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ria_oaksTally of B5 episodes watched today: four. 3.07 Exogenesis at lunch, which I mentioned earlier, and 3.08-3.10, Messages From Earth, Point of No Return, and Severed Dreams in rapid succession this evening. Because really, after 3.08 it's virtually impossible not to want to watch the next two eps. These really were some of the best eps of the series, no question about it. Lots of great scenes, great lines, and a hell of a battle scene in 3.10. Plus, the still-debated Londo prophecy in 3.09. ^^ Has anyone ever actually agreed on what those 3 last choices referred to? Particularly the third one? I don't think JMS has ever fully confirmed it... though if he has, I'd like to see the transcript of what he said. They all seem fairly clear, but otoh people still argue about them sometimes, so..
Anyway, best line of the three eps still goes to Delenn: "The only human to ever destroy a Minbari cruiser is behind me. You are in front of me. If you value your lives, be somewhere else."
Yeah, never gets old. :) I may have actually cheered out loud when she appeared, and I knew she was coming. XD
(and OH, some of the J/D scenes... "I'll catch you if you fall", the hand-holding in the same scene, him kissing her hand in 3.10... awwww.)
I should go to bed. o.o Some pretty good eps coming up, and the shiny black uniforms make their appearance in an episode or two. Thank god, I never liked the blue ones... not flattering at all. ^^; And War Without End coming up, so I'm psyched about that.
I really don't have a life, do I? XD XD 6th or something time through the show, and I'm still bouncing up and down like a little girl whenever I think about it. I was helping Mom with character and story development for her novel (not that I can write for shit, but intellectually I have an idea of what goes into an interesting character or story) and I started comparing the start of her novel to B5, and how the first ep sets up some of the basic conflicts (namely the Narn/Centauri one) and ties them to characters we care about on the station, and that's part of the driving force behind the series - that's what keeps us interested and makes us want to know what's going to happen.
You know, I just realized that this is probably the longest standing fandom for me that I still love with pretty much the same ferocity as when I first saw it, 8-9 years ago. I first watched it when I was 13, between grades 8 and 9 - got to Coming of Shadows (yes, I still remember this) then had to abandon it because we went to Europe for several weeks, it was airing one episode a weekday, and no way in hell I was going to miss that many episodes. I suppose it started in s1 again circa the start of grade 9, and that's when I was most initially into it. Watched it in reruns on Space until 2001, between gr10 and 11, when they pulled it. I was in my 4th run through the series, and thanks to circumstances we again left to Europe just a few days before the series ended for the final time - left 2 episodes or so between The Fall of *spoiler* *spoiler*, which I still remember clearly cuz I was pissed off that I'd have to miss such a fantastic episode on its last run. Fortunately circa 2003 the series started coming out on DVD, and I bought and watched each season as it came out. Good times. :) That was #5, and the last time before this that I made a full run through the series. And honest to god, it gets better every time... one of the few shows that, imo, is better the second time around. As much as I miss not knowing what's going to happen, and envy someone just starting the series, it's so enjoyable to watch it with the full series in mind. Gives it more depth and emotional impact, in some ways. (ie., it's a lot more emotional seeing Londo in s1 the second time around, knowing his full character arc).
*goes to change icon to Londo icon, for fun* I need more icons... part of me really wants to upgrade to paid, but a. I suspect that with their new policies I couldn't switch back to basic, though I'm not sure about that, b. I don't want to give my money to LJ, out of principle, and c. I'm too cheap. ;) But but... more icons...
Aaaanyway. bed now. no more rambling.
Anyway, best line of the three eps still goes to Delenn: "The only human to ever destroy a Minbari cruiser is behind me. You are in front of me. If you value your lives, be somewhere else."
Yeah, never gets old. :) I may have actually cheered out loud when she appeared, and I knew she was coming. XD
(and OH, some of the J/D scenes... "I'll catch you if you fall", the hand-holding in the same scene, him kissing her hand in 3.10... awwww.)
I should go to bed. o.o Some pretty good eps coming up, and the shiny black uniforms make their appearance in an episode or two. Thank god, I never liked the blue ones... not flattering at all. ^^; And War Without End coming up, so I'm psyched about that.
I really don't have a life, do I? XD XD 6th or something time through the show, and I'm still bouncing up and down like a little girl whenever I think about it. I was helping Mom with character and story development for her novel (not that I can write for shit, but intellectually I have an idea of what goes into an interesting character or story) and I started comparing the start of her novel to B5, and how the first ep sets up some of the basic conflicts (namely the Narn/Centauri one) and ties them to characters we care about on the station, and that's part of the driving force behind the series - that's what keeps us interested and makes us want to know what's going to happen.
You know, I just realized that this is probably the longest standing fandom for me that I still love with pretty much the same ferocity as when I first saw it, 8-9 years ago. I first watched it when I was 13, between grades 8 and 9 - got to Coming of Shadows (yes, I still remember this) then had to abandon it because we went to Europe for several weeks, it was airing one episode a weekday, and no way in hell I was going to miss that many episodes. I suppose it started in s1 again circa the start of grade 9, and that's when I was most initially into it. Watched it in reruns on Space until 2001, between gr10 and 11, when they pulled it. I was in my 4th run through the series, and thanks to circumstances we again left to Europe just a few days before the series ended for the final time - left 2 episodes or so between The Fall of *spoiler* *spoiler*, which I still remember clearly cuz I was pissed off that I'd have to miss such a fantastic episode on its last run. Fortunately circa 2003 the series started coming out on DVD, and I bought and watched each season as it came out. Good times. :) That was #5, and the last time before this that I made a full run through the series. And honest to god, it gets better every time... one of the few shows that, imo, is better the second time around. As much as I miss not knowing what's going to happen, and envy someone just starting the series, it's so enjoyable to watch it with the full series in mind. Gives it more depth and emotional impact, in some ways. (ie., it's a lot more emotional seeing Londo in s1 the second time around, knowing his full character arc).
*goes to change icon to Londo icon, for fun* I need more icons... part of me really wants to upgrade to paid, but a. I suspect that with their new policies I couldn't switch back to basic, though I'm not sure about that, b. I don't want to give my money to LJ, out of principle, and c. I'm too cheap. ;) But but... more icons...
Aaaanyway. bed now. no more rambling.
