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    weberm@polaris.net (Ubiquitous) wrote:   
      
   > candid@dontbother.invalid wrote:   
   > >Ubiquitous wrote:   
   > >> david@therogoffs.com wrote:   
   >   
   > >>> Yes - great show, especially season 3.  I think it would be great if   
   > >>> they re-did all the CGI, like the Star Trek TOS episodes. It was   
   > >>> amazing what they pulled off on a bunch of Amigas, but it could   
   > >>> be so much better now.  If they still had all the LightWave files,   
   > >>> it would be even easier.   
   > >>   
   > >> IIRC, all those files were lost.   
   > >   
   > >And good riddance. Most of the original B5 renderings looked like cheap   
   > >plastic Christmas ornaments. CGI's come a long way since then so it'd   
   > >be better to redo from scratch anyway.   
   >   
   > I was about to mention CGI was in its infancy at the time.   
   > Was B5 the first show to use it? IIRC, Trek was still using   
   > tiny models for their space shots.   
      
   Tiny models being 8' that looked way better than CGI.   
      
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