Single Best Sci-Fi Television Moment . . . EVAR!?
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Like others, there is no single favourites, but some that come to mind:
The second Babylon 5 episode I saw was towards the end of season 2. The narn cruiser which is under B5 protection starts making its way towards the jumpgate, the Centauri cruiser starts targeting the cruiser, the starfury escorts and -bing-, -bing-, -bing-... us!
This plus the following fight got me hooked, not to mention the whole bomb on a monorail scene that came later on.
The first B5 episode which I saw was the one where the Markab started coming down with a deadly and infectious disease. Delenn and Lennier volunteer to be locked in with the Markab who seek sanctuary in a sealed area. The doctor races against time to find a cure - and finds it! They race to the sanctuary and... they are all dead. All of them. The whole race was gone. I'd never seen that in any TV show before, where the get the solution just outside the nick of time, so to speak.
I also ought to mention the scene in - was it 'severed dreams'? where the boarding party have burnt their way onto B5 and the security forces (including Narn) are trying to hold them off, and rather than dramatic action music it was all in slow motion and with music that highlighted the tragedy of war. Just another counter-to-normal scene that heightened the impact.
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The second Babylon 5 episode I saw was towards the end of season 2. The narn cruiser which is under B5 protection starts making its way towards the jumpgate, the Centauri cruiser starts targeting the cruiser, the starfury escorts and -bing-, -bing-, -bing-... us!
This plus the following fight got me hooked, not to mention the whole bomb on a monorail scene that came later on.
The first B5 episode which I saw was the one where the Markab started coming down with a deadly and infectious disease. Delenn and Lennier volunteer to be locked in with the Markab who seek sanctuary in a sealed area. The doctor races against time to find a cure - and finds it! They race to the sanctuary and... they are all dead. All of them. The whole race was gone. I'd never seen that in any TV show before, where the get the solution just outside the nick of time, so to speak.
I also ought to mention the scene in - was it 'severed dreams'? where the boarding party have burnt their way onto B5 and the security forces (including Narn) are trying to hold them off, and rather than dramatic action music it was all in slow motion and with music that highlighted the tragedy of war. Just another counter-to-normal scene that heightened the impact.
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Hypersmurf said:
Actually, you left out one of the most important parts of that scene.
As Avon is exclaiming out loud and wracking his brains to figure out what weighs 70 kilos, Vila is standing behind him. When he says "What weighs 70 kilos?" Vila gets a look on his face and disapears. Avon rants for a little bit longer, then pauses for a moment and then Orac mentions Vila's weight.
There was also the shot of Vila hidden and sobbing quietly as Avon stalks through the shuttle looking for him.
It was one of my favorite moments as well.
wingsandsword
Legend
To be fair, I have to make a list:
#1 TNG: "Mr. Worf. . .Fire"
#2 TNG: "There Are Four Lights!"
#3 TOS: The death of Edith Keeler.
#4 Babylon 5: Sheridan jumping into the pit on Za'Ha'Dum, seeing the White Star crashing through the ceiling.
#5 Battlestar Galactica: When they finally enter the Tomb of Athena and Starbuck realizes they are looking at the map to Earth.
#6 Spock shouting with joy when he realizes Kirk is alive at the end of "Amok Time", then quickly trying to compose himself and act like that didn't happen.
#7. Babylon 5: During the movie "In the Beginning", the President's radio address right before the Battle of the Line.
#8. Babylon 5: Delenn's "Be somewhere else" Speech/Threat during "Severed Dreams" towards the Earth fleet.
#9. Battlestar Galactica: Boomer realizing that she is really is a Cylon when she boards the base star.
#10 Babylon 5: The new President's speech to Sheridan after he's lead the rebellion to overthrow Clark's facist government: "Half of Earthforce wants to give you a kiss on the cheek, and the Medal of Honor, the other half wants you taken out and shot. As a politician, you learn to compromise. Which means by all rights, I should give you the Medal of Honor, then have you shot."
#1 TNG: "Mr. Worf. . .Fire"
#2 TNG: "There Are Four Lights!"
#3 TOS: The death of Edith Keeler.
#4 Babylon 5: Sheridan jumping into the pit on Za'Ha'Dum, seeing the White Star crashing through the ceiling.
#5 Battlestar Galactica: When they finally enter the Tomb of Athena and Starbuck realizes they are looking at the map to Earth.
#6 Spock shouting with joy when he realizes Kirk is alive at the end of "Amok Time", then quickly trying to compose himself and act like that didn't happen.
#7. Babylon 5: During the movie "In the Beginning", the President's radio address right before the Battle of the Line.
#8. Babylon 5: Delenn's "Be somewhere else" Speech/Threat during "Severed Dreams" towards the Earth fleet.
#9. Battlestar Galactica: Boomer realizing that she is really is a Cylon when she boards the base star.
#10 Babylon 5: The new President's speech to Sheridan after he's lead the rebellion to overthrow Clark's facist government: "Half of Earthforce wants to give you a kiss on the cheek, and the Medal of Honor, the other half wants you taken out and shot. As a politician, you learn to compromise. Which means by all rights, I should give you the Medal of Honor, then have you shot."
Brown Jenkin
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It tool a little while to pick one as none stood out too much. I guess I have two. The first is TNG when Picard is shown as Locutious of Borg. That just really took me by surprise and I often think of Patrick Stewart in that role instead of Picard when I think of TNG. The other wasn't a particular scene but was in B5 when Sheridan came to the realization that the Vorlons were just as bad as the Shadows and that it was time for both to go. Although the final battle just before all the elder races left the galaxy does stick in my mind as the summary of this.
Technomancer
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Second this one. Also, the last scene of "The Gift", the look on Dawn's face when she realizes what Buffy is about to do.John Crichton said:
ST:TNG "Yesterday's Enterprise", the scene where Picard is talking to Riker and Castillo after Capt. Garrett was killed. Castillo is arguing for permission to take the Enterprise C back through the vortex, knowing they will die but that it could save the Federation and restore the future. Riker arguing against it willing to face overwhelming odds rather than send people to certain death. And Picard weighing the choices, torn between his duty to the Federation-and history-and his duty to the crew of Enterprise C. This scene especially (though there were many others in this episode) exemplifies so much of what is good and noble about humanity, and has made it my favorite episode of the series.
ThirdWizard
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Technomancer said:
Don't forget the follow up with Sela, Tasha's half Romulan daughter, when she walked out of the shadows in Redemption. My mind was blown.
sniffles
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I'd have to vote for the TNG 'Best of Both Worlds' moment after Riker says "Fire!", too. I screamed at my television when the "To Be Continued..." title appeared onscreen.
A close second for me would be the conclusion of the Doctor Who (new series) episode 'Army of Ghosts', when the voidship opens to reveal its cargo. I don't want to say more because I don't want to spoil it for fans who haven't seen it yet.![:]](http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png "Devious :]")
A close second for me would be the conclusion of the Doctor Who (new series) episode 'Army of Ghosts', when the voidship opens to reveal its cargo. I don't want to say more because I don't want to spoil it for fans who haven't seen it yet.
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