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I'm in a very small minority here, but I've always been very open to seeing what other talented writers could do with the B5 universe.. For example, I think the telepath trilogy by J Gregory Keyes is an outstanding and significant contribution to the B5 canon, and in some ways it stands as an...

Re: What were the \"worst\" B-5 Episodes? For me that telepath arc would probably work better if we'd seen more of the telepath war later on, and what all that 'remember Byron' stuff actually led to idealogically.. Also it bothers me that Bester's final appearance is in 'Corps is mother...

Re: What were the \"worst\" B-5 Episodes? Oops, I'd better clarify the 'not finished' part of what I said.. The main storyline is obviously 100% finished (I love that final 1/3 of Season 5 and the sense of closure it brings), but the fact remains that a spinoff was mooted even at the time S5...

Re: What were the \"worst\" B-5 Episodes? For sheer unadulterated badness, I always think the first couple of minutes of Legend of the Rangers are hard to beat.. It's that perfect storm moment when everything - the writing, the acting, the effects, and even, dare I say it, Christopher Franke's...

Re: What were the \"worst\" B-5 Episodes? Learning Curve, by a clear mile, because it has no redeeming qualities at all. No Compromises and A View From the Gallery would be my choices for second and third worst.. Believe it or not the first time I saw Infection I thought it was so good (by S1...

Re: NewbieQ: Outsider\'s perspective on B5 Is there really much demand for these things now? I've enjoyed B5 for years, but I've never felt moved to own anything except the DVD boxes, which are eminently affordable. Besides, B5's cultural profile must be almost dead now. The spin-offs didn't...

Its the best up to this point.. But I think it raised the bar to a new level which B5 went on to exceed in later seasons, so in retrospect it almost doesn't seem as good as it should. Its odd that JMS named not one but two alien characters in this episode after the actors who played them...

JMS was a TNG fan.. I suppose its kind of hinted that the Vorlons played the same role in B5, and that its because of them that the younger races all look vaguely human, while the elder races are CG and properly alien.. Lorien is an exception, I suppose, but then how do we know that is his...

I totally agree that the whole notion of aliens that look like humans with extra bits is looking a bit dated.. it's more of a 60s sci-fi TV convention that we accept now more because we're used to it than because its in any way believable (unless you're an extreme advocate of convergent...

I'm starting to suspect that as and B5 does return, JMS may serve as a consultant producer, but won't be directly involved at the level of writer / showrunner. He doesn't seem to be hungry for it, which means ultimately the impetus will probably have to come from someone / somewhere else..

I'm totally enjoying Battlestar Galactica at the moment, and Star Wars is coming. I don't think there is a 'void' as such, but of course it will be amazing if (when) B5 returns..

I think the episode dull but rescued by the humorous subplot.. How many Minbari does it take to screw in a lightbulb? :lol:

Re: Star Wars III: The Official Hype, Bitch Threa I wonder if Jar Jar's declining screen time was part of GL's original plan all along, or whether he's cut down the character because of the general reaction to him.. Whatever else you may say, Ahmed Best's is by far the least wooden...

There is an interview with Claudia Christian somewhere out there, in which she points out (to paraphrase) that Andrea Thompson brought a kind of vulnerable sexuality and helplessness to the role that wasn't there anywhere in the script. I'm afraid I tend to agree with that assessment.. I find...

Okay, but I'd like to think that Lyta seems like the kind of person who'd be pretty tuned in.. Although, come to think of it, maybe they aren't allowed to watch the news in Psi-Corps.. I think JMS just scaled back how big he wanted the Earth Alliance to be between the Gathering and Season 1..

It just means JMS didn't have everything worked out yet at the time he wrote the pilot script.. Other signs of this are that he assumed Vorlons would have hands, as in their original designs, and that Lyta had no idea why B5 was numbered 5, which was ridiculous in light of recent Earth...

It annoys me that there are three episodes in a row here early in Season 2 that devote a lot of time to developing Talia's character, a) because I don't like her half as much as Lyta, and get pretty sick of her whining vulnerability and b) because in the end its all in aid of nothing anyway...

Isn't there a B&W flashback in an episode somewhere (maybe its Exercise of Vital Powers) where Bester is seen telling Harlan Ellison what he needs done to Garibaldi, a-la-carte fashion?

It was Harlan Ellison. :)

Is the shot of the San Diego Badlands the only non-CG location shot in the whole series? It doesn't look CG to me..