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Fabulously Geeky Babylon 5 Websites?

FalTorPan

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I'm looking for some fabulously geeky BABYLON 5 websites. My favorite is Triple-F's "B5 Scrolls" site.

Many Trek fans are knowledgable about how various Trek sets and props were redressed and recycled. Bernd Schneider's amazing Ex Astris Scientia has many articles about this subject.

I'd like to read about this sort of thing for B5. For example B5's "C & C" set was redressed many times to serve as the bridge of various Earth Alliance ships.

Thanks in advance!
 
If your looking for non fanon filled ones, then as far as I know there’s not a hell of a lot out there going by what I’ve seen and others have said – the info is largely scattered about, mostly bit’s and pieces picked up from things like the magazines and mentioned on forums and such like.

I remember finding a couple of German ones (I think) that looked like they contained a lot of behind the scene - and early - stuff, but not reading German became an issue pretty quick. ; )

The obvious one is the Lurkers Guide and perhaps the Babylon Podcast that has a pile of interviews with cast and crew.
http://www.babylonpodcast.com/tag/interview/feed/

Blog entries like these pop up from time to time as well.
http://darthmojo.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/b5-flashback-1-building-the-central-corridor/

http://darthmojo.wordpress.com/2008/06/01/b5-flashback-2/

http://barnyardfx.blogspot.com/2010/05/babylon-5-you-may-think-you-recognize.html
 
Probably the most redressed set on B5 was the council chamber. It served as everthing from mess hall to museum.

Jan
 
I think in the case of B5, just about every set (or even just sections of sets) were specifically designed to routinely do double or even triple duty. It helped keep the budget under control. For obvious reasons, trying to catalogue all of these would be a horrendous task.

One that did strike me though was the set that's basically just a 45 degree slanting wall. I've spotted it stand in for everything from a docking bay, a garden concourse, various generic cargo and industrial areas in blue, brown and grey sectors and I'm pretty sure even a Minbari temple.
 
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