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  • nickthegun 9 Jun 2011 18:57:51 44,252 posts
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    I'm in the middle of rewatching it on fx and, it's still fantastic.

    It's the caliber of the actors that really make it as has been said. Scenes between g'kar and molari are just electric. Watching it back now, it really is no surprise they got rid of Sinclair. He's an absolutely terrible actor straight from a 50s sci-fi and he really drags the first season down.

    Sheridan took everything to the next level and really rounded the cast off.

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  • thegamesthething 9 Jun 2011 19:37:11 1,079 posts
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    Red Moose wrote:
    My god, the sense of loss is devastating :(. What a show. I think it's probably the best series ever made, not just scifi.
    Yup. B5 is so good it actually gets better with repeated viewings. Little hints of things to come you didn't notice before become apparent, and you can enjoy the story and character development more (which are ultimately what lifts it above pretty much everything else) without having to nailbite over what is going to happen.

    Certainly on my best-things-evah list.
  • HoriZon 3 Jul 2011 22:59:43 13,195 posts
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    Just started watching this again not seen it since it was first broadcast all those years ago and its still freaking awesome, FX look dated but the rest is tip top!


    Off topic was Andromeda any good, is it worth getting a hold of?

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  • nickthegun 3 Jul 2011 23:01:13 44,252 posts
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    No. It's utter, utter shite.

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  • Red-Moose 3 Jul 2011 23:08:24 5,331 posts
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    HoriZon wrote:
    Off topic was Andromeda any good, is it worth getting a hold of?
    Well now. It has several hot women in it, which encouraged me to keep watching it to the end. There is a problem though in that it had several producers, and a change of style (big plot --> episodic casual watchign --> big plot again).

    But it has Laura Bertram as a blue alien and also of course Lexa Doig as a hot computer, and then Brandy Ledford as the same computer, later on, also hotter.

    By the end you will also be drinking alcohol to force yourself through it much like the characters were in the final season.
  • lucky_jim 3 Jul 2011 23:08:58 4,896 posts
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    Razz wrote:
    WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!! O_O

    Just got to he end of season 3.

    WOW! :o This show is Awesome
    Heh I think your reactions to this show have progressed pretty much as mine did, I watched it for the first time (apart from having caught the odd episode here and there) about a year ago.
  • Red-Moose 3 Jul 2011 23:10:37 5,331 posts
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    nickthegun wrote:
    No. It's utter, utter shite.
    It's not Bab5 or BSG but when I watched it I thought it was great because I had never seen those series :(
  • Red-Moose 4 Jul 2011 00:06:18 5,331 posts
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    It was the first season - Video Toasted Amiga.
  • Ged42 19 Aug 2011 10:53:46 7,400 posts
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    Rumour mill time

    According to Walter (Bester/Chekov) Koenig, JMS is working on getting the full rights for B5 from Warner Brothers. It might just be for legal reasons or it might be so he can make new B5 stuff.

    Though I did wonder that since Koenig is the one that knows about this, it might be a Telepath War story, which Bester would assumably be a big part of.
  • thelzdking 19 Aug 2011 11:59:20 3,382 posts
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    Interesting. I remember after the first Lost Tales DVD JMS saying that he wouldn't do any more B5 unless it was properly funded and promoted. If he can secure the money then we might get that film he's been on about for years.
  • Whizzo 19 Aug 2011 12:58:33 41,089 posts
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    I'm not getting my hopes up but I'd certainly like more stuff from the B5 universe, we could certainly do with some good SF TV these days, shite like Falling Skies and Torchwood are insulting.

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  • iokthemonkey 19 Aug 2011 15:58:24 4,664 posts
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    Ged42 wrote:
    Rumour mill time

    According to Walter (Bester/Chekov) Koenig, JMS is working on getting the full rights for B5 from Warner Brothers. It might just be for legal reasons or it might be so he can make new B5 stuff.

    Though I did wonder that since Koenig is the one that knows about this, it might be a Telepath War story, which Bester would assumably be a big part of.
    My understanding was that Koening himself was actually trying to acquire the rights. JMS may not be involved.

    http://that-figures.blogspot.com/

  • Whizzo 19 Aug 2011 20:05:22 41,089 posts
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    The Great Maker himself responds. :-(

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  • HoriZon 19 Aug 2011 20:06:35 13,195 posts
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    Fucknuts.

    Everybody has secrets, life would be boring without secrets, don't you think...?

  • Red-Moose 19 Aug 2011 20:28:50 5,331 posts
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    Bollocks.
  • Razz 15 Mar 2012 23:31:22 57,903 posts
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    I love this show, it has so many *DUN DUN DUNNNNN* moments. Proper old school sci-fi. :D

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  • Red-Moose 16 Mar 2012 03:51:51 5,331 posts
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    I dont; even remember typing that, must have been completely obliterated, as it was a thursday evening
  • Deleted user 16 March 2012 07:02:04
    nickthegun wrote:
    I'm in the middle of rewatching it on fx and, it's still fantastic.

    It's the caliber of the actors that really make it as has been said. Scenes between g'kar and molari are just electric. Watching it back now, it really is no surprise they got rid of Sinclair. He's an absolutely terrible actor straight from a 50s sci-fi and he really drags the first season down.

    Sheridan took everything to the next level and really rounded the cast off.
    While Sinclair's acting did often jar, I remember that they didn't get rid of him on purpose. The planned story arc was that you'd see him turn into what he did eventually turn into anyway - the thingy from history that saved B4.

    Instead, Sheridan gets a new arc that utilises a similar narrative.
  • nickthegun 16 Mar 2012 08:09:49 44,252 posts
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    Yeah, they did get rid of him on purpose as jms and the actor both agreed that the character wasn't working.

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  • 4gate 16 Mar 2012 09:37:19 333 posts
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    The first couple of pages of this thread are hard work, the low budget and bad acting hold it back, but then it really gets going as it builds towards The Conversion Of Razz on page 6. One of the best threads about sci-fi around.
  • Deleted user 16 March 2012 09:49:58
    I always thought Sinclair worked in the context of the overall story - he never seemed to appear comfortable or at ease whilst in charge of B5, and that suited his background history. Always seemed very detached from what was going on - again which suited the story in the end.

    Also I'd echo what others say here, sci fi today is just pure rubbish and it's almost becoming a sport that I can predict with ease; "how many episodes before canned" - take Terra Nova for instance - one episode and I called it...... Torchwood would be dead as well if a private company was actually paying for it rather than the BBC.....
  • Whizzo 16 Mar 2012 10:31:29 41,089 posts
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    Michael O'Hare was more of a theatre actor so switching to a weekly TV schedule was a bit of a culture shock to him.

    Even though season 1 is patchy, I still love it though, it was at least obvious to Warner's execs that it was worth continuing with and they needed content for PTEN (which died on its arse eventually) as well.

    One of my greatest gaming disappointments is that Babylon 5:Into The Fire never got completed.

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  • nickthegun 16 Mar 2012 11:15:44 44,252 posts
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    DisneyJon wrote:
    Also I'd echo what others say here, sci fi today is just pure rubbish..
    The problem with modern sci-fi is that, as a genre, its stupidly expensive to produce so they try to hedge their bets with watered down shit that will have a broad appeal.

    Its why theres been no 'hard' sci-fi for years because they think the young adult male demographic is too small, so we get shite that no one likes with wishy washy issues led drama.

    It is quite ironic in a way that by broadening its appeal no fucker wants to see it.

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  • Razz 13 Apr 2012 16:01:56 57,903 posts
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    Badass

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  • thelzdking 14 Apr 2012 02:05:53 3,382 posts
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    That is badass. G'Kar and Londo make Babylon 5. Londo is a tragic character par excellence. The dinner scene he shares with Delenn and Sheridan in one of the last episodes is heartbreaking.
  • Razz 26 Oct 2012 20:41:44 57,903 posts
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    Still makes me crack up! :D Love you Zathras!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtMP2EiRH0Y

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  • 4gate 15 Feb 2013 23:09:22 333 posts
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    Just finished series 1 again. 10/10. Little hints from the first episode onwards of stories that will play out over 4 superb series. Characters behaving consistently, and developing. And compassion and love and empathy and good and evil and a lot inbetween. Even the Fall Guy fight scenes can be excused when telly is this good. Fucking great.
  • Razz 19 Feb 2013 10:20:20 57,903 posts
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    I's ridiculously good, still... I have to force people through the first couple of seasons for the show to "click" as it were. Let's be honest the over acting and cheesy dialogue does this show no favours.

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  • MrTomFTW Moderator 19 Feb 2013 10:22:41 31,180 posts
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    This needs to be on Netflix.

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