Reply to: Babylon 5

[NotAllThere]

That's the trouble when you set things up early in the story, then for reasons outside you're control, you can't use that set up.

Kosh recorded Talia Winters personality before her alter-ego was revealed. Obviously set up for a reappearance that never happened.

There are quite a few such flaws in B5 - but given the evolution of the show, I think it holds together rather well - there's some awkwardness, but not too much.

[VectraMan]

[DimPrawn]

Pretty much all (modern) Sci-Fi is dire, especially septic franchised stuff.

[Old Greg]

WSS.

I never got B5; it was just plain boring, and the acting and writing were sub Hollyoaks. The only time I got into it at all was when Walter Koenig was in it (and he didn't even have to say "nuclear wessels").

Ditto.

[NotAllThere]

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On balance, Voyager is my fave....

The worst of the lot. Janeaway's voice made me want to puke.

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The problem with any series which tries to have a proper story is when you watch the DVDs, you get so SICK of "previously on..." when you only just watched it. I'd love it if that was always one scene you could skip or something.

With Sapphire and Steel, you get the last few minutes of the previous episode before the opening sequence. On the B5 DVDs there is no "previously", and as soon as the open sequence starts you can skip to the next scene. But "The name of the place is Babylon 5" makes me want to slap someone.

Doctor Stephen Franklin - another B5 character I really don't like. Though Richard Biggs (RIP) was a very decent guy.

[norrahe]

I think she batted for both sides so something for the gentlemen too

That she did

[Zippy]

Don't mind me girls, just pretend I'm not here. Dont worry about the camera

I think she batted for both sides so something for the gentlemen too

[NickFitz]

A bit like a real space station then.

And also a bit like the premise for a very dull TV series

[d000hg]

I never really liked DS9 - it was like Eastenders-in-Space, with the same old characters all living in a tiny area which they hardly ever leave

A bit like a real space station then.

[DaveB]

Now you are talking. Serious girl crush there. And she was a lezzer too.

Don't mind me girls, just pretend I'm not here. Dont worry about the camera

[NickFitz]

I never really liked DS9 - it was like Eastenders-in-Space, with the same old characters all living in a tiny area which they hardly ever leave, all drinking in the same pub every lunchtime and evening, and all having a constant succession of improbable things happen to them.

[d000hg]

The problem many ST fans had with B5 was that they couldn't get their heads around the concept of "story arc". It most definitely was not a series of self-contained episodes. For the most part, the B5 storyline was planned out.

Well ST and TNG had NO arc at all, but DS9 did have a multi-series story. I do get a bit bored when every show has to fit a whole story neatly in an episode. Even the more original series like Dexter/Breaking Bad stick to this to a fair extent.

The problem with any series which tries to have a proper story is when you watch the DVDs, you get so SICK of "previously on..." when you only just watched it. I'd love it if that was always one scene you could skip or something.

[VectraMan]

Really? I liked Jadzia.

It's the girl next door thing. Ezri, Kaylee, Gabrielle from Xena, Lucy from ER....

[cailin maith]

Susan Ivanova

Now you are talking. Serious girl crush there. And she was a lezzer too.

[DaveB]

Susan Ivanova