Babylon 5 on DVD [NO SPOILERS for Season 5, please]

[Mouseferatu]

That's what I'm hoping!

I really like being able to watch these eps a chunk at a time. Having to wait for new eps week after week must have been torture, especially after a particularity juicy plot point was introduced. My retention isn't great either so having seen the eps so close together really helps to piece together the story bits that I normally would have missed.

Especially since there were multiple hiatuses (hiati?) of months, not only between seasons, but occasionally during seasons. :\

 

[Zog]

Very Important Note regarding Spoilers!!!!

Do not, I repeat, DO NOT read the booklet that comes with the DVD set for seasons 3&4. Reading the brief explainations of episodes contains MAJOR spoilers. You will be much happier if you do not read the booklet. Trust me.

 

[Plane Sailing]

Tell us when you get to the last episode of season 2. I really want to talk about that one!

Cheers

 

[John Crichton]

Very Important Note regarding Spoilers!!!!

Do not, I repeat, DO NOT read the booklet that comes with the DVD set for seasons 3&4. Reading the brief explainations of episodes contains MAJOR spoilers. You will be much happier if you do not read the booklet. Trust me.

Ah, thanks for the heads-up. I don't usually read them unless I'm really bored but now I'l totally stear clear.

 

[John Crichton]

Especially since there were multiple hiatuses (hiati?) of months, not only between seasons, but occasionally during seasons. :\

Ugh. That used to drive me crazy when Farscape did it. There was the 6 month wait in the middle of season 4 that drove me mad.

 

[John Crichton]

Tell us when you get to the last episode of season 2. I really want to talk about that one!

Cheers

I certainly shall. I'm on dics 4 right now and the whole season may get finished off over the next few days as I don't work (took some time off for Star Wars/mental health). I'm trying to get a cheap copy of season 3 off ebay but if I have to I'll just go to Best Buy and blow the $80. The other sets I managed to get for ~60, which is reasonable. More than that is too much for one season of TV. Especially considering that the Buffy/Angel sets can easily be found for $40.

 

[Staffan]

I certainly shall. I'm on dics 4 right now and the whole season may get finished off over the next few days as I don't work (took some time off for Star Wars/mental health). I'm trying to get a cheap copy of season 3 off ebay but if I have to I'll just go to Best Buy and blow the $80. The other sets I managed to get for ~60, which is reasonable. More than that is too much for one season of TV. Especially considering that the Buffy/Angel sets can easily be found for $40.

If you have a DVD player that is capable of playing region 2 DVDs (and would likely need to be able to convert the image from PAL to NTSC, but I'm not sure of that), you might want to look into getting them from amazon.de. I got season 3 and 4 there for €30 each + S&H, and they do come with English sound.

As an added benefit, you wouldn't be tempted to get spoiled by the booklet, since it's in German.

 

[John Crichton]

If you have a DVD player that is capable of playing region 2 DVDs (and would likely need to be able to convert the image from PAL to NTSC, but I'm not sure of that), you might want to look into getting them from amazon.de. I got season 3 and 4 there for €30 each + S&H, and they do come with English sound.

As an added benefit, you wouldn't be tempted to get spoiled by the booklet, since it's in German.

My computer's DVD player could do it, but my monitor is much smaller than my 16:9 TV. But thank you for the tip.

 

[Tiberius]

Ugh. That used to drive me crazy when Farscape did it. There was the 6 month wait in the middle of season 4 that drove me mad.

Oh, man. If I had to wait the entire summer between season 3 and 4, I would be posting from prison right now, having gone out and killed someone.

 

[TDRandall]

I'm currently taking a similar tour through the show. I would have sworn I hadn't seen anything past season two when it was showing on TV, but as I'm nearing the end of season 3 I still come across some episodes that are familiar. Of course, now I can see how those bits actually FIT together and are interconnected into a larger whole. I can't wait to see how they move from where I am to the remaining bits I remember but have yet to see.