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I think what I meant is I have a perception that Born to the Purple isn't that great, but then when I watch it I enjoy it much more. Then gradually that perception comes back. It's probably something illogical to do with my first impression back when if first aired that I can't shake for some...

Was he related to Ardwright Chamberlain? Born to the Purple is a strange episode for me. I always think of it as one of the weaker episodes of season 1, and yet everytime I is watch it, I think, "this is much better than I remember". Loved Ko'Dath's introduction and there's some great lines –...

Clive Revill, who played Trakkis in Born to the Purple, has died at the age of 94. Besides B5 he was in loads of shows from the 80s, from Magnum and Macgyver to Dynasty and Murder, She Wrote, and is well known for his voice-over work, including one of the Insecticons in Transformers, and...

I really don't know. To be fair, now that I can see your picture, I'd say my Blu-ray probably does look a bit like the image at the top – though I'll double check that scene later to be sure – but if it does it's only when I pause it or if I get close up to the screen, it's not noticeable to me...

I've just posted in the other thread, then remembered your post here. I admit, that HBO version does look very clean, but also a little smoothed out? Despite the grain in the Amazon version, that bottom picture seems better defined to my eyes?

I don't see a picture in your post, but my Blu-rays do not show any really noticeable grain - there is a bit, but I only really notice it if I get right up to the TV screen. By their very nature the Blu-rays should always be better quality than anything that is streaming, since streaming...

I'm not able to get screenshots, but the Blu-rays are the best I've ever seen the show. They're much better than the files I downloaded from Apple TV, and are light years ahead of the DVDs. Shots are crisp, colours stand out, lighting is just right, the effects look great, and to be honest it...

"It's like making nice with a piranha – sooner or later it's going to come back and bite you." I've been thinking about this episode a lot this past week. Oh my gosh, the parallels to real life. Appeasing an aggressor, trying to humiliate a war hero, just wait for the non-aggression pact to be...

I'm still noticing new things in the blu-ray episodes. For example I watched Severed Dreams yesterday, and for some reason I never noticed before that at the beginning the camera follows the queue of people to Londo, whereas I'd always thought the camera just panned onto him. And in C&C just...

My 4K copy of The Mandalorian season 3 has just arrived so I'll be watching that over the next week or two, I don't subscribe to Disney so I've not seen it yet. I've been rewatching lots of Star Trek: TOS recently. Brilliant, brilliant show. Think it's now number 2 on my list of favourite shows...

I was in Battersea in London last weekend when I came across this restaurant, I thought it would be safest if I didn't go inside! There is also an area of south London called Morden, probably best I don't go near there too!

Wow! I had no idea this was on. Very cool. Just checked it out on iPlayer, I'm not familiar with the celebrity, they are a comedian apparently, but they got 7 out of 8 questions correct. I was impressed with the presenter pronouncing everything correctly! (and if you're wondering, I got all 8...

There's a new interview with Bill Mumy by the Star Trek: Enterprise guys: It's mostly about his career as a child actor, but he does talk about B5. Nothing really enlightening – mostly him moaning about the make-up and the story about Susan Kellerman losing it in the make-up chair while...

I did wonder about that. If I remember rightly, TNT asked for the movies, and presumably stumped up all the cash to make them, whereas I'm guessing season 5 was at least part-funded by WB. Or maybe season 5 does have the same contractual problems as the movies, but perhaps WB paid for the...

The last time that B5 aired on broadcast television in the UK, which was about 5 years ago on one of the Sky channels, they showed the TNT movies. This was prior to the HD remasters. And TNT's involvement has never prevented the movies or Crusade being issued on DVD. So whatever has changed has...