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- In the mid 23rd Century, the Earth Alliance space station Babylon 5, located in neutral territory, is a major focal point for political intrigue, racial tensions and various wars over the course of five years.
- In the year 2258, it is ten years after the Earth-Minbari War. Commander Sinclair takes command of a giant five-mile-long cylindrical space station, orbiting a planet in neutral space. At a crossroads of interstellar commerce and diplomacy, Cmdr Sinclair (2d season Captain Sheridan) must try to establish peace and prosperity between various interstellar empires, all the while fighting forces from within the Earth Alliance. It is a precarious command, particularly given that sabotage led to the destruction of Babylon stations 1, 2, and 3 and 4 vanished without trace.
- This is Space Opera at its best. I've talked to people who said "Oh, I don't like Sci-Fi" that still loved this show. Sure, it has alot of episodes that are very run-of-the-mill, but the overall 5-year story arc is as engrossing as it is well-made.<br/><br/>It lowers my opinion of people a good deal when they write posts trashing another show's originality, such as someone did on this post. I'm of the opinion that it's all been done before; all that's left is to do it differently. Take what's come before, and add your own ideas to it. George Lucas used ideas from lots of movies in Star Wars. He borrowed from Akira Kurosawa and lots of other sources. The Matrix borrowed alot from William Gibson's Neuromancer. But I don't slam these movies, because their creators added their own ideas and their own flavor to them. Watching a movie gives a director ideas, just like it does you and I. I don't think it's wrong to explore these ideas.<br/><br/>Now that that's over with, let's discuss the show. First of all, you have to like the characters. None of them finishes the show like they began it. Sheridan goes from being a gung-ho starship captain to a pseudo-messiah that leads the galaxy into a new age of light. Garibaldi is manipulated by Psi Corps to become a dissident. They take advantage of his innate mistrust for Sheridan and make him quit his post. And after he fights free of this passive mind-control, does he go back as if nothing ever happened? No, he doesn't resume his post. He feels guilty at how he let himself be manipulated, even though he had no choice, and he loses the requisite confidence to do his job.<br/><br/>Garibaldi's change is that of a real person. For his whole life he was always running away from things, like running from Mars after failing to commit to Lees. He was a close friend of Sinclair's, and after Sheridan replaced him, he didn't trust him. Then the Psi Corps manipulated him, and, after recovering, he saw what he did as a failure, and wouldn't resume his post. He might have though "Am I just running away again?". And maybe he was, as demonstrated by his alcoholism in season 5. And that's a very human reaction. Garibaldi's character, maybe more than the others, is fallible, and that's what makes him human, as cliched as that sounds.<br/><br/>A few favourite highlights include the way they chose to get rid of Sinclair's character; that was great storytelling. Also, there is Londo and G'Kar's progressions. They go from sworn enemies to true friends. At the outset, Londo is obsessed with restoring the glory of his now-stagnant civilization. He makes some bad choices "cuts a deal with the devil", almost literally, and, in the end, he sees the error of his ways, but he still pays the price. G'Kar, in the beginning, is out for revenge, he is aggressive and belligerent. Toward the end, he realises that flexibility is more important; he has to stop furthuring this cycle of hatred and vengeance if he wants to help his people. For him, this realisation is humbling. He goes from being a power-hungry politician to a somewhat frowned-on cultural idol and philosopher who refuses to take on the leadership of his people. And of course the old prophetic vision of season 1 comes true; friendship aside, Londo and G'Kar die at each other's hands.<br/><br/>I'll offer a little insight, too. The reason that much of season 5 seemed a little sub-par to alot of people is that it wasn't really meant to be. When JM Starczinsky wrote the story arc, he had the Shadow War ending off season four, and the war on Earth taking up most of season five. At the last minute, it was decided that the war on Earth should wrap in the Fourth season instead, to allow for some more storyline to be added in season Five.<br/><br/>Well, that's my two cents. Whether you're a long-time Star Trek devotee or basically a Sci-Fi initiate who likes a good story, check this show out if you can find it. It is important that you watch the whole thing though, to get the most out of it. I do actually believe that the last season, while not as good in some respects as the others, is important as a finale to the series.
- I've read most of the reviews here, and the pattern fits what I have seen over the years. 90% of people who watch it love it, and 5% hate it, 5% are "unimpressed".<br/><br/>From what I've read so far, those who hate it didn't watch all the shows and likely missed the best ones, or they really didn't understand what they were watching.<br/><br/>This series was about the future and the people who make it. The acting in the first season, I found a little stiff. However the actors were just settling in, and I have seen the same settling in period on every science fiction show on TV over the last 40ish years. This all settled by the end of the season, and the show really hit it's stride starting in season 2.<br/><br/>This is the only scifi I have even seen that could make my eyes water. The only that made me really care about the characters. Star Trek (I'm a fan) hasn't done it. Spock died and it didn't really bother me. Data bites the dust and, well we could see the way they could work that out didn't we (B4). They marry and unmarry? Yawn..... I mean, they came close a few times, but never really emotionally bothered me.<br/><br/>Star Wars failed miserably at this aspect. It's a great scifi movie series. And I love them (saw in theater 10 times when it came out), but I didn't really care about the characters. Main characters die or are injured or captured throughout the movie series and it didn't really bother me at all.<br/><br/>Now B5 owes a lot to those two shows. They broke the ground that B5 followed in, and in this case the student finally out did the teacher.<br/><br/>When B5 came out, I didn't have any local stations carrying it. Some times I could pick it up if I wrapped tin foil over our antenna, but not on cable. So, I did see a few shows, but it wasn't for years I was finally able to see them all the way through three times on the Space channel. I remember I couldn't stop thinking about them all day at work, and I would go straight home to make dinner and watch B5. Best show I had ever seen. I loved the Star Trek series, all of them, but this show blew me away. The characters were awesome. After the first season they really jelled and became their characters. When they betrayed each other you cared about it. When they died, it made a difference.<br/><br/>I have the DVDs now, and I watched them several times over, always picking out things I had missed. I have all the B5 videos, and movies and give them all a 10 out of 10.<br/><br/>The only other scifi series that I've come this close to really caring about was a short ran series called Space Above and Beyond. Great series and actors.
- -In addition there are several names which appear in both shows such as Lyta/Leeta and Dukhat/Dukat.. There were also "G'kar"s on both shows. -Another strange coincidence is that two veterans of "West Side Story" appeared on both shows....Richard Beymer on "Deep Spave Nine" (as the other G'Kar, oddly enough) and Russ Tamblyn on "Babylon 5"!"The Memory of Shadows" is a theatrical motion picture which has not been, and will likely not be, produced. The first draft of the script is largely written, but the group who optioned the movie rights and commissioned the script was ultimately unable to secure the necessary funding. Straczynski has not revealed the full details of the movie's plot, except to say that it involves the consequences of leftover Shadowtech. Straczynski planned in detail the entire story arc of Babylon 5 ahead of time. However, in order to allow for the possibility that actors might leave the show for any number of common reasons, he created a "trapdoor" for every major character, which would allow the story to continue without him or her. These trapdoors were essentially other characters which could take their place for story purposes.<br/><br/>Following is a list of all the trapdoors that Straczynski employed over the course of the series (the format is Original Character/Replacement Character):<br/><br/>Dr. Benjamin Kyle/Dr. Stephen Franklin - Dr. Kyle was B5's medical chief of staff in "The Gathering;" the actor did not return, and Dr. Franklin arrived in the second episode of season 1 to take his place. Dr. Kyle was transferred to Earth, presumably due to his contact with an unsuited Vorlon.<br/><br/>Lt. Commander Laurel Takashima/Lt. Commander Susan Ivanova - Babylon 5's original XO was a traitorous woman named Takashima. Once again, the actor did not return to film the series. Ivanova would have appeared anyway as Takashima's underling and eventual replacement. When Takashima could not appear in the series, Ivanova took the role immediately instead.<br/><br/>Lyta Alexander/Talia Winters - Babylon 5's resident telepath was, at the beginning, a fairly nonessential character. So when the actress portraying Lyta didn't return to film the series, replacing her with another telepath was a simple matter.<br/><br/>Commander Jeffrey Sinclair/Captain John Sheridan - For the reasons stated above, Sinclair left the series after the first season. Captain Sheridan arrived to take command of Babylon 5.<br/><br/>Talia Winters/Lyta Alexander - In an ironic twist, the character who replaced Lyta could not return for the third season, and the two were switched once again. This time, the trapdoor was slightly more complex, as Talia had received a gift from a super-powerful telepath that would ultimately lead to a dramatic rise in her abilities. To substitute, Lyta was altered by the Vorlons to produce a similar gain in power.<br/><br/>Captain Susan Ivanova/Captain Elizabeth Lochley - Due to various disputes, Claudia Christian did not return to film the fifth season, and her character of Ivanova had to be written out. Since Ivanova would have taken command of Babylon 5 in the fifth season, Captain Lochley was introduced as the station's new CO instead. An ongoing series with as heavy a story arc as Babylon 5 almost guarantees that the final product will look different from what was originally envisioned. In addition to normal creative changes, the real life departures of actors can cause plot changes on the show. As mentioned above, Straczynski wrote "trap doors" for the various characters, which were plot points which would allow them to be written out of the show. Often in retrospect the "ghosts" of potential plotlines can be seen among the earlier episodes. Among the changes which occurred over the course of the show were:<br/><br/>-The earliest change was casting. Between the B5 tv movie and the first season most of the actors playing human characters left the show. Rather than recasting the characters, Straczynski opted to create new ones, often with very similar characteristics. Dr Benjamin Kyle was replaced by Stephen Franklin, Lyta Alexander was replaced by Talia Winters, Laurel Takashima, was replaced by Susan Ivanova. Among the plot points which would later be taken up by other characters was stim addiction. In the pilot movie there are several references to Dr Kyle working too hard and too long, what would eventually lead Dr Franklin to use stims.<br/><br/>-Perhaps most significant was the departure of Michael O'Hare and the replacement of Jeffrey Sinclair with John Sheridan. Originally Sinclair was supposed to last for the whole series and was meant to both lead the battle against the Shadows as well as becoming Valen. Straczynski decided that this was two much for one character, a feeling which meshed nicely with O'Hare's desire t depart the show, and the role of the Captain was recast. John Sheridan would go on to fight the shadows while Jeffrey Sinclair would become Valen. Vestiges of this unified plotline can be seen in the show: one is Catherine Sakai, Sinclair's on-again-off-again love interest who, at the end of season one was sent on a mission to the galactic rim. When Sheridan was introduced it was revealed that his wife had apparently died on a mission to the rim. If Sinclair had stayed on Sakai would have fulfilled the role ultimately played by Anna Sheridan. Similarly when Captain Sheridan ultimately "dies" he dematerializes into energy, an effect which would likely have led to his becoming Valen.<br/><br/>-Another altered plotline was that of the "traitor." Babylon 5 was always supposed to have a traitor among her crew who was loyal to sinister elements of EarthGov, rather than to the station. Originally this was supposed to be Laruel Takashima. When she left the show the plotline was transfered to Susan Ivanova. However, when the actress who played Talia Winters wanted to leave the show the plotline was used to write Talia out.<br/><br/>-In the episode BSquared the crew learns that the previous station, Babylon 4, has been moving through time. Originally it was explained that a mysterious figure known as "The One" was bringing Babylon 4 forward through time in order to serve as a base. During the episode the crew experiences flashes from their past and future. During one of these, Captain Sinclair sees Garibaldi, apparently fighting to the death against an unseen foe who is destroying Babylon 5. One of the final scenes reveals that "The One" is in fact Jeffrey Sinclair, although he appears quite a bit older. Eventually the mystery was explained in season three when Sinclair brought the station forward a few years in time, becoming artificially older in the process, before travelling back in time with it to the first shadow war. Originally, however, it seems clear that the station was being brought forward in time to serve as base after Babylon 5 was destroyed by the shadows. The Sinclair shown in the episode was from decades in the future near the end of his life when he would eventually become Valen.<br/><br/>-As originally conceived, Delenn was supposed to be an androgynous character, played by an actress but with her voice altered to sound masculine. Her transformation in season two would involve not only become more human but also becoming female. This idea was scrapped before filming began although Delenn's makeup became more human between the pilot movie and the series.<br/><br/>-Originally Straczynski intended for Londo to assassinate Cartagia. When he was writing Cartagia's death scene, however, he decided that it would be better for Vir to do it.<br/><br/>-At the end of season four Claudia Christian, who plays Ivanova, departed due to contractual disputes. She was written out of the show as having taken over a new class of starship. In her place a new character named Elizabeth Lochley was written in to take command of Babylon 5, and an important story arc for season five involved Lyta Alexander's romance with the leader of a doomed colony of telepaths on the station. If Ivanova had stayed on she would have assumed command of the station and been involved in a romance with the telepathic leader.<br/><br/>-In the plotline involving the human civil war the character of General Hague was always intended to lead the rebel forces against EarthGov. However when the time came for the plotline to mature the actor who played Hague was not available so his character was killed off camera. a5c7b9f00b
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