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"John M Ward" wrote in message
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> In article ,
> Paul Harper wrote:
>> On 25 Jan 2006 19:53:43 +0000, "Angus Manwaring"
>> wrote:
>
>> >On 25-Jan-06 08:40:26, Yelps said
>> >>"John M Ward" wrote in message
>> >>news:4dbcb55872john@acornusers.org...
>> >>> In article
>> >>> ,
>> >>> Matthew Sprange wrote:
>> >>>> May next year. . .
>> >>>
>> >>> ...be a good year, one free from all the in-fighting among B5
>> >>> fans for a start!
>> >
>> >>And don't forget that are always going to be new viewers, that
>> >>become enthusiastic and might want to check Usenet and see how
>> >>fares those fans that came before
>> >
>> >>Eat your Heart out
>
> That would be difficult, as my mouth doesn't reach. However I did
> fancy some breen just a few minutes ago, and had to content myself
> with an onion bhaji instead (I jest not!)
>
>> >>I'm seeing B5 for ther first time, just finished Season 4 Disc
>> >>4!
>> >
>> >>B5 is a masterpiece.
>
> True, though not without its faults..
Yes it has faults but its a TV show so that rushed and low budget feel at
times is to be expected.
.
>
>> >>There was a reason you posters are on this group.
>> >
>> >>C'mon No Retreat No Surrender, you can't stop the signal.
>
> You (Yelps) are really "Mackie" and I claim my five ponds ;-)
>
>> >Welcome aboard. Let us know what you make of the fifth season.
I will, I avoid spoilers but i know that Season 5 was anticlimatic or
something along those lines....and I know the shocker that Ivanna doesnt
return......so I have remorse already, but I will give my report when it is
finished. rengin all these with Netflix. Then i will go on to the extra TV
films and the later B5 universe stuff, which I am prepared to be
disappointed about some and be happy with others. Or maybe just happy. I
don't know, I can be pretty forgiving.
>
>> To echo Angus: Yes, welcome. Your views on season 5 will be
>> welcomed.
>
>> As to the reason we posters are on the group? It's a better
>> place. And we all meet together in a better place.
>
> As long as you don't start singing it...
>
>> It's fun! Nothing like as busy as it used to be, of course, but
>> then the series finished 6 or 7 years ago!
>
> ...and all we have had in the way of new material recently has been
> the "Legend of the Rangers" pilot, which wasn't exactly brilliant
> (though G'Kar saved it to a fair extent, and I liked Dulonn).
>
> --
> John M Ward, who nearly gave his first-ever solo performance of
Season One was slow going but by the end I was beginning to see the depths
of what was to come.
Season Two started with a shock when BB took over. I was already real
attached to Michael O'Hare, but it didnt take long to really like Sheridan.
about halfway through the season my watching pace really picked up as I
became more caught up in it.
Season Three was fanastic and Season Four so far,continues being fantastic.
What an Epic!
So hopefully I will get S4 Disc 5 and 6 in the mail from Netflix today and I
can conclude the Season in the next 2-4 days.
I first posted on another--apparently a mostly inactive Babylon5 group, some
weeks ago to answer some other new viewers question...here is it below.
Shy Guy" wrote in message
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>I had never seen a single episode of B5, but as a fan of JMS's comic book
> work, I thought it was about time I checked it out. I know what a fan
> phenomenon it is, and as a fan of the creator and sci-fi in general,
> looked
> forward to being hooked from episode 1 right through 5 seasons and feature
> films.
>
> So, I rented the DVD for the Gathering, the B5 pilot, the other day, and I
> have one question:
>
> When does it get good?
This is my first post and first look at this NG.
I never saw any of the show at all, but in last few years have been getting
into DVD box Sets. After watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel
(incredible--my favorite thing ever), which I also had never seen I asked
people on the Buffy NG what else they'd recommend and some people said
Babylon5.
I am currently into 3rd Season Babylon5 disc 2 and at first it was slow
going. The slow development in the previous 2 Seasons is beginning to
really pay off. Criticisms of low budget TV effects or apparent rushed
TV-style productions which you have to take into consideration aside, the
show is amazing. The concepts are profound and the story arcs complex and
meaningful to the human race. It can be scary, hilarious, intense, moving,
agonizing and pure allegory. It is far more of a serious Sci-fi epic
Masterpiece then I ever thought it would be. Straczynski is brilliant
(I've read his screenwriting book) and I can tell by just a brief glimpse
at the Special features Intro on S3 disc 1, that is is just getting heavier.
It is not really episodic at all--the long arcs are structured like a
massive novel.
So my answer:
Toward the middle of S2 is where it begins to really take off, and now in
S3 disc 2 it is on the verge of becoming amazing and I am probably going to
be spending much larger chunks of time a day, till I finish the entire
thing.
BTW, I bought Buffy and Angel, set by set and it ended up costing around
$650.00, but for Babylon5 I am using Netflix.
dc
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