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  • Babylon 5: The Road Home

    From ...m...@3:633/280.2 to All on Wed Aug 16 13:16:34 2023

    (double-posting over here because i'm unsure whether anyone's still behind
    the helm of the moderated group)

    ...this is 100% a love letter to fandom of the original series and i
    loved it like a kid on christmas morning!..

    ...my immediate reaction as the credits roll: it's as well-made as amazon's *ex machina*, but so steeped in original-series lore (and winks)
    that i'm skeptical uninitiated audiences might appreciate the
    narrative...the production is top-notch nonetheless - and possibly a
    backdoor pilot for the reboot?..
    ...the new voice actors for characters whose original players have sadly
    passed on were very good!..it feels like it's cut from the same cloth as seasons two/three/four; very much a welcomed visit from warmly-missed old friends...

    ...television and audiences have changed tremendously over the past quarter century, but any trepidation i had of the stumbling end with which babylon 5 greeted the new millenium is fully ameliorated: this is *good*
    it the way that everything after season four deserved...

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  • From Eric Gillespie@3:633/280.2 to All on Thu Aug 17 03:48:30 2023
    ....m... <matthewmichaelagee@freelands.net> writes:

    (double-posting over here because i'm unsure whether anyone's still behind the helm of the moderated group)

    I think it's long-abandoned.

    ...this is 100% a love letter to fandom of the original series and i
    loved it like a kid on christmas morning!..

    I had low expectations for Legend of the Rangers and Lost
    Tales and... they met those expectations. My expectations
    are even lower this time but I always leave a little room
    for someone to disappoint me.

    backdoor pilot for the reboot?..

    I'd complain this is a spoiler, but jms alluded to it
    already on Twitter. I don't like the sound of it.

    ...the new voice actors for characters whose original players have sadly
    passed on were very good!..it feels like it's cut from the same cloth as

    From the little bit I've heard of the various YouTube clips,
    only Garibaldi sounds close. But this is one thing I will
    not hold against it.

    Mine isn't even here yet! Despite low expectations, I still
    plan to watch as soon as I can...

    --
    Eric Gillespie <*> epg@pretzelnet.org

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  • From Ro Barltrop@3:633/280.2 to All on Thu Aug 17 18:42:37 2023
    Wasn't aware of this at all, heard of the reboot rumours mind so I don't know how I missed this.
    Thanks!

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  • From ...m...@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Aug 18 16:16:50 2023
    ...m... <matthewmichaelagee@freelands.net> wrote:

    ...my immediate reaction as the credits roll: it's as well-made as amazon's *ex machina*, but so steeped in original-series lore (and winks) that i'm skeptical uninitiated audiences might appreciate the
    narrative...

    ....oops: kind of jumbled-uo the titles there, but i mean *the legend of
    vox machina*...

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  • From Tom@3:633/280.2 to All on Thu Aug 31 05:53:05 2023
    On Wed, 16 Aug 2023 03:16:34 -0000 (UTC), ...m... wrote:

    (double-posting over here because i'm unsure whether anyone's still
    behind the helm of the moderated group)

    ...this is 100% a love letter to fandom of the original
    series and i
    loved it like a kid on christmas morning!..

    Dug out a newsreader, just to come here and post this, because it made me
    feel very retro too (in a good way)

    Tom,
    Who used to edit the Babylon Five Technical Manual ( and it's Update )

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  • From ...m...@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Oct 27 17:45:19 2023
    Tom <tom+nntp@falkensweb.com> wrote:
    Dug out a newsreader, just to come here and post this, because it made me feel very retro too (in a good way)

    Tom,
    Who used to edit the Babylon Five Technical Manual ( and it's Update )

    ...it pains me to visit midwinter some months later and see the lurker guide entry still an unpopulated as a temporary placeholder...

    ...m...


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