#Babylon5
Ok a couple things going on in #StarTrek #LowerDecks …
1. Vulcan crew member T’Lyn is 62 years old. She has a Pon Farr coming up soon.
2. The Romulans are going off to lurk in Sector 87. Wait did they just make a #Babylon5 reference in Trek?!?
@stochastic the similar suits from 2010 were used in #Babylon5, and they were awesome
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Time to settle in for the night, finished up with my #StarTrek viewing for the day and I need some #Babylon5 so watching "Infection."
I'll check tomorrow's #allstartrek lineup to see what of that Trek I'll feel like watching as part of tomorrow's daily Trek viewing.
I need some #Scifi before bed.
My top 5 anticipated sci-fi/fantasy tv series in no particular order:
* #QuantumLeap
* #StarTrekDiscovery
* The Star Trek Section 31 mini series
* #GalaxyQuest
* #Babylon5
Sadly some of these are a way off.
Which series are you anticipating?
A tip of the hat and an #RIP to #DavidMcCallum, a fun actor whose geek cred for me came from #ManFromUNCLE, #OuterLimits, and #Babylon5 (with a nod to "The Great Escape," too). Thank you, sir, for much entertainment.
https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/david-mccallum-dead-ncis-man-from-uncle-1235734772/
The moment we all (well, me all, at least) realized #Babylon5 was going to be a lot more than a problem-of-the-week SF show...
Rewatching #Babylon5 for the nth time and every time through I'm more impressed by the misdirection in s2e3 "The Geometry of Shadows."
You're supposed to think the Technomages are important. Their plot with Londo and Sheridan is the Human Dude plot, it's obviously the A story.
Meanwhile Ivanova and the Drazi are playing the entire series arc in small scale right in front of you and you think it's a comic throwaway.
Huh the next episode of
#StarTrekLowerDecks, 'Empathological Fallacies'.
"A trio of dangerous Betazoids cause utter chaos on the Cerritos."
Sounds a little like the #Babylon5 episode, "Soul Mates," where Lando's three wives comes to visit him. 🤔
S1E02 “Soul Hunter” felt a lot like season 1 of TNG or DS9 — vaguely interesting sci-fi concept, but low production values and mediocre storytelling.
Not awful, but not exciting to watch either.
Some thoughts after rewatching #Babylon5 season 1 yet again https://vivdunstan.dreamwidth.org/430100.html #TV #SciFi #90sTV
@cynical13 @chucker If your curious about why #Babylon5’s pilot was strange, it’s this (at least this is my understanding based on what the B5 creator has said):
Most series have a pilot made, and the network gives a go/no-go once its execs see it. So there’s fairly little delay between finishing the pilot and starting the series.
(In #StarTrek, if you ignore “The Cage”, that’s exactly what happened: The network received “Where No Man Has Gone Before” and ordered a full season, so “Where No Man” wasn’t even the first episode aired.)
With B5 they made the pilot, and then the network decided they wanted to schedule it, broadcast it, and see the ratings before they decided. So that took, like, a year? And *then* they started making the series. By which time some cast members had moved on (and it’s possible the network directed them to make other changes).
(I’m sure someone will chime in if I’ve gotten something wrong here.)
The 90 minute #Babylon5 pilot was shown quite some time (year?) ahead of the premiere of the show.
I strongly recommend it as it sets up the entire story cycle.
The principal actor suffered major health problems after that, impairing his season one performance, leading to a departure.
A change in first officer after the pilot but that’s the only major change then, although there were new characters introduced as main and recurring throughout seasons one and two.
@cynical13 @chucker Yep, exactly that.
The #Babylon5 pilot is pretty good, and is a fairly chunky story on its own, albeit with a fair amount of exposition. Also if you enjoy seeing how a show changes between pilot and series, it’s a good example - albeit less radical than #StarTrek’s two pilots. Both shows had very unusual gestations - most shows don’t change nearly that much from their pilots.
But the pilot is not essential viewing, as all of its key story points are reiterated in the first season. The first episode begins the slow burn of the overall story, which comes in small bits at first (much of the first season is set-up), gets moving at the end of the first season, and then the tables get flipped in the second.
Watched #Babylon5 S1E01, which apparently is *not* the pilot?
I… I dunno. Intriguing, I guess.
Finally added a new post to https://www.scifi.global/. It didn't turn out to be as great as I had originally imagined:
Attraction to light: Light as Communication and Imagined Evolution https://www.scifi.global/attraction-to-light-light-as-communication-and-imagined-evolution/
I discuss #Babylon5 and #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds so be warned if you are not caught up on #StarTrekSNW there may be *spoilers*.
I have not been keeping up this site as much as I hoped. The truth is between long work hours and anti-anxiety meds, I am too burnt out to write often.
This is a re- #Introduction. I had this private instance early last year and kept it a few months before I deleted it. Perhaps this time it will stay. Some of you will recognize me. This is my account to focus on all things #StarTrek, #Babylon5, #TheOrville, #BattlestarGalactica, #TrekBooks, #ScienceFiction and #SciFi - #bookstodon in general. I know I come and go and that would reflect an unreliable narrator, but I do hope to connect with those I formerly followed. If you recognize me, say hi!
@AlsoPaisleyCat @triptych Now I’m thinking I need to take a week and write my #Space1999 reboot screenplay. I think I figured out how to make the premise not stupid, and also suggest a story arc, #Babylon5-style.
No one would ever make it, of course, and I’m not a screenwriter, but maybe other fans would enjoy it.
One thing I appreciate about #Babylon5 is that the #earthlings accept that they are not the most advanced beings in the #universe, disappointing is the fact that all the #civilizations, even the most advanced ones, still seem to believe in #religion
@junesim63 This is FANTASTIC! God thank you! I love this place, and all you wonderful lovely people! The #fediverse may be the last best hope for humanity, like #Babylon5 LOL! Added it to my "Tingles" playlist, that's a serious win when it comes to my musical selections, only my very best ends up on that playlist. :)
My review of Babylon 5: The Long Dark – Alien Meets Babylon 5 #AndreasKatsulas #AnneMarieJohnson #Babylon5 #BruceBoxleitner #DwightSchultz #JerryDoyle #PeterJurasik #PTSD #RichardBiggs #sciencefiction #sciencefictiontelevision
「Babylon 5」の全シリーズが12月にBlu-rayで発売ぽいのです #Babylon5 #Blu_ray
https://www.space.com/babylon-5-coming-to-blu-ray-december-2023
「Babylon 5」の完全シリーズが12月5日にBlu-rayで発売されることが発表されました。30周年を祝い、予約も受け付けています。リリースには『The Gathering』が含まれており、Blu-rayでのリリースにより高精細に楽しめます。$100でAmazonで予約可能です。
#Babylon5 #BluRay
I've started a Babylon 5 rewatch. The pilot The Gathering had some pretty so-so performances and was a bit clunky, but the first 3 actual episodes have solid stories and solid acting from a great cast. #Babylon5
Continuing our rewatch of #Babylon5 with season 1’s “The Quality of Mercy”. Delighted to see the first appearance of Damian London as a Centauri - just a brief glimpse this time, but he’ll be back. And then June Lockhart of #LostInSpace is a key guest star. Plus Ireland’s Jim Norton is ever reliable. #90sTV #SciFi #TV
#babylon5 movie was good. Upgrade in jokes IMHO. I would love to see a bigger world then the characters we know so the story could find ways to continue.
LOL. Londo getting some screen time granted by his weird alien overloads like his is a 5 year old. #babylon5
lol. They really missed a great sub plot they could have had this whole time of Lennier trying to subtly injure/kill Sheridan in multiple different ways. #babylon5
lol. Delenn didn't hesitate to read all of Lennier's diary. #babylon5
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I briefly considered naming them Rebo and Zooty, but I would have been tempted to walk around saying "Zooty! Zoot-zoot!" and that probably would not have ended well for me.
#Babylon5 starts at the end of a war: the Minbari are destroying the humans pretty bad but then they noticed their own population is shrinking and they are actually losing "souls" to the humans. They realized they were literally killing themselves because in the end, I guess, we're just one and the same. So they stopped and made peace
Excellent #TVShow you should watch if you're not afraid of old things
@rauschma I sympathize with the writer, because they clearly knew that we were all going to say "ALL of the episodes are essential" and did their best, but here I am, feeling compelled to say ALL the episodes are essential :GrinLotje: Seriously, though, the best thing about #Babylon5 is that the main story is in everything.
Yesterday, a 30-year-old sci-fi TV series (#Babylon5) gave me an idea for a better Siri voice command: I had used “lights on” and “lights off” until I noticed that in that show, they only said “lights” to toggle between on and off. Lo and behold, that also works with Siri. 😀
#Babylon5: 25 Years Later - Is it still worth watching?
"A review of the entire Babylon 5 series, ~25 years after it first aired, with some extra details around the creation of the show, how it holds up to modern standards."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONyf4kcO8Zw&ab_channel=MetaStatistical
#ScienceFiction #TV SciFi #SciFiTV #Bab5 #B5 #JMichaelStraczynski
#OMG... I ❤️ that series... I still have those old #PC entertainment utilities... get this... designed for (Win 3.1) #WIN31 or later... (which means... #WIN2000 at best)...
Wish replies allowed photos... still have the original boxes (remember when software came in a box... with instructions...) 🤪
I still have #Homesite in the box... yes I was around well "before the internet"...
1/ #Babylon5: I’m currently rewatching it, with the help of this guide: http://jasonshankel.net/menu-movie-tv-reviews/88-movie-review-babylon5-essential
I’m very much enjoying it but I’m also looking forward to the reboot (*):
– The original’s creator will do it.
– Plot and world-building are awesome and will stay the same.
– The writing has aged a little bit and will profit from an update.
– Better production values (incl. CGI) will also help.
(*) As of 2023-08-29, a reboot is likely, due to the success of the recent movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIFNa42Mmck
Wow. End of season 4 is wild. #babylon5 they really thought they were getting cancelled. How does the show pick up from this? Lol
So G'Kar just uses his digital eye to break in to people's room and leave his eye behind and watches them fuck?
The #babylon5 season 4 cgi budget is off the charts.
My main problem with #babylon5 is the themes are good but so much of the dialog is bad.
I binged season 1 of Babylon 5 within 3 days. Some things jumped out to me, but I won't talk about them here. Maybe once I'm through the whole series, maybe never.
Anyway, here are some other things:
I loved Londo, Sinclair, Ivanova, and Delenn a lot. (Though I'm not sure I can forgive Londo.)
I loved seeing so many familiar faces (e.g. boy, I didn't know how handsome Jeffrey Combs was!) and names (D. C. Fontana!).
I tried to like Garibaldi, but he's far too quick to use violence for my taste, as the security chief and all.
I like the setting of a space station a lot. Always have (big DS9 fan). To have ambassadors there that play big roles in the story, and that all have their very own agenda, is really nice. I like how different they are. None is a clear ally to anyone, but none is a typical bad guy either.
I'm gonna miss Sinclair. But I read he will come back a couple times. Looking forward to it.
I won't zoom through the rest of show as quickly as I did with season 1. But I will absolutely continue to watch.
#Babylon5
“Every Technomage knows the 14 words that will make someone fall in love with you forever.”
Oh no no no no no, Galen! No! #Babylon5
We did watch the “making of” extra on the blu-ray. JMS mentions that the closing scene is a sort of reboot, but it’s unclear whether it’s THE reboot on hold at the CW due to the writer’s strike, or if it’s a reboot they might follow up on if there are more animated movies.
I hope it’s neither of these.
If they do more animated movies I’d rather have them fill in more of the post-series continuity. Not that I want them to do Crusade, but just have it’s own storyline extending the universe we know.
By contrast for the reboot I was pretty stoked that it would be a completely separate continuity and really a reimagining of the show. Not an alternate reality of the original show where we’re constantly wondering about bits of continuity which should also be present there but somehow just aren’t.
But if it’s going to be one or the other, I’d rather have it be the first one, because I’d be much more invested in a reboot which is a true reimagining.
Obligatory scifi pornpaper. :) :apple_inc:
On another note... http://thescifiworld.net is a good site to visit with your retro machines for wallpapers. No SSL necessary.
Are there other hidden gem http/nonSSL sites you visit?
Kind of wish they’d had a second denouement with the prime Sheridan. Didn’t have to be much, but it felt weird not to close out with him.
Anyway, thumbs up to this movie. I can see it wouldn’t be everyone’s cup of tea, but I enjoyed it.