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g-b-ryesterday at 4:34 PM1 replyview on HN

Low budget? I seem to remember it was lauded (but made on Amigas, if I'm not mistaken)

I sure loved it, at least on my crappy 21" tv


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Sharlintoday at 8:53 AM

It was lauded for being made on Amigas. The Season 1 CGI really is rather rough compared to TNG, never mind DS9. But it improved considerably in S2.

Still, there are things like the starfield visible from C&C’s observation window never rotating because it was apparently too expensive to greenscreen it (presumably an actual physical rotating backdrop was also not feasible for whatever reason). On the other hand, I think B5 was the first TV series to use greenscreening to create large interior spaces like ship hangars.