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Jul. 20th, 2023 10:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pensnestI think it was in the June Something suggestions that one of the options was, is there a show/film/etc that you think is ripe for a re-make?
Well, I dreamed about it last night, or at least, I dreamed about a space station and how it would work and what would make it interesting. So when I woke up, I thought, Babylon 5. To be made with the certainty of having the time to tell the full story the way it ought to be told—no rushed Season 4 to fit everything in, and no drawn-out, somewhat tedious season 5 which doesn't really feel like part of the whole. Nest the telepaths in with the Earth story, which I would think is how it was meant to be done. And they could leave out, or cut down, some of the sillier episodes, perhaps put them in as B- or C- stories. Series these days seem to have fewer episodes.
The remake would have way better CGI. Not that not-great SFX have ever really got in the way of good storytelling (see early Doctor Who) but it would be nice to see it beautifully done. They did well with the exterior shots and the physics of starflight, but sometimes the station interior looked very dodgy.
The story could keep the good things that came out of cast changes—Sinclair and Sheridan being different people, for starters—and dump bad things. Not losing Ivanova would be a good put-right: I liked Tracey Scoggins in season 5, but it would have been better to keep Ivanova, had that not been impossible for RL reasons.
What about casting it?
It is kinda hard to imagine other people in most of the roles. But Idris Elba as Sinclair, I could definitely get behind that! I'd like to see a bit more diversity, too. Though cameos from the original cast members would be fun.
Your thoughts?
Well, I dreamed about it last night, or at least, I dreamed about a space station and how it would work and what would make it interesting. So when I woke up, I thought, Babylon 5. To be made with the certainty of having the time to tell the full story the way it ought to be told—no rushed Season 4 to fit everything in, and no drawn-out, somewhat tedious season 5 which doesn't really feel like part of the whole. Nest the telepaths in with the Earth story, which I would think is how it was meant to be done. And they could leave out, or cut down, some of the sillier episodes, perhaps put them in as B- or C- stories. Series these days seem to have fewer episodes.
The remake would have way better CGI. Not that not-great SFX have ever really got in the way of good storytelling (see early Doctor Who) but it would be nice to see it beautifully done. They did well with the exterior shots and the physics of starflight, but sometimes the station interior looked very dodgy.
The story could keep the good things that came out of cast changes—Sinclair and Sheridan being different people, for starters—and dump bad things. Not losing Ivanova would be a good put-right: I liked Tracey Scoggins in season 5, but it would have been better to keep Ivanova, had that not been impossible for RL reasons.
What about casting it?
It is kinda hard to imagine other people in most of the roles. But Idris Elba as Sinclair, I could definitely get behind that! I'd like to see a bit more diversity, too. Though cameos from the original cast members would be fun.
Your thoughts?