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Babylon 5 - S1E09 - Deathwalker
Apr. 21st, 2025 11:35 pmI've said before that some themes always feel timely and relevant. Well, some themes also feel timeless and relevant - like when a war criminal arrives on Babylon 5, and then politics happen.
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Babylon 5 has so many episode titles that are beautiful and evocative. I remember people making lists of their favourites. And when you get to a title like this one, you expect it to signal something special. I was not disappointed. I know Babylon 5 is all mytharc, but this episode felt very mytharc.
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Babylon 5 - S1E07 - The War Prayer
Mar. 20th, 2025 10:40 pmEvery time I view a story about xenophobia, it always feels timely and relevant, no matter what year it is. How depressing is that.
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I started watching Babylon 5 thirty years ago, and always meant to get back to it someday. I restarted it two years ago, wrote up my thoughts on the pilot, and watched a handful of further episodes. I know I scribbled down notes on those too, but hell if I can find them now.
In any case, it feels way too daunting and deterring to commit to writing up reactions to every episode. So I'm just going to start watching again where I left off, and only post about it if the mood hits me. Because I really don't need another excuse to put this off again.
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In any case, it feels way too daunting and deterring to commit to writing up reactions to every episode. So I'm just going to start watching again where I left off, and only post about it if the mood hits me. Because I really don't need another excuse to put this off again.
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Babylon 5: The Gathering
Aug. 7th, 2022 11:39 pm"I was there at the dawn of the third age of mankind..."
So back in the nineties, when TV stations played games with program scheduling, genre shows were relegated to the graveyard slots, and if you missed taping an episode you were out of luck, I started but never finished Babylon 5.
That is to say, I watched the pilot movie and some of Season 1, missed a handful of episodes, and never got around to catching up. I always meant to! It was epic and groundbreaking and everyone loved it. But even later on, when it was released on VHS and DVD, five seasons felt like a big commitment. So this is why Babylon 5 has been on my bucket list for a ridiculously long time.
Now that JMS is going to remake the show, I've finally had the impetus to get around to watching all of the original. It's been impossible to avoid some level of osmosis spoilers over the years, but I'm sure the ride will still be full of surprises.
First up, I wanted to rewatch the pilot movie, to refresh my memory after all this time.
This is not going to be anything as coherent as a review.
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You know that mindblowing fact about how we are closer in time to Cleopatra, than Cleopatra was to the building of the Great Pyramid? We are further in time from Babylon 5, than Babylon 5 was from Blake's 7. The pilot first aired in 1993, almost 30 years ago.
So back in the nineties, when TV stations played games with program scheduling, genre shows were relegated to the graveyard slots, and if you missed taping an episode you were out of luck, I started but never finished Babylon 5.
That is to say, I watched the pilot movie and some of Season 1, missed a handful of episodes, and never got around to catching up. I always meant to! It was epic and groundbreaking and everyone loved it. But even later on, when it was released on VHS and DVD, five seasons felt like a big commitment. So this is why Babylon 5 has been on my bucket list for a ridiculously long time.
Now that JMS is going to remake the show, I've finally had the impetus to get around to watching all of the original. It's been impossible to avoid some level of osmosis spoilers over the years, but I'm sure the ride will still be full of surprises.
First up, I wanted to rewatch the pilot movie, to refresh my memory after all this time.
This is not going to be anything as coherent as a review.
( Spoilery reactions )
You know that mindblowing fact about how we are closer in time to Cleopatra, than Cleopatra was to the building of the Great Pyramid? We are further in time from Babylon 5, than Babylon 5 was from Blake's 7. The pilot first aired in 1993, almost 30 years ago.
