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AICN is reporting more Lost Tales on the way. I don't know if there is anything new here: http://www.aintitcool.com/node/35735

Plus that first convo between Lochley and the priest comes out of nowhere, is way too on-the-nose, and comes off as a bit cheesy. Lochley has just met this person, and is basically asking how his trip was, and he's like, "And now I shall begin my lengthy thoughts about the state of religion in...

Yeah, that's what I thought.

No I didn't notice it. I'll need to go check. I can't believe we're the only two talking about this, Bester! Where is everybody?

I wonder why the traffic is so light here? Copies of TLT are flooding the internets, and barely anyone here has seen it? Oh well, here are my 2 cents… (sorry this is so long--I just started writing, and couldn’t stop) The good: It is very difficult to fault this production on a technical...

TLT is now ranked #6 on Amazon's DVD sales chart (sorry if someone already posted this).

For those worried about spoilers, the impression I got was that the scene being talked about was a possible event in the B5 Universe time line, not a definite one.

1. I didn't mean for someone else to write it. I want JMS to write it. He's written novels before, so why not now? It would be the next best thing to having a multi-year show produced (maybe even better). I know JMS doesn't own the license, but if he really wanted to write some Crusade...

I don't think time has been very kind to Crusade. When I watched the DVD's a few years ago, the good episodes were worse than I remembered, and the bad ones seemed terrible. I'm for the JoeD approach: start over and recast as necessary. I really wish JMS would just break down and give us a...

I'm going to render out several homemade B5 scenes and present them in 60i, 30p, and 24p with 3:2 pulldown to demonstrate what I mean. Anyone who'd like a DVD of this demo, PM me your address.

Lightwave can render 30fps with either field rendering on or off. "Off" would essentially mean 30p, and "on" would mean 60i. Something rendered with no field rendering (that is to say progressively) would look slightly different that something rendered with field rendering on (interlaced)...

I think you’re picking some big nits here, Joe. I am aware that film isn’t made up of scan lines. But the frame-rate of most motion pictures is 24/second. And in its native form, film captures and displays its frames all at once, not interlaced. Hence I think “24p” is reasonable shorthand...

If I didn’t know better, I’d think you were willfully trying to misunderstand me. You do realize that, when speaking about NTSC, part of the reason Film looks different from video on TV is the motion characteristics of the interlacing, right? Yes, everything is broadcast and displayed...

Yeah, vidfire. I have one of the Who DVD's where the effect was used. I think maybe Dalek Invasion of Earth or Aztecs? It's pretty cool. But see that plays into what I'm saying. Because the interlaced studio look was how portions were originally intended to be seen, they're actually adding...

Okay. Sorry for derailing this whole conversation off into some bizarre digression. This is my last comment on the unfortunate interlacing of B5 CG. Promise. Here’s how Lightwave handles the rendering of fields. It can render interlaced (even or odd field first) or it can render no fields...

Yes, I know the live action was filmed in 24p and broadcast in 60i. But footage acquired in 24p and transferred to 60i looks different than footage both acquired and broadcast in 60i. The "camera" in Lightwave 3d was set to mimic the look of 60i video, not the look of 24p film transferred to...

No disrespect intended, Joe & Shabaz, but I think we’re kind of talking past each other here on the interlaced issue. I only bring it up because I’ve always been interested in the issue, and I’ve never really seen it discussed elsewhere. I’m not talking about the final broadcast of the B5...

One thing that always bothered me about the B5 FX was that they were rendered to look different in comparison with the live-action footage. The live-action stuff looks like most movies displayed on a TV, but the CG was rendered interlaced, like video! Movies and TV shows shot on film (like...

I think I can offer a somewhat interesting take on this discussion. Back when B5 was being produced, many folks got into 3d animation because of B5. Specifically, many folks got into a program called “Lightwave 3d” because it was what Foundation imaging used to create the effects (and Netter...

At the risk of further topic derailment, I must comment... Audio drama is quite alive and well in the UK. I'm just a foolish American, but I actually became a fan of Doctor Who via the audio drama's produced by Big Finish, the company A_M_Swallow mentioned. I've always fondly remembered the...