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So whats the big deal. The Ogre (My Boyfriend) has just spent all our savings buying the complete Babylon 5 on Video because he thinks it the best think ever, so know I'm gonna have to sit through hours and hours of episodes of the bloody thing. I just hope its good!
The really funny thing is he has just found out its coming out on DVD (oh b****r), and he is a bit p*ssed off.
So whats it like, any good? Whats it about? (I know its about space you idiot).
The really funny thing is he has just found out its coming out on DVD (oh b****r), and he is a bit p*ssed off.
So whats it like, any good? Whats it about? (I know its about space you idiot).
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http://www.scifi.com/b5rangers/
http://www.b5tv.com
Known about it for a while - as far as I know, it's already well underway in th US. Who knows if/when it'll reach our shores, though.
http://www.b5tv.com
Known about it for a while - as far as I know, it's already well underway in th US. Who knows if/when it'll reach our shores, though.
*pop*
Anyone know about "Legend Of The Rangers" ?
Apparently it's new, and possibly heading for a full series continuing the story of Babylon 5. I found someone selling copied vcds of it on Ebay, searched it on Kazaa, and it's on there too. Going to do some searches nad find out a little more, but if this could mean B5 returning then it's excellent news !
~~Belldandy~~
Anyone know about "Legend Of The Rangers" ?
Apparently it's new, and possibly heading for a full series continuing the story of Babylon 5. I found someone selling copied vcds of it on Ebay, searched it on Kazaa, and it's on there too. Going to do some searches nad find out a little more, but if this could mean B5 returning then it's excellent news !
~~Belldandy~~
I actually got the first season of B5 on DVD recently, and have been watching it - all 22 episodes - over the last 2 weeks.
I've had the whole series on VHS for a while, but haven't watched it for some time.
The acting's a little stiff compared to the later seasons, but no worse than the first series of TNG ... or the last, come to think of it!
Although I remember all of the storylines, there were details which I'd forgotten - for example, just how early on some of the major plotlines were set up. The assassination of President Santiago and the swearing-in of President Clark; the introduction of Mr Morden, and Londo's decent from fun-loving political fool to the chief pawn in the Shadows plans to cause chaos in the universe; and Ivanova's very Russian humour.
Great stuff - can't wait for the next season to be made available.
I've had the whole series on VHS for a while, but haven't watched it for some time.
The acting's a little stiff compared to the later seasons, but no worse than the first series of TNG ... or the last, come to think of it!
Although I remember all of the storylines, there were details which I'd forgotten - for example, just how early on some of the major plotlines were set up. The assassination of President Santiago and the swearing-in of President Clark; the introduction of Mr Morden, and Londo's decent from fun-loving political fool to the chief pawn in the Shadows plans to cause chaos in the universe; and Ivanova's very Russian humour.
Great stuff - can't wait for the next season to be made available.
yeah the amiga lot were/are the kings of zealotness :)
the sega lot came about second on digitiser.
I used to watch B5 in its first series on channel 4, that was until they started messing with the scheduling, I lost track of it for a while then I think it was on a late night slot, by which time the storyline had moved on alot and at that age I couldn't stay up to watch it.
anyway I hope that one day they might show the series from the start, or that BBC repeat deep space 9 and sliders from the beginning because I only started watching them about halfway through their runs and missed the final shows from each.
the sega lot came about second on digitiser.
I used to watch B5 in its first series on channel 4, that was until they started messing with the scheduling, I lost track of it for a while then I think it was on a late night slot, by which time the storyline had moved on alot and at that age I couldn't stay up to watch it.
anyway I hope that one day they might show the series from the start, or that BBC repeat deep space 9 and sliders from the beginning because I only started watching them about halfway through their runs and missed the final shows from each.
Mystique wrote:
> Hmmmmmmmm
Ah you know it's true :) And I can remember the Amiga fanatics - if any Ninty fanboys consider themselves zealous then the Amiga lot were far better....
~~Belldandy~~
> Hmmmmmmmm
Ah you know it's true :) And I can remember the Amiga fanatics - if any Ninty fanboys consider themselves zealous then the Amiga lot were far better....
~~Belldandy~~
I remember back in the day when people argued on the channel 4 digitiser letters page about if the rendering on babylon 5 was done by an amiga?
(that was back when 'amiga zealots' still roamed the earth, their all but for a tiny number extinct now)
:)
(that was back when 'amiga zealots' still roamed the earth, their all but for a tiny number extinct now)
:)
Hmmmmmmmm
WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
> Title: A Call to Arms
> Story Year: Late 2266 or early 2267
> Original Airdate (U.S.): Jan 3 1999
Watch this when you've seen the lot :) Totally excellent but so sad that the story will never be finished..... but in an interview in Diamond Comics Catalogue a month or so back he made a slight little tiny hint....*crosses fingers*
Star Trek sucks by the way - the sad thing is Enterprise could have been so good, but it's just TNG with different characters and settings, and Voyager and DS9 having ongoing plots ? *collapses laughing* The end to DS9 was crap - big space battle averted and everyone went home happy. In Babylon 5 the battles are excellent and more realistic, Star Trek is more like an advert for the Peace Brigade most of the time;
Riker: Captain, we're being shot at, half the ship is on fire, shall we act ?
Picard: Not yet number one, I shall sit in my chair, quote Shakespeare or someone else, then negotiate our way out of this, despite having the firepower to blast the aliens into a million particles.....
Okay, exagerated a little, but true !
Star Trek has no soul to it, where are the big stories that threaten the whole galaxy, or earth, and things like that ? B5's story involving the Minbaria and the Battle Of The Line was excellent, as was the Shadows storyline, and the Earth civil war one, and the B breakaway one, and the Vorlon one, and the telepath war and and and *rants endlessly until someone hits him*
~~Belldandy~~
> Title: A Call to Arms
> Story Year: Late 2266 or early 2267
> Original Airdate (U.S.): Jan 3 1999
Watch this when you've seen the lot :) Totally excellent but so sad that the story will never be finished..... but in an interview in Diamond Comics Catalogue a month or so back he made a slight little tiny hint....*crosses fingers*
Star Trek sucks by the way - the sad thing is Enterprise could have been so good, but it's just TNG with different characters and settings, and Voyager and DS9 having ongoing plots ? *collapses laughing* The end to DS9 was crap - big space battle averted and everyone went home happy. In Babylon 5 the battles are excellent and more realistic, Star Trek is more like an advert for the Peace Brigade most of the time;
Riker: Captain, we're being shot at, half the ship is on fire, shall we act ?
Picard: Not yet number one, I shall sit in my chair, quote Shakespeare or someone else, then negotiate our way out of this, despite having the firepower to blast the aliens into a million particles.....
Okay, exagerated a little, but true !
Star Trek has no soul to it, where are the big stories that threaten the whole galaxy, or earth, and things like that ? B5's story involving the Minbaria and the Battle Of The Line was excellent, as was the Shadows storyline, and the Earth civil war one, and the B breakaway one, and the Vorlon one, and the telepath war and and and *rants endlessly until someone hits him*
~~Belldandy~~
Jive wrote:
> Quick question, the film "In The Beginning" can you watch
> this before you watch the first series and will it ruin anything later
> on?
Found this on the forums at SciFi.com...
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Babylon 5 TV Movies. (In chronological order)
Title: In the Beginning
Story Year: Prologue: 2261. Framing Story: 2278. Main Story: 2240s
Original Airdate (U.S.): Jan 4 1998
NOTE: If you haven't seen the entire series or are introducing the show to someone else and are paranoid about spoilers, you shouldn't watch "In the Beginning" until after "War Without End" in season three.
Title: The Gathering (Series Pilot)
Story Year: 2257, prior to S1
Original Airdate (U.S.): Feb 22 1993 (Revised Edition: Jan 4 1998)
NOTE: "The Gathering" was edited into a two-part episode by Sci-Fi, but it was never shown that way by anyone else, and it really works best as the stand-alone movie it was intended to be, and it is *not* part of S1 (since it takes place in 2257, not 2258 like S1.) Also it was shot "flat" in standard 35mm 1.33:1 aspect ratio, so Sci-Fi has matted it to 1.77:1 widescreen to match the rest of the episodes (which were shot in Super35.) That isn't how the movie was really meant to be seen. Buy the DVD and watch it the right way.
Title: Thirdspace
Story Year: 2261 (Between “The Illusion of Truth” and “Atonement” - Season 4, *not* Season 3)
Original Airdate (U.S.): Jul 19 1998
The rest of the TV movies all take place between "Objects at Rest" (521, 2262) and "Sleeping in Light" (522, 2281)
Title: The River of Souls
Story Year: 2263
Original Airdate (U.S.): Nov 8 1998
Title: Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers (Potential Series Pilot)
(To Live and Die in Starlight)
Story Year: 2265
Original Airdate (U.S.): Jan 19 2002
Title: A Call to Arms
Story Year: Late 2266 or early 2267
Original Airdate (U.S.): Jan 3 1999
> Quick question, the film "In The Beginning" can you watch
> this before you watch the first series and will it ruin anything later
> on?
Found this on the forums at SciFi.com...
-----
Babylon 5 TV Movies. (In chronological order)
Title: In the Beginning
Story Year: Prologue: 2261. Framing Story: 2278. Main Story: 2240s
Original Airdate (U.S.): Jan 4 1998
NOTE: If you haven't seen the entire series or are introducing the show to someone else and are paranoid about spoilers, you shouldn't watch "In the Beginning" until after "War Without End" in season three.
Title: The Gathering (Series Pilot)
Story Year: 2257, prior to S1
Original Airdate (U.S.): Feb 22 1993 (Revised Edition: Jan 4 1998)
NOTE: "The Gathering" was edited into a two-part episode by Sci-Fi, but it was never shown that way by anyone else, and it really works best as the stand-alone movie it was intended to be, and it is *not* part of S1 (since it takes place in 2257, not 2258 like S1.) Also it was shot "flat" in standard 35mm 1.33:1 aspect ratio, so Sci-Fi has matted it to 1.77:1 widescreen to match the rest of the episodes (which were shot in Super35.) That isn't how the movie was really meant to be seen. Buy the DVD and watch it the right way.
Title: Thirdspace
Story Year: 2261 (Between “The Illusion of Truth” and “Atonement” - Season 4, *not* Season 3)
Original Airdate (U.S.): Jul 19 1998
The rest of the TV movies all take place between "Objects at Rest" (521, 2262) and "Sleeping in Light" (522, 2281)
Title: The River of Souls
Story Year: 2263
Original Airdate (U.S.): Nov 8 1998
Title: Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers (Potential Series Pilot)
(To Live and Die in Starlight)
Story Year: 2265
Original Airdate (U.S.): Jan 19 2002
Title: A Call to Arms
Story Year: Late 2266 or early 2267
Original Airdate (U.S.): Jan 3 1999
Quiet you.
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