Any Babylon 5 fans here?

GomezAddams

GomezAddams

Wandering and wondering
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I'm a fan. I've watched the whole series several times over.

I recently discovered a fan written prequel to the series called "The Digar Wars". It is a massive novel (4200 pages) covering the Dilgar war 30 years prior to the series. It is good stuff! Whoever wrote it really keeps to the spirit of the show.

It isn't perfect - there are some cringy tropes scattered about, but it is still a great read. Check it out if you are a fan.
 
I watched most of the original run but checked out before the war ended. I picked it up on Blu-Ray but I haven’t had time to get through it. One thing I noticed was how dark the sets were. It’s dark in almost every room. I’m not sure if that was to set the mood or to cover up how cheap some of the sets and props were.
 
I watched it back when it originally aired. I remember little except for a pissed-off alien dude saying, “We’ll strike back - and we’ll strike back hard!”
 
The first season is ropey as hell but contains vital setup for the later seasons. But it just got better and better after that. Great show.
 
pmc100 said:
The first season is ropey as hell but contains vital setup for the later seasons. But it just got better and better after that. Great show.
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I tell people who want to watch it to watch seasons 2, 3, and 4, then go back and watch season 1. And if you really want, watch season 5.
 
I think there are too many payoffs in later seasons that'll you'll miss if you skip the first one. But it WILL put a lot of people off unfortunately.

GomezAddams said:
I tell people who want to watch it to watch seasons 2, 3, and 4, then go back and watch season 1. And if you really want, watch season 5
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The first season was a mess because Stracynski made a MOTW episode out of every random idea he had and threw his characters into them. It gets much better after that because all the characters have been introduced and big plot arcs get moving that take years to resolve. It definitely got good faster than TNG and the big plot arcs were far more rewarding than “Worf and Troi are now dating with no payoff” and “Picard and Crusher are dating with no payoff.”
 
From what I've read, Michael O'Hare (the actor playing Sinclair in the first season) was on a rapid downhill mental slide during filming. For the last half of season 1, they had to make lots of on the fly changes depending on how coherent he was.
 
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