Babylon 5 'Hell-ish' Drinking Game
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Here's one that's used in nearly ever episode and is sure to get you wasted:
"Negative."
Another:
"Unknown."
"Negative."
Another:
"Unknown."
"On it"
"Starfury"
"The"
"Starfury"
"The"
Oh yeah, another one is the motiff I personally discovered years ago. Something that gives B5 its own style and sense of personal dynamism. I warn you, if you do this, you will be PISSED(Australian/English for BLOTTO)before the halfway point of the first episode.
Have a drink EVERY TIME a scene begins and/or ends with a character either coming through or going out of a door.
Go ahead and pick a random B5 ep and skip through it to just about ANY scene. You will see a character or characters coming into a room or exiting. It's a BRILLIANT device that gives the show a unique sense of fluidity and kinetics.
Start with the pilot and have a drink every time you see this and you will be an alcoholic by the time you reach "Born To The Purple".
Have a drink EVERY TIME a scene begins and/or ends with a character either coming through or going out of a door.
Go ahead and pick a random B5 ep and skip through it to just about ANY scene. You will see a character or characters coming into a room or exiting. It's a BRILLIANT device that gives the show a unique sense of fluidity and kinetics.
Start with the pilot and have a drink every time you see this and you will be an alcoholic by the time you reach "Born To The Purple".
It is much more noticeable in B5 because it happens more often than it doesn't and not just because the show is mainly a "bottle" show.
It happens more often than in any of the TREK series which are likewise bottle shows(more often than not, for production reasons).
Also, as I said above, scenes tend to "flow into one another" due to the constant of people exiting and entering, unlike say in TNG where it may be just people standing in rooms, performing pages and pages and PAGES of dialogue of treknobabble or psychobabble. B5 has a real feeling of kineticism. Ask yourself too, "How many times, even in dramatic moments in ST do I actually see people RUNNING down hallways to get somewhere?"
It's all there on screen.
Like I said, I have mentioned it here a few times over the years and quite a few people have commented that it is something they DO notice once it is pointed out to them.
It happens more often than in any of the TREK series which are likewise bottle shows(more often than not, for production reasons).
Also, as I said above, scenes tend to "flow into one another" due to the constant of people exiting and entering, unlike say in TNG where it may be just people standing in rooms, performing pages and pages and PAGES of dialogue of treknobabble or psychobabble. B5 has a real feeling of kineticism. Ask yourself too, "How many times, even in dramatic moments in ST do I actually see people RUNNING down hallways to get somewhere?"
It's all there on screen.
Like I said, I have mentioned it here a few times over the years and quite a few people have commented that it is something they DO notice once it is pointed out to them.
I re-watched Points of Departure today (liked it a lot more than the first time I saw it) and I noticed characters (first Sheridan, then Ivanova) said "straight to hell" twice in the first couple of minutes or so!
Any time anyone refers to anything "back home"...
Any time a group of nameless/faceless people are referred to as "boys", often relating to the previous statement, i.e. "the high iq boys back home"
JMS's inability to separate his voice from his characters and recycle dialogue like this has driven me absolutely crazy for years, and makes it hard to rewatch B5... he is hailed as a great writer, but this is a major weakness...
Also add in any time Franklin explains some inane made up religious thing or overly dramatic story...
Any time a group of nameless/faceless people are referred to as "boys", often relating to the previous statement, i.e. "the high iq boys back home"
JMS's inability to separate his voice from his characters and recycle dialogue like this has driven me absolutely crazy for years, and makes it hard to rewatch B5... he is hailed as a great writer, but this is a major weakness...
Also add in any time Franklin explains some inane made up religious thing or overly dramatic story...
- any time a sign appears with an obvious spelling error, such as "SECUR AREA".
- whenever Zathras opens his big fat yapper
- when anybody mentions the Nightwatch
- when the nonsensical Earth Alliance rank system makes an appearance (such as in "Babylon Squared", when Krantz salutes Sinclair despite outranking him, or that one ep with Garibaldi's "niece" who is a Major despite appearing to be about seventeen).
On the other hand, if you are a teetotaler, you can safely play this variation:
- Drink when Michael O'Hare shows emotion
- whenever Zathras opens his big fat yapper
- when anybody mentions the Nightwatch
- when the nonsensical Earth Alliance rank system makes an appearance (such as in "Babylon Squared", when Krantz salutes Sinclair despite outranking him, or that one ep with Garibaldi's "niece" who is a Major despite appearing to be about seventeen).
On the other hand, if you are a teetotaler, you can safely play this variation:
- Drink when Michael O'Hare shows emotion
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