G+_Robert Carlos Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Tom Merritt Brian Brushwood Casey McKinnon the first two seasons of the show are free here after that looks like you have to buy itunes, vudu, amazon which could be costly. http://www.thewb.com/shows/babylon-5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Mike Moceri Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 One of the best shows ever. You know when Breaking Bad references something, its gotta be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Brian Gilbert (Ned Jaco Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 I'm so glad I bought it on DVD when it was on sale from Amazon ages ago. Of course, this is an instance where I don't look crazy for owning physical media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Tom Merritt Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Oh is that what happened. WB took the rights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Brian Gilbert (Ned Jaco Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 I was strongly considering sending my DVDs to one of you folks (Tom Merritt, Brian Brushwood, Casey McKinnon as a loaner when Brian was all "Don't be sending us DVDs.") I'm still willing to do that, though. Sadly, thanks to the conversion from the telecined broadcast version to the DVDs, the show isn't even at full DVD quality throughout. All scenes with no effects are mastered from film - and even legitimately in widescreen (the show was broadcast 4:3, but the 35mm film was used for live action filming.) Any scenes with effects (CGI set extension, PPG blasts, external CGI out a window, or total exterior space shots) are taken from the original and blown up (top and bottoms cropped) to make it 16:9. They made the best of a bad situation trying to make the show work on DVD. Sadly, to the best of my knowledge, the assets just don't exist to bring the show into the realm of HD. It's just a bit jarring when the show goes from a fantastic-looking shot of characters talking to an extremely blurry blown-up shot of the same characters because it's going to dissolve to another scene which will have effects in it. Still, the story is awesome. Worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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