Finished my rewatch of #Babylon5 , 10 years (-ish?) apart from the last time I watched it (thank you Mr. Straczynski and HBO π) and all I could think of is "I need more B5 memes".
Here goes a post to try to convince you of watching it.
Through this rewatch, there were many laughs and some tears.
I NEED to find nice Z'ha'dum memes or at least a fun compilation of all the times everybody said "Do not go to Z'ha'dum" to #Sheridan.
Must say I loved the scripts' consistency, quite remarkable! The overall care for the characters' arc and layers ππΌ And the guest writers (cheff kiss). I mean; Neil Gaiman's ep? Absolutely stunning π
Guest stars were fun to catch too.
Londo battling bugs is me battling bugs at home. Exact same exaggeration π€π Great Maker !!
It got a little "too military" for me at some points but I truly watched it for the philosophic/religious/comic/life-centric tone and the non-human centric approach. I always got a nice sense of diversity and (linguistic / gender) representation from this series, even the first time I watched it many years ago. -Within the boundaries of the time and the network- Well done π
"Only one human captain has ever survived battle with a Minbari fleet. He is behind me. You are in front of me. If you value your life, BE somewhere else!". (Delenn).
RIP Mira Furlan, what a great actress she was. And what a life. Many B5 actors and actresses have gone beyond the rim, sadly, but I really felt Mira's recent passing :(
You can read a bit about Mira's life and what B5 meant to her, here.
What I like about this series is that it tells us a deep story about values, imperfect beings, human and non-human alike. Life is the center value, but in the struggle there is a lot of death, darkness, treasons, wars and horrible deeds conducted by governments or corporations to peoples; or among individuals.
We get some nice ideas on life, death, language, culture, politics, loyalty, religion, philosophy, technology, and social (in)justice.
The future is all around us, waiting in moments of transition to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of the future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain. βΒ J. Michael Straczynski.
G'Kar: I believe that when we leave a place, part of it goes with us and part of us remains. Go anywhere in the station when it is quiet, and just listen. After a while, you will hear the echoes of all our conversations, every thought and word we've exchanged. Long after we are gone, our voices will linger in these walls for as long as this place remains. But I will admit that the part of me that is going will very much miss the part of you that is staying. βΒ J. Michael Straczynski
We get to know some very interesting characters, like Zathras. No-one listens to poor Zathras, but us the viewers get a privileged view-point π€π I think Zathras must be one of the most beloved side charcters of B5.
We got reintroduced to one sci-fi actor we already knew from Trek. In this case, a nice, complex and cold psi-villainπ¨π»ββοΈ
A final note on Straczynski, Michael O' Hare and mental health struggles >> here. RIP Michael.
Hoped you liked this post and that you consider watching it ππ
