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Originally Posted by VALEN

After watching BSG Exodus II, the following thoughts came to me.

If B5 was released now, with the same story & visual effects, would I have enjoyed it as much?

Now I believe the story will never age. It was created & written as a labour of love.

But the visual effects on the other hand are really starting to show their age. Which at the time of creation I thought would never happen. Thus me thinking my viewing pleasure would be effected.

Just hope the new material (Lost Tales) can uterlize new equipment available to the max.

Actually, Straczynski is planning to do just that. Check out the following quote:

"Part of what we're doing is to re-think the look of B5 to some degree. The show was created using 1993 technology, video toasters and amigas, and was to some extent limited by the paradigms and production methods we used in that. But it's now 13 years later, and while I will keep the feel of the show the same, and the silhouettes and designs, there's no reason to limit the look of the feel to what we could do six years ago (from when we stopped). So we're going to invest a lot of time, effort and money into really re-imagining some of the visuals at the present level -- looking at shows like Battlestar and the like -- and bringing those tools into B5 while still maintaining the feel of the show."

And here is the link:

J. Michael Straczynski - B5:TLT Pre-Production - Babylon5scripts.com

Personally, I wouldn't mind if Straczynski decides to give B5 a special effects facelift with new technology, but I will always treasure my B5 DVD collections as it was originally released, afterall, its not what made B5 so great, it was the sharp, developed characters, engaging storylines, and subtle mysteries.