mystic pimp posted:

i watched DEATHWALKER!!!

kosh

lmao at him just strolling in and having his crew blow DEATHWALKER up. also I cannot get over him setting up a fake business deal so he can gently caress with winters. "he just wants to know your greatest fear so he can use it against you later" is like the worst possible thing you could be told in that situation

TraderStav posted:

I think that was actually the moment (other than goons insisting) that I realized that the show was something else than of the era that it was created in. It was something it took very seriously and mindfully about the story it was going to tell.

J. Michael Straczynski posted:

In your complaints regarding the commander flying off on occasional missions (and he only does it about 3 times out of 22 episodes, so I hardly see this as a problem), you are forgetting several other *realities* of military life. If you're a pilot, even as a commander, you have to log in X-number of hours flying time per month in order to continue to qualify for flight pay. This is a *requirement*. And it doesn't just mean flying around the station a few times.

Second, many commanders -- as recently as Vietnam and afterward -- did and continue to go out on missions and sorties because it is rather expected of them, and because it maintains the respect of the rest of the squadron(s).

Third, and possibly most important, Earthforce is the same as the contermporary Air Force in one important respect: promotion up the ranks is tied *directly* to combat experience and, in this case, combat flying. That's why women fighter pilots and helicopter pilots have been fighting so *vigorously* to be allowed to fly combat missions; they know that they can't be promoted fully up the line without that. Sinclair has no desire to be a commander all his life, he'd like to move on. Hence it behooves him to get in combat time whenever possible.

Your statement that it "doesn't wash" has nothing to do with how the military *actually* works, and everything to do with the skewed and inaccurate portrayal of the military that you get from Trek. This is absolutely legitimate, and the B5 mailbox these days is partly crammed with letters from vets thanking us for getting this part right.

I suppose I could mention this in passing in dialogue, but then it becomes a matter of sticking in dialogue not because it's important to an episode, but because some folks would like things explained to them. I don't think that's my responsibility.

I answered you elsewhere here on this topic earlier this evening. To just nit for a moment, to say that Sinclair picks up "every derelict ship" seems a little unfair...he's picked up *one*, and only one, and only picks up one this entire season. Why him? A) Because he's good at it, B) he could use the flight pay, C) it'll look good on his record, and D) because as he says as he leaves, it's a potential first-contact situation. (NOt to mention E, that he has a death-wish.)

I would submit to you that this is NOT the same as having one character do a zillion different jobs on the station. I think that you're reacting to something you've seen on Trek, and are assuming based on an example of one that we're doing it in B5 as well. We're not. Also, in "Purple," Garibaldi sends a different team out to handle the gunfire, so there are others who do things. Question becomes, how many new and recurring characters do you want to introduce? There are currently *14* regular and recurring characters on B5, and there are many folks who are saying that's too many. As it is, we do introduce an aide to Garibaldi who takes care of some stuff for him. Just as Sinclair delegates to Ivanova, and Ivanova delegates to the observation dome techs.

I just feel that you're leaping to a conclusion based on a paucity of evidence, built upon your experiences with another show. We're simply not doing this.

SlothfulCobra posted:

It's a real time capsule of old internet etiquette, and JMS tends to get in too deep with some arguments. Old newsgroup stuff.

TraderStav posted:

We talked about The Expanse in here recently and I binged the first two seasons (and 1/4 the first book) and I'm in love. If anyone in here hasn't watched it, do it tonight.

TraderStav posted:

We talked about The Expanse in here recently and I binged the first two seasons (and 1/4 the first book) and I'm in love. If anyone in here hasn't watched it, do it tonight.

Son of Sam-I-Am posted:

I watched an episode a few months ago and it didn't grab me yet, but I'll get back to it I'm sure, based on recommendations like this.

Midjack posted:

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Doctor Zero posted:

Fuuuuuck me. Is that a legit site? I am so goddamn temped.

Midjack posted:

Knockoff Lego Omega on AliExpress: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000370015620.html?spm=2114.12010612.8148356.27.560d13381vj8Xm

TK-42-1 posted:

Is it actual lego? That’s an amazing price for something that size. It’s a good rear end model too

Midjack posted:

AliExpress is a storefront for a bunch of factories in China. This isn’t a lego product, it’s Chinese bootleg legos. This seller is reputable so you probably will get what’s advertised though the plastic may be lower quality or not fit as well as real legos.

Doctor Zero posted:

No, I get that they aren’t real Lego and that I don’t care about, but I don’t want to plunk down $170 buckazoids and get nothing ever sent to me.

TK-42-1 posted:

Just started s3 with the wife. When the new intro said ‘it failed’ she said ‘oh poo poo’. She also loved the londo/g’kar elevator scene.

A good night.

TK-42-1 posted:

Just started s3 with the wife. When the new intro said ‘it failed’ she said ‘oh poo poo’.

sebmojo posted:

I T

F A I L E D

CainFortea posted:

BOOM!

CRASH!

mllaneza posted:

That intro is so loving good.

head58 posted:

Small White Dragon posted:

So I saw some discussion of Sense8 earlier in the thread, is that worth watching for B5 fans? I had gotten the impression JMS's other works weren't anywhere near as good.