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Yeah your write ups are great! We are reading them avidly but the clean room level spoiler protocols mean we can't go ".. ha, wait until you see X!" so just assume we are all muttering it under our breaths gleefully.
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Mr. Mordin is the subject of the sentence. And what the predicate says, he does.
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Mr. Morton provides salts and spices for the Zorlons.
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Mr. Norton goes BANG straight to the moon
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sebmojo posted:Yeah your write ups are great! We are reading them avidly but the clean room level spoiler protocols mean we can't go ".. ha, wait until you see X!" so just assume we are all muttering it under our breaths gleefully. 
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Sweet I'll still write them then  S02e01 Well that escalated quickly. I was a little confused at first as to why the mumbaris all of a sudden wanted war but then I paid attention and realizdd it was a outcast group. I don't think I buy the "mumbaris souls turn into humans" things either new commander. I like the new commander though, although Sinclair was probably my favorite character because he conveyed so much dread and anxiety...which is even more sad when you realize he likely wasn't acting. 😫 I know the show only gets better from here so I'm excited.
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Empress Brosephine posted:
This I will openly confirm.
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I do love the mumbaree/zorlon alliance that was negotiated by mr marden
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S02e02 wow this seemed like a jump in quality over the previous season. I had a feeling the new president was behind the assassination, glad that was confirmed mostly. I'm guessing it's uh human supremesists? Was it the pilot that featured that as a plot point? I don't remember. But it may easily be the psy-core which is also a pretty awesome way of taking the story. A little disappointed with Delenns transformation, but I guess it makes sense for them to evolve I to humans, I guess? It feels like things are at a breaking point with gkars race and londos. Which is cool. I hope it keeps this pace!
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Re: 2x02 Human supremacists featured throughout S1 - The War Prayer, for example.
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Sorry, took a break. S02E03 hey new alien races! I don't know my space ranks, what rank would Ivanova be promoted to? I also had a really random thought watching this episode...Lorelei Gilmore speaks/delivers her lines almost exactly like Ivanova. Wonder if that was on purpose. Or maybe it's just a late 90s style of delivery. Lando is still the best character lol. One thing I love about this show is that for the most part, the alien creatures live by their own rules and aren't just humans in makeup, if that makes sense. Like if this was any other show, Londo bugging the captains office would be like a huge change of character I guess? But in this it's just exactly what you expect his race/character to do. I love it. Except for the drazi calling each other purple and green. I'd think they'd have some kind of specific word for them. This was probably my least favorite episode so far though. The magicians was kinda lame and the greens vs purple subplot seemed a bit too obvious and the resolution was stupid. I think the magic parts of this show are what I hate the most between technomancers and psychics. Hopefully they get less cheesy throughout the show. What was the reaction to this episode back in the day
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Earthforce rank structure is kind of a mess, etc. but in general, from what we see on screen: General > Colonel > Captain > Commander > Lieutenant Commander > Major > Lieutenant And the security officers are all NCO's up to Garibaldi who is a Warrant Officer with some Sergeants underneath him.
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IIRC the rank system was supposed to track the US Navy's ranks, but clearly it missed. It's best not to think too hard about it.Empress Brosephine posted:S02E03 If we'd known the word "meme" back then, we'd definitely have used that to describe what the green/purple split became.
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ultrafilter posted:IIRC the rank system was supposed to track the US Navy's ranks, but clearly it missed. It's best not to think too hard about it. JMS has said it mixed ranks because Earthforce is an entirely new service made up of components of old militaries. I dunno if he said that after the fact or at the time.
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Empress Brosephine posted:Sorry, took a break. Maybe not? By their own admission the entire thing is meant to be arbitrary and devoid of any deeper meaning. There's no class, nation or race division involved - - just the color you randomly pulled from a box
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RedSnapper posted:Maybe not? By their own admission the entire thing is meant to be arbitrary and devoid of any deeper meaning. There's no class, nation or race division involved - - just the color you randomly pulled from a box True, but it might have been better if (2X03) they had been using alien words for them, and only when asked what made you one or the other do we find out that they're just the Drazi words for the colours.
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RedSnapper posted:Maybe not? By their own admission the entire thing is meant to be arbitrary and devoid of any deeper meaning. There's no class, nation or race division involved - - just the color you randomly pulled from a box Which is the not at all subtle point. Do you think what side of an invisible line you're born on is any less arbitrary a way to determine friends and enemies?
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CaptainPsyko posted:Earthforce rank structure is kind of a mess, etc. but in general, from what we see on screen: Major as the second most junior officer rank is pretty lol
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It's not that far off if there are two grades of lieutenants.
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feedmegin posted:Major as the second most junior officer rank is pretty lol LC and Major are both OF3 in the standardised NATO rank scale, it's not an unreasonable ordering
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feedmegin posted:Major as the second most junior officer rank is pretty lol There are more junior ranks, especially if you go wiki and dumb novel diving, but other than the throwaway scene (that is just an excuse showing a for crew social occasion) where a crew member is promoted from Lieutenant Junior Grade to full Lieutenant, we just never see the bottom end of earthforce's command structure on the show, so I didn't bother to include it. Somebody fucked around with this message at 17:50 on May 16, 2021 |
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^^ Minor spoiler but remember which thread this is
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I ran into a first time watcher reacting on YouTube. She's Welsh and has gotten as far as The Coming of Shadows, and puts new episodes out every Wednesday or so. I've found her commentary amusing, and maybe you will too.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muDysUDm968 starting with The Gathering.
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jng2058 posted:She's Welsh She really isn't [edit] Although her videos are fun to watch (even if I kind of dislike 'reaction' videos on principle kingturnip fucked around with this message at 22:56 on Jul 11, 2021 |
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kingturnip posted:She really isn't Yah I think that is a brummie accent on a quick listen, or maybe manchester
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kingturnip posted:She really isn't I mean the address she has for people to send fan mail and the like to her is in Wales so.....
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sebmojo posted:Yah I think that is a brummie accent on a quick listen, or maybe manchester She’s got a Geordie accent, which is Newcastle.
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The_Doctor posted:She’s got a Geordie accent, which is Newcastle. you probs know better than I. Def not welsh though, that's more singsongy.
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The_Doctor posted:She’s got a Geordie accent, which is Newcastle. Excuse me sir, but this is the Babylon 5 thread, not the Star Trek thread.
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kingturnip posted:She really isn't I've developed a taste for them. They're the parasocial equivalent of watching one of your favorites with a friend who hasn't seen it yet. And I will never get tired of watching Alien and Aliens with someone who hasn't seen them before.
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I'm not against reaction videos, and in lieu of our regular blind watchers doing any posting it'd be fine. I just can't understand her.
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jng2058 posted:I mean the address she has for people to send fan mail and the like to her is in Wales so..... I live on the East Coast of the US but my accent is midwestern. People can move 
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ZRM posted:Excuse me sir, but this is the Babylon 5 thread, not the Star Trek thread. ??
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Doctor Zero posted:I live on the East Coast of the US but my accent is midwestern. Obviously. But at what point does someone adopt the designation of his or her new home instead of the one he or she is born in? If I was born in Chicago and move to Dallas, when can I start calling myself a Texan? A year? Four years? Ten years? When I have a Texan accent from assimilation? Never? And if the answer is anything besides "never", why can't someone apparently born and raised in Newcastle be considered Welsh if she's lived there a long time? But whatever, this isn't a hill I care to die on. I'm willing to concede that "Welsh" may have greater significance somehow than "Chicagoan", "Texan", or "American". Ahem. I ran into a first time watcher reacting on YouTube. She's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muDysUDm968 starting with The Gathering. Cool? Cool. Anyway, vis a vis her commentary itself... CainFortea posted:I'm not against reaction videos, and in lieu of our regular blind watchers doing any posting it'd be fine. Maybe try the CC. They seem to be mostly correct.
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Geordie La Forge from TNG.
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jng2058 posted:Obviously. But at what point does someone adopt the designation of his or her new home instead of the one he or she is born in? If I was born in Chicago and move to Dallas, when can I start calling myself a Texan? A year? Four years? Ten years? When I have a Texan accent from assimilation? Never? And if the answer is anything besides "never", why can't someone apparently born and raised in Newcastle be considered Welsh if she's lived there a long time?
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Slamhound posted:If a cat has kittens in the oven, you don't call 'em biscuits. You call them ducklings.
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Alhazred posted:You call them ducklings. If my cat had kittens in an oven, you can bet money I would name of one them. 'biscuit.' (BTW, I hope that was a Babylon5 joke) E: very old edit to remove something I thought I was posting in a different thread. Doctor Zero fucked around with this message at 13:01 on Sep 14, 2021 |
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