Babylon 5 4x6 Reaction
Added 2023-05-02 20:51:57 +0000 UTCHere is the full uncut reaction to the Babylon 5 season 4, episode 6, -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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This is another one of those "Lord of the Rings" moment Babylon 5 has. The Elves and Gandalf leaving Middle Earth boarding ships to go to the "Undying Lands". The age of magic being over and the age of men beginning.
Benno Witter
2023-05-03 12:40:00 +0000 UTCTrue. And I think storyline Delenn's probably would be a few more episodes. I think hers needed one or two more.
Reed James
2023-05-03 02:00:41 +0000 UTCBut regardless of the compression, the end of the Shadow War was always planned for the first third of Season 4. Maybe 1-2 episodes later, but not much.
Snatcher42
2023-05-03 01:47:17 +0000 UTCYes, let's not forget what Lando said in that flashforward. You beat the Shadows, but you did not clean up your mess.
Reed James
2023-05-03 01:20:12 +0000 UTCWhat did Ivanova say? "And may I say, from the bottom of my heart, that you make an absolutely charming Centauri."
Omar
2023-05-03 00:57:08 +0000 UTCThis episode was the turning point, for me, when Babylon 5 went from one of my favorite TV shows to being one of the greatest scifi stories ever told. It just blew me away completely.
Keenan Ventling
2023-05-02 22:42:46 +0000 UTCThe moment the Vorlons and Shadows suddenly become children -- "You'll come with us?" / "We won't be alone?" It turned everything that came before on its head. B5 was never the show it pretended to be, and now instead of this being the triumphal ending, we have time to see the consequences of how we got here. This is what makes B5 the best sci-fi TV show (IMO), because it follows the lead of the great sci-fi series of the past -- it set a universe in motion and then explored its depths. The Foundation fell apart and needed to be rebuilt; the triumph of the Atreides was the start of millennia of strife and chaos; Humans and dolphins make the greatest discovery and may not survive the fallout. There are reasons why these novels and series have the impact they do. JMS understands this in a way that TV writers typically don't. And he was masterful in how he tricked the TV execs who saw that skin-deep "good vs. evil" story into letting him tell something very different.
Rick Lamoreaux
2023-05-02 22:31:52 +0000 UTCYes, it's quite the crazy situation. I'm sometimes amazed JMS was able to salvage it. It really does help when you have a plan. Despite the bumps, you at least know where you're heading. Some parts stumble a bit, but by the end it's an amazing recovery.
Phil Rivera
2023-05-02 21:57:27 +0000 UTCahhh.....your Meg-esty, your hair is quite short.....shorter then what is customary for someone of your station. Back in the day we were like......WOW....but wait, what's next? The entire show has been about the Vorlons and Shadows, and now, it's all over? Of course not. There's still several plot points that still haven't resolved and more things to learn. It's a big galaxy, and the parents have left the house. I'm sure there's a lot more trouble we can get ourselves into.
Phil Rivera
2023-05-02 21:53:36 +0000 UTCIt's partly that JMS thought he wasn't getting his 5th season and it was only TBS swooping at the last moment, after Season 4 was filmed, that he got a fifth season. So he compressed some stuff and it's not until halfway through season 5 that we get back to his plan. he had to improvise. So the last episode of the series is 4x22 but it got relabled 5x22 and broadcasted there (and that's how it is on all releases) The first episode of season 5 became the final episode of this season.
Reed James
2023-05-02 21:38:29 +0000 UTC100% What other show does that?!
Mega Reacts
2023-05-02 21:33:37 +0000 UTCI haven't watched your reaction yet, but I'm betting that you were surprised as us back in the 90s that the Shadow war ended on episode 6 of a 22 episode season.
Reed James
2023-05-02 21:31:33 +0000 UTCπ€£ Yeah i thought it looked a bit small... but that kind of makes it better
MrTickleTrunk
2023-05-02 21:22:13 +0000 UTCShould have gone a size bigger. Damn China sizes run small.
Mega Reacts
2023-05-02 21:08:32 +0000 UTCDUDE! YOU BOUGHT IT! π€£ AWESOME!
MrTickleTrunk
2023-05-02 21:07:37 +0000 UTC
