@nocontextb5 "I want to live just long enough to see them cut off your head and stick it on a pike, as a warning to the next ten generations that some favours come at too high a price. I would look up into your lifeless eyes and wave... like this.
Can you and your associates arrange that for me Mr. Morden?"
I'm watching #Babylon5 and we're near the end of season 1.
Definitely discount DS9 so far. They sure did include an episode where the creepy 50-something alien dude decided to introduce another character to strip clubs and gambling, and the way he cheats at poker is using some sort of prehensile sticky tentacle-like appendage to reach across under the table and steal cards from the dealer.
Later confirmed, yes. That sure was a sex organ.
I'm glad that kind of humor has mostly died.
@Artemis201 "discount DS9"? Well, in one sense you are correct. JMS didn't have #StarTrek money. Esp. after he pitched #Babylon5 to Trek producers (and he had spent years pitching B5 everywhere) and they said no and then they went and created a show based on a space station anyways, with almost the same general story arc, and even stole the name Dukat. So, no, #B5 didn't have Trek money. The irony is #StarTrekDS9 is the best Trek series of them all and it was completely plagiarized.
Added #kosh to the cast. I liked him very much till the reveal... You know ... And if not: Go watch the #show. Even with it's poorly aged CGI #Babylon5 is still amazing!
At around the 48 minute mark it's all about the #VFX of #Tron - the optical compositing, rotoscoping and CGI. Watch the whole thing for interviews with a young Bruce Boxleitner (of #Babylon5 fame).
My biggest question about the #Babylon5 universe is do professional sports test for psychic abilities since you know you might be able to tell what route the opposing receiver is gonna run.
@defrisselle@lauren Yes, they had to do quite a bit of re-arranging, to the point where they filmed the final episode during S4 production, in case there wasn't a S5, but when it was confirmed, they filmed a new S4 finale.
For many years now I have been visiting a friend every sunday night and we usually watch films or some old TV series. We've seen many movies, all of the original Twilight Zone episodes, most episodes of The Night Gallery, and tonight we started a new series - Babylon 5 😄 .
I haven't actually seen it since it aired, and I religiously watched every episode at the time, at least until the middle of Season 5 (I know, I know). The Gathering still stands up pretty well (maybe the new Bluray version is better quality but honestly the DVD version we were watching looked absolutely fine). I know Richard Biggs was great as Dr Franklin in the actual series, but I rather liked Johnny Sekka as Dr Kyle in the pilot! (also I am reminded about how many of the show's cast is no longer with us, having died far too soon :( ).
It's going to be fun watching these again :D (and yes, hopefully this time I'll make it through all of season 5...!) #babylon5#scifi
