B5's 5 year story arc was why I found B5 more enjoyable than ST. Episodic
story telling has its place but rinse repeat till the end of time gets old
and you can feel the 'formula' for episodic story telling the longer it
runs.
On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 7:17 AM, waynes_books <> wrote:
> **
>
>
> Babylon 5 was the first show - at least to my memory - to have an ongoing
> story arc; the characters didn't get amnesia after every episode.
>
> B5 doesn't really "begin" until season 2. Season 1 had a couple of
> episodes that had implications later, but it can mostly be skipped. Seasons
> 3 and 4 were great sci-fi, some of the best on TV up to that point IMO.
>
> -Wayne
>
>
> --- In , Todd Kes <khartoum@...> wrote:
> >
> > For Babylon 5, check out this speech from the movie "In the Beginning":
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeNBJ5o-b7s (you'll have to scroll
> forward to 1:25 to hear his speech)
> >
> > As to Farscape, one episode you will likely enjoy is S2 Ep5 "Out of
> Their Minds". It is a body swap episode, but the actors have to act like
> each other, and they do a good job.
> >
> > Todd Kes
> >
> > --- On Mon, 7/16/12, DEREK STANLEY wrote:
> > > B5 I never got into, nor Stargate or Lexx. I will
> > > admit to watching some Farscape but that was mostly for
> > > Chiana and mostly because of the way she moved, still can't
> > > quite figure out how the actress managed to move like
> > > that. I watched the first season of Earth2 but it lost
> > > my interest after that.
> > >
> > > DS
> >
>
>
>
--
If the world was fair then every bad thing that has ever happened to you
would have been deserved.
story telling has its place but rinse repeat till the end of time gets old
and you can feel the 'formula' for episodic story telling the longer it
runs.
On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 7:17 AM, waynes_books <> wrote:
> **
>
>
> Babylon 5 was the first show - at least to my memory - to have an ongoing
> story arc; the characters didn't get amnesia after every episode.
>
> B5 doesn't really "begin" until season 2. Season 1 had a couple of
> episodes that had implications later, but it can mostly be skipped. Seasons
> 3 and 4 were great sci-fi, some of the best on TV up to that point IMO.
>
> -Wayne
>
>
> --- In , Todd Kes <khartoum@...> wrote:
> >
> > For Babylon 5, check out this speech from the movie "In the Beginning":
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeNBJ5o-b7s (you'll have to scroll
> forward to 1:25 to hear his speech)
> >
> > As to Farscape, one episode you will likely enjoy is S2 Ep5 "Out of
> Their Minds". It is a body swap episode, but the actors have to act like
> each other, and they do a good job.
> >
> > Todd Kes
> >
> > --- On Mon, 7/16/12, DEREK STANLEY wrote:
> > > B5 I never got into, nor Stargate or Lexx. I will
> > > admit to watching some Farscape but that was mostly for
> > > Chiana and mostly because of the way she moved, still can't
> > > quite figure out how the actress managed to move like
> > > that. I watched the first season of Earth2 but it lost
> > > my interest after that.
> > >
> > > DS
> >
>
>
>
--
If the world was fair then every bad thing that has ever happened to you
would have been deserved.