Babylon5
- Is this Babylon 5 or Tennessee Williams?
I found this quote online often attributed to either Tennessee Williams or a Babylon 5 episode:
>There comes a time when you look into the mirror and you realize that what you see is all that you will ever be. And then you accept it. Or you kill yourself. Or you stop looking in mirrors.
I think the latter is more likely but also it could just be completely made up. The epsiode title is given as Chrysalis sometimes, e. g: on IMDB.
- Remembered only as Jack
Inspired by a Star Trek meme post. We had some amazing reoccurring actors that you might not have recognized.
- Help motivate us to watch season 5
So my wife and I were watching through Babylon 5 on Tubi. We've both never seen it and have really enjoyed it. We hit the end of season 4 and it really felt like the end of the show (I'm aware of the background issues and also that the season 5 finale was filmed for the end of season 4 but then shifted around) and we were very satisfied with where everything was left. We took a break to put a hold at our library on a DVD of the movies to watch "In the Beginning" before we started season 5. Got the DVD, started watching it, and my wife started falling asleep, so we stopped and just...haven't gone back. I can't explain it, but neither of us feel super motivated to continue even though we were really enjoying the show.
So, B5 fans who have watched the whole series, what can you say to motivate us to continue watching?!
- Just finished season 4
What an absolutely amazing story! I thought it was reasonably well paced as well. Best week of recovering from covid ever.
Sheridan getting shafted by Earth in the end and still out politicking them was the chef's kiss. After watching that over one week, What now?
- History never repeats... Depiction of insidious fascism is straight out of the history books.
Just got up to the episode where they introduce the Nightwatch. It's a brilliant piece of writing depicting the use of "special roles" to "help".
They instantly reminded me of the "brown shirts" and equivalent that Mussolini and Hitler used when Fascism was first popularised.
It's scary that it is still so relevant. Almost as if we don't learn from history (or science fiction for that matter).
- "You forgot the first rule of the fanatic: when you become obsessed with the enemy, you become the enemy!"
Just watching Babylon 5 through as I sit recovering from another bout of COVID. This line from the episode "Infection" was brilliant.
Really enjoying the binge so far, even if the jump between the pilot and episode 1 was a little jarring.
- A question about A Late Message From Avalon
After my third rewatch, I still have one question. Where did "Arthur" get his sword and chain mail?
It's a good episode, and this question doesn't detract from that.
- Babylon 5 Creator Says a Single Warner Bros. Executive Stopped the Show’s Comeback for Close to 20 Yearswww.ign.com Babylon 5 Creator Says a Single Warner Bros. Executive Stopped the Show’s Comeback for Close to 20 Years - IGN
Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski has revealed that a single executive put Babylon 5 on the back burner... but now they've retired, the "floodgates opened".
cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/scifi/t/225809
> Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski has revealed that a single executive put Babylon 5 on the back burner... but now they've retired, the "floodgates opened".
- Babylon 5: The Complete Series Is Coming to Blu-ray for the First Timewww.tor.com Babylon 5: The Complete Series Is Coming to Blu-ray for the First Time - Reactor
We’re living through a welcome Babylon 5 renaissance. Not only will there be a new animated feature available for purchase this August (though those heading to San Diego Comic-Con can catch an early screening), we’ll also be privy to a full Blu-ray set of the series before the end of the year. In ce...
cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/625783
> > In celebration of the show’s thirtieth anniversary, Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment (say that three times fast) is releasing the series on Blu-ray this December. All 110 episodes have been remastered in HD, and the set also includes Babylon 5‘s pilot movie, The Gathering. > > > ... > > > The set will be available December 5, 2023 at your favorite retailer and, in the U.S., will cost you $99.99 for 4,730 minutes of Babylon 5 goodness.
- Darkness & Light: The Vorlon and Shadow Fact Bookrpggeek.com Darkness & Light: The Vorlon and Shadow Fact Book
From the back of the book: Intelligent life is ancient in this universe. Before the Earth and the Sun congealed out of space dust, there were races travelling between the stars in shining ships. Living beings heard the echoes of the Big Bang reverberate off the cosmic spheres. Alien voices sang as ...
>chaos through warfare evolution through bloodshed perfection through victory
- one
"The universe speaks in many languages, but only one voice. The language is not narn or human or centauri or gaim or minbari. It speaks in the language of hope." "It speaks in the language of trust. It speaks in the language of strength and the language of compassion. It is the language of the heart and the language of the soul. But always it is the same voice. It is the voice of our ancestors speaking through us and the voice of our inheritors waiting to be born. The small, still voice that says: 'We are one. No matter the blood, no matter the skin, no matter the world, no matter the star. .. We are one. No matter the pain, no matter the darkness, no matter the loss, no matter the fear. .. We are one.' Here, gathered together in common cause, we begin to realize this singular truth and this singular rule that we must be kind to one another. Because each voice enriches us and ennobles us and each voice lost diminishes us. We are the voice of the universe, the soul of creation, the fire that will light our way to a better future. We are one." "We are one." Sheridan/G'Kar, the Alliance Preamble to the Declaration of Principles, The Paragon of Animals
