Babylon 5
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I made it to the bell hop uniforms on Crusade last night. I still think they look weird.
I was watching the last 4 episodes of B5 and the first episodes of Season 2. For a show that is 25 years old, it still holds up in terms of story. Sure the CGI on DVD definitely needs to be redone, but unlike a lot of newer Sci-fi series, it doesn’t use the CGI as it’s crutch. It balances the live-action drama with the CGI. I find a lot of newer Sci-fi series go more for the CGI and use the CGI as their crutch, and then the drama and story is kind of an afterthought.
I forgot about the Keeper in Londo's gift for Sheridan and Delenn's child. Does that thread get picked up in the movies? It seems the 16th birthday would be about a year after Londo's death.
Nope. It was covered in one of the three canonical novel trilogies, "Legions of Fire," which covers what happens with Londo, Vir, Centauri Prime, and some other familiar faces over the course of season 5.75 to season 17 of Babylon 5.
I’m watching the S2 episode where the Centauri Emperor comes aboard B5 and there’s a scene in the observation dome. Funny thing is, I thought the observation dome was up under the fork on the section that drops down to hold the spinning core (either above or below C-N-C). But in this episode I noticed the stars were moving past it and the fork which lead to wondering what was going on and where it is, because obviously the fork part doesn’t move.
The Sanctuary (the Observation Dome is just another name for the C'n'C) is at the base of the Cobra Bays, though it was always grossly missized when we saw it on the show (the best example being in the season 5 premiere during Sheridan's inauguration when the assassin's Starfury flies right up to it, and we can see that it's magically become three times wider than the Cobra Bay doors because it's been rescaled to match). I'm realizing, though, that we never saw the spine of the station swing around through the window. I guess someone thought it would be disorienting (it is pretty weird when it happens outside Lochley's window in The Lost Tales).
Wrong observation dome. It wasn’t the C-N-C window, it was where people would go to just observe the stars. In other episodes it was where G’Kar held his religious ceremony, or the military crew would gather for funeral services of fallen crewmen.
Which scene in the Observation Dome are you referring to? David is correct that "Observation Dome" was used in place of C&C mostly in S1 (not sure it was used at all afterward). The room you're referring to above was called the Sanctuary or...apparently...the Observation Deck.
http://babylon5.wikia.com/wiki/Blue_Sector
http://babylon5.wikia.com/wiki/Blue_Sector
It’s the Observation Deck. Where is it located?
I know it's semantics, but IIRC the Observation Dome was just the dome structure in which C'n'C was located, not C'n'C itself. C'nC only takes up about a quarter of the facility with the rest presumably dedicated to more specialised control rooms.
I know it's something of a meaningless distinction from the meta POV since we never saw any other rooms in the Obs Dome, but regardless that is the in-universe intent.
The area where the Emperor met with Sheridan was the Sanctuary. The only times 'observation deck' was used as a description in scripts was for Centauri installations and on Crusade. The Observation Dome was the name of the area where Ivanova and Sinclair and Sheridan directed ship and cargo traffic. C&C was used in dialog to address the Observation Dome.
The "Sanctuary" part, from what I've seen in the episodes recently, was more or less a nickname that the crew gave to the Observation Deck.
But interesting thing, I'm currently watching All Alone In The Night and there were a couple of rare shots of the starfield spinning outside of C-N-C since the shot required Invanova to see Sheridan on a Starfury, turning around to take a look at B5 from the outside and Ivanova scolds him.
But interesting thing, I'm currently watching All Alone In The Night and there were a couple of rare shots of the starfield spinning outside of C-N-C since the shot required Invanova to see Sheridan on a Starfury, turning around to take a look at B5 from the outside and Ivanova scolds him.
Just saw the infamous teddy bear spacing scene the other day.
Any of the movies worth watching?
Some I like ("In the Beginning", "Legend of the Rangers", "The Lost Tales"), some I don't care much for. Others will tell you differently. Each of them has a very different tone.
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"In the Beginning" is pretty great even though it doesn't necessarily tell you anything you didn't already know. "A Call to Arms" is arguably essential viewing as the set-up for Crusade, though personally the soundtrack for that film (and the series) I find nearly unlistenable.
I haven't seen "Lost Tales" and I have definite issues with "LotR". I'll call the rest hit-or-miss, which may be more or less generous.
I haven't seen "Lost Tales" and I have definite issues with "LotR". I'll call the rest hit-or-miss, which may be more or less generous.
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