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[–] 19 points 9 months ago (10 children)

It was actually filmed in 16:9, but aired in 4:3. Strazinsky correctly predicted that 16:9 would be the future format. A 16:9 crop OF the 4:3 crop is criminal.

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  • [–] 13 points 9 months ago* (4 children)

    The CGI was done in 4:3 for budget reasons, so CGI and composite shots are only available in 4:3 (which then had to be cropped for 16:9 later on), which is why the CGI looks terrible. At least in the earlier seasons, afaik later on rights were acquired by some network that wanted 16:9 and so from that point forward CGI was also in 16:9

    https://www.modeemi.fi/~leopold/Babylon5/DVD/DVDTransfer.html has lots of info and examples

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago* (2 children)

    The CGI was supposed to be re-rendered for widescreen release but things went south with all that. A bunch of files were found though and someone has done them in 1080 widescreen and they look amazing. They’re on YouTube. Sadly I think they all got turned over to WB and have never been heard from since I don’t think.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Did they release the original 16:9 too?

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