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Skriven 2007-08-08 17:26:12 av Craig (3426.babylon5)
  Kommentar till text 16901 av rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated (3378.babylon5)
Ärende: Re: TLT technical review - no spoilers
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Aaron,

I agree about the grainy look of the live action shots. I was watching
it on my 50" Samsung HD set with a Panasonic Progressive scan
upconverting DVD player and I was beginning to think that there was
something wrong with my DLP set or the DVD player. But other discs and
HD shows looked fine so I had to conclude it was the disc.
-- 



Aaron Sherman wrote:

> Ignoring the story, I'd like to just review the technical details of
> the TLT release in terms of some of the effects and of the DVD itself.
> 
> First off: the station. There's quite a bit about the station that's
> new. It seems to have lost some girth under the cobra bays, and the
> lighting changes are somewhat dramatic (of course, the external
> lighting on the station may well have changed in the 10 years between
> the series and TLT). Overall, the new station looks good, and has all
> of the attributes that we came to love about it so many years ago.
> 
> New ships: The new ships look nice, though they lack obvious scale in
> many cases. The only problem I had with them was that in the first
> shot of the Minbari ship moving... it banked. B5 was the first TV show
> that really nailed the maneuvering of ships in space (it still doesn't
> deal with orbital mechanics, but that's forgivable as most viewers
> simply can't get their heads around orbital mechanics enough for it to
> be intuitive). Now we're shown something that makes no sense, and
> seems to be straight out of Star Trek or Stargate. Oh well. Minor
> point.
> 
> Hyperspace effects: I'm avoiding spoilers here. Those who have seen
> the episode know the (pretty much non-plot) details surrounding
> hyperspace. I have to say that everything done there, special-effects
> wise, I loved. Very much old-show-meets-new-tech, and all in a very
> well explained way.
> 
> Composite shots: There are a number of digital matte paintings that
> are composited with live actors. Many make sense. A few do not. The
> hangar scenes in particular struck me as poorly framed attempts to
> show off the rendering of the space. It's always a bit annoying when I
> have to squint at the screen to see a character that is speaking.
> 
> Non-FX footage: Did anyone else find the normal, non-FX scenes to be
> very grainy on the DVD? Was there a problem in transferring these
> shots? Was a lower resolution camera used for budgetary reasons? It
> wouldn't be nearly so obvious except for the fact that all of the FX
> shots are so much less grainy.
> 
> Sound: I found myself grinning as I watched the first part ("Over
> Here") in surround sound. I recall B5 being pretty much the only show
> to significantly play with surround channels in the old days, and it
> was good to see that happen again. Overall the sound was excellent.
> Some of the scenes in the first story have a little bit too much music
> over the relatively quiet dialog, but it's minor enough a quibble,
> since I heard every word, and never felt the music was inappropriate.
> 
> Overall, and excellent DVD technically with only the grainy video on
> large TVs being a significant issue.
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