Post B5itYonQhGkxE7PT7o by garpu@mastodon.online
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 (DIR) Post #B5ikdVj288oDwKW42q by mwl@io.mwl.io
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       one of these days I really must watch Babylon 5...https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cu605gL_HJc
       
 (DIR) Post #B5iorNdPPLSOiYkpOq by drajt@fosstodon.org
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       @mwl B5 was brilliant, though the final series was screwed up by the studios (where have we heard that before?). For the time and budget the effects were amazing.I always thought the politics were overly simple and blunt, but now living through the same I realise that they were painfully accurate.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5ipNZNTHchGP8eHfk by raven@fedi.raventhemaker.com
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       @mwl Yes, yes you should.  I've been meaning to rewatch it.At a time when "edgy Star Trek" was "the replicator is broken," B5 and its conflicts, and its very serial story line, was a breath of fresh air.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5is9AU3LCT90QYGUi by dmoonfire@polymaths.social
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       @mwl I like it. Plus there is one episode that majorly influenced my writing which just follows some garbage men through B5 while the main cast are running around in the background. :)
       
 (DIR) Post #B5is9AhAYQxdf6gjwG by mwl@io.mwl.io
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       @dmoonfire minor characters are the best characters
       
 (DIR) Post #B5itYonQhGkxE7PT7o by garpu@mastodon.online
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       @mwl It was very good.  The first half of season 5 kind of falls down, but when they start wrapping up the show, it picks back up. Seasons 2-4 are the best, IMO, and were the best sci-fi on TV at the time.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5iuhewqmTwRFBb0ZU by mwl@io.mwl.io
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       @phessler @sng I'm pretty sure there's something structural in how TV is created that causes Bad Season 1 Syndrome.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5iuhf9G2LrlrfOuuW by bob_zim@infosec.exchange
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       @mwl @phessler @sng Babylon 5 Season 1 has a lot going for it, but they had to drop several big storylines for real life reasons (Michael O’Hare, the lead, had major health issues and bowed out). Season 2 is perceived as better at least in part because it’s the start of the continuity with the rest of the show.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5j2w9RgzKULW9RXlY by MacLemon@chaos.social
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       @mwl I can highly recommend taking up this endeavor. I did watch stimme of it back then and didn’t really get it. Probably in part because of a rather troublesome localization. Watched it and all of its glorious Cinema 4D animations a year ago.It’s a show that has aged really well, unlike others from the 80s and 90s.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5mNiHNBOneaYqRMIa by cali@chaosfem.tw
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       @mwl It’s a solid show.