View Poll Results: The War Prayer
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November 24th 04, 20:13
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EpDis: Believers
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November 24th 04, 20:22
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Re: EpDis: Believers
"Believers" is an "ok" episode for me. I like that the resolution of the plot isn't a "pretty" one; there's no easy answer.
I liked the series of scenes of the parents going from one ambassador to another trying to get someone to speak for them and how none of them would jump onboard. Kosh's line "The avalanche has already started; it is too late for the pebbles to vote," while being typically Vorlon, I think it also hints at perhaps some underlying regret or similar emotion from Kosh over his own instance of requiring medical intervention against the wishes of others.
It was a very good episode for Franklin and gave a lot for Rick to chew on as an actor.
What keeps me from viewing this episode as stellar though has a lot to do with finding the acting of the Shon character to be rather weak. Also, the that the religion of the aliens feels just sort of slapped together to suit a one-use need for this episode. I'd imagine there are plenty of people who disagree with me on this issue of their religion, but it's how it seems for me. I guess for so much of this episode's plot being reliant upon the "alienness" of the aliens, it just didn't feel alien enough for me. It might just be a side-effect of a one-shot alien culture since it's something that's gotten me about a whole lot of aliens in various episodes of Star Trek too.
So, for me, it's balances out to an average episode.
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November 25th 04, 04:26
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First One
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Re: EpDis: Believers
A family of aliens with lumpy foreheads and a moral dilemma get lost on their way to an episode of Star Trek TNG and end up on Babylon 5 instead.. Sadly for them, B5 is a much darker and more complex place.. Brilliant stuff, well-written by Peter David, one of my favourite standalone episodes..
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November 25th 04, 06:15
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First One
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Re: EpDis: Believers
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A family of aliens with lumpy foreheads and a moral dilemma get lost on their way to an episode of Star Trek TNG and end up on Babylon 5 instead.. Sadly for them, B5 is a much darker and more complex place.. Brilliant stuff, well-written by Peter David, one of my favourite standalone episodes..
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Written by David Gerrold, actually.
Jan
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November 25th 04, 06:26
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First One
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Re: EpDis: Believers
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Written by David Gerrold, actually.
Jan
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Oops, sorry..
Could anyone explain Fingel (sp?) eggs? And Shakespeare corporation? I think they may be references but I don't know what to.
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November 25th 04, 11:46
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First One
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Re: EpDis: Believers
I give this one and average grade but the ending can be a point of debate on whether Franklin was right or wrong.
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November 25th 04, 12:13
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His Majesty
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Re: EpDis: Believers
I gave this one a C. Generally speaking, unless there's a really interesting twist to the storyline, I find all "science over religion" stories to be rather boring.
That said, I thought that the interaction between the parents and Franklin was well done.
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November 25th 04, 14:09
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Dead Account
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Re: EpDis: Believers
The Fact that the parents were actually prepared to murder their own child ( even if they no longer believed it to be such ) was for me a powerful moment and thus pushes me to give believers a B.
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November 26th 04, 07:57
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Ranger
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Re: EpDis: Believers
One of a few episodes I can happily skip without watching again - gimme Grail anyday. David Gerrold should stick to tribbles, correct???
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November 26th 04, 09:50
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First One
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Re: EpDis: Believers
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One of a few episodes I can happily skip without watching again - gimme Grail anyday. David Gerrold should stick to tribbles, correct???
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Nope. His Chtorr series is wonderful.
Jan
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