Post B5Ih05wMiGfwheJ7ku by tewha@appdot.net
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 (DIR) Post #B5Ih04vGUsCXXwmjOy by tewha@appdot.net
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       Watching Babylon 5 again, part way through season two. The overall plot holds up, but a lot of the individual scenes seem so stiff and the cut points seem crazy. Michael O'Hare was not the problem with the first season; I blame the scriptwriter*. Yes, I think that's JMS in most cases.It needed another pass, although maybe we just have the 1990s to blame. There's definitely been a pull towards more realistic behaviour onscreen over the last 30 years. #Babylon5*-And yes, the CGI explosions.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5Ih05wMiGfwheJ7ku by tewha@appdot.net
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       I really like the way B5 slowly introduces plot elements in season one, like the repeated hammering of the existence of souls within their universe. My big complaint about season one is the first look at the shadows was too lingering. Less would've been more, especially with the S1 CGI. I guess there was no way of knowing S2's CGI would be so much better.Also, a scene early in season two makes it look like Morden is making their decisions, which of course is ridiculous. #Babylon5
       
 (DIR) Post #B5Ih06Q8vYUkC0EuAa by tewha@appdot.net
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       The scenes with Michael O'Hare aged up in Babylon Squared make me wonder exactly how late the decision to write him out came. I thought they'd decided before that. Maybe it was a way of explaining if his actor never became available for the other half of it. #Babylon5