[ComicGuy89]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

But it's unnecessary. They spend thousands to have a CG rendering of a ship flying through space. It does nothing but move across a backdrop of stars.
It really feels that they spend money solely so that they can say "At least we didn't have to resort to dangling a prop on a string."

I'm against cutting corners when unnecessary, but many sci-fi series of late seem to have forgotten that the wonder and charm comes from the imagination of the viewer, not the budget of the producer. They don't need to spend millions trying to explain every fantastic element and stupid alien props.

And Lost Galaxy didn't really do it. Outside of establishing shots of Terra Venture, it was all planetary. In Space, on the other hand...

Yup, that's what shows like Doctor Who do. Use familiar (and cheap) objects to create wonder and excitement.

Creating the ship shouldn't be so hard. Set aside the budget usually reserved for mecha and make the ship the mecha. No different from using the Gokai Galleon or Megaship props.