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Cuz it is old and had limited funds iirc
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.
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.
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.
The thing is there were great physical models in other shows. It was just Straczynski’s determination to go completely digital that was driving it.
DS9 was made with models because Paramount understood the technology wasn’t there yet. I just wish they’d kept high definition analogue film rather than video.
On bsg they cut every corner on every square thing because they were literally cutting all corners they could for budgetary reasons.