Post B0JakmHWNPW7aXO7M0 by nantucketlit@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #B0JakmHWNPW7aXO7M0 by nantucketlit@mastodon.social
       2025-11-16T18:35:56Z
       
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       I still think Babylon 5 has one of the best villains in any TV show, in Alfred Bester. He's played by Walter Koenig from Star Trek, a wonderful against-type performance. What's so great about Bester is that he seems aware that other people see him as a villain, and he's willing to play the part. It's like he's thinking "I know you all despise me, and you know what? I don't really care." He's arrogant, but he has the intelligence and skill to back it up, which is a scary combination.
       
 (DIR) Post #B0JakmcR7eFOdPAoxE by sunbeam_rider@shitposter.world
       2025-11-16T21:04:21.445787Z
       
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       @nantucketlit for a moment thought that the writer Alfred Bester in the flesh was a villain in the canon of Babylon 5
       
 (DIR) Post #B0K6XaUq4zKVo1N6Ku by nantucketlit@mastodon.social
       2025-11-17T01:28:23Z
       
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       @sunbeam_rider Harlan Ellison, the story consultant on B5, was a huge fan of Bester's novel The Demolished Man. I'm pretty sure that the Psi-Corp in Babylon 5 draws heavily from the telepath culture in The Demolished Man, and the name was a tribute. Here's a video where Ellison talks about Alfred Bester for a bit. https://youtu.be/U3VIKwH9seM?si=py7R-xYaIJ-AzGzD
       
 (DIR) Post #B0KLjHo2tT2ScuOLdw by sunbeam_rider@shitposter.world
       2025-11-17T05:50:45.575691Z
       
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       @nantucketlit what a legend