Babylon 5 20th Anniversary: Visual Celebration Book!

[Reverend]

I'd love to get it...but I simply don't have the money.

 

[TremblingBluStar]

I love Babylon 5 but i don't think i will get the book.

I probably won't either. I'd wager 100% of the pictures will be online somewhere exactly 60 seconds after the book's release.

 

[Ain Jalut]

I had a no idea. Is this a behind the scenes book or an encyclopedia?

 

[Admiral_Young]

The article I originally posted describes the book. It's a behind the scenes visual guide/companion.

 

[Ain Jalut]

Sorry, i should had checked it out.

 

[RAMA]

This looks great!

 

[Angel4576]

AS CLOSE AS YOU’LL GET TO BLU-RAYS

The 12 inch by 12 inch size of this book is the highest resolution in which you will ever see Babylon 5. The show cannot be remastered in high definition or released on Blu-Ray because of the CGI. Remember that Babylon 5 was one of the first shows to use CGI and it was created for the standard-definition televisions of the 1990s. At an average of 6,000 frames per episode, re-creating it from scratch is prohibitively expensive.

I know we already knew this, but just reading it again......

 

[Jan]

A message from Captain Jaclyn regarding pre-orders of the B520 book to be picked up at Phoenix Comicon:

The Phoenix Comicon pre-orders are sold out but you can sign up for the mailing list ( http://www.cafepress.com/b5books ) to be alerted when the book is officially released worldwide in June 2013.

Jan

 

[Admiral_Young]

So did anyone going to Phoenix Con pick up the book? Jan ?

 

[Jan]

I saw it and it's truly gorgeous. Big and beautiful. I didn't pick mine up because I really didn't want to lug a 5-pound book around the con with me. But I did look through the sample copy they had and loved it. Lots of fans were doing something really smart - getting their autographs on the slipcase. That's gonna look *great* on their coffee tables!

I don't know if they'll be available for purchase or not, but at the B5 Bingo/Stump the Editor panel, there were a few framed prints of some of the pages as prizes. My fave was of John and Delenn embracing for the last time. I didn't win at Bingo and wasn't allowed to play Stump the Editor but that would have been my chosen prize.

Jan

 

[Jan]

There's been a lot of excitement about the Babylon 5 at 20 book that was announced last month. Due to the number of people interested in pre-ordering, that's been opened up earlier than planned: http://www.cafepress.com/_b5books Books will ship by June 30.
Jan

 

[Tom Hendricks]

There's been a lot of excitement about the Babylon 5 at 20 book that was announced last month. Due to the number of people interested in pre-ordering, that's been opened up earlier than planned: http://www.cafepress.com/_b5books Books will ship by June 30.
Jan

Thanks for the heads up Jan, I just ordered mine. I really can't wait to get it.

 

[Admiral_Young]

Thanks for the heads up Jan. I'll be ordering my copy next weekend.

 

[Pilot Ace]

I'm still on the fence--Babylon 5 has always been about the writing to me and I love the show in spite of its visuals... At the same time, it would make a nice companion piece to all the script books.

Decisions, decisions.

 

[Stevil2001]

I'm sure there are valid economic reasons for its price, but this is yet another B5 book I can't bring myself to spend that much money for.

 

[Neroon]

I'm sure there are valid economic reasons for its price, but this is yet another B5 book I can't bring myself to spend that much money for.

I completely understand that. There have been several books which I could not "pull the trigger" on. This one feels different, somehow.

 

[Admiral_Young]

^ Agreed. I feel like this is a must buy for me, despite the price tag.

 

[Reverend]

I don't disagree, but I just don't have sixty plus quid lying around. Being poor sucks.

 

[Jan]

Regarding pre-ordering the B520 book: There's been concern from some folks who don't have (or don't want) PayPal accounts. It's not terribly obvious, but you *can* pay by credit card even without an account. See this from Captain Jaclyn:
http://www.babylon5scripts.com/PayPal-Workaround.htm

Jan

 

[Neroon]

Well, I bit the bullet and put down my ducats for a copy......