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JMS other show Jeremiah was also pretty good. Too bad it only got 2 seasons.
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How quickly people forget "Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future."
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The Real Ghostbusters was the poo poo, not gonna lie.
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I might have to decide on whether to actually watch Season 5 again before the end of the month, when B5 leaves Amazon Prime.
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Crap, does that mean the whole show won't be available anywhere for streaming?
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Absurd Alhazred posted:I might have to decide on whether to actually watch Season 5 again before the end of the month, when B5 leaves Amazon Prime. loving do it. There are some drat good pay offs in there even if it tends to be a bit less even than the other seasons. E: oh, again. Still do it. E:E: also if anyone is a B5 Superfan with large amounts of disposable income, you too could have a hole in your mind.  https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F362889974168 Doctor Zero fucked around with this message at 17:49 on Jan 24, 2020 |
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Absurd Alhazred posted:I might have to decide on whether to actually watch Season 5 again before the end of the month, when B5 leaves Amazon Prime. gently caress, I was planning a rewatch because a few of my DVDs in the set won't read anymore 
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S5 is actually underrated imo. Aside from some truly terrible acting in a few eps (e.g. thug geezer who wants to take over the station) and the execution of the telepath plot (why do they all look like shampoo models, why did they give lyta nothing to do) it's full of good stuff. If you look at the lurkers guide ratings, only about four episodes are below an 8.
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Doctor Zero posted:E:E: also if anyone is a B5 Superfan with large amounts of disposable income, you too could have a hole in your mind. I'm not gonna lie, I had to stop and think REAL hard for a moment looking at that.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:I'm not gonna lie, I had to stop and think REAL hard for a moment looking at that.  the only thing stopping me is that it’s sure to still go way higher.
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I just read JMS' autobiography. Holy poo poo. I strongly suggest any B5 fan read it.
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sebmojo posted:S5 is actually underrated imo. Aside from some truly terrible acting in a few eps (e.g. thug geezer who wants to take over the station) and the execution of the telepath plot (why do they all look like shampoo models, why did they give lyta nothing to do) it's full of good stuff. If you look at the lurkers guide ratings, only about four episodes are below an 8. I don't know, it's a rough start. I'm not sure if I'll make it before it's pulled. Milkfred E. Moore posted:I just read JMS' autobiography. Any interesting takes on his courtship/harassment of Claudia Christian?
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Once you get past the telepath arc, season 5 goes balls to the walls and doesn't let up.
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Absurd Alhazred posted:I don't know, it's a rough start. I'm not sure if I'll make it before it's pulled. Not them, but there was no mention of Claudia Christian at all.
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Timby posted:Once you get past the telepath arc, season 5 goes balls to the walls and doesn't let up. Yeah but the telepath arc is TERRIBLE and Byron and their dumb song are insufferable
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FairGame posted:Yeah but the telepath arc is TERRIBLE and Byron and their dumb song are insufferable it's, what, 3-4 eps, and each one has something worth watching in it (and, thematically, it's excellent, it's just executed very poorly). You need to be in a mood where you can laugh at their insanely glossy hair, but I think it's worth pushing through.
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sebmojo posted:it's, what, 3-4 eps, and each one has something worth watching in it (and, thematically, it's excellent, it's just executed very poorly). You need to be in a mood where you can laugh at their insanely glossy hair, but I think it's worth pushing through. I have until what, Friday?
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Absurd Alhazred posted:I have until what, Friday? Watch harder, while holding out your hand telepathically
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sebmojo posted:Watch harder, while holding out your hand telepathically Oh, I'll hold out my hand, all right!
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The Long Dark Night of Londo Mollari wasn't as cringe-worthy as I remembered it to be. And the telepaths aren't as cringe-worthy as I remembered, either, beyond their introduction in the first episode of the season. But I just don't have the time.
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Absurd Alhazred posted:The Long Dark Night of Londo Mollari wasn't as cringe-worthy as I remembered it to be. And the telepaths aren't as cringe-worthy as I remembered, either, beyond their introduction in the first episode of the season. But I just don't have the time. It’s either a kind of Stockholm Syndrome or it’s the fact that on second watch through you kind of mentally acknowledge that it’s got more subtext than was obvious on first watch. For me it’s mostly the latter.
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The real problem was the telepaths were consuming all of Babylon 5's hair conditioner
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Tighclops posted:The real problem was the telepaths were consuming all of Babylon 5's hair conditioner i heard they use spoo my biggest problem with the telepaths is how badly lyta gets neutered as a character, she has a really interesting arc through the series and it would have been easy to have her as an active cohort of byrons rather than a blankeyed robot.
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Imagine if it had been Ivanova.
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sebmojo posted:i heard they use spoo 10 credits an ounce, if you can believe it.
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Tighclops posted:The real problem was the telepaths were consuming all of Babylon 5's hair conditioner Seriously. They're a bunch of refugees making do in the shittest part of the station, their hair should either be cut short out of expediency or ratty as all hell.
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The bones of the telepath arc are really great, they just hosed multiple aspects of the execution.
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sebmojo posted:The bones of the telepath arc are really great, they just hosed multiple aspects of the execution. The fundamental problem was that even when they're only briefly in an episode they dragged all pacing to a screeching halt to talk in monotone and bore the audience to tears until they departed in a huff of perpetual indignancy.
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A View from the Gallery, however, is as cringe-worthy and full of hero-worship of the Big Important Characters (and also Are Troops) as I remembered. 
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Just rewatched Eyes this evening and was struck by what seems like a very pointed name and backstory to the villain. Does anyone know who he was a reference to?
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Maera Sior posted:Just rewatched Eyes this evening and was struck by what seems like a very pointed name and backstory to the villain. Does anyone know who he was a reference to? You mean Ari Ben Zayn? He's not a reference to anything. He's your typical martinet dickhead who can't handle being passed over for promotion, and he just happens to be Israeli/Jewish because Israel still exists in 2258.
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Jedit posted:You mean Ari Ben Zayn? He's not a reference to anything. He's your typical martinet dickhead who can't handle being passed over for promotion, and he just happens to be Israeli/Jewish because Israel still exists in 2258. "Ben Zayn" is also not a real Israeli/Jewish surname and literally means "Son of Dick".
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