Good afternoon all – or morning or evening, as the case may be – and welcome to the final installment in my Revelation Space review. Today, I shall be covering the third and final installment in the trilogy, otherwise known as Absolution Gap. As the conclusion to the series, it brought together the apocalyptic trends […]
The Alien Graph
by storiesbywilliams on March 21, 2012 in Books, Movies, Sci-Fi, Series and tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey, alien graph, alien versus predator, aliens, arachnids, Avatar, AvP, Babylon 5, cardassians, centauri, contact, Covenant, drac, enemy mine, ferengi, firstborn, goa'uld, halo, kilrathi, klingons, na'vi, narn, Predator, protoss, romulans, science fiction, Star Trek, Star Wars, starcraft, stargate, starship troopers, the borg, the dominion, the inhibitors, the mimbari, the ori, the Q, the shadows, the vorlons, vegans, vulcans, wing commander, xenomorphs, zerg, zombie graph, zombie movies
Behold! After a few days of contemplating what I said in the Ancient Aliens post – you know, about how alien’s technology and moral capacity are often interrelated in sci-fi – I realized I needed to put it into graphic form. And as I said in that post, if we are to consider technological advancement […]
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Of Galactic Empires
by storiesbywilliams on March 9, 2012 in Sci-Fi, Series and tagged arrakis, Babylon 5, babylon 5 movies, battletech, Butlerian Jihad, centauri, custodian, dark ages, decline and fall of the roman empire, Dune, earth alliance, edward gibbon, foundation, foundation series, fremen, galactic empire, gene roddenberry, george lucas, hari seldon, history of the decline and fall of the roman empire, house atreides, house corrino, house harkonnen, in the beginning, interstellar alliance, Isaac Asimov, j michael straczynski, kaitan, league of non-aligned worlds, legends of dune series, mech warriors, mimbari, narn regime, narns, old republic, padisha emperor, Paul Atreides, planetkillers, planets, psychohistory, selusa secundus, Star Trek, Star Trek TNG, Star Wars, the borg, the first ones, the shadows, the spice, thinking machines, united federation of planets, vorlons
Hello again, fellow sci-fi fans! Today, I thought I’d write about something conceptual, something that is intrinsic to so much science fiction and keeps popping up in various forms. It’s something that has appeared in countless serials, novels, tv shows, movies, and RPG’s. I am referring, of course, to the concept of the Galactic Empire, […]
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B5, Season 3 Best Episodes (cont’d)
by storiesbywilliams on January 9, 2012 in Reviews, Series and tagged a mimbari not born of mimbari, and the rock cried out no hiding place, anna sheridan, b4, B5, babylon 4, Babylon 5, battle of the line, captain sheridan, chief garibaldi, chrysalis, commander ivanova, delenn, fall of night, foundationists, franklin, g'kar, g'tok, garibaldi, ivanova, kosh, league, league of non-aligned worlds, lennier, londo, lord refa, Marcus, marcus cole, mimbari, mimbari souls being reborn in part or in full in humans, morden, narn, narn heavy cruiser, nightwatch, reborth ceremony, shadow dancing, shadow war, sheridan, sheridan's wife, strieb, susan ivanova, the great machine, the shadows, valen, vir, vorlon, vorlons, walkabout, war without end, war without end part i, war without end part ii, white star, z'hadum, zack allen, zathras
Season three was loaded with significant episodes, many of which were clustered towards the end of the season. My second installment is therefore dedicated to the final six episodes of season three. Together, they developed or wrapped up some pretty big plot threads from this and other seasons and included (but were not limited to) […]
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B5, Season 3 Best Episodes
by storiesbywilliams on January 8, 2012 in Reviews, Series and tagged ambassador mollari, B5, Babylon 5, babylon 5 season 3, Best Lines, brakiri, captain sheridan, centauri, conspiracy of light, delenn, doctor franklin, draal, earth force, earth force one, earth force special intelligence, endawi, epsilon three, first ones, g'kar, gaim, ganymede, garibaldi, great machine, grey council, interludes and examinations, interplanetary expeditions, IPX, ISN, ivanova, lennier, londo, londo mollari, Marcus, marcus cole, mars, matter of honor, messages from earth, mimbari, morden, mr morden, narn, point of no return, president clark, president santiago, rangers, severed dreams, shadow war, shadows, sheridan, sigma 957, the gaim, the shadows, the walkers, the white star, valen, vir, vir cotto, voices of authority, white star, z'hadum, zack allen, zog
Season Three was named “Point of No Return” for good reason. It was the season where everything hit the fan and there was no going back. The Shadow War began, B5 broke away from the Earth Alliance, the temporal plot and purpose of the Great Machine was fulfilled, and Sheridan finally went to Z’ha’dum. So […]
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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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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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