Previously on rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated, Matt Ion said:

> Alas, regardless of how the debates go, you KNOW it will happen anyway. 
>   Someone will see $$dollar$$signs$$ in it, and that will be all it 
> takes to make it happen.

You mean like in "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid", where Steve Martin
interacts with Humphry Bogart, Ingrid Berman, Bette Davis, Cary Grant
and others?  Or in "Forrest Gump" where Tom Hanks interacts with JFK?

> Oh yeah... it's happened with Star Wars and George Lucas'
"tinkering". 
> It's happened with E.T. and the magical guns that transform into 
> walkie-talkies.  Both of these happened despite loud outcries from the 
> fans, the critics, and pretty much the entire movie world.

That is different.  In the case of Star Wars, it's adding in what
couldn't be done (for whatever reason) when originally made, and by the
maker of the film.  Personally, I prefer the second version of Star
Wars.  In the case of ET, the maker of the film changed a detail to fit
a changed political viewpoint, which IMO was a bad thing to do.

But neither are anywhere close to replicating a dead performer into a
new production.

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