Babylon 5

[Forbin]

I love the story of when she did that episode of DS9 (Destiny)...she had so much fun playing a Cardassian that she would walk around the studio grounds, in full alien makeup, and ham it up for the tour groups. Thus the security guards had to keep calling in and going "Could y'all keep your aliens contained over here?"

I never heard that story - that's great!

 

[DonIago]

I think a significant problem with Thirdspace is that it apparently occurs during the series but is never referenced before or after, so you're left wondering how big a deal it really could have been. Not to mention the fact that you already know everyone's going to come through it basically unscathed.

I had the same problem with the Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood film just recently. Midquels are tricky business. Rogue One got it right by focusing on characters where we really had no idea (though perhaps suspicions) as to how they'd turn out by the end of the film.

River of Souls, I think, mostly suffers because it doesn't focus on most of the characters we've especially come to care about. Unlike Call to Arms, it's not a set-up for something bigger (that we ever saw), and otherwise takes place after the main narrative that we've been exposed to, so we don't have a lot of reason to invest. Actually, in this case maybe they could have killed off a main character, but didn't so. For a second I imagined this taking place after Crusade and featuring Lochley's death.

 

[The Laughing Vulcan]

I had the same problem with the Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood film just recently.

Are you talking about The Sacred Star of Milos, as that's not part of Brotherhood, it's set in its own continuity aside from both TV series.

 

[DonIago]

It didn't seem to be...

 

[The Laughing Vulcan]

It didn't seem to be...

The filmmakers say as much in the extra features on the Funimation Disc. Although the change in character designs (gold-green tinged eyes) is another indication.

 

[DonIago]

Well, Wikipedia says the movie is "set during the second anime's storyline" and says nothing to indicate it's supposed to exist in its own continuity.

I haven't gotten to the special features for the film yet, but will in time.

 

[BillJ]

Although the change in character designs (gold-green tinged eyes) is another indication.

Yeah, but now we have Discovery that changes everything but is supposed to be part of the TOS timeline. So I can see people becoming confused.

 

[BillJ]

Finished season three. Found the cliffhanger to be up there with "The Best of Both Worlds I". Very entertaining.

 

[Apparition B5]

Oh, I think River of Souls was the low point for the movies. Unless Tracy dressed like a hooker does it for ya. And it does.

I had Tracy Scoggins autograph a picture of her from that scene about fifteen years ago.

 

[Butters]

Deconstruction of Falling Stars was on tonight and I remembered how disappointed I was that nothing came of The Great Burn. That was a great concept for a loosely connected spinoff.

B5 had so much potential for related interconnected series.

 

[MacLeod]

Deconstruction of Falling Stars was on tonight and I remembered how disappointed I was that nothing came of The Great Burn. That was a great concept for a loosely connected spinoff.

B5 had so much potential for related interconnected series.

Instead of going to New Earth (aka The Vorlon planet) should it have ended with them going beyond the rim to join the others?

 

[ClayinCA]

I had Tracy Scoggins autograph a picture of her from that scene about fifteen years ago.

I did the same thing! She was great about it (wrote "Welcome to the brothel!" on it).

 

[BillJ]

I just found the first 11 issues of the Babylon 5 comic series on Ebay for $15 including shipping. They were going for between $5 and $9 an issue at my local comic book store.

 

[Noname Given]

Just finished season two, and the first episode of season three. Very much a soap opera, but a compelling one.

I just ordered season four from Amazon.

Do yourself a favor abd skip S5. JMS pretty much crammed what would have been S5 into the last half of S4 because he didn't think he'd actually get a S5 because PTEN was shutting down across the board - and TNT stepping in was very last minute after S4 had been mostly completed.

The S5 we got honestly sucked.

 

[DonIago]

Disagree. While the first half of S5 may be somewhat dubious (though not entirely), the last half contains some of the best of the series, and frankly for me the entire thing is better than S1 overall.

 

[JD]

I enjoyed Season 5 when I watched it a few years ago. It wasn't anywhere near as good as Seasons 3 and 4, but there was still a lot to like.

 

[David cgc]

Disagree. While the first half of S5 may be somewhat dubious (though not entirely), the last half contains some of the best of the series, and frankly for me the entire thing is better than S1 overall.

Yeah, if you give the slightest of craps about G'Kar and Londo (especially Londo), season 5 is essential.

 

[RJDiogenes]

All of the seasons are good, and important, in their own way; nothing should be skipped.

 

[Jan]

Do yourself a favor abd skip S5.

Am I the only one who gets annoyed at people pre-emptively trying to ruin other people's enjoyment? Obviously this posted didn't care at all about Londo and G'kar or they'd never have said anything so silly.

 

[BillJ]

The S5 we got honestly sucked.

I survived bad seasons of Star Trek. Though I am disappointed Claudia Christian isn't around for season five. I like Ivanova.