Previously on rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated, Mac Breck said:

> Their loss.  Crusade _beats_ _the_ _Hell_ _out_ _of_ _B5:LotR_ , and
> looks positively lavish (Whoa!  Look, there are actual SETS!!!) next to
> the spartan B5:Lost Tales (except for some of B5TLT's excellent CGI
> scenes, e.g. the DVD opening sequence, the Centauri & Warlock Destroyer
> battle scene, the priest's ship entering B5 scene, the scene with
> Sheridan and Vintari in starfuries, etc.).

IMO, CGI sets "on a budget" just do not work well.  Pure CGI, as in the
exterior shots of B5:TLT, BSG and SGU, work OK.  But not green-screens.
for a current example, several years later with newer equipment and
presumably a bigger budget, take a look at "V".  The green-screened
sets are too obviously CGI.  And for ones that should be simple, just a
large room.

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