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Just picked up seasons two and three on DVD yesterday. Man, haven't seen some of those episodes since 1998 when TNT picked up the series and re-runs.
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I never could get into that show. Not that I tried too hard, but all my friends loved it and were always trying to get me to watch it.

I guess part of what put me off was them telling me I had to watch all the previous episodes to figure out what was going on in the middle of the series run.
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Originally posted by: greencapt
I never could get into that show. Not that I tried too hard, but all my friends loved it and were always trying to get me to watch it.

I guess part of what put me off was them telling me I had to watch all the previous episodes to figure out what was going on in the middle of the series run.


Well, it does help, but I picked it up originally during season 4, and there were only 5 total. What really helped me was a site called:

The Lurker's Guide

The site is a very complete reference about the show, characters, races, etc;

The show is most definitely worth getting into, as it's basically a 5 year story from beginning to end, with events in one episode paying off years down the road, which is one thing (of many) that it has on the many Trek spinoffs. It proved so popular that TNT ordered a spin-off series called Crusade that, sadly was cancelled prior to airing because TNT allegedly told the creator, Joe Straczynski to put more T&A into it, and JMS does not like to give up creative control over his stuff.
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I was really into the show during its run. The third season was some of the best written television of its time ... and perhaps ever. The writer known affectionaltely as JMS used to hang out online in the newsgroup and interact with all of us bozos daily. Back before the internet became a household appliance.

It's interesting just how many parallels there are to Lord of the Rings. JMS admittedly was all but writing Lord of the Rings in space.
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I was really into the show during its run. The third season was some of the best written television of its time ... and perhaps ever. The writer known affectionaltely as JMS used to hang out online in the newsgroup and interact with all of us bozos daily. Back before the internet became a household appliance.

It's interesting just how many parallels there are to Lord of the Rings. JMS admittedly was all but writing Lord of the Rings in space.


The newsgroup is still up, no? I think it is. There are monthly archives at

Worlds of JMS

Yes, my brother and I were amazed at how many parallels there were with LOTR. It's a little disturbing, at times. Z'ha'dum/The bridge of Ka'zah'dum, "The Nine", the Grey Council, etc.
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