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Lindley Vice Admiral
Joined: 18 Sep 2001 Posts: 6194 Location: Fairfax, VA
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Thu Oct 04, 2001 2:34 pm |
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I've just recently become a B5 fan. I know they had some production problems. Could someone timeline the series for me, (not too specific) just so I can see where the seasons lie in relation to Crusade, and where any movies like "Legend of the Rangers" will be in the timeline?
Will Crusade ever have more than 13 episodes?
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Lindley Vice Admiral
Joined: 18 Sep 2001 Posts: 6194 Location: Fairfax, VA
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Mon Oct 08, 2001 5:07 am |
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I know B5 is a few years old, but surely there's someone here who knows it well!?
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Lindley Vice Admiral
Joined: 18 Sep 2001 Posts: 6194 Location: Fairfax, VA
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Lindley Vice Admiral
Joined: 18 Sep 2001 Posts: 6194 Location: Fairfax, VA
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Tue Oct 09, 2001 11:48 pm |
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Aren't there ANY B5 fans here????
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J_Unit Lieutenant, Junior Grade
Joined: 08 Sep 2001 Posts: 98 Location: Delta 4
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Wed Oct 10, 2001 9:18 am |
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I never could get into this although I know the writer is Michael J Stranjinski who now writes some good comic books.
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Captain Skyline Vice Admiral
Joined: 09 Aug 2001 Posts: 6646 Location: UK
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Sun Oct 14, 2001 4:09 pm |
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i love babylon 5!
right ill fill you in the story
the humans were exploring the galaxy finally! and came in contact with the minbary! there was a great battle but the people called the vorlans, an advanced ancient race, warned of the shadow army ready to cause chaos and destruction on the galaxy, and finally all the races combine and the great war is fought, i cant fill you in to much or ill spoil it for u
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Lindley Vice Admiral
Joined: 18 Sep 2001 Posts: 6194 Location: Fairfax, VA
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Sun Oct 14, 2001 5:28 pm |
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I've been watching it on TV, what I've seen so far are a few Sinclair episodes, plus every episode from when Sheridan took over to the one where the guy who looks like Barclay (same actor?) guest stars, and they end up killing what I assume is a Shadow.
My favorite so far is the Sinclair episode "Babylon Squared", where they find Babylon 4.
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Lindley Vice Admiral
Joined: 18 Sep 2001 Posts: 6194 Location: Fairfax, VA
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Sun Oct 14, 2001 5:30 pm |
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What I was asking was when B5LR will be in relation to the series, and when Crusade fits into the picture, and have you heard anything about whether Crusade will ever continue.
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Captain Michael Pike Captain
Joined: 14 Jul 2001 Posts: 597 Location: PA
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Mon Oct 15, 2001 10:43 pm |
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Babylon Legend of the Rangers will be a stand alone movie, based on B5 but not fitting into the whole plot. Crusade followed approximately five years after B5 ended. Earth was polluted with a virus by the remaining minions of the Shadow (You can see this in Babylon 5: A Call to Arms). Crusade must find the cure to that virus.
As far as I know Crusade will never again have another episode. As badly as B5 fared for years (barely avoiding cancellation every year), Crusade fared even worse. B5 was a great show. Crusade just tried to capitolize on that.
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Lindley Vice Admiral
Joined: 18 Sep 2001 Posts: 6194 Location: Fairfax, VA
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Mon Oct 15, 2001 11:39 pm |
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I had heard Scifi might bring Crusade back in some form, or maybe even make a series based on B5LR. I was just wondering if anyone has heard similar things.
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Captain Skyline Vice Admiral
Joined: 09 Aug 2001 Posts: 6646 Location: UK
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Wed Oct 17, 2001 3:49 pm |
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crusade was councelled in UK i was really annoyed
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Jadzia Lenara Dax Garbage Queen
Joined: 17 Oct 2001 Posts: 5761 Location: Sunnydale, California
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Fri Nov 16, 2001 3:58 pm |
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Hmm...I've recently started watching it (and I mean VERY recently, was like, last Friday I think)...it reminds me A LOT of Voyager (actually, come to think of it, more of Enterprise), seems good to me so far!
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Lindley Vice Admiral
Joined: 18 Sep 2001 Posts: 6194 Location: Fairfax, VA
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Sat Nov 24, 2001 1:36 am |
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My favorite aspect of B5 is that the cast----not just individual characters, but the cast itself----evolves.
Some new characters, like Marcus Cole, appear "out of nowhere" at the beginning of a season. Others, however, "work their way" into the show. Zack Allen was a recurring guest star in Season 2, appearing more and more often. As of season 3, he became a main star.
Talia Winters left BEFORE season 2 was over, instead of in the last episode as most other scifi shows would have done. Instead, (SPOILER) they devoted an ENTIRE episode to the discovery that she is a traitor (although that wasn't clear until near the end).
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Jadzia Lenara Dax Garbage Queen
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Sun Nov 25, 2001 1:44 am |
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Ah...OK...this will probably (hopefully) make a bit more sense when I know more about the show, LOL
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Chinesetrekkie Council Leader
Joined: 18 Sep 2001 Posts: 9719 Location: Windsor, California [Shenyang, China]
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Sun Nov 25, 2001 3:05 am |
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well, B5 is ok.
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Lindley Vice Admiral
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Sun Nov 25, 2001 4:39 am |
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I don't know exactly how much you've seen so far, but where I am right now it is showing early season 3. Zack Allen is the security guy who is in the NightWatch program, but is uncertain about it. Marcus Cole is the Ranger newly assigned to B5.
Talia Winters was the local telepath assigned there by psi-core, but it turned out she was a traitor in the episode "Divided Loyalties" or something similar.
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Lindley Vice Admiral
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Sun Nov 25, 2001 4:41 am |
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By the way, very soon (I think this Wednesday, 11/2, the B5 episode "Severed Dreams" will play. According to at least one source, this is fan-rated as the #1 B5 episode ever.
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Captain Skyline Vice Admiral
Joined: 09 Aug 2001 Posts: 6646 Location: UK
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Tue Jan 08, 2002 4:18 pm |
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My fave character is Zack, i like the way he acts and his part is pretty cool.
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The Delta Flyer Commodore
Joined: 08 Apr 2002 Posts: 2163 Location: East Yorkshire
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Thu Sep 05, 2002 4:11 pm |
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Well I guess this post is pretty ancient. I love all B5 although the first few episodes of crusade where a bit dodgy in my opinion...I need A Call to Arms!!! I don't think it has been shown yet in the UK and I have seen all of Crusade except the very start! lol.
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Lindley Vice Admiral
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Thu Sep 05, 2002 8:29 pm |
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The Delta Flyer wrote: | Well I guess this post is pretty ancient. I love all B5 although the first few episodes of crusade where a bit dodgy in my opinion...I need A Call to Arms!!! I don't think it has been shown yet in the UK and I have seen all of Crusade except the very start! lol. |
There's a story behind that. As you may know, TNT cancelled Crusade before it even started airing. The TNT execs insisted on certain features in the show which JMS didn't like, so in one episode----"War Zone", I think----he put in all of TNT's "suggestions" to show them it was a bad idea.
TNT was not impressed.
Anyway, the last five episodes in broadcast order (which were actually the first five made) are the only ones not affected by TNT's meddling.
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The Delta Flyer Commodore
Joined: 08 Apr 2002 Posts: 2163 Location: East Yorkshire
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Fri Sep 06, 2002 4:26 am |
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Lindley wrote: | The Delta Flyer wrote: | Well I guess this post is pretty ancient. I love all B5 although the first few episodes of crusade where a bit dodgy in my opinion...I need A Call to Arms!!! I don't think it has been shown yet in the UK and I have seen all of Crusade except the very start! lol. |
There's a story behind that. As you may know, TNT cancelled Crusade before it even started airing. The TNT execs insisted on certain features in the show which JMS didn't like, so in one episode----"War Zone", I think----he put in all of TNT's "suggestions" to show them it was a bad idea.
TNT was not impressed.
Anyway, the last five episodes in broadcast order (which were actually the first five made) are the only ones not affected by TNT's meddling. |
So I presume the last 5 are probably the best?
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Lindley Vice Admiral
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Fri Sep 06, 2002 2:32 pm |
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The Delta Flyer wrote: |
So I presume the last 5 are probably the best? |
Wish I knew. I found all that out from various sites, but I've never actually seen all of Crusade. I'm hoping the Scifi channel reruns it again soon.
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