Could Babylon 5's Special Effects have been better with both

[SuperSaiyaMan12]

...models and CGI? I mean, for its time, the CGI was great, but when it goes all the way to the current era? It doesn't hold up well. Conversely, Deep Space Nine and The Next Generation were made around the same time, but they combined both CGI and Models. Would things have held up better with that strategy than just full CGI?

[Tsukiyumi]

Maybe.

Some of the shots do look cheesy by modern standards, but I think some of the sequences still look incredible, especially considering the budget constraints. I doubt they even had the money for high-quality models.

[Reliant121]

I believe this was one of the shows that used entirely CGI for its cinematic shots, in that vein, I think it was groundbreaking. Not quite up to modern par, but you have to give it credit. 7 years later and Voyager still used models. It looks cheesy now, but it is still great for its pure drama, and the way they were constructed, not for being shiney shiney.

[Monroe]

The amount of motion in their ships would have made models very difficult. So many of their ships, especially the human ones, rotated. I'm not sure models would have been possible.

[Sionnach Glic]

There's that, and then there's the fact that it was made on a fraction of the budget that TNG and DS9 were. It's debatable whether they could have afforded models of TV quality.

[Aaron]

IIRC they used CGI because they couldn't afford models, or at least enough models to have all the ships we saw. Yeah, it looks bad now but perhaps we'll see a remastered version.

[Tsukiyumi]

...perhaps we'll see a remastered version.

That would rock!

[Sionnach Glic]

What I'd love to see is a modern remake. Hire better actors (let's face it, they weren't great back then), CGI to rival nBSG, and have everyone follow the original scripts to the very letter. No deviations, just perfect updates of the episodes.

[Tsukiyumi]

...Hire better actors...

IDK, I always liked Garibaldi, Sheridan, Delenn, Londo, G'kar, and Lenier.

A remake could be cool, but I think a special edition with updated effects is about the best we can hope for.

[kostmayer]

Given that all the effects were CGI, how much work would be involved in digging out the old files they used to create the scenes (if they still exist), and simply updating the models?

[Sionnach Glic]

IDK, I always liked Garibaldi, Sheridan, Delenn, Londo, G'kar, and Lenier.

Some of them weren't too bad. But let's face it; none of them were really spectacular.

[Reliant121]

Sheridan always annoyed me. most fo the others were good, Lennier was a little annoying but he was meant to be. Londo, G'Kar, Ivanova, Sinclair and Delenn were all played incredibly well, as was Vir.

[Monroe]

Given that all the effects were CGI, how much work would be involved in digging out the old files they used to create the scenes (if they still exist), and simply updating the models?

It would be easier to start over I think.

[Coalition]

Sheridan always annoyed me.

One sunt that would have been good for Sheridan is that he takes his 'blessing' from Lorienn, and actually believes he is the best thing to happen to the galaxy. Garibaldi was influenced to be paranoid, but he had a point. Sheridan disappears, comes back with Lorien, and everyone hails him and follows him. Garibaldi comes back, and everyone stays suspicious.

Make it where the shades of grey still exist, where you see a good person turn into a fanatic, and where the 'bad guy' is right. Remember Jack the Inquisitor, who questioned Delenn? He learned the costs of excess fanaticism. Remember Morden, who looked so clean and well-dressed and groomed, but represented the Shadows?

Don't turn Sheridan into a perfect leader.

[Reliant121]

That is a good idea.