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I'd agree on the Thirdspace aliens. Q was a maverick and eventually got thrown out of the Continuum, even though he didn't lose all of his powers even then. The Borg are pretty powerful too, but I'm just glad that there are no truly omnipotent beings anywhere. But even the Borg and the...

Currently watching Star Trek TNG on DVD. I did catch the occasional episode on its original run, but I wasn't a regular viewer. Interesting stories and some character development too, but I admit it suffers from the "episode reboot" problem of all Treks, i.e. that what happens in one episode is...

I wonder what Sinclair himself thought of that. Of course they had met before, she made the hole in his mind...

Me too, Jan. Downes simply wasn't charismatic enough to carry the role of Byron, although he was good enough as a Minbari earlier in the show.

Very sad loss. He was also a talented artist and did you know that he played Dana Elcar's body double on MacGyver? So he and RDA go back a long way.

That too. Although on second thought I had a bit of a brain fart when I posted that. Obviously I meant the Tom Hanks produced HBO show From the Earth to the Moon. :cardie:

What struck me most about this episode, aside from the awesome Deathwalker, was that Kosh spoke a clear and unambiguous line for once: "You are not ready for immortality". He's usually so cryptic that when he isn't, it stays with you...

There are lots of issues in sci-fi shows, the biggest IMO being FTL comms and travel, and artificial gravity. Although I admit that the way that beings in the ST universe communicate without problems on a first meeting is unconvincing to say the least. B5 at least shows how the computer learns...

No extra taxes you mean. Even non-UK buyers would have to pay the same UK VAT (sales tax) as in the UK. Still, it's a pretty good deal, and has been for quite some time. I and my bf bought it together as our mutual Christmas present last year. As an added bonus, it also has the French soundtrack...

Original airing, then I watched them on very poor-quality (much worse than VHS) illegal downloads, got bit by my conscience and bought The Complete Universe with my bf, whom I introduced to B5 and now he loves it as much as I do. Oh, and now a cable channel specializing in sci-fi is running them...

Good luck and enjoy watching! I'm wondering what DVDs you have. I have the complete universe and everything is in widescreen format. Not the re-cut version either because there doesn't seem to be anything missing from the top and bottom of the screen.

Star Wreck has a lot of funny moments, although some are impossible to appreciate unless you're a Finn or have spent time here. Knowing the original language helps, too. :p Space Balls is hilarious, and Galaxy Quest isn't far behind. There's also a little treasure of a fan movie called...

It was a cool episode. Great to know that Starbuck is the "harbinger of death" to the cylons, if the plan to destroy the resurrection hub works.

B5, particularly season 5. BSG (both intros, but especially the Caprica music) Older shows, I really liked the Knight Rider and MacGyver intros. For non-genre shows, Rome (especially s1) and Deadwood.

I would say that genuine ignorance is an excuse in this case, but willful obtuseness as displayed by Byron much less so.

Indeed you have raised some great points. However, without Delenn becoming a hero, there would not have been much of a story...

I don't give either Londo or Delenn a free pass. They're flawed beings, particularly Londo. It can be argued that Delenn was morally guilty of starting the Earth-Minbari war, but she was also the one who ended it. That won't bring the lost lives back, of course, but by and large, she's one of...

Five questions with Claudia Christian The site's in German, but just scroll down for the English version of the interview.

Possibly, but definitely something humans have attempted and would attempt in the future. Quite frankly, Sheridan trusted telepaths as little as Ivanova did, and with good reason. Namely that they were a threat to mundanes. The telepaths of other species, what little we have seen of them, don't...

Oh good! Female-only bias is as bad as the typically male bias of thinking that women don't like sci-fi, what's more that we shouldn't like sci-fi, and that if a woman dares to like sci-fi she's not feminine...