Contains a Babylon 5 spoiler
You forgot fighting against fascism
this post was submitted on 30 May 2025
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Kirk fought literal Nazis. Sheridan fought future Nazis. Why did you get downvoted for this comment?
Obviously for bringing politics into a discussion about my beloved politics show
Probably Dukat's account downvoted.
He's probably still salty he didn't get his statue on Bajor.
Don’t forget Archer fighting literal Nazis
I think Archer and his crew were the only ones who fought literal Nazis. Everyone else was fighting some other organization that had just adopted some of their philosophies.
Well, I guess the Nazis Kirk fought weren't humans from Earth from the 20th century, but I recall they wore exactly the same uniforms and had the same symbology.
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"Mom, can we get some Babylon 5?"
Mom:
G'Kar was the wrong character to show for the prosthetics poke. The Narn prosthetics are actually shockingly good with a surprisingly high degree of articulation allowing for lots of emoting and facial expressions. Some of Delenn's head bone prosthetics, on the other hand, are just terrible.
Optic Nerve won a damn Emmy for their prosthetic work on B5, not sure what op's on about with that one...
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Pretty much every scene involving Londo and G'Kar is solid gold. Although every time Peter Jurasik appears on screen with his very odd accent for Londo, my mind goes like: "Oh, here's The (space) Count from Sesame Street again!"
When I think of Walter Koenig, I think of Bester, not Chekov.
To be blunt, whenever I watched Trek I never got the impression he was particularly good. But then when I saw him in B5, I thought "Damn he can act. Why didn't the Trek show runners take advantage of this?!"
Bester is also still a unique character, and Koenigs delivery is unique.
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It has been a while since my last rewatch.
It was the dawn of the third age of mankind – ten years after my last rewatch.
See, that was their problem. Their last best hope for peace was a truck stop? That is not where you get peace. That is where you get the opposite of peace. They could have only done worse if it were a space waffle house.
To be fair, while "truck stop" is a fairly accurate term for DS9 and its location along a major trade route, the primary purpose of Babylon 5 was really just being a neutral location for political relations and whatnot. Though maybe there are important meetings that are conducted at Waffle House, idk
last best hope for peace was a truck stop
Picture I found of Babylon-5:
Tbf their first attempt resulted in the near extinction of humanity...
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space waffle house
Stop everything else, this is the show I want. Let's see a strung out avian fist fighting a drunk grey across the counter, while a little green man twerks in the background.
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Ds9 was a truck stop, the babylon stations were UN convention centres with bazaars did you even watch the show
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Came for the interspecies sex, stayed for the drug addicts.
I don't have a stim problem. They're legal. I have it under control.
RIP Garibaldi
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You had me at "20th century understanding on how eye contact works in a video call".
That is something that has bugged me since I started watching sci-fi (yes, I am relatively new to the genre), and I don't think I have ever seen anybody talk about it.
One of the wonderful little details from B5 was the holographic recording Londo made for [REDACTED] where he's making his grand speech about how and why he's having him [REDACTED]. The recording is constantly looking in the wrong direction, pointing accusingly at the wall, moving through people, and just obviously not lining up with the room it's being played in because it's just a recording.
Then the gospel choir kicks in and the episode officially becomes my all time favorite.
An account created three months ago, named after a Babylon 5 character, and your very first comment is under this post about Babylon 5. Checks out.
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You know what? You convinced me, I'll give it a try.
The first season is pretty bad, but necessary to set up the various arcs.
Season 4 crammed the final two major plot arcs into it because they thought they were getting cancelled. But then they didn’t. Season 5 is almost entirely filler.
In fact, once you finish Season 4, I’d recommend jumping right to the series finale (last episode of S5) and watching that. Then watch Season 5 from the beginning and think of it as a spin-off show that didn’t go anywhere.
This was how I went through my last rewatch of the series a few years ago and it was perfect.
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You know the episode of DS9 where Sisko and Garrick commit war crimes?
It's like that episode, the show.
Only scifi show I can think of to present peace negotiations with the same degree of dramatic tension as they give to the rest of the war.
It took me a while, so I'll tell you it starts to pick up steam halfway through first season and hooks you before the first season finale.
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S4 is a really interesting watch given the current political climate in the US. I just embarked on a re-watch this month. Agree G’kar and Londo scenes were great. My favorite duo in the show.
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goofy hairstyles
Look how they massacred my boy Londo.
First real character I remember in sci-fi. He's a highfalutin blowhard from a noble house, who's fucking broke and has to lose two of his wives.
Then he picks the one that treats him the worst because she lies the least.
Then he goes on to sell his soul to make his planet great again which of course if goes all monkey paw on him.
The dude is a walking pile of contradictions. There's nobody like him in star trek sadly.
The way he gained a soul the hard way just to trade it, fucking amazing journey
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Familiar Faces
G'Kar and Tomalak
General Gauge and Admiral Layton/V'Las
Captain Braxton and Major Ryan
Don't forget Brad Dourif as a creepy murderer and Brad Dourif as a creepy murderer
Brad Dourif as a creepy murderer
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I have always wanted to like b5, I have tried to watch it multiple times over the years. I get 3 or 4 episodes into it and lose interest. Maybe it is time to try it out again
It definitely blends action, drama, politics, and philosophy like Stat Trek does, but leans far more into drama/politics. I can understand why one might lose interest early on.
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