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What's the consensus here regarding Babylon Five? (startrek.website)
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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?

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[–] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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.website 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago

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.