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@JdeBP

Was it you recently, when I was banging on about Trek and stuff that recommended Babylon5? Watching the first one now and it's a bit 'lightweight', but not terrrible. If it gets better, I might stick with this one?

May 27 at 12:58amWeb
Show threadJdeBP1d ago

@bytebro

Takes a while. I only discovered it partway through season 2. Amusingly, I watched something that really needs to be watched in order significantly out of order. But it was enough to quickly get me interested.

And then I watched it in order. 'Oh, that would have seemed like a complete throwaway plot point at the time, wouldn't it?'

'What do you want?'

#Babylon5

Show threadFunky Bob1d ago

@JdeBP @bytebro I remember that for so much of Season 1 I was thinking "wow, they could do so much with that idea, but you never see it again this season."

Then I started watching Season 2, and was "Ohhhhh!"

Show threadJdeBP1d ago

@FunkyBob

Yes. They bring back the actor who looks like Rod Serling, a couple more times. (-:

Not spoiling it for @bytebro , of course.

'Not the one. They told me, they did.'

#Babylon5

Show threadClaudius1d ago
@bytebro @JdeBP common thing in the beginning. B5 really plays the long game, though. I also think it holds up fairly well.
Show threadClaudius1d ago
@bytebro @JdeBP (well, not the effects or the very weird sound. But the stories and characters)
Show threadJdeBP1d ago

@claudius

Alas, the original 4:3 has been expanded and then cropped for the 16:9 that one gets nowadays. It does look better in the original aspect ratio, if one can find that.

It holds up well I think in part because it's a vision of the future that is firmly rooted in actual history; which rhymes. Without saying too much: If @bytebro gets some way along, xe might recognize some parallels to stuff that has happened since the 1990s.

And the quotations that I've been adding. (-:

'What are those Earth creatures called? Feathers, long bill, webbed feet, go "quack".'

#Babylon5