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holefoods posted:Oh man, this is the thread for me. I'm in my first watch through and finished 3x02 last night. G'Kar laughing at Londo in the elevator was great. They have a fun frenemies type of relationship up to this point that I wonder how much was intended in the script and how much was actor chemistry. that is still one of my favourite scenes. along with the scene much later between Gkar and aaaaaaa Vir aaaaaaaa in the elevator doorway. G'kar's actor is so so loving good at doing these... emotive scenes while still showing us levity at other points
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May 15, 2022 01:23
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It's vitally important that you know the guy who played the serial killer was Drake from Aliens.
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May 16, 2022 16:26
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ultrafilter posted:You should watch the episodes you skipped at some point, and probably soon. This ominous post has inspired me to go back and watch the two left over, starting with S1E4 "Infection"
bit plodding in the middle and a bit cheesy overall but not awful grassy gnoll posted:It's vitally important that you know the guy who played the serial killer was Drake from Aliens. would you believe I have not got around to watching Aliens either. is he good in that
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May 17, 2022 21:01
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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > The Sci-Fi Wifi > Babylon 5 blind watch thread: does subtlety really pay when you're talking about fascism?
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Chevy Slyme posted:The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > The Sci-Fi Wifi > Babylon 5 blind watch thread: does subtlety really pay when you're talking about fascism? That bit is one of the reasons why I like that episode, and I was surprised it was listed as a "skippable" one.
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May 17, 2022 21:47
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Angepain posted:would you believe I have not got around to watching Aliens either. is he good in that He's decent enough, but he's up against a bunch of stand-out character actors and Sigourney Weaver. Just instead of a menacing serial killer, he's playing a total fuckin' meathead.
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grassy gnoll posted:He's decent enough, but he's up against a bunch of stand-out character actors and Sigourney Weaver. Just instead of a menacing serial killer, he's playing a total fuckin' meathead. The marines in Aliens are a beautifully realised variety of meatheads, and I mean that in the best possible way
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May 18, 2022 16:51
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MrL_JaKiri posted:The marines in Aliens are a beautifully realised variety of meatheads, and I mean that in the best possible way The only unbelievable thing about those marines is that there wasn't nearly enough homoerotic dick jokes. Everything else is spot on.
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May 18, 2022 16:54
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CainFortea posted:The only unbelievable thing about those marines is that there wasn't nearly enough homoerotic dick jokes. It doesn't matter when it's Arcturian, baby!
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May 18, 2022 17:18
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Alhazred posted:It doesn't matter when it's Arcturian, baby! Hey Alhazred, have you ever been mistaken for a not poo poo poster? (Yes, I know what the comeback is, and it's kinda the point.)
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May 18, 2022 17:40
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S1E10, Believers
i think i can see why that random guy on the internet said to skip this one. though for all I know maybe the Gloppit Egg becomes the main villain of Season 4, no spoilers
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May 19, 2022 21:04
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Believers is mainly interesting in that it is an extremely obvious and over the top “gently caress you” to the way Star Trek would have handled the same exact plot line. The result isn’t necessarily good, but it’s a flag in the ground about how B5 is going to be different.
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May 19, 2022 21:29
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Angepain posted:and Ivanova's space battle was resolved entirely off-screen, great. did they have an extra 2 minutes to fill and just decided to do it in the most expensive way possible I wondered the same thing. And we were both right, that's exactly what happened behind the scenes.
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Chevy Slyme posted:Believers is mainly interesting in that it is an extremely obvious and over the top “gently caress you” to the way Star Trek would have handled the same exact plot line. I was partially expecting the other doctor to successfully find a way of treating it without breaking the skin, probably because I've seen so much Star Trek and that's very likely how a Star Trek episode would have ended it, with the help of some mumbojumbo tech nonsense from the B plot or something Powered Descent posted:I wondered the same thing. And we were both right, that's exactly what happened behind the scenes. very sad to hover over the quote and see this post wasn't confirming my Gloppit Egg theory
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Angepain posted:very sad to hover over the quote and see this post wasn't confirming my Gloppit Egg theory
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Angepain posted:[*]the various ambassadors tell the parents to gently caress off with varying levels of kindness. love the Vorlon just calling them tiny pebbles, like yeah what other answer were you expecting I think this goes back to the pilot. The parents ask Kosh how he would feel if a human doctor operated on him without his consent, which is exactly what happened in the pilot of B5. So his comment of "the avalanche has already started, it's too late for the pebbles to vote" might be an allusion that he already was operated on without his consent. At least that's my interpretation. It occurs to me now that he might also be speaking about the doctor operating on the kid in this exact moment. It's been a while since I saw Believers, would the timing work for this interpretation?
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May 20, 2022 06:14
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Angepain posted:i think i can see why that random guy on the internet said to skip this one. Never, ever listen to random idiots on the internet who tell you to skip whatever arbitrary episodes they personally don't like.
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May 20, 2022 11:01
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Sweevo posted:Never, ever listen to random idiots on the internet who tell you to skip whatever arbitrary episodes they personally don't like. Except TKO….
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May 20, 2022 14:40
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TK-42-1 posted:Except TKO…. Great B-plot in TKO, one that’s highly unusual even in serialized sci-fi today. There’s usually something redeeming in every B5 episode.
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May 20, 2022 14:51
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TKO’s B plot is one of the most important character moments in the whole series.
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May 20, 2022 14:55
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TK-42-1 posted:Except TKO…. It's OK to skip it on a rewatch if you really can't stand it, but hell no you shouldn't skip it on your first watchthrough.
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Even that S3 episode has a strong B plot. (If you know, you know; if you don't, you don't need to know.)
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I feel like with a lot of shows you might be better off skipping episodes here and there, especially if you're not all the way into the show, it cuts down on getting tired of the show, especially with the rougher, earlier bits. The problem with doing that for Babylon 5 though is that there's an overarching narrative that builds throughout the show, and it's hard to even sort out which episodes don't have much of that because there's a lot of little crumbs that it's easy to forget about, so even tips from people who know the show are unreliable. If you want the whole thing, you gotta deal with its bizarre flaws.
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SlothfulCobra posted:If you want the whole thing, you gotta deal with its bizarre flaws. Told my wife this and she married me anyway
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May 20, 2022 17:35
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3x03 Sheridan wishing for death instead of having to go back to that stupid meeting is incredibly relatable.
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holefoods posted:3x03 Sheridan wishing for death instead of having to go back to that stupid meeting is incredibly relatable. I've used the "A glass of whiskey, a gun, and two bullets" line more than once
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S1E22, "Chrysalis" season finale so i assume something dramatic is going to happen
I don't have any particular end-of-season thoughts beyond what I put in my first couple posts here. I guess generally it seems like there's been a lot more setup than payoff, which I guess tracks with what I've heard all the nerds on the internet say about having to get through the first season. It hasn't had a stand-out holy-poo poo great episode yet, but it's been a decent time so far and there have been some good moments that show some promise. Still on board to keep watching. Particularly looking forward for the Gloppit Egg to become a fully developed character at the centre of the plot.
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The first season finale was really strange, it seemed like there should have been some big reveal or final event but it just sort of ends relatively flatly like “see you next season!”
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There is a lot of setup. It all pays off though, don't worry--just remember the show is structured from the jump for five complete seasons and there's stuff in the first season that won't resolve until the fourth or fifth.
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Although unlike certain storytelling styles, it isn't all setup no payoff for four seasons. Things do get explained/resolved at a reasonable pace.
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May 23, 2022 21:24
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Angepain posted:S1E22, "Chrysalis" This really doesn't narrow it down.
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May 23, 2022 21:50
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Angepain posted:babylon 5 has a giant hedge maze, because of course it does. no room for adequate housing for the Down Belowers though that would be silly The show makes the effort of saying a few times that the station is largely self-sufficient on air and food, so to that end there's a whole section of the station devoted to agriculture. I don't think it really sells the idea well as an integral part of the station, but they do try.
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Season 2, baby! S2E1
Seems like a pretty "functional" episode, we got a bunch of exposition and we know who the new guy is, nothing too exciting
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quote:I keep wanting to call it Planet Minibar, I assume that joke has been done to death already and then some but I still want to actually i genuinely don't think i've heard that one before lol
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May 30, 2022 21:17
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I think the Season 3 blooper reel on the DVD has someone screwing up that word!
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May 30, 2022 21:39
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Angepain posted:the Minbari are pissed with the new captain because he killed a bunch of them in the war. it was a war deal with it m8s Preach it.
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sebmojo posted:actually i genuinely don't think i've heard that one before lol How did you manage that? Jokes about the Minibar War have been going round since the show was originally airing and someone didn't notice their autocorrect had been at work.
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Jedit posted:How did you manage that? Jokes about the Minibar War have been going round since the show was originally airing and someone didn't notice their autocorrect had been at work. Autocorrrct as we know it wasn’t a thing when the show originally aired.
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Jedit posted:How did you manage that? Jokes about the Minibar War have been going round since the show was originally airing and someone didn't notice their autocorrect had been at work. ikr SA is the first time i've talked about it online, is probably why
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