absolute essence of why the whole Shadow war arc had so much impact. Worlds getting destroyed as part cosmic wars are a staple of SF, but they made it so much more relatable and genuinely meaningful on an emotional level.
No disrespect to JMS as a writer and show-runner, but so much of the magic of the show was the chemistry of the cast which for my money was on-par with OG 60's Trek.
Katsulas and Jurasik as G'Kar and Londo... man, every scene they were in crackled and their entwined destiny was for me the absolute essence of why the whole Shadow war arc had so much impact. Worlds getting destroyed as part cosmic wars are a staple of SF, but they made it so much more relatable and genuinely meaningful on an emotional level.
Trogdor1123
Member
This looks great. It’s priced pretty good too. 19.99 cdn on itunes
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Looks nice. When does it drop?
negator2vc
Member
not another multiple timelines story!!!!
Pegasus Actual
Member
So anyone else actually watch this? I thought for the most part it was pretty okay... not perfect by any means but it was better at being Babylon 5 (for better or worse) than recent Star Trek and Star Wars have been at being themselves...
But...
But...
Ultimately kind of a nothing storyline.. that... sets up... an animated reboot of the original show, which is different from the live action reboot... and neither of those things seems particularly likely to actually happen. If there is no cartoon continuation that makes this release even more of a nothing.
It also suffered from the worst cliche in all of sci-fi IMO... "Love" being some kind of ultimate fundamental force of the universe. That sappy garbage has ruined more hard(ish) sci-fi than I care to even think about at this point.
It also suffered from the worst cliche in all of sci-fi IMO... "Love" being some kind of ultimate fundamental force of the universe. That sappy garbage has ruined more hard(ish) sci-fi than I care to even think about at this point.
negator2vc
Member
The movie was worse than I thought.
Instead of giving us an actual story that the original series/movies didn't show us
(for ex. the telepath war) the actually gave us a stupid alternate timeline story.
Even worst was the fact that they made Sheridan looks like an idiot with all those stupid jokes. The very first scene of the movie with Sheridan's socks was especially cringe.
RIP Babylon 5!
Instead of giving us an actual story that the original series/movies didn't show us
(for ex. the telepath war) the actually gave us a stupid alternate timeline story.
Even worst was the fact that they made Sheridan looks like an idiot with all those stupid jokes. The very first scene of the movie with Sheridan's socks was especially cringe.
RIP Babylon 5!
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