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@pathfinder @mirjanx @actuallyautistic

"There is a hole in your mind.

What do you want?

No one here is exactly what he appears.

Nothing's the same any more..."

Sorry, reference impulse. Couldn't help it. These lines always go through my head upon hearing "And so it begins". 😛 #echolalia

Wow, I didn't realize how apropos these lines were to autistic self-realization. :blob_cat_thinking:
Maybe even the later line: "You are the one who was."

(Reference is the opening lines from the intro sequence of season 5 of Babylon 5. Hearing them every episode burns them into your memory. Especially upon multiple watches. B5 fans will know what I mean.)
#babylon5

Babylon 5 was great and should never be remade or continued.

Yes, it had lazy Arthurian and Tolkien and Lovecraft references… among others.

But they worked alright for me.

What didn’t work for me was the alien languages.

Some alien writing just seemed to be English with the letters dingbatted.

And why were the Centauri basically Italians in all but actual vocabulary?

They did have an episode hanging a lampshade on that whole sci-fi convention — every species was going to demonstrate its religion, and all the earthers could think of was to go over the dozens of religions *we* have (instead of just one religion, one language, one ethnicity, one nation, one culture, one political system).

Anyway. As much as I’d like a remake with more expensive/elaborate sets and CGI — I don’t think it would work without Mira Furlan, Andreas Katsulas, Jeffrey Doyle, and others.

#sciencefiction #babylon5

“Babylon 5 Actors/Actresses/Personnel Who Have Died”
imdb.com/list/ls023048945/

IMDbBabylon 5 Actors/Actresses/Personnel Who Have Dieda tribute to some of the outstanding individuals who have contributed to the Babylon 5 universe

A little outside my normal wheelhouse, but I thought of doing this when my husband and I started our Babylon 5 re-watch. Vir is best boy.

Apropos of nothing, of course. Not thinking how nice it'd be to be able to use it for (more or less) its intended purpose at some point. Haha, just kidding... unless?