The CGI is of course dated at this point, especially the space battle stuff. Characters are largely practical though, so they look fine still.
Otherwise IMO the first season starts a little slow and there’s a ton exposition heavy stuff early to introduce the world.
It does pick up soon though and it avoids the returning to status quo after episode quite well. Pretty much every episode moves some of the bigger background plots forward
Also the gag about the species that own those things look like greys and really did abduct humans for experimentation, and now the descendants of those humans are suing.
Characters are largely practical though, so they look fine still.
You get characters like G’Kar who are obviously just human actors in stiff latex prosthetics and it’s pretty immersion-breaking. You just have to look past it and pretend it’s actually a lizard person, like you do with Cardassians.
The actor’s performance is lauded so consistently that the prosthetics really don’t seem like a problem for most people. We’re mostly not beyond the point where sci-fi aliens are basically humans, because they’re played by humans and speak like humans. Whether it’s make-up or motion capturing for CGI.
It takes huge efforts to move beyond that, like Rocky. I’m sure there are more, but probably not many - anyone got other examples?
The CGI is of course dated at this point, especially the space battle stuff. Characters are largely practical though, so they look fine still.
Otherwise IMO the first season starts a little slow and there’s a ton exposition heavy stuff early to introduce the world. It does pick up soon though and it avoids the returning to status quo after episode quite well. Pretty much every episode moves some of the bigger background plots forward
I love deep lore and exposition so this will be fun.
Definitely don’t mind older effects either.
B5 wins for being the only serious sci fi series that had a species that flew actual stereotypical flying saucers
Also the gag about the species that own those things look like greys and really did abduct humans for experimentation, and now the descendants of those humans are suing.
B5’s gags were top tier
You get characters like G’Kar who are obviously just human actors in stiff latex prosthetics and it’s pretty immersion-breaking. You just have to look past it and pretend it’s actually a lizard person, like you do with Cardassians.
The actor’s performance is lauded so consistently that the prosthetics really don’t seem like a problem for most people. We’re mostly not beyond the point where sci-fi aliens are basically humans, because they’re played by humans and speak like humans. Whether it’s make-up or motion capturing for CGI.
It takes huge efforts to move beyond that, like Rocky. I’m sure there are more, but probably not many - anyone got other examples?
G’Kar’s prosthetics are actually shockingly malleable. The brow actually moves and the area around the mouth is soft enough for stuff like big grins.