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Re: Babylon 5
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 9:27 am
by BossTamsin (imported)
I should add now, that one of the best features of the series as a whole was the feeling of vulnerability the characters seemed to have. In other shows (like Star Trek, Stargate, etc), you always knew that if the actor's name was in the opening credits, they'd live no matter what was thrown at them. With Babylon 5, I never got that feeling. Instead, it seemed that just about any of them could go at any minute, that they were all potential victims to the larger forces at work around them.
Admittedly, they all did live, and all had quite fitting personal arcs and their own conclusions to their stories, but at the time it seemed like you could never be sure that they'd live to see the next episode.
Re: Babylon 5
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 10:15 am
by kyennamo (imported)
If they released the entire series as a box set on blu ray id totally buy it. On a side note, I was lookin at you guys profiles and it seems y'all got me by like an average of 30 years. I mantion babylon 5 to anyone in my age group and they look at me like im speaking a foreign language.
Re: Babylon 5
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 11:59 am
by JessicaH (imported)
Wow, i cant believe there are so many others here that loe B5. It is one of my all time sci fi stories!!!!!
Re: Babylon 5
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 1:41 pm
by tjstill (imported)
I rescued the whole box set including pilot out of a waste skip.... Video format I admit .. and I havent got a player.... or a tv... But waste not want not:) I have read all the plots off the back of the boxes though
Re: Babylon 5
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 2:07 pm
by Dave (imported)
tjstill (imported) wrote: Sat Jan 08, 2011 1:41 pm
I rescued the whole box set including pilot out of a waste skip.... Video format I admit .. and I havent got a player.... or a tv... But waste not want not:) I have read all the plots off the back of the boxes though
Babylon 5 has real character development and a story arc that includes a whole bunch of characters. The story really does begin in one year and progress through five years. It's much better than the single episodes that seem unrelated with each other of other science fiction and lots of regular TV programs.
Re: Babylon 5
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 2:59 pm
by kyennamo (imported)
JessicaH (imported) wrote: Sat Jan 08, 2011 11:59 am
Wow, i cant believe there are so many others here that loe B5. It is one of my all time sci fi stories!!!!!
mine too. its fuggin awsome. always thought it superior to just about every other sci fi show out there. but this is coming from someone who absolutely loved buffy the vampire slayer so what the hell do i know
Re: Babylon 5
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 7:56 pm
by Riverwind (imported)
BossTamsin (imported) wrote: Sat Jan 08, 2011 9:08 am
While I have to admit loving both Londo and G'Kar, especially the interactions between them, my all time favourite character had to be that ex-Lost in Spacer, Vir Cotto. He had so many of the best moments of the series.
His #2 shining moment had to be him dealing with the Drazi stall-owner who had tried to bug them. That whole scene where he walks into Londo's quarters, grabs a sword off the wall, and heads back out is absolutely priceless.
By far and away though, his best moments of the series occurs first when the Shadow operative asks him what he wants:
Of course, the crowning moment doesn't come until several seasons later, when Vir does just that. He walks out into the garden, looks up, looks around carefully, smiles... and waves, just like that. Beautiful writing.
Yes, both priceless, and I agree Vir is maybe my favorites in that series.
River
Re: Babylon 5
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 8:05 pm
by Riverwind (imported)
It really did set a standard that all others fail to follow.
I was thinking about it today and thought who was my favorite person in the series. I decided I needed three.
G'Kar, Vir, Lyta, Ivanova and Garibaldi.
Oops, that's five.
Damn, I hate it when that happens.
River
Re: Babylon 5
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 8:19 pm
by moi621 (imported)
How about the truth in a vision that Bab 5 would suffer an explosive, firey demise.
Just to find out it was in the way of a planned super space highway. Had to be cleared. As with Star Trek, Bab5 stayed loyal to it's lore as it unfolded.
Why didn't it generate Babers as there are Trekies?
Thanks for the memories. Keep 'em coming please and don't assume we all have the same Bab5 encyclopedia.
Moi
Can't find any online sites for Bab 5.
There use to be a couple.
Re: Babylon 5
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 8:39 pm
by moi621 (imported)
Vir and Lennier at the bar.
Vir is drinking a Shirley Temple saying they are really good.
Lennier says he has studied Earth religions but never heard of a Shirley Temple.
How about the episode featuring the two maintenance guys. Ordered to take Delenn to an escape pod she talks them out of it. And some Centari ?lunch meat? called spoo(?). It either tastes horrible or like chicken. Depending if you are trading for someone else's lunch.
