Streaming Babylon 5 - The Complete First Season Online
Jeudi, septembre 9th, 2010 |
Streaming Babylon 5 - The Complete First Season Online.
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Since B5 Year One is considered by many here as a mere warm-up to the rest of the series, I present the following First Season entries as essential and fantastic Babylon 5 viewing. These episodes alone make the entire first year well worth the purchasing:
(Fear not: No spoilers here.)
DEATHWALKER: You’ll love the sheer toughness of this one. A villain beyond understanding or redemption. Sinclair and Garibaldi willing to buck the system to do what’s right. Sarah Douglas’ electrifying portrayal of a character that even death is too good for. N’Toth at her wrench-swingin’ best. Cool FX. The great twist and turns throughout leading up to an unexpected trump card played from an unexpected quarter. Riveting throughout.
MIND WAR: This was the first episode that many saw the series for what it was rather than “Well, it is doing right for what Next Gen is doing wrong.” It was with this story that fans began to love B5 for ITSELF. Huge threat, huge stakes. A dynamite intro to the Psi Corps and Bester. (Giving us a new appreciation for Walter Koenig by revealing an acting ability that was NEVER properly spotlighted by Trek) A story that’s awe-inspiring, imaginative, and intense. And, oh yeah…the sub plot about Katherine and Sigma 957 with G’Kar’s speech capping the whole thing. “No one is what they appear to be” indeed. (And Psi Cop Kelsey is pretty darn cute too)
A VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS: This two-parter about the Great Machine is simply epic. Numerous factions dealing with a powerful and deadly discovery, the ticking clock, Sinclair’s surprising willingness to oppose his own. The incredible FX, and two unlikely characters working together for the first time. Just delightful.
AND THE SKY FULL OF STARS: If you’re a sucker for War Stories, here is all that and more. A great, intriguing payoff which raises as many questions as it answers (a B5 hallmark). Christopher Neame is a delightfully over-the-top heavy, the stylized FX has emotional impact as well as a cool factor, Chris Franke’s chilling and sophisticated score, and of course there’s the teeniest chance that the series from this point on is all in the mind.
BABYLON SQUARED: This one’s an all-out rocket ride. Fully satisfying on it’s own, this episode is also sequelized in a Third Season 2-parter. Here’s a B5 that has it all, delivering what this series does best, action, intrigue, laughs (in the form of the could-have-been-annoying-but-was-great Zathras), high stakes, ect.
CHRYSALIS: Wow! Nothing was the same after this one. The best Season-ender SF had ever seen (Until B5 topped it in both Second and then Third years!). When watching this, you can feel the rug being pulled out from everyone’s feet and the show take a decidedly dark and epic turn. The surprises and emotions keep hitting one after another until the end credits.
And perhaps the best Season One episode…
SIGNS AND PORTENTS: This brings home the idea that a true epic tale is being told. Not merely a series with strong threads of continuity, but clearly, Babylon 5 is a capitol “S” Story. Of course, stunning FX, music, and performances by regulars and guests alike, Morden’s incredibly cool, creepy introduction, the Raider battle supreme, and Ladira’s chilling vision of B5’s possible fate.
Though, the above entries are essential viewing for the overall saga, Season One has some other very worthwhile episodes such as: BELIEVERS, LEGACIES, SOUL HUNTER, and, THE QUALITY OF MERCY.
Thanks for listening.
The thing with writing a negative review for a show that everyone loves is that when those people come here to buy this season and see a 2-star review, they get mad. And then they vote against the review. Whatever, don’t shoot the messenger. Or do, it’s not like I get paid for this.
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If you read the 5-star reviews below, many of those ALSO mention that this season is weak, BUT they still give it 5 stars because it is the beginning of a fantastic series. I’m rating THIS SEASON, not the series. I’m a big fan of the series, but that doesn’t mean that I’m going to pretend that the first season was perfect (5 stars) standing alone.
Hardcore fans do B5 a disservice by praising this season to the sky, because when newcomers watch it with no prior exposure to the later quality, they just end-up thinking “what was wrong with the people who gave this 5 stars? I’m not getting the next season, 5-star ratings or not.” (Don’t take my word for it: There’s an early review below that says exactly this, essentially, if you look on the review page.)
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I see everyone below raving about the quality of the first season and I think that they all must be watching a different show. The later seasons improve by leaps and bounds, that is for certain, but the first season is useful only in the foundation it builds for those seasons. Otherwise it is painful to watch (I am trying to get my husband to watch the whole arc, and he is finding the first season as hard to get through as I did my first time out).
The later seasons are NOT better because Bruce Boxleitner is a stellar actor–this is not a Sinclair vs. Sheridan thing. This is a shoe-string budget to supported budget, growing into character, maturing plotline and writing, kind of thing.
What is wrong with the first season?
1) The dialogue is AWFUL. It is predictable and cliche-ridden, stilted and melodramatic. I find it most similar to the types of dialogue I see most sci-fi fans make fun of on soap operas. The nature of the dialogue leads contributes to the other problems…
2) The delivery of the dialogue is laughable. I suppose, when faced with melodramatic, stilted dialogue, even good actors end up delivering it with almost comical dramatic overplay. Overly pregnant pauses, jumping to the extremes of emotion rather than building or portraying a range (as most humans do in daily life), these characters are much more two-dimensional than in later seasons.
3) The philosophical discussions are trite, and tend to suffer from the effects of points 1 and 2 above. There is no nuance here–these plot lines are obvious, blunt instruments where the complexities of the moral quandries seem feigned to demonstrate depth, but really are very obvious, very black and white. Just because a sci-fi series talks about social issues doesn’t make it deep.
Once again, I think the later seasons really do an excellent job at rectifying all of the above–is there any better treatment of right and wrong in scifi than the battle with the shadows? But, seriously folks, the difference between those later seasons and this one in terms of skill in rendering is the difference between light and day. We need to be able to balance our love of the series and JMS by recognizing that this isn’t 5-star work. Or else you have to add more stars to rate later seasons, don’t you?
You need to watch this season in order to understand the later ones, so buy it, grit your teeth and get through it. Then start Season Two–and the fun begins.
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