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Tachyon
DOOP Secretary
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I saw references to that and that it was a push by JMS? I suppose I ought to get off my butt and finish the original series...
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David A
Space Pope
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Considering how many of the original cast are no longer with us, this is probably the only way that we'll get any more Babylon 5 at this point. I'm just not sure that we need any more Babylon 5 at this point... I think that my feelings about remakes, reboots, reimaginings, and other assorted rehashings should be well known to peelers by now, so I won't bother going into that here. I saw references to that and that it was a push by JMS? I suppose I ought to get off my butt and finish the original series... There's no guarantee that this will actually happen, and even if it does it will take a while to be made, so there's probably no rush. You should finish watching the original series anyway, because it's really, really good.
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Tachyon
DOOP Secretary
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I'm curious why you skipped/were advised to skip the first season? I remember Michael O'Hare getting some criticism, but he was portraying the character as fairly stiff, as intended by JMS, iirc. And poor Mira Furlan, commenting before her death "I look at the stars. It’s a clear night and the Milky Way seems so near. That’s where I’ll be going soon. 'We’re all star stuff'". She was younger than I am now, when she passed.
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Tachyon
DOOP Secretary
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« Reply #88 on: 04-11-2023 22:30 »
« Last Edit on: 04-11-2023 22:50 »
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Mr. O'Hare got so stressed from all the criticism that it basically broke him and he left the show because of it, asking everyone involved to keep the reasons confidential until after his death. He passed in 2012 and someone (JMS?) mentioned it in an interview. I mean, he was playing a person who got fucked up mentally by the Vorlons and had something planted in his mind, and playing it perfectly. * edit * And if you get the opportunity, check out some of the interviews with Claudia Christian, Jerry Doyle, and Bruce Boxleitner talking about the show--they are absolutely hilarious, and guessing from the restraint they were obviously showing to keep it halfway family friendly, their joking around on the set must have been insanely funny. P.S. The interview in mind was from one of the disc extras, and I can't seem to find it online.
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zappdingbat
Starship Captain
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Well, I bowed to peer pressure and watched S01E01.. I'm glad I did. It was as good as any other episode, so thanks! Very randomly, I found something else B5-related. There was a link posted elsewhere on the net for the website https://www.wikibinge.com - an autogenerator for links between wiki articles. I put in 'Zebra' and 'Asteroid', as they seemed like especially distant topics (as well as places in the alphabet!). Anyway, the answer I got was very long, but also included Michael O'Hare, and some Babylon 5 episodes: https://www.wikibinge.com/#Zebra/AsteroidAnother connection to the stars
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Javier Lopez
Urban Legend
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« Reply #92 on: 05-29-2023 17:54 »
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Aparently now there will be an animation movie of B5 https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/10/23718851/babylon-5-the-road-home-animated-movie-synopsis-castUnexpected but not unwellcome Actually while im totally in for animation (as it offers much greater visual freedom for sci-fi settings) i do wonder if the reason is more showing characters of people that are gone as a majority of the show main cast is gone... as i understood the animated movie will be within the "original" series canon (to distinguis it from the reboot thing) Many of the characters stated to appear would be gone in the 20 year span of the series "finale" (wink wink) but could be "flashbacks" so this doesnt necesarily tell the time setting
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Javier Lopez
Urban Legend
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« Reply #96 on: 06-15-2023 18:47 »
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and trailer is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z54XNJivHOsClaudia Christian is back voicing Ivanova.. good to see things cleared up between them Bruce is obviously vocing Sheridan.. besides them we get back Peter Jurasik, Bill Mumy, Patricia Tallman, Tracy Scoggings .. so most of the surviving cast is back Phill Lamar will voice Steven Franklin (played by late Richard Biggs)
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Farnsworth38
Professor
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That gave me flashbacks to watching T*** T***** (spoilers if you didn't watch the trailer) and ST:TAS. It could be interesting, but the animation style will take a bit of getting used to. I like some of the callbacks though.
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