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Worlds of Babylon 5

by storiesbywilliams on June 26, 2012 in Sci-Fi, Series, Worlds Of and tagged Babylon 5, catherin sakai, centauri prime, crusade, delenn, draal, drakh, drakh plague, drazi homeworld, earth alliance, earth force, earthdome, epsilon 3, epsilon eridani, g'kar, ivanova, londo mollari, Marcus, mr morden, narn homeworld, psi corps, quadrant 37, shadow homeworld, sheridan, sigma 957, the earth-mimbari war, the excalibur, the great machine, the great war, the second shadow war, the shadow war, the walkers, valen, vir cotto, vorlon homeworld, white star, white star fleet, z'hadum, zhabar

This would be the fourth installment of my “Worlds Of” series, this time in honor of my favorite sci-fi show of all time. Like the show itself, the worlds that were featured here were richly detailed, multi-layered, and part of an intricate and cohesive universe. Though the show only lasted five seasons and the spin-off […]

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Cool Ships (volume IV)

by storiesbywilliams on May 6, 2012 in Cool Ships, Movies, Sci-Fi, Series and tagged a call to arms, alpha quadrant, ancients city ship, Arthur C Clarke, Babylon 5, babylon 5 crusade, Battlestar Galactica, captain janeway, city ship, cylons, deimos class corvette, delenn, distant origins, dominion war, drakh, drakh raider, freespace, freespace II, galactica, gamma quadrant, generational ship, jem'hadar, kilrathi empire, londo, pegasus, rama, rendezvous with rama, romulan, romulan empire, romulan warbird, Sci-Fi, sci-fi geeks, space above and beyond, Star Trek, star trek deep space 9, star trek ds9, star trek voyager, stargate, stargate atlantis, terran confederation, terran-vasudan alliance, the colossus, the enterprise, tiger's claw, twelve colonies, uss defiant, uss saratoga, viper mark II, viper mark VII, voth, voth city ship, white star, wing commander

Back with a fourth installment. As usual, I am indebted to people for making suggestions and offering critiques. Funny thing, these lists seem to be getting longer and more diverse the longer this series goes. But I guess that tells you something about the world of sci-fi. No shortage of material, and kind of like […]

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Even More Cool Ships!

by storiesbywilliams on May 3, 2012 in Cool Ships, Movies, Series and tagged Alien, aliens, Babylon 5, buck rogers in the 25th century, chigs, colonial marines, death star, draconia 1, dropship, eclipse, emperor palpatine, excalibur, executor, firefly, force storm, hovership, leia organa, luke skywalker, nebuchadnezzar, nostromo, rebel alliance, rogue squadron, SA-43 Hammerhead, Sci-Fi, science fiction, sentinels, serenity, space above and beyond, spaceball one, spaceballs, Star Wars, starfury, sulaco, super star destroyer, superlaser, terror weapon, the empire, The Force, the matrix, thunderbolt, tractor beam, turbolaser, UD4L Cheyenne Dropship, white star, white star destroyer, x-wing

Dang it, this is fast growing into a theme of its own, outgrowing the whole “conceptual” thing by leaps and bounds! But there are always more contenders, and people have been nice enough to leave suggestions with me. So the list must go on, taking into account more spaceships, aircraft an assorted vehicles that come […]

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B5, Season 4 Best Episodes

by storiesbywilliams on January 11, 2012 in Reviews, Series and tagged ambassador mollari, B5, Babylon 5, bargains and lies, between the darkness and the light, brakiri, captain sheridan, cartagia, centauri, centauri prime, citizen g'kar, classic sci-fi, coriana 6, drazi, emperor cartagia, endgame, epiphanies, face of the enemy, first one, first ones, g'kar, garibaldi, hayek, interstellar alliance, ISN, ivanova, kah-ri, league, league of non-aligned worlds, lines of communication, londo, londo mollari, lorien, marcus cole, mars resistance, mr. garibaldi, narn, narn homeworld, narns, no surrender no retreat, prime minister mollari, rumours, Sci-Fi, science fiction, shadow war, shadows, sheridan, susan ivanova, the deconstruction of falling stars, vir, vir cotto, voice of the resistance, vorlons, whatever happened to mr. garibaldi, white star, white star fleet, z'hadum

1. The Hour of the Wolf: A week has passed since Sheridan presumably died at Z’ha’dum. Ivanova is now in command of the station, and both her and Delenn are grieving. G’Kar meanwhile is focusing his inquiries on finding Garibaldi, who he feels has been forgotten in the midst of things. Holding the Alliance together […]

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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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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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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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