Babylon 5 (1994–1998) 7.9
A space station in neutral territory is the focus of a unique five year saga. Creator:J. Michael Straczynski |
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Babylon 5 (1994–1998) 7.9
A space station in neutral territory is the focus of a unique five year saga. Creator:J. Michael Straczynski |
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| Jerry Doyle | ... |
Michael Garibaldi
(110 episodes, 1994-1998)
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| Mira Furlan | ... |
Delenn
(110 episodes, 1994-1998)
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Richard Biggs | ... |
Dr. Stephen Franklin
(110 episodes, 1994-1998)
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| Stephen Furst | ... |
Vir Cotto
(110 episodes, 1994-1998)
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| Andreas Katsulas | ... |
G'Kar
(110 episodes, 1994-1998)
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| Peter Jurasik | ... |
Londo Mollari
(110 episodes, 1994-1998)
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| Bill Mumy | ... |
Lennier
(109 episodes, 1994-1998)
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| Bruce Boxleitner | ... |
Capt. John Sheridan
(88 episodes, 1994-1998)
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| Claudia Christian | ... |
Cmdr. Susan Ivanova
(88 episodes, 1994-1998)
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| Jeff Conaway | ... |
Zack Allan
(74 episodes, 1994-1998)
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| Patricia Tallman | ... |
Lyta Alexander
(47 episodes, 1995-1998)
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| Jason Carter | ... |
Marcus Cole
(45 episodes, 1995-1998)
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In the year 2258, it is ten years after the Earth-Minbari War. Commander Sinclair takes command of a giant five-mile-long cylindrical space station, orbiting a planet in neutral space. At a crossroads of interstellar commerce and diplomacy, Cmdr Sinclair (2d season Captain Sheridan) must try to establish peace and prosperity between various interstellar empires, all the while fighting forces from within the Earth Alliance. It is a precarious command, particularly given that sabotage led to the destruction of Babylon stations 1, 2, and 3 and 4 vanished without trace. Written by Tony Lammens <lammens@connexus.apana.org.au>
B5 is in all respects a revolutionary piece of work. It was the first SF TV-series that actually had all the episodes and story-arcs in place before shooting(as opposed to StarTrek and the likes). Although I have always been a Trekkie I consider Babylon-5 to be much better. This is SF on TV as you would read it in a good book. The actors do a fine job(especially Andreas Katsulas and Peter Jurasic) and although almost all of the aliens are of humanoid shape they manage to behave quite alien sometimes.
This is required watching for every self-respecting ScienceFiction-fan. In that respect it is on a par with StarWars and StarTrek.
B-5 just goes deeper that the Paramount-format or the eternal battle of good versus evil. In B-5 there are hardly any absolute evil creatures, all the characters have their dark side, just like you and me.
It was a miracle that Warner Bros was so supportive of JMS. You can tell by the result that this was somewhat of a lovebaby. I wonder how many years it will be before something better will be made, I fear it will take years and years to top this series.