I have the series on DVD but I’ve never seriously cracked it, only seen a few episodes. Was wondering what people here think, is it as good as the internet often says it is? I know it was an inspiration for one of my favorite franchises (Mass Effect) and The Orville had a cute reference to it by making its main actor the president of the Planetary Union, but that’s the extent of my B5 knowledge. So anyway, should I binge the series?

  • ShranTheWaterPoloFan@startrek.websiteEnglish
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    1 year ago

    The old is more important than limited funds. I remember reading an interview from JMS where he mentioned B5 was about $1 million an episode. Which after accounting for inflation is about $2 million an episode in today’s money. The BSG remake was at about $1 million per episode.

    I can tell you in 1995 the CGI on B5 was pretty great.

    • StillPaisleyCat@startrek.websiteEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Nah, it looked video gamey and cheesy even then. Season four was better, but the main station model never kept up l.

      I just didn’t think the resolution was there to make completely CGI models believable.

      • ShranTheWaterPoloFan@startrek.websiteEnglish
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        1 year ago

        For sure it looks fake as can be, but compared to video games (of the time) it was amazing.Look at some screenshots of MechWarrior 2 or Descent and compare to B5.

        At the time B5 had some of the better CGI, it’s just that amazing CGI in 1993 was awful.