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<blockquote data-quote="Holy Bovine" data-source="post: 494900" data-attributes="member: 203"><p>Babylon 5 is easily my favourite science fiction TV series. it outstrips all the Treks and i fully realize its shortcomings in terms of often hackneyed dialogue (how often did someone say that things were going 'straight to hell' or 'hell's on its way'? I counted at least a dozen over the 5 years - not too bad I guess but sometimes it seemed very forced. I kept half-expecting Ivonava to walk inot the C&C with Satan following her! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> ) and the wooden acting of some of the minor characters.</p><p></p><p>One thing I did love about B5 that trashed Trek's work in this field was alien races. The aliens in B5 always <em>felt</em> alien to me. Not in just physical appearence but in how they react to things and what motivates them. The Centauri are a good example of this (and Londo the best of the bunch of course). they look like humans with bad hair but when you see how they deal with alien races and situations you can't help but think they don't act the way humans would. The Narns driven almost to madness as a race in their attempts to destroy the Centauri. The Minbari, dividing everything in their culture into 3 seperate classes and attempting to maintain balance between those classes.</p><p></p><p>Probably Delann put it best when she tells Sheradin that humans are unqiue in the galaxy in that the Babylon station, were ti built by any other race, would only have been used by that race. Whereas the humans built it (5 freaking times mind you!) solely for the purpose of creating a community for all races to come together in and learn (or spy if you want to be cynical) from each other.</p><p></p><p>Thats the stuff I love about B5 - a humanese that tries to rub off onto these otherwise completely inhuman races. </p><p></p><p>Hope I acutally made sense there <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Holy Bovine, post: 494900, member: 203"] Babylon 5 is easily my favourite science fiction TV series. it outstrips all the Treks and i fully realize its shortcomings in terms of often hackneyed dialogue (how often did someone say that things were going 'straight to hell' or 'hell's on its way'? I counted at least a dozen over the 5 years - not too bad I guess but sometimes it seemed very forced. I kept half-expecting Ivonava to walk inot the C&C with Satan following her! ;) ) and the wooden acting of some of the minor characters. One thing I did love about B5 that trashed Trek's work in this field was alien races. The aliens in B5 always [i]felt[/i] alien to me. Not in just physical appearence but in how they react to things and what motivates them. The Centauri are a good example of this (and Londo the best of the bunch of course). they look like humans with bad hair but when you see how they deal with alien races and situations you can't help but think they don't act the way humans would. The Narns driven almost to madness as a race in their attempts to destroy the Centauri. The Minbari, dividing everything in their culture into 3 seperate classes and attempting to maintain balance between those classes. Probably Delann put it best when she tells Sheradin that humans are unqiue in the galaxy in that the Babylon station, were ti built by any other race, would only have been used by that race. Whereas the humans built it (5 freaking times mind you!) solely for the purpose of creating a community for all races to come together in and learn (or spy if you want to be cynical) from each other. Thats the stuff I love about B5 - a humanese that tries to rub off onto these otherwise completely inhuman races. Hope I acutally made sense there :D [/QUOTE]
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