Do you have thoughts on Babylon 5? If you haven’t watched it, you will love it. It’s compared alot to DS9 but I think both are good shows in their own right. Tho what you said is also very true about B5 except that during the war, there are no episodes that don’t acknowledge it I think.
I totally agree with this. Babylon 5 is by far my favorite show when it comes to plotting and structure. I wish more shows would be like B5 in having 22-episode seasons with an overall arc to the series but more-or-less self-contained episodes.
I enjoyed B5 and would consider it one of the shows that did things well. The production values haven’t held up quite as well (except for the prosthetics and hair, which are easily Star Trek quality I think), and I never fully warmed to either station commander, but for what it was trying to be and within the constraints of its budget, it is a really good show.
I did stop watching after the “original” finale though. I didn’t see where it was likely to get any better and I wasn’t quite invested enough to tolerate a significant downturn.
But did you watch the finale? Because the finale of the 5th season was intended as the finale of the 4th and when the 5th season was greenlit they shot a season finale for the 4th that doesn’t really do anything for the story. I enjoyed the 5th season. It’s fresh, finding itself with no purpose, just playing around. You can totally skip it if that’s not your cup of tea and watch the finale. Also the first movie is quite good I think.
Do you have thoughts on Babylon 5? If you haven’t watched it, you will love it. It’s compared alot to DS9 but I think both are good shows in their own right. Tho what you said is also very true about B5 except that during the war, there are no episodes that don’t acknowledge it I think.
I totally agree with this. Babylon 5 is by far my favorite show when it comes to plotting and structure. I wish more shows would be like B5 in having 22-episode seasons with an overall arc to the series but more-or-less self-contained episodes.
I enjoy B5 - but to me it’s getting really long in the tooth visually. DS9 holds up much better in that regard.
I watched it during the pandemic so the pace worked for me but I see your point
I enjoyed B5 and would consider it one of the shows that did things well. The production values haven’t held up quite as well (except for the prosthetics and hair, which are easily Star Trek quality I think), and I never fully warmed to either station commander, but for what it was trying to be and within the constraints of its budget, it is a really good show.
I did stop watching after the “original” finale though. I didn’t see where it was likely to get any better and I wasn’t quite invested enough to tolerate a significant downturn.
Sheridan was a real dick to Lyta. She went above and beyond he just kept shitting on her until she lost it.
But did you watch the finale? Because the finale of the 5th season was intended as the finale of the 4th and when the 5th season was greenlit they shot a season finale for the 4th that doesn’t really do anything for the story. I enjoyed the 5th season. It’s fresh, finding itself with no purpose, just playing around. You can totally skip it if that’s not your cup of tea and watch the finale. Also the first movie is quite good I think.