Well that's hardly fair, given that so much of B5's talented cast has shuffled off this mortal coil.Zaxxon wrote: ↑Wed Jan 27, 2021 11:26 pmWhile I don't have a horse in which show is ultimately better (I think they excel at different things), Garak would like a word with you.gbasden wrote: ↑Wed Jan 27, 2021 7:49 pmDS9 doesn't have any characters nearly as fantastic and Londo and G'Kar. I'm definitely in the B5>DS9 camp, and I'm really looking forward to another watch!JCC wrote: ↑Wed Jan 27, 2021 7:43 pm Checked out a few seconds of the first - well 2nd episode. The actual live action scenes look MUCH better in ep 2 as opposed to the not remastered pilot movie (ep 1). The CGI looks mostly the same to me. Not really up for a rewatch of B5 right now (I love the best parts of B5 but think there are also many very bad episodes in between and most of the last season was pointless. I am definielty in the DS9 > B5 camp but yes the best parts of B5 are absolutely awesome... Speaking of which, fuck Paramount (or whoever) for not doing a DS9 remaster, but I digress...) [Back to B5].... but I am sure I will rewatch it again some day and look forward to it looking better than ever before.
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And Andrew Robinson is nearly 80! Crazy.Anonymous Bosch wrote: ↑Wed Jan 27, 2021 11:32 pmWell that's hardly fair, given that so much of B5's talented cast has shuffled off this mortal coil.Zaxxon wrote: ↑Wed Jan 27, 2021 11:26 pmWhile I don't have a horse in which show is ultimately better (I think they excel at different things), Garak would like a word with you.gbasden wrote: ↑Wed Jan 27, 2021 7:49 pmDS9 doesn't have any characters nearly as fantastic and Londo and G'Kar. I'm definitely in the B5>DS9 camp, and I'm really looking forward to another watch!JCC wrote: ↑Wed Jan 27, 2021 7:43 pm Checked out a few seconds of the first - well 2nd episode. The actual live action scenes look MUCH better in ep 2 as opposed to the not remastered pilot movie (ep 1). The CGI looks mostly the same to me. Not really up for a rewatch of B5 right now (I love the best parts of B5 but think there are also many very bad episodes in between and most of the last season was pointless. I am definielty in the DS9 > B5 camp but yes the best parts of B5 are absolutely awesome... Speaking of which, fuck Paramount (or whoever) for not doing a DS9 remaster, but I digress...) [Back to B5].... but I am sure I will rewatch it again some day and look forward to it looking better than ever before.
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Thank you. It had to be said. Garak and Quark are up there with Londo and G'Kar, but they got a lot less screen time together (and weren't adversaries). All of them are among my favorite sf characters.Zaxxon wrote: ↑Wed Jan 27, 2021 11:26 pmWhile I don't have a horse in which show is ultimately better (I think they excel at different things), Garak would like a word with you.gbasden wrote: ↑Wed Jan 27, 2021 7:49 pmDS9 doesn't have any characters nearly as fantastic and Londo and G'Kar. I'm definitely in the B5>DS9 camp, and I'm really looking forward to another watch!JCC wrote: ↑Wed Jan 27, 2021 7:43 pm Checked out a few seconds of the first - well 2nd episode. The actual live action scenes look MUCH better in ep 2 as opposed to the not remastered pilot movie (ep 1). The CGI looks mostly the same to me. Not really up for a rewatch of B5 right now (I love the best parts of B5 but think there are also many very bad episodes in between and most of the last season was pointless. I am definielty in the DS9 > B5 camp but yes the best parts of B5 are absolutely awesome... Speaking of which, fuck Paramount (or whoever) for not doing a DS9 remaster, but I digress...) [Back to B5].... but I am sure I will rewatch it again some day and look forward to it looking better than ever before.
If I had HBO I'd watch this again. Not going to get HBO to do it, though.
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I didn't care for season one and Sinclair.
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Seasons 2-4 are the best. I have never watched the fifth.
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Indeed, Mira Furlan (Delenn) just passed away last week, may she rest in light.Anonymous Bosch wrote: ↑Wed Jan 27, 2021 11:32 pm
Well that's hardly fair, given that so much of B5's talented cast has shuffled off this mortal coil.
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You obviously speak English, so why wait until they translate it to Canadian?
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Because of the exchange rate you'd only get 85% of the translation.
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I think in the Canadian version there's a Tim Hortons on the Zocolo
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Because regional distribution limits my options to hope. It isn't available for streaming here in Canada (as was the case when Amazon Prime Video had the streaming rights for the show a year or two back).
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B5 is superior because they don't have Bajorans and their stupid stories. B5 +100
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But have you ever watched it in Canadian? It is so different. I like G'kar-eh especially. Sinclair-eh I could take or leave though.
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I watched the whole series a few years ago. It took a while until I started getting good, IMO (towards the end of Season 2). I felt other similar shows have done a better job since (but the show was groundbreaking. And one area I think it still does better than other shows have done is in the telepath stuff. And G'Kar and Londo were very good.). I far prefer DS9 to it, though, although it's not as similar as people suggest.
If you like space opera, I'd put it on the list of shows to watch, but it wouldn't be something I'd rush to watch.
Also, the CGI has dated really badly (but I'm someone who isn't a fan of CGI effects).
If you like space opera, I'd put it on the list of shows to watch, but it wouldn't be something I'd rush to watch.
Also, the CGI has dated really badly (but I'm someone who isn't a fan of CGI effects).
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The CGI has dated badly, but it looks a lot better in the remastered version on HBO Max than it did stretched out and cropped on the DVDs and what was streaming on Amazon for a while.Defiant wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 2:06 pm I watched the whole series a few years ago. It took a while until I started getting good, IMO (towards the end of Season 2). I felt other similar shows have done a better job since (but the show was groundbreaking. And one area I think it still does better than other shows have done is in the telepath stuff. And G'Kar and Londo were very good.). I far prefer DS9 to it, though, although it's not as similar as people suggest.
If you like space opera, I'd put it on the list of shows to watch, but it wouldn't be something I'd rush to watch.
Also, the CGI has dated really badly (but I'm someone who isn't a fan of CGI effects).
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I want to watch it all again. Mostly because I wonder if my love of the show was due primarily to it being a massive story arc, something rarely done back in those days. Or if it really is as good as I remember, story wise.
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The fifth is pretty much skippable - but you really should watch the final episode which is wonderful - and was the original planned season 4 finale before it unexpectedly got renewed for a 5th season and they ended up postponing it until the end of the 5th. Which worked out well since the replacement season 4 finale was pretty cool too. The rest of season 5 is basically setting up plot threads that don't get resolved.
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I can haz Babylon 5 Remastered after all. All it required was that I sell my soul to Apple, create an Apple account, purchase the series on iTunes, then activate my Fire Stick on my Apple account, and voila -- I can stream Babylon 5 to my TV (or watch it on my PC).
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This was the best sci-fi series ever until The Expanse came along (I discount Firefly because it was just one season). B5 is epic space opera, and as far I ever experienced it, it was the first TV show that I remember that had a series long underlying story arc. For me it pioneered a lot of what is now common place in so many series. And no character in TV has ever had a story arc like Londo Molari, I'm looking forward to re-watching the show on HBO Max because even though the effects now are sort of "meh" the story arc is great.
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I'm most of the way through Season 1 watching the remasters on HBOMax and I'm really enjoying it. The Homeguard plot thread feels especially relevant right now. The characters are just so brilliantly written.