Molly BMy husband has been rewatching #Babylon5. Today at lunch he texted me a blurry screenshot: apparently my favorite beverage from the 1990s has a resurgence in the 2250s! #futureRetro
Marc Criley@mjibrower I remember when that made its first appearance on B5. rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5 completely blew up! 😂
@MarcC In a good way or a bad way? (btw, I read that to him as rec dot arts dot sf dot tv dot babylon5 and barely got through it because we were both laughing so hard by the end)
@mjibrower It was like, "OMG Zima????" with much incredulity and laughter. JMS, who was active on the forum, basically said, "Hey, they paid for product placement."
Yes, that is *exactly* how it was pronounced, or if you were in a hurry, rastb5.
@MarcC That is interesting--see the reply from @q_aurelius. :-) Isn't it wild how we remember these things? I remember threads from STREK-L and recipes from rec.arts.cooking. Please don't ask me where I put my keys two hours ago, though.
T.C. HarrisWelp, now I'm going to have to see if I can look this up.
(to be clear, because it could go either way. memory is weird, not so I can try to prove someone wrong lol)
That was easier than I thought lol
From: [email protected]
Date: 21 May 1994 18:32:42 -0400
Babylon 5 (the show) got not a dime for sticking in the Zima sign.
We just thought...well, it'd be funny.
...
Actually, the idea of Zima lasting even into 1995 is hysterical. I
keep fighting the urge to have some guy show up on B5, "Zo then I zays to
him, nize ztation"...and five Narns just jump on him and beat the shit
out of him