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"Babylon 5"
What a great show this is...
“First feel fear, then get angry. Then go with your life into the fight.” - Bill Mollison
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show. Just because...
There is no lingerie in space…
C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.
FanFiltration said:
"Babylon 5"
What a great show this is...
I'll be watching it soon. Didn't watch it during the original run (missed too much to just jump in), so I got Season 1 a coupla weeks ago. If I like it, I'll get more. :)
Nanner Split said:
Johnny Ringo said:
I saw some of marble hornets but keep straying, maybe there should be a marble hornets thread [if there isn't already on].
There isn't, but I feel like I'd be tooting my own horn if I made one and no one else seems bothered. :P
Wait, what?
Are you saying you were involved?
Watched some more Portal. I love the blooper reels they had during the credits.
Some lines, some during bloopers some in the show.
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Dave: "Nobody panic. The universe is fucked."
(two n00bs are running away from a huge flying creature about to eat them.)
n00b #1: "Sarah, incase we don't make it out of here I just wanted to let you know. I love you."
(silence while running)
"Sarah?"
Sarah: "I heard you."
In terms of web series I watched sfdebris review of "Night of the Comet".
Ripplin said:
FanFiltration said:
"Babylon 5"
What a great show this is...
I'll be watching it soon. Didn't watch it during the original run (missed too much to just jump in), so I got Season 1 a coupla weeks ago. If I like it, I'll get more. :)
Ripplin said:
Does it bother anyone else that 'web series' comes before 'tv show' in the thread title? ;)
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Thanks for the tips about Babylon 5. I'll try and watch The gathering first. :)
Plus it has Tron in it [later on]. Did anyone ever see the short lived spin-off? Crusade. I think about 3 people liked it, myself included.
Finished watching Terriers. loved it. On to more Tim Minear stuff shortly.
TV's Frink said:
Nanner Split said:
Johnny Ringo said:
I saw some of marble hornets but keep straying, maybe there should be a marble hornets thread [if there isn't already on].
There isn't, but I feel like I'd be tooting my own horn if I made one and no one else seems bothered. :P
Wait, what?
Are you saying you were involved?
Yeah, I play the (more or less) main antagonist later in the series.
My avatar is MH fan-art of me that somebody did. :P
Nanner Split said:
Yeah, I play the (more or less) main antagonist later in the series.
Oh good, I haven't watched far enough to offend you yet. ;-)
Ripplin said:
FanFiltration said:
"Babylon 5"
What a great show this is...
I'll be watching it soon. Didn't watch it during the original run (missed too much to just jump in), so I got Season 1 a coupla weeks ago. If I like it, I'll get more. :)
Oh, man, you've never watched Babylon 5? Boy are you in for a treat! Just a heads up: the series doesn't really start picking up steam, IMO, until Season 2. Season 1 isn't bad, it's just not really on par with Seasons 2 and following. So if you finish Season 1 and feel like it's a little meh, I'd really recommend giving Season 2 a shot anyway.
As for The Gathering...well, I don't feel quite so strongly as Twister111 does. It works well enough as a pilot, but again I don't feel that it's quite on par with the bulk of the show (Seasons 2-5).
Johnny Ringo said:
Did anyone ever see the short lived spin-off? Crusade. I think about 3 people liked it, myself included.
Make that four people. Crusade was pure awesomeness; I'm still really peeved it got cancelled after one season. :(
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Akwat Kbrana said:
Ripplin said:
FanFiltration said:
"Babylon 5"
What a great show this is...
I'll be watching it soon. Didn't watch it during the original run (missed too much to just jump in), so I got Season 1 a coupla weeks ago. If I like it, I'll get more. :)
Oh, man, you've never watched Babylon 5? Boy are you in for a treat! Just a heads up: the series doesn't really start picking up steam, IMO, until Season 2. Season 1 isn't bad, it's just not really on par with Seasons 2 and following.
I've heard it has similarities to Deep Space Nine, and I guess that's another one of them. DS9's first season was pretty hit-and-miss, but it got better quickly.
Akwat Kbrana said:
Ripplin said:
I'll be watching "Babylon 5" soon. Didn't watch it during the original run (missed too much to just jump in), so I got Season 1 a coupla weeks ago. If I like it, I'll get more. :)
...Just a heads up: the series doesn't really start picking up steam, IMO, until Season 2. Season 1 isn't bad, it's just not really on par with Seasons 2 and following. So if you finish Season 1 and feel like it's a little meh, I'd really recommend giving Season 2 a shot anyway.
...
I was going to say more or less the same thing. After season 1 was pushed on us by a friend, my wife and I were kind of "... ehhh....?" about the whole thing. When we gave season 1 back, he had season 2 all ready to go and we were still kind of "..... oh, gee.... I don't know.... um....." about it. Season 1 seems to be all about single episode stories that establish the fabric of the universe. Seasons 2-4 (by Rousseau, feat. Tron) are actually really good and have more of a "serial" flavour to them.
Johnny Ringo said:
Did anyone ever see the short lived spin-off? Crusade. I think about 3 people liked it, myself included.
Make that four people. Crusade was pure awesomeness; I'm still really peeved it got cancelled after one season. :(
Still just four. ;)
(Was Crusade the one where the hyper girl played kinect and yelled a lot in zero-G to fire the ships weapons? Or was that Legend of the Rangers? Or are they the same thing.)
IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!
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xhonzi said:
Akwat Kbrana said:
Ripplin said:
I'll be watching "Babylon 5" soon. Didn't watch it during the original run (missed too much to just jump in), so I got Season 1 a coupla weeks ago. If I like it, I'll get more. :)
...Just a heads up: the series doesn't really start picking up steam, IMO, until Season 2. Season 1 isn't bad, it's just not really on par with Seasons 2 and following. So if you finish Season 1 and feel like it's a little meh, I'd really recommend giving Season 2 a shot anyway.
...
I was going to say more or less the same thing. After season 1 was pushed on us by a friend, my wife and I were kind of "... ehhh....?" about the whole thing. When we gave season 1 back, he had season 2 all ready to go and we were still king of "..... oh, gee.... I don't know.... um....." about it. Season 1 seems to be all about single episode stories that establish the fabric of the universe. Seasons 2-4 (by Rousseau, feat. Tron) are actually really good and have more of a "serial" flavour to them.
Agreed. When I introduce someone to Bab 5, I give them the following list of nine Season 1 episodes that are more or less important to the story arc. The rest of the episodes are essentially skippable. (Assuming, that is, that they want to skip the rest...)
1. S01E2, Midnight on the Firing Line
2. S01E7, Mind War
3. S01E9, And the Sky Full of Stars
4. S01E14, Signs and Portents
5. S01E18, Legacies
6-7. S01E19-20, A Voice in the Wilderness, pt. 1-2
8. S01E21, Babylon Squared
9. S01E23, Chrysalis
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We're about to start B5 soon, so I should start with the pilot/movie then? Which one is that (have to make sure they have it)?
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Mr. and Mrs. 005 said:
changed it to "we're" as my wife and I rarely don't watch things together
That's how Mrs. xhonzi and I are too. She doesn't play L4D with me, or see some of the more... blood and guts type things. But she's happy to watch sci-fi and action... as long as I watch Pride and Prejudice annually. :(
IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!
"[George Lucas] rebooted the franchise in 1997 without telling anyone." -skyjedi2005
"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM
"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.
Ahahahaha...Pride and Prejudice. I've never had to watch it, but I've been hearing it (hysterical shouts of 'Mr. Darcy! Mr. Bingley!') and many, many associated movies for years because of my mother. Once we discovered Abebooks, she got me to order a bunch of things that have to do with the characters too. Oh well, I'm happy to oblige.
The 5 hour version or the 2 hour version? I have to look at my contract, but I think I have to watch both.
I just can't wait until Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is out. Then maybe we can meet in the middle.
IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!
"[George Lucas] rebooted the franchise in 1997 without telling anyone." -skyjedi2005
"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM
"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.
Akwat Kbrana said:
As for The Gathering...well, I don't feel quite so strongly as Twister111 does. It works well enough as a pilot, but again I don't feel that it's quite on par with the bulk of the show (Seasons 2-5).
doubleofive said:
We're about to start B5 soon, so I should start with the pilot/movie then? Which one is that (have to make sure they have it)?
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twister111 said:
Akwat Kbrana said:
As for The Gathering...well, I don't feel quite so strongly as Twister111 does. It works well enough as a pilot, but again I don't feel that it's quite on par with the bulk of the show (Seasons 2-5).
It's not that I feel strongly about it. I did type "You can watch Season 1 without seeing the Gathering. Since "Midnight on the Firing Line" does sort of allow a person to get introduced to the series but, if you can I do recommend watching The Gathering first." Afterall.
Oops, sorry. My mistake; didn't mean to misrepresent you. :)
Doubleofive
We're about to start B5 soon, so I should start with the pilot/movie then? Which one is that (have to make sure they have it)?
It's called "The Gathering." I wouldn't say "don't watch it," because it's not bad per se. My opinion is that it's just not quite as good as the series itself. But seeing it won't hurt anything, just so long as you know going into it that (a) there are a few character changes between the pilot and the series; (b) it's not absolutely essential to the plot of the series, though it does provide some interesting non-essential backstory; and (c) in the opinion of many Bab5 fans, the pilot and, to a slightly lesser degree, season 1, are a bit uninspired compared to seasons 2-5.
Additionally, if you do want to watch it, just be aware that it's not included in the Season 1 DVD set. As twister111 pointed out, you want to look for either the movie collection or the 2-dvd The Gathering/In the Beginning set.
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xhonzi said:
The 5 hour version or the 2 hour version?
I'm sure my mother has way more than just 2 versions. :p
Despite being a dude, I am not at all ashamed to admit that I enjoy Pride and Prejudice a great deal. I particularly like the 5-hour BBC version with Colin Firth, but the recent movie was good too. I've also read the book and had trouble putting it down.
Granted, I at first had to be convinced into it, but it's a damn fine story and I highly recommend it to everyone.
I've also seen something called 'Lost in Austen', which is kind of like a self-insert crack!fic version, but somehow that managed to be good also, in its own weird way.
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