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   From: Mohammad@dropallthisandthe1googlemail.com   
      
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   >> > Once Upon A Time Slitheen wrote:   
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   >> >> wrote in message   
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   >> >>> While the two stories on the B5 DVD appeared short at a half hour   
   > each,   
   >> >>> the   
   >> >>> story sure didn't seem like it. Enjoyed it immensely.   
   >> >>   
   >> >>   
   >> >>Me too. In reviews and customer comments on Amazon and such places,   
   > it   
   >> >>seems   
   >> >>it suffered MASSIVELY from too many high expectations. Knowing the   
   > budget   
   >> >>constraints, I never hoped for something as mind blowing as JMS's   
   >> >>masterpiece in its peak, and ultimately I wasn't in the slightest   
   >> >>disappointed. That was the trick to enjoying LT.   
   >> >   
   >> > So in essence you prepared yourself to watch crap, and it met all   
   > your   
   >> > expectations.  Good job!   
   >> >   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> F*ck off, you dolt. Don't put words in my mouth.   
   >   
   >   Yeah, I had pretty much the same response.   
   >   
   >   
   > Re. the first Lost Tales DVD, I was underwhelmed.  Didn't like the first   
   > story at all.  The second was more like B5, and I liked it.  Overall,   
   > the whole thing felt threadbare, i.e. "How could 72 minutes be filled   
   > with that much nothing?"  The average episode of House (I'm watching   
   > Season 3 on DVD right now.), seems to contain 10x as much stuff in its   
   > 44 minutes, as B5:TLT contained in 72 minutes.   
      
   Perhaps, but I'd put the budget of House at a lot more than 10x the budget   
   this venture had. With that in mind, and considering any future projects   
   will likely have a bigger budget, more actors and a real director.....I'd   
   say something big will grow from this TLT acorn. :)   
      
   >   
   > I wish Warner Brothers would quit treating B5 like a red-haired   
   > stepchild, and back the damned thing, bigtime, but nooooo, Warner   
   > Brothers is always in timid, test-the-waters mode, and the timing is   
   > never right.  If they're not going to back it, they should sell the   
   > whole thing to a studio that has some balls.   
      
      
   Totally.   
      
      
   However, they never will.   
   > Instead they'll back it in a half-hearted fashion every 100th blue moon   
   > and wonder why people are disappointed.   
      
   If they were testing the waters, so to speak, then I should think they might   
   now have found some balls. I get the impression that it sold very well.   
      
      
   >   
   >   
   > To me, the only bright spots to the new DVD were:   
   >   
   > 1. The space CGI.   
   >   
   > 2. Prince Vintari/Keegan MacIntosh   
   >   
   > 3. Sheridan and Galen.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > FYI:   
   > CGI Society Article on B5-TLT:   
   >   
   > Part 1 of 3   
   > http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=3971   
   >   
   >   
   > Part 2 of 3   
   > http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=4102   
   >   
   >   
   > Part 3 of 3   
   > http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=4173&page=1   
   >   
      
      
   Thanks for that. :)   
      
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