(That said, the other 90s series that I've started to see gain a real after-the-fact appreciation? Farscape.)
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 18 February 2021 04:21 (three years ago) link
Have HBO Max uploaded all 5 seasons or is it being dripped out?
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 18 February 2021 04:46 (three years ago) link
(just wondering if I can get better copies than the shitty DVDs I have lol)
all 5 are out.
lol I just watched the "no boom today" episode minutes ago.
― if you meh them, shut up (Neanderthal), Thursday, 18 February 2021 05:03 (three years ago) link
THE COMING OF SHADOWS
omFG
― Red Nerussi (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 02:13 (three years ago) link
can't remember the last ep of a tv show that affected me that way.
still have sooooo far to go but damn.
Ah yes, Mr Morden's nasty machinations. The Centauri/Narn standoffs are a great part of the plot. Londo and G'Kar both develop nicely as characters as the show goes on.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 04:54 (three years ago) link
The ep just before that one with Londo's 3 wives was hilarious iirc. So much catty scenery chewing.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 05:01 (three years ago) link
"Why not? Only one human captain has ever survived battle with a Minbari Fleet. He is behind me. You are in front of me. If you value your lives, be somewhere else!"
FUCK! FUCK!!!!!!
― Red Nerussi (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 03:55 (three years ago) link
i am all in on this now
That part is one of my fave moments.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 04:01 (three years ago) link
But oh boy, you're in for more treats!
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 04:02 (three years ago) link
my buddy who has been begging me to watch this for years put it on simultaneously with me, he was so excited that I was watching it.
I definitely couldn't have watched this ep prior to Inauguration Day. eerie anxiety over the fascistic Clark regime
― Red Nerussi (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 04:04 (three years ago) link
The scene where Delenn (Mira Furlan) snaps the Grey Council staff in two had to be shot several times because, try as she might, Mira couldn't break it. The staff finally had to be sawed partially in half by a stage hand.
I have seen the blooper reel of this, its fckn hilarious.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 04:05 (three years ago) link
ok i gotta see these famed bloopers, my friend keeps telling me about them too.
― Red Nerussi (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 04:05 (three years ago) link
Yeah that whole earth alliance corruption/fascism stuff has even more weight now than it did at the time, thats for sure.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 04:06 (three years ago) link
xpost theyre on youtube! not great quality though.
Halfway into the first season, starting to get into this. At first I was having a hard time not comparing it unfavorably to DS9 (which will forever be the space TV GOAT).
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 04:28 (three years ago) link
it starts so slowly, i'm glad my friend warned me about that.
― Red Nerussi (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 04:29 (three years ago) link
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST, SINCLAIR IS VALEN??!!!!!!
― Red Nerussi (Neanderthal), Thursday, 11 March 2021 06:41 (three years ago) link
The other Redds have been watching this and I have been intrigued. I can’t really watch Star Trek other than The Original Series, but this has good a cheesier, looser, more interesting vibe that I kind of like. And yeah, they had to tell me it wasn’t Star Trek.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 11 March 2021 16:25 (three years ago) link
Did Harlan Ellison write some of these?
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 11 March 2021 22:34 (three years ago) link
And D. C. Fontana.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 11 March 2021 22:36 (three years ago) link
ive just started watching this. the effects are charmingly terrible. im watching TNG also at the moment and the contrast, in that respect, is pretty stark
― himpathy with the devil (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 11 March 2021 23:23 (three years ago) link
the effects were REALLY bad in S1 of BAb 5. apparently done on Amiga computers.
although they're not a patch on 21st century FX, the difference between like S1 and S3 is quite stark. S1 almost feels like community theater in a way.
― Red Nerussi (Neanderthal), Thursday, 11 March 2021 23:41 (three years ago) link
so if I watch TNG, is it like Babylon 5 where it starts really slowly?
― Red Nerussi (Neanderthal), Thursday, 11 March 2021 23:42 (three years ago) link
yeah the effects look like a video game so amiga wouldn't surprise me.
TNG starts fairly slowly but i wouldn't say it's too bad. im not far enough into babylon 5 to compare (only a couple of eps)
― himpathy with the devil (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 11 March 2021 23:47 (three years ago) link
I'm on Grey 17 is Missing. if you'd have told me Robert Englund would have a cameo on this show, I'd say it sounds awesome, but it very much...isn't. lol.
― Red Nerussi (Neanderthal), Friday, 12 March 2021 00:13 (three years ago) link
Watching episode with gift shop. Guy from Taxi just showed up.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 12 March 2021 00:35 (three years ago) link
Is this your friend Dave, Neanderthal?
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 12 March 2021 00:41 (three years ago) link
ah, JMS is the guy who says he is going to finish The Last Dangerous Visions.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 12 March 2021 00:46 (three years ago) link
Xpost nope. Diff Dave!
― Red Nerussi (Neanderthal), Friday, 12 March 2021 01:41 (three years ago) link
I want access to that HE bible that is mentioned!
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 12 March 2021 02:14 (three years ago) link
just watched "Z'Ha'Dum". dear God, what an intense episode. and Sheridan is just that much more epic.
― Red Nerussi (Neanderthal), Friday, 12 March 2021 03:15 (three years ago) link
Yes, we were just watching that. I was doing something else at the same time, want to watch again.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 12 March 2021 03:16 (three years ago) link
watched the first episode tonight and, no doubt unfairly, have zero interest in continuing
― mookieproof, Sunday, 14 March 2021 09:40 (three years ago) link
First episode or the movie-length pilot?
― Red Nerussi (Neanderthal), Sunday, 14 March 2021 10:00 (three years ago) link
episode
― mookieproof, Sunday, 14 March 2021 10:36 (three years ago) link
It bears repeating but this is a show that rewards patience, most of S1 feels hinky and is unfairly compared to later/better financed scifi effects wise.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Sunday, 14 March 2021 10:52 (three years ago) link
oh, i'm sure! a one-ep trial is hardly a fair sampling, but i think it's just not for me
― mookieproof, Sunday, 14 March 2021 13:49 (three years ago) link
Only one human captain...
This is definitely a sci-fi GOAT moment, but I also love how it sits in big and small arcs - the first time that we see that Babylon 5 might survive as an independent entity but also within the episode there's the first big capital ships spacefight, followed by the arrival of reinforcements for the Clark government (but just one, so they could theoretically fight them off with B5 and the remaining resistance capital ship), followed by the "there's four jumpgates opening on us" so that even though the previous scene with Delenn was "get your shit, we're going to Babylon 5", I was still "oh shit oh fuck what the hell is happening now".
lol I just went to recheck the scene on Youtube, and the thing that happens IMMEDIATELY before the Earth reinforcements arrive is the twinky bridge officer declaring "It's a good thing this stopped when it did, we couldn't take much more" - let it never be said that JMS was subtle about making sure you were in the right frame for this stuff.
― Andrew Farrell, Sunday, 14 March 2021 17:02 (three years ago) link
memo to self - hidden text only covers one paragraph!
onto Season 5. can't believe how quickly I've gotten here.
Susan's near-death scene and her breakdown when Marcus gave his life was really affecting. I love Ivanova so much....and it was a well-timed piece of vulnerability that her character rarely is allowed to have because of her tough outer shell.
also I've always loved fictional news broadcasts, so the ISN stuff is always engaging.
― "Salvation Army FUCK!" (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 17 March 2021 03:27 (three years ago) link
Went back to Season One to see what I was missing. Episode 2, "Soul Hunter" is pretty enjoyable halfway through.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 20 March 2021 02:34 (three years ago) link
Ha, onto the next episode and Mary Woronov just showed up.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 20 March 2021 03:08 (three years ago) link
Also want to comment on Ivanovna weird slight accent in the beginning.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 20 March 2021 03:09 (three years ago) link
Great Maker!
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 20 March 2021 03:14 (three years ago) link
Haha yea I noticed that too. She let in a faint one, then I guess said "fuck it" after a few eps
― "Salvation Army FUCK!" (Neanderthal), Saturday, 20 March 2021 03:21 (three years ago) link
Yup.Need to go to sleep but duly noting that David McCallum just showed up.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 20 March 2021 04:19 (three years ago) link
Wau
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Monday, 27 September 2021 20:35 (two years ago) link
Minbari not born of Minbari
― He POLLS So Much About These Zings (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 28 September 2021 10:52 (two years ago) link
More info
https://gizmodo.com/j-michael-straczynski-explains-why-babylon-5-had-to-be-1847759308
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 28 September 2021 22:14 (two years ago) link
rebabylon 5
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 28 September 2021 22:18 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORB_3eCbVEI
― He POLLS So Much About These Zings (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 28 September 2021 22:44 (two years ago) link
Feel like I keep posting the same things on this thread, like I am in some sort of…I can’t think of a word for it.
― He POLLS So Much About These Zings (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 01:49 (two years ago) link
If you go to Z’Ha’Dum, you will DIY
― He POLLS So Much About These Zings (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 02:26 (two years ago) link
i appreciate it. it reminds me of that warm ride I took many months ago.
and i think of the moment where I realized what "A Minbari not born of Minbari" meant.
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 02:29 (two years ago) link
Keep singing the word “Z’Ha’Dum” to this.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ee1eQ6RbnkYour mission, Neanderthal, should you decide to accept it, is to flesh that out and post a recording.
― He POLLS So Much About These Zings (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 10:40 (two years ago) link
I still haven’t watched much of S4.
― Exploding Plastic Bertrand (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 12 November 2021 23:34 (two years ago) link
Stealth Minbari Anthem #OneThreadhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpTENCWWQ74
― Heatmiserlou (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 27 December 2021 20:49 (two years ago) link
Can't link directly to post, but right now it is at the top of the feed here:https://www.facebook.com/MovingImageMuseum/
― Presenting the Fabulous Redettes Featuring James (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 16 January 2022 20:21 (two years ago) link
By the time you get this message, I will be at Z’ha’dum
― Tapioca Tumbril (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 5 February 2022 01:05 (two years ago) link
Minbari also have a phrase: what is past…is also sometimes the future.
― Tapioca Tumbril (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 5 February 2022 01:11 (two years ago) link
"I'd like to live just long enough to be there when they cut off your head and stick it on a pike as a warning to the next ten generations that some favors come with too high a price. I want to look up into your lifeless eyes and wave like this."
― Toonie Orlando (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 24 August 2022 05:04 (one year ago) link
btw one of my best friends years ago named his firstborn after Mira Furlan
― Toonie Orlando (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 24 August 2022 05:09 (one year ago) link
HI DERE!
― Meet Me in the Z'Ha'Dum (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 16 November 2022 00:21 (one year ago) link
Amazing
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 16 November 2022 01:30 (one year ago) link
Not something I expected!
BABYLON 5 ANIMATED MOVIE coming from Warner Bros. Animation & WB Home Entertainment! Classic B5: raucous, heartfelt, nonstop, a ton of fun through time and space & a love letter to the fans. Movie title, release date and other details coming one week from today. #B5AnimatedMovie pic.twitter.com/5ylImI65mm— J. Michael Straczynski (@straczynski) May 3, 2023
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 3 May 2023 17:39 (one year ago) link
And just to be clear, this brand new original animated movie is already finished and in the can. So it's 100% real, happening, and coming out very soon.— J. Michael Straczynski (@straczynski) May 3, 2023
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 3 May 2023 17:41 (one year ago) link
Oh wow although hoping "love letter to the fans" doesn't just equate to loads of fan service
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 3 May 2023 19:53 (one year ago) link
More detail
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/babylon-5-the-road-home-voice-cast-unveiled-1235483312/
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 10 May 2023 17:55 (eleven months ago) link
stoked
― Qeq-hauau-ent-pehui (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 10 May 2023 18:26 (eleven months ago) link
Trailer!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z54XNJivHOs
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 15 June 2023 17:53 (ten months ago) link
So ready
― the manwich horror (Neanderthal), Thursday, 15 June 2023 19:36 (ten months ago) link
watching The Fugitive (1993) for the first time since being a teen...fucking G'Kar is the one armed man!
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Friday, 14 July 2023 20:00 (nine months ago) link
he just killed the janitor from Scrubs
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Friday, 14 July 2023 20:24 (nine months ago) link
Whoa
― Random Restaurateur (Jordan), Saturday, 15 July 2023 00:40 (nine months ago) link
That's what Janitor gets for sitting the Narn delegation next to the Vree tbf
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Saturday, 15 July 2023 02:12 (nine months ago) link
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Saturday, 15 July 2023 13:28 (nine months ago) link
Oh hey
ATTENTION #BABYLON5 FANS! YOU WANTED IT, YOU ASKED FOR IT, AND IT'S FINALLY HAPPENED! To celebrate B5's 30th Anniversary, the Complete Babylon 5 series will be released ON BLU-RAY December 5, '23. Pre-orders can be placed STARTING TODAY via the retailer of your choice. Huzzah! pic.twitter.com/9OfI05I0fa— J. Michael Straczynski (@straczynski) July 18, 2023
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 18:27 (nine months ago) link
eyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy fuck yea
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 19:52 (nine months ago) link
YESSSSSSSSSSSSScan't wait for withering Londo sarcasm in HD
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 20:02 (nine months ago) link
It arguably is the same remaster for Max, but given how that kind of stuff disappears these days, all the better to have a physical option.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 20:12 (nine months ago) link
that was my feeling too. nothing stays streaming forever.
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 20:14 (nine months ago) link
I watched Babylon 5 as a teenager, but only the first season... I really liked Michael O'Hare's Jeffrey Sinclair and was bummed he just kinda disappeared, my interest waned quickly.
I learned today from wikipedia that O'Hare was amicably taken off the show because he was suffering from paranoid delusions, which effectively ended his acting career, and persisted until his death. The story (as posted on his wiki) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_O%27Hare is pretty moving.
(How did I arrive at this? I was watching "Sewers Of Gold" (The Great Riviera Bank Robbery) last night, which starred Ian McShane (that guy from Sexy Beast and John Wick), and was reading his bio, and saw that he'd appeared in a Babylon 5 movie alongside... Martin Sheen? and I was like "there are Babylon 5 movies with these people in them?" and that's what got me eventually to Michael O'Hare's page)
― meaner stinks meat bake it cone (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 23 November 2023 18:16 (five months ago) link
> Ian McShane (that guy from Sexy Beast and John Wick),
lol
― koogs, Thursday, 23 November 2023 18:56 (five months ago) link
(he will always be Lovejoy first and foremost)
― koogs, Thursday, 23 November 2023 19:00 (five months ago) link
I was making light of my limited knowledge of his work haha
― meaner stinks meat bake it cone (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 23 November 2023 19:22 (five months ago) link
Was just discussing a few minutes ago how much I liked this show but still needed to finish Season 4.
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 November 2023 21:07 (five months ago) link
Right now it is only streaming on Tubi and The Roku Channel afaik.
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 November 2023 21:11 (five months ago) link