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TraderStav posted:Well, look at that, the suns coming up. Goddamnit, I have work to do.
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TheAardvark posted:Watched a couple more episodes. This show is seriously so good. I will let the other 2 posters catch up so we can discuss. That's some of the ripest grounds for discussion of the whole season.
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Narsham posted:Another interesting bit of trivia: for the most part, the performers playing human leads were not especially “method” and would break character after every take. Conversely, Andreas Katsulas would come in for his G’kar makeup and then stay in it all day, leading visitors to the odd experience of seeing a Narn on a smoke break. 
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AntherUslessPoster posted:The Hyperion is a really ugly ship. I love that design specifically for its funkyness. It's the visual equivalent of cooking with fish sauce.
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ultrafilter posted:In regards to Believers, JMS hired David Gerrold (wrote Trouble With Tribbles and the writer's bible for TNG, a lead writer for two seasons) specifically to write that story. You're drat right it was a reaction to Star Trek.
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I think you've got that right. When this first aired the audience went into it with the absolute, rock-solid conviction (heh) that there was no way the child doesn't survive. The reaction on Usenet at the time was spectacular. I just went through this list of 90s shows (https://www.pastemagazine.com/tv/the-90-best-tv-shows-of-the-1990s/) and maybe one or two of the animated comedies would have played it for laughs somehow (Futurama, the Tick). Oz and The Sopranos were gritty enough that they could have done it, but I don't see how they bring up these themes in the first place. I think it's safe to say the kid survives on any other show in 1994, if not the whole decade, but B5.
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Timov, one of the very best secondary characters on the show, was played by Jane Carr. A British actress, she made her career as a character actor in America and has been in hell of stuff, most recently DC's Legends of Tomorrow.. When B5 hits it on their guest stars, they really hit it. Carr/Timov is a series favorite, and she's still acting.
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Angry Salami posted:Or just imports are a bit more reliable now the station's been running for a few years and everyone's a bit more confident it's not going to explode or disappear. That's got to be part of it, not exploding was a big part of B5's mission compared to the earlier stations.
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MikusR posted:Also quarantine for organic stuff. Also that was during the blockade.
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Sinclair is exactly who he needs to be.
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That scene just cries out for an HD re-master. There are some re-rendered scenes floating around on YouTube from people who have copies of the original assets, but don't look for them, they're all spoilers for the next season's worth of episodes. Suffice to say, just a re-render at a higher resolution would be gorgeous, and a remaster with new textures would be amazing.
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And if Earthforce has a no free rides policy - which it seems they do - then they'll stick to it.
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Production trivia again ! Back during the original airing, after S2E18 - Confessions and Lamentations - there was a break in showings for several months. This was unusual at the time, there had been a two month break before the last episode of Season 1, but S2E18 aired on 5/24/95 and S2E19 on 11/11/95. So there was a certain amount of hype when the Final Four were finally broadcast. Especially since they led right into Season 3. I'm going by Google for air dates as this was all a very long time ago
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The_Doctor posted:More importantly, OOOOOOOH dat simmering Delenn/Sheridan romance! Deleridan! ‘Call me John.’ and then she turns to go and just for a moment bites her bottom lip and OOOOOOOOOH! My first thought about this after the episode finished was about the possibility of Sheridan’s wife still being alive that the previous episode (2ep16) dangled. What throws a spanner in a good budding romance arc than the return of a previous loved one? Mira Furlan is so damned good. She gets handed a really complicated character, and then the directors want nuance from her whether she's screaming "burn them all !" as an order, or biting her lip at her dinner date. There's never anything inconsistent or held back in her portrayal of Delenn, and that makes her a real pleasure to watch. It's a shame she didn't get more awards attention, but she has had an excellent career after coming to America.. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST) Somebody fucked around with this message at 12:57 on Aug 3, 2020 |
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CainFortea posted:Fix the spoiler tag. Oops.
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The_Doctor posted:S3ep05 - Voices of Authority Oh dear. Somebody fucked around with this message at 01:19 on Sep 6, 2020 |
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Lemniscate Blue posted:Blind thread, friend. I thought I was in that one. I'm the blind thread reader.
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Midjack posted:This is the blind watch thread. Right. I screwed up.
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Narsham posted:...Trek's "Spectre of the Gun" episode, where the effects were terrible... Wait, what ? That episode is aggressively stylistic, but it's gorgeous. It's not trying to look realistic, and that is the point - the whole environment is a construct, a stage for a morality play. It may not be the most visually appealing episode, but it's certainly the most effective use of design in TOS.
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After a quick sampling on HBO: It's in 4:3 There's a slight grain to the footage, but it does look better in live action. The CGI is okay, not re-rendered quality but definitely watchable.
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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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People talk a lot of poo poo about season one. I think I'll check out TNG or DS9 season 1 and see how they compare, both had some real stinkers.
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They really should have cut S03e08-10 into a movie and maybe added a couple of scenes. I've shown that to people as a standalone movie and they loved it.
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For a remaster you can add polygons to the models, pixels to the textures, logic to the shaders, but don't you dare touch the composition or animation.
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discoukulele posted:s04e12 – Conflicts of Interest Andreas Katsulas is a character actor of wide experience, including multiple roles on Star Trek series. Peter Jurasik is an acting instructor at UNC Wilmington and also has an extensive credits list on IMDB. And yes, they're perfectly cast to play off each other, in the best written roles on the whole show. More than anything else, just on the strength of the performances, Babylon 5 is G'kar and Londo's story.
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discoukulele posted:
JMS was involved in some cult-y subcultures in Southern California in the 1970s. He knows his mindfucks, messiah complexes, and reality bending. That experience informs several episodes of the show. David Gerrold also uses his cult experiences in his fiction, huge chunks of the Chtorr series are derived directly from real-world cults.
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Beefeater1980 posted:I think you naturally do though, because there are good guys and bad guys and you cheer for the good guys, but the show does its best to show you that you shouldn’t only see it that way. On top of everything else, the main characters we're supposed to be rooting for, and the audience, have seen incontrovertible evidence that Clarke assassinated Santiago. Garibaldi saw the bombs and Ivanova overheard Clarke conspiring with a known Shadow agent. Even with that, feeling uncomfortable is right, even Our Heroes do and they know they're right. mllaneza fucked around with this message at 03:32 on Feb 3, 2022 |
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Polaron posted:Hey you want to put some spoiler tags on that in this thread? On reflection, I do !
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ozmunkeh posted:I tried to watch these guys because who doesn’t want more babylon5-related content to listen to. Bearded navy guy often comes out with some insightful commentary but dollar store Kenny Powers is just super insufferable. I didn’t make it too far. I like this lady's reactions, https://www.youtube.com/@medusacascade She super enthusiastic, gets very emotional, and is a huge stan for Sinclair which I respect. I haven't found time to do an SG-1 rewatch, so I'm doing that vicariously through her reactions.
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Tom Guycot posted:
In the best possible way.
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CainFortea posted:This really isn't a show that revels in making the viewer feel that way. There are lots of other themes and feelings besides that one It's true. I was being a bit flip, and we are going to go through darker places than we've hit already, but this show is not a downer.
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We're glad you caught it!
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Midjack posted:Yes, we don't say a lot because we don't want to blow it for you but we're here. Yup, we talk about people's observations ITT over in the spoiler-laden thread.  and then come join us beyond the Rim when you finish.
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ConfusedUs posted:The rock cried out… is probably my second favorite episode of the series. I loved everything about it. Easily one of the high points of the show.
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