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Guys, just PM me directly; I'd rather not spam the thread.
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mllaneza posted:Count me in ! Which one? Zack, Mister or Chief 
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Oct 19, 2016 23:13
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Holy poo poo this face
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Oct 21, 2016 04:26
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Oh Jesus gently caress. Really? Wow.
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Oct 23, 2016 13:02
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"Rumors, Bargains, and Lies": boy what a wacky episode another one of those "boy I wish Star Trek could make people be this plausibly weird". And it's not even like its post-2000s levels of gritty realism or anything; it's just, people are being people, acting like people, even when they're ad-lobbing or breaking the fourth wall (Sheridan pounding the table and Ivanova shrieking comes to mind). Sci-fi really needs to be fun sometimes.
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Oct 24, 2016 23:18
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mojo1701a posted:Oh Jesus gently caress. Really? Wow. Still waiting for some context on this one.
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Oct 25, 2016 04:24
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I have to say, my favorite part of the Nightwatch plot is watching Zach Allen's face throughout as he realizes just how wacky these people are. Nightwatch Leader: You know, watching these people through the security cameras... make you feel a bit like god, huh? Zach:  Nightwatch Leader: All this evidence Clark killed Santiago is lies and unpatriotic. It was all the evil aliens! Zach:  Zach: Wait, are we gonna start suspecting everyone? Even our own people? Nightwatch Leader: Oh no, of course not. Nightwatch personnel are safe. Now, about your captain... Zach: 
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Oct 26, 2016 00:22
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Something I was wondering—Garibaldi at one point mentions that Sheridan has had some "physiological changes" since getting back from the apostrophe planet. What changes? What am I missing? Also, if he has spent the entirety of S4 under mind control that's going to be kind of a letdown, but I don't see what else it could be at this point.
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Oct 26, 2016 11:58
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Data Graham posted:Something I was wondering—Garibaldi at one point mentions that Sheridan has had some "physiological changes" since getting back from the apostrophe planet. What changes? What am I missing? There's a bit from the episode where they knock off Kosh's replacement where Sheridan says: quote:I had Franklin do a complete medscan. He found things in my neurosystem. Some kind of biochemical energy repairing and sustaining me. I assume it's a reference to that.
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Oct 26, 2016 12:07
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Ah, okay. I thought it was gonna be one of those things where his eyes were green now instead of blue or whatever and everybody is all like  its like he's a whole different person but I never would have noticed in a million years.
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Oct 26, 2016 12:15
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Okay never mind, that was handled pretty well 
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Oct 26, 2016 13:18
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Garibaldi also has issues of his own at this point iirc.
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Oct 26, 2016 14:20
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Ah yes, "Intersections in Real Time". I remember seeing this one back when it aired; hell of a thing to just dip into the series cold with, huh? Nice directing, nice montages, nice camera work (I also mean this for the scene in a previous episode where Garibaldi traps Sheridan in the bar. And it does "interrogation episode" well, possibly better than the THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS ep of Trek, though it does feel a lot more like a "human" story rather than a "sci-fi" story. Not a bad thing.
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Oct 27, 2016 12:06
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It's definitely better than Chain of Command; you don't "win" interrogations by being a badass prisoner like Picard does.
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Oct 27, 2016 20:37
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It could only have been better if they'd managed to get Patrick McGoohan in to be one of the interrogators (I believe this was a plan they had)
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Oct 27, 2016 22:36
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Tsaedje posted:It could only have been better if they'd managed to get Patrick McGoohan in to be one of the interrogators (I believe this was a plan they had) That was Knight Two (first offered to Koenig, who was ill) in And the Sky Full of Stars
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Oct 27, 2016 23:09
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MrL_JaKiri posted:It's definitely better than Chain of Command; you don't "win" interrogations by being a badass prisoner like Picard does. ...you know the whole point of "Chain of Command" was the scene at the end where Picard admits he really did see five lights, yeah?
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Oct 28, 2016 03:33
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To be fair, everyone forgets that he saw five lights by the end.
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Oct 28, 2016 06:59
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Both episodes are good but David Warner and Patrick Stewart in a room together is just magical.
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Oct 28, 2016 07:14
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quote:"And here was Marcus. And I knew he'd never hurt me, and I knew he'd never leave me. And I knew he loved me. I knew it. I just didn't want to admit it. And he gave so much and he wanted so little in return, and he just wanted a kind word, or, or a smile, and all I ever gave him in two years was grief. And I think it's because I saw what I wanted, and I was afraid..." Whoa whoa whoa WHOA WHOA what the gently caress am I watching  :printercarry:
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Oct 29, 2016 01:33
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And they follow it up immediately with Londo and G'Kar dishing about premature ejaculation? Jesus, is this what happens when you keep tying off your main storyline before you're out of episodes?
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Oct 29, 2016 01:36
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Haha loool Yeah, talk about a goofy-rear end victory lap. But once again that wasn't even the final episode of the season...
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Oct 29, 2016 02:16
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JMS thought they were going to be cancelled after Season 4, so he wrapped up the civil war arc early so the show could have some decent closure instead of ending on a cliffhanger ("Intersections in Real Time").
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Oct 29, 2016 04:31
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Does anyone else get the impression that Delenn - at least at one point - was intended to be a low-level telepath?
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Oct 29, 2016 05:16
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:JMS thought they were going to be cancelled after Season 4, so he wrapped up the civil war arc early so the show could have some decent closure instead of ending on a cliffhanger ("Intersections in Real Time"). Also, as part of that decent closure the last episode of season 4 was filmed as proper final send-off. When they got picked up for a fifth season, that meant filming a new not-final-send-off episode for season 4, and moving the real send-off to the end of season 5. This all sounds much worse than it is, by the way, do not be alarmed. 
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Oct 29, 2016 14:29
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Yeah, honestly, B5 had some real production snafus and it's kind of a miracle it turned out and ended as amazing as it did.(first half of season 5 not withstanding)
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Oct 29, 2016 15:15
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Data Graham posted:Whoa whoa whoa WHOA WHOA what the gently caress am I watching This scene is a little weird, but I don't think it's as bad as you're making it out to be. Like, it's totally legit for Ivanova to be acting kind of strangely given what just happened and what Marcus was willing to do. That kind of thing would gently caress anyone up and it makes sense that she'd be seriously reevaluating their relationship in maybe not a totally reasonable and rational way.
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Oct 29, 2016 18:02
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Just started a rewatch for the first time in about 15 years. drat I love this show but it's terribly dated sometimes, but I find that to be part of its charm. I also just finished Believers from season 1. It's pretty bad with the whole cliche of religion won't let science save a life thing, but I like that they show Franklin to be just as much of a stubborn rear end as the parents.
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Oct 29, 2016 21:23
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Just started my very first whole-series rewatch, after originally watching the series new back when it originally aired. It starts off pretty slow, but I just made it to Signs and Portents and that's about where I was like 'oh yeah, that's why I loved this show so much.' Going to try to rope some other people around here into watching it too, it's been slowly working its way through my friend circle like a virus. One friend started watching it, they got someone else to watch it, that person got me to watch it, etc.
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Oct 30, 2016 19:49
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Please tell me Elon Musk is in your circle of friends so we can finally get the drat remaster after he loves it and shovels 100 million to WB or whoever.
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Oct 31, 2016 04:52
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turn left hillary!! noo posted:Please tell me Elon Musk is in your circle of friends so we can finally get the drat remaster after he loves it and shovels 100 million to WB or whoever. Considering how primitive the visuals are I'm surprised they haven't just contracted it out to a college for graphics design/animation courses.
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Oct 31, 2016 05:17
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Party Plane Jones posted:Considering how primitive the visuals are I'm surprised they haven't just contracted it out to a college for graphics design/animation courses. That really doesn't sound like a remaster we'd like.
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Oct 31, 2016 13:05
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Dirty posted:That really doesn't sound like a remaster we'd like. You'd be surprised. This is by one guy (for the most part) and it's pretty decent looking. https://vimeo.com/108650530
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Oct 31, 2016 17:03
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Heh, "Deconstruction of Falling Stars" is quite the meta-story.quote:DEDICATED TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO PREDICTED THAT THE BABYLON PROJECT WOULD FAIL IN ITS MISSION. FAITH MANAGES. quote:On the one hand, it is a statement of hope to anyone else out there who has a dream, to follow it no matter who speaks against you, no matter the odds, no matter what they say to or about you, no matter what roadblocks they throw in your way. What matters is that you remain true to your vision. 
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Oct 31, 2016 22:24
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Though it's also a pretty unenviable position to be in, writing-wise, to find yourself with no option but to write a stunt episode that projects the story into the future even though the series itself isn't over. It isn't the first time the show has tipped its hand about future events (the Londo/G'Kar flash-forward thing was a head-fake), but this one sort of gives away that there aren't any huge new things coming in S5... I guess?
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Oct 31, 2016 22:38
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:Does anyone else get the impression that Delenn - at least at one point - was intended to be a low-level telepath? She's from the religious caste - I've always viewed her as kind of a sage with foresight with future event knowledge was provided by the time-loop prophet, their "Elijah", Valen.
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Nov 1, 2016 02:41
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Isn't it weird how the one race that has legit prophets are the Centauri, who weren't visited by the Vorlons?
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Nov 1, 2016 03:22
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Data Graham posted:Though it's also a pretty unenviable position to be in, writing-wise, to find yourself with no option but to write a stunt episode that projects the story into the future even though the series itself isn't over. It isn't the first time the show has tipped its hand about future events (the Londo/G'Kar flash-forward thing was a head-fake), but this one sort of gives away that there aren't any huge new things coming in S5... I guess? To answer that, the phrase, "takes the wind out of the sails" comes to mind.
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Nov 1, 2016 03:30
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First episode of S5, when the message comes in that's all "Good morning Mr. President, you are a dead man", I wanted him to just, like, take a sip of coffee and go "Next message" Also lol @ G'Kar's "short short version" of the oath. It'll be tough for the show to regain its momentum, especially with Ivanova gone. Looking forward to seeing how successful it is.
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Party Plane Jones posted:You'd be surprised. This is by one guy (for the most part) and it's pretty decent looking. I'm not saying there aren't some incredibly talented people out there. I'm talking about needing a number of them, and enforcing a consistent look and style to avoid a bunch of differing interpretations. I actually considered remaking the FX for one episode myself. Got well into building a B5 model. Problem is, while I knew I could probably make something better-looking than the original (thanks to 20 years of technology improvements) it probably wouldn't stand up to scrutiny by current standards, and in some ways actually be more jarring than the 90s FX we've got now. That's the kind of bar you're up against - it can't just be better, it has to be consistently good, or people will just prefer the originals.
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