Babylon 5

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• Release date:
  26 January 1994 (USA)
• Genre:
  Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
• Summary:
  Babylon 5 was a ground-breaking science fiction series, the first to utilize a multi-season story arc for its entire run. It was written and plotted from the start as a "novel for television", with a clear beginning, middle and end. Moreover, it was a visual effects pioneer, being shot in cinematic 16:9 rather than the standard 4:3 of TV, and all the visual effects were completely computer generated (CGI) at a time when models were still the standard. In setting, Babylon 5 was also atypical, a change from its predecessors, in that it dealt not with a utopian society coming to grips with nature and the unknown, but with inherently flawed humans and aliens, their problems and conflicts, hatreds and likes. Others have followed suit, but Babylon 5 was the first. There are conspiracies of light and shadow, choices made and consequences faced. For all the serious plot lines, there are plenty of moments of humor to lighten the mood. [+]more
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  report as inappropriate or spam Lestibournes   28 posts

  I watched from Babylon 5: The Gathering until season 4 episode 21. IMO the proper ending was season 4 episode 20 and everything after that should have gone to a sequel series. I started out thinking it was a badly made forerunner of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, with a good plot but bad dialog, costumes, sets, CG, and acting. Somewhere around season 2 I started thinking that it is was better. It has a plot and focuses on it. It goes into the details of politics, diplomacy, law, medicine, and pretty much everything else that's relevant to the story. It does its best to be realistic and not go way too over the top. It avoids cheep thrills in favor of more realistic yet still very interesting action and warfare. Everything is tied together so things that happened a season or 2 ago are explained and naturally tied in to everything else. There is great humor, especially regarding Ivanova, Londo, G'Kar, and Vir, they make me laugh almost as much as in SG1 and SGA. In short: it's more realistic, more detailed, more focused, less full of itself, less over the top, and way funnier than Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, so much so that I thought it was a few years older and that Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was a shallow ripoff aiming for mass appeal while Babylon 5 was aiming for more sophisticated audience.

  2 months ago
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  report as inappropriate or spam Varajames   32 posts

  Babylon 5 was OK
  ST DS9 much better.
  This show gets a 4.6/10.
  * Watched all seasons*

  4 months ago
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  report as inappropriate or spam ncc1701   14 posts

  it's like Star Trek Deep Space 9 meets the Lord of the Rings

  5 months ago
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  report as inappropriate or spam matt82891   3 posts

  Sheldon/Jim Parsons needs to see this!

  1 years ago
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  report as inappropriate or spam KevinConleyVladimare   50 posts

  Why dont the site owner have the Movies listed here as he/she does for Alien Nation Season 2 (Movies)
  
  http://www.tv-links.eu/tv-shows/Alien-Nation_26712/
  
  Movie 1 Babylon 5: In the Beginning
  Movie 2 Babylon 5: Thirdspace
  Movie 3 Babylon 5: River of Souls
  Movie 4 Babylon 5: A Call to Arms
  Movie 5 Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers
  Movie 6 Babylon 5: Voices in the Dark
  
  Please and Thank you very much.

  2 years ago

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