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redlander wrote:
"Babylon 5 a pile of shit"
/runs off for jaffacakes
nickthegun wrote:Ahem. Fixed. Truly, a great series. If only the crap "let's fill an hour with typical sci-fi nonsense" episodes had been replaced with deeper, "background exploration of the arc" episodes. I'm looking at you, "old guy who thinks he's King Arthur" episode. Would've replaced that with a "day in the life of a Narn, under Centauri occupation" episode straightaway.DDevil wrote:They could have done without the sparkly magicians capes, but they were probably the best realised 'Alien' aliens, especially their tech.
I always thought the Vorlons were the best designed TV Sci-Fi alien species ever. In terms of looks at least.
Especially, when they were finally juxtaposed against the shadows. Their yin/yang nature was revealed and it was cool to see they both had world destroyers and that kind of thing.
You can read this ? You've helped ruin the place. 
figgis wrote:I'll admit when it hit New Caprica it hit a couple of duff ep's, but the rescue from it and following episodes and conclusion totally redeemed any slight wobble it suffered.squarejawhero wrote:BSG went fucking shit in the third season though.SgtFrog wrote:What... the... fuck?
yep, greatest sci fi show period, watched it on tv first time it aired all the way through, then the videos, then the DVDs...and you know it'll come to Blu Ray in a year or two
Harks back to the time shows didn't need to signpost every major plot just in case the retarded audience (Lost I'm looking at you) wasn't clever enough to get it, and the story arcs were amazing.
It craps all over BSG, BSG got turned into a political statement from the second season and it just wrecked the entire thing.
I'd disagree with Season Five though, it was good in its own context, the fact it was disjointed kinda reflected that was how the B5 Universe was post "you know what" with uncertainty and stuff, but all the time the slow realisation that the problem had not been beated, merely hidden.
/readies shotgun
BSG was all about the relationships, religion and internal politics from the off. Sorry it wasn't dumb enough and full of comedy aliens from the off.
/narrows eyes
pjmaybe wrote:You're fired!
/runs in 4 years too late
"Babylon 5's a big pile of shit!"
/runs out
shamblemonkee wrote:List of people in dire need of psychological help -pjmaybe wrote:You're fired!
/runs in 4 years too late
"Babylon 5's a big pile of shit!"
/runs out
I have great memories of B5 and am scared of wrecking them by watching it all again. I remember the best storylines being the shadow wars, the final defence of earth, and the war between the scaly lizard type guys and the gay looking frilly guys just before the shadows turned up
the scale of the universe and it's coherence was just so much better realised than anything else.
P.s farscape is utter gash in my view. BSG has it's moments but is still inferior.
squarejawhero wrote:I thought all the stuff after new caprica was a bit arse to be honest. I don't give a fuck about a fucking trial... Aren't you all supposed to be running for your lives?
I'll admit when it hit New Caprica it hit a couple of duff ep's, but the rescue from it and following episodes and conclusion totally redeemed any slight wobble it suffered.
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Aretak wrote:It's not as good as I remember. John Sheridan is a pretty weak character and full of hot air.
Does it get a lot better after the first series? I bought a big boxset with all of it ever made inside, only to give up about 10 episodes in because it was so excruciatingly awful. People are always raving about it though, so I'm wondering if it's worth giving it another chance...
Aretak wrote:Yup. 2-4 are universally hailed as the show at its best, and it really is. The problem with the first season is that JMS seemed to have structured it to rub shoulders with 70s-style throwaway (ie, campy shite) sci-fi to pull audiences into something familiar. When B5 hits its stride towards the end of the second season, it becomes compelling.
Does it get a lot better after the first series?
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von_Doll wrote:Go fuck yourself, B5 doesn't have the shoulderpads to rub itself up against Battlestar Galactica or Buck Rogers, B5 = garbage convoluted shit.
70s-style throwaway (ie, campy shite) sci-fi
Plubs
TheBlackLodge wrote:Byron was a shit character, played by a shit actor. He's the primary cause of me hating that series.
Would have been nice to see the Ivanova/Byron/Talia love triangle play out.
Tremendosaurus wrote:I liked the bit where he gets a guy to punch him in the face a few times. Best Byron moment by far that.TheBlackLodge wrote:Byron was a shit character, played by a shit actor. He's the primary cause of me hating that series.
Would have been nice to see the Ivanova/Byron/Talia love triangle play out.
TakeTheVeil wrote:Something Smallville does on each ep, there's the ending and then the epilogue.
Has anyone ever noticed the kind of false endings B5 has. Nearly every episode has a scene that feels like the final scene in that episode but then goes on to do another one or two scene before ending. Its just something I noticed while watching it here.
It even has that last-scene dramatic music but then cuts back to a normal scene before finishing
M83J01P97 wrote:Well thats exactly what I did. All DS9, then all BSG in the last few months.. now im watching B5 and thoroughly enjoying it.
Ergh... I so want to watch B5 properly (only saw an episode here and there when it was on TV) but have just got into the new BSG and after starting to watch all of DS9 from the start earlier this year I kind of think watching B5 now just won't be as good as it could be without all the other great Sci-Fi running through my head...
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