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Sci-Fi Drugs

by storiesbywilliams on June 4, 2012 in Books, Cool Stuff, Movies, Sci-Fi, Series and tagged a gram is better than a damn, A Scanner Darkly, Babylon 5, bene gesserit, bester, black thunder, blue velvet, Brave New World, cain, can-d, cocaine, dancer, drug counter-culture, drug culture, drug subculture, Dune, dust, enki virus, g'kar, guild navigators, keannu reaves, L. Bob Rife, layouts, leto II, londo mollari, mdma, minority report, neuroin, new-path, nuke, OCP, old detroit, Paul Atreides, pcp, perky pat, Philip k dick, PKD, precognitives, PreCrime, prescients, psi cops, psi corps, red ramrod, robert downey jr, robocain, robocop, robocop 2, S-D, sharing, slow death, snow crash, Soma, spice, substance d, sumerian tablet, the bridge trilogy, the guild, the spice melange, The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, tom cruise, tower of babel myth, war on drugs, white noise, William Gibson, winona ryder, woody harrelson, World State

The other night, I had one of those moments. It was a moment where I found myself thinking about a cool concept and realized that it would make a damn fine post. It’s also one that interests me quite a bit and has even influenced my own writing. So as quickly as I could, I […]

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B5, Best Episodes. Final Season

by storiesbywilliams on January 25, 2012 in Reviews, Series and tagged a view from the gallery, all my dreams torns asunder, B5, Babylon 5, bester, bo, brakiri, byron, captain lockley, drakh, drazi, emperor mollari, g'kar, in the kingdom of the blind, interstellar alliance, ivanova, john sheridan, londo mollari, lorien, lyta alexadner, mack, marcus cole, movements of fire and shadow, narn, pak'ma'ra, pheonix rising, prime minister mollari, psi cops, psi corps, rogue telepaths, sleeping in light, stephen franklin, susan ivanova, the fall of Centauri Prime, the regent, threshold of pleasure, vir, vir cotto, white star fleet, zack allen

Woo! Finally, I get to the last installment of B5′s best episodes. After eleven posts, I think I’ve finally done this show justice. I tell ya, I didn’t think it was possible to overdose on your favorite show, but just to be safe, I’ll be taking a break from it for the next little while. […]

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B5, Best Episodes, Season Two

by storiesbywilliams on December 29, 2011 in Reviews, Series and tagged agamemnon, all alone in the night, ambassador mollari, B5, Babylon 5, babylon 5 season two, bester, captain sheridan, centauri, centauri narn war, centauri prime, christian republic, cocoon, daggair, delenn, doctor franklin, earth alliance, earth force, earth mimbari war, elric, emperor turhan, g'kar, garibaldi, general hague, great war, grey council, jeffrey sinclair, londo, londo mollari, londo's wives, mariel, michael garibaldi, mimbari, morden, narn, Neroon, president clark, president santiago, psi cops, psi corps, revelations, shadow war, shadows, sheridan, signs and portents, Soul Mates, Streib, susan ivanova, techno mage, telepaths, the coming of shadows, the geometry of shadows, the Grey Council, the shadows, timov, vir, vir cotto, vorlons

Back with more best episodes! Season one had some big hits, but I honestly think season two was the best in terms of overall poignancy, mystery and sheer entertainment value. Here are some selections of what I really liked from this one! 1. Points of Departure: In the season two opener, we catch up with […]

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B5 Best Episodes

by storiesbywilliams on December 24, 2011 in Reviews, Series and tagged a voice in the wilderness, a voice in the wilderness part I, a voice in the wilderness part II, and so it begins, and the sky full of stars, associates, b4, B5, babylon 4, Babylon 5, babylon sqaured, bester, centauri, chief garibaldi, chrysalis, commander sinclair, doctor franklin, doctor stephen franklin, draal, earth force one, earth mimbari war, epsilon III, first ones, g'kar, grey council, jason ironheart, jeffrey sinclair, londo, londo mollari, michael garibaldi, mind war, mr morden, na'toth, narn, narns, nibbled to death by cats, nothings the same anymore, president clark, president santiago, psi corps, quadrant 37, shadows, sigma 957, signs and portents, sinclair, soul hunter, susan ivanova, the great machine, the parliament of dreams, the shadows, vir, vir cotto, vp clark, zathras

After going over B5′s five seasons, the best lines from the series, and just about everything in between, I found myself thinking about what the best episodes in the series were. To be fair, there were quite a few, and I couldn’t possibly fit them all into a single posting. So I figure I’ll list […]

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Babylon 5, Farewell…

by storiesbywilliams on December 16, 2011 in Reviews, Series and tagged a call to arms, andreas katsulas, B5, b5 crusade, Babylon 5, babylon 5 season 5, Battlestar Galactica, bester, byron, centauri, centauri prime, CGI, delenn, doctor franklin, drakh, drazi, emperor, first ones, franklin, g'kar, garibaldi, J Michael Straczynsky, jerry doyle, legend of the rangers, lennier, londo mollari, lorien, lyta alexander, michael garibaldi, narn, peter jurasik, psi cops, psi corps, rangers, regent, regent virini, river of souls, shadows, sheridan, star furies, Straczynski, telepaths, thirdspace, vir cotto, virini, vorlons, walter koenig, white star

We come at last to the final season, the fifth and final year in Babylon 5′s planned lifespan. According to legend, Straczynski had been told repeatedly that he was crazy to think that he could ever pre-plan a series like this, that actors quit, budgets got slashed, and time slots got changed around. And that […]

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Babylon 5, the Dénouement

by storiesbywilliams on December 11, 2011 in Reviews, Series and tagged B5, Babylon 5, bester, captain sheridan, centauri, centauri prime, defensive grid, earth alliance, earth gov, edgars industries, emperor cartagia, first one, first ones, g'kar, garibaldi, interstellar alliance, kah'ri, lennier, londo, londo mollari, lorien, Marcus, marcus cole, mars, mars colony, mimbari, order vs chaos, planet killer, president clark, prime minister mollari, promixa, proxima colony, psi cops, psi corps, rangers, shadow war, shadows, sheridan, shroud, telepaths, the shadow war, Thought Police, vir, vir cotto, vorlons, white star, white star fleet, william edgars, z'hadum, zack allen

In the last season, Sheridan was believed to have perished at Z’Hadum, Garibaldi had disappeared as well, and the war has reached a state of intermission. A sad ending, and one which was sure to keep the audience in anticipation for the next season. And like season three, season four was chock full of revelations, […]

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B5 Forever, Baby!

by storiesbywilliams on December 9, 2011 in Reviews, Series and tagged anna sheridan, B5, Babylon 5, bester, centauri, doctor franklin, drazi, earth alliance, garibaldi, john sheridan, kah'ri, kosh, lady adira, league of non-aligned worlds, lord refa, lyta alexander, nukes, pak'ma'ra, president clark, psi cop, psi corps, refa, shadow vessels, shadow war, shadows, stims, telepath, telepaths, the white star, vorlons, walkabout, walter koenig, white star, white star fleet, z'hadum

As I said last time, Season two ended with the defeat of the Narns and the coming of the Shadows. It also ended with the Babylon project being declared a failure. But as Susan Ivanova put it so eloquently at the very end of the season finale, “The Babylon project was our last, best hope […]

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B5 Continued…

by storiesbywilliams on December 9, 2011 in Reviews, Series and tagged ambassador mollari, B5, b5 council, Babylon 5, babylon 5 season two, bester, captain sheridan, centauri, centauri prime, chief garibaldi, chrysalis, cocoon, commander ivanova, delenn, doctor stephen franklin, earth mimbari war, emperor, emperor cartagia, g'kar, g'quon, garibaldi, gerenal hague, john sheridan, kah'ri, kosh, lennier, londo, londo mollari, lord refa, lyta alexander, mass drivers, mimbari, morden, mr morden, narn homeworld, narn-centauri war, narns, parliament of conquerors, president clark, president santiago, psi cops, psi corps, rangers, susan ivanova, talia winters, telepaths, the great war, the rangers, the shadows, vir, vir cotto, vorlons, z'hadum, zack allen

Picking up where I left off, Babylon 5, second season! When season one ended, Sinclair and G’Kar had taken off, both to pursue their own agendas. Delenn was in a chrysalis (cocoon) and undergoing a transformation, and Londo was making deals with “shadowy” forces. Resuming… Season Two: Season Two opens with Babylon 5 getting a […]

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Babylon 5, Best lines!

by storiesbywilliams on December 3, 2011 in Best Lines, Sci-Fi and tagged asimov, B5, Babylon 5, Best Lines, bester, captain sheridan, delenn, draal, earth alliance, first ones, franklin, g'kar, g'quon, garibaldi, homeworld, ivanova, J Michael Straczynsky, jeffrey sinclair, john sheridan, kosh, lennier, londo, londo mollari, lorien, Marcus, marcus cole, michael garibaldi, mimbari, morden, na'toth, narn, psi cops, psi corps, refa, shadows, sheridan, sinclair, Straczynski, susan ivanova, vir, vir cotto, vorlons, walkers, white star, white star fleet, zathras

One of the best science fiction shows of all time, in my humble estimation. And I know I’m not alone in this. I think I’ve watched the full series a couple of times over now. In fact, a few years back, some friends and I used to watch the reruns on DVD over a couple […]

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I, Robot!

by storiesbywilliams on September 27, 2011 in Movies, Reviews and tagged A robot may not injure a human being or through inaction allow a human being to come to harm, a robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law, A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws, AI, alan tudyk, Arthur C Clarke, Babylon 5, bester, big three, big three of sci fi, big three of science fiction, bishop, Bridget Moynahan, Bruce Greenwood, Chekov, commander data, Det. Spooner, foundation, foundation series, harry seldon, i robot, Isaac Asimov, james cromwell, larry niven, my logic in undeniable, pavel chekov, positronic, positronic brain, robot series, science fiction, science fiction classic, seldon crisis, sonny, Star Trek, Star Trek TNG, Three Laws, US Robotics, USR, Will Smith

Back to the movies! After a brief hiatus, I’ve decided to get back into my sci-fi movie reviews. Truth be told, it was difficult to decide which one I was going to do next. If I were to stick to my review list, and be rigidly chronological, I still had two installments to do for […]

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