Hi,
I'm almost done watching Star Trek Voyager, and I'm looking for a good non-Star-Trek sci-fi show to watch next (I need a break from Star Trek). I have heard good things about Babylon 5, but I've never seen it.

Do you recommend it?

Thanks

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Re: Babylon 5
By: unixl0rd to All on Wed Aug 03 2022 08:28 pm

> Hi,
> I'm almost done watching Star Trek Voyager, and I'm looking for a good
> non-Star-Trek sci-fi show to watch next (I need a break from Star Trek). I
> have heard good things about Babylon 5, but I've never seen it.
>
> Do you recommend it?

i really couldn't get into it.

i recommend taking a scifi break and watching city on a hill.

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Re: Babylon 5
By: unixl0rd to All on Wed Aug 03 2022 08:28 pm

> Hi,
> I'm almost done watching Star Trek Voyager, and I'm looking for a good non-S
>
> Do you recommend it?
>
> Thanks
>
> ... A fallen lighthouse is more dangerous than a reef.

Babylon 5 is worht watching up to a point. The show was written to have a 5
year story arc, then after that arc it didn't seem as cohesive. Other than
the story arc the individual episodes stand alone well.

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-=> On 08-03-22 20:28, unixl0rd wrote to All <=-

un> @VIA: VERT/BEERS20
un> Hi,
un> I'm almost done watching Star Trek Voyager, and I'm looking for a good
un> non-Star-Trek sci-fi show to watch next (I need a break from Star
un> Trek). I have heard good things about Babylon 5, but I've never seen
un> it.

un> Do you recommend it?

Yes, love B5!

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-=> unixl0rd wrote to All <=-

un> I'm almost done watching Star Trek Voyager, and I'm looking for a good
un> non-Star-Trek sci-fi show to watch next (I need a break from Star
un> Trek). I have heard good things about Babylon 5, but I've never seen
un> it.

un> Do you recommend it?

The CGI is pretty rough, but I like the space station formula - they didn't
need to do an "episode in a bottle" with a new alien each week and could do
a story arc.

I know you said no Star Trek, but have you seen Deep Space 9 yet? The latter
half consists of season-wide story arcs, lots of character development.

Not exactly Science Fiction, but Mr. Robot or Halt and Catch Fire are good
watches.

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Re: Babylon 5
By: unixl0rd to All on Wed Aug 03 2022 08:28 pm

> non-Star-Trek sci-fi show to watch next (I need a break from Star Trek). I

There's always Dr. Who, but I never got into it much. Actually, I did like the goofy Doctor, played by Matt Something, I think it was. It has the redhead girl with the strong Northern accent. That set of the series was pretty fun.

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Re: Babylon 5
By: unixl0rd to All on Wed Aug 03 2022 08:28 pm

> Hi,
> I'm almost done watching Star Trek Voyager, and I'm looking for a good non-S
>
> Do you recommend it?
>
> Thanks
>
> ... A fallen lighthouse is more dangerous than a reef.

The first four seasons are awesome. The fifth season is meh.

But seriously, it's a good series overall.

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Re: Babylon 5
By: unixl0rd to All on Wed Aug 03 2022 08:28 pm

> I'm almost done watching Star Trek Voyager, and I'm looking for a good non-S

What about The Expanse?

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Re: Babylon 5
By: Phigan to unixl0rd on Fri Aug 05 2022 07:41 am

> Re: Babylon 5
> By: unixl0rd to All on Wed Aug 03 2022 08:28 pm
>
> > non-Star-Trek sci-fi show to watch next (I need a break from Star Trek).
> > I
>
> There's always Dr. Who, but I never got into it much. Actually, I did like
> the goofy Doctor, played by Matt Something, I think it was. It has the
> redhead girl with the strong Northern accent. That set of the series was
> pretty fun.

i liked doctor who until it got to peter capaldi. by then the writing was
real horrible. i did however like when he was stuck in the time prison and he would punch the crystal and die and revive himself.

Then they brought the woman on and everyone pretended to like dr who because it was a woman and called everyone sexist for hating it. the writing was just sooooo bad. you can tell when writers are done.

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-=> On Wed Aug 3 20:28:00 2022, unixl0rd wrote to All <=-

> Hi,
> I'm almost done watching Star Trek Voyager, and I'm looking for a good non-Star-Trek sci-fi show to watch next (I need a break from Star Trek). I have heard good things about Babylon 5, but I've never seen it.
> Do you recommend it?

Made it through the 1st season...but life happened. Friends loved it. Myself...would recommend The Orville. Would also go for Eureka/Warehouse 13/The Outer Limits (Old-New) on Pluto/Battlestar Galactica (Old-New)/Starloft/Lost in Space (Old-New)/Life on Mars/Ashes to Ashes from BBC/Time Tunnel.

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Re: Babylon 5
By: Phoobar to unixl0rd on Sat Aug 06 2022 03:22 am

> > I'm almost done watching Star Trek Voyager, and I'm looking for a good
> > non-Star-Trek sci-fi show to watch next (I need a break from Star Trek).
> > I have heard good things about Babylon 5, but I've never seen it.
> > Do you recommend it?
>
> Made it through the 1st season...but life happened. Friends loved it.
> Myself...would recommend The Orville. Would also go for Eureka/Warehouse
> 13/The Outer Limits (Old-New) on Pluto/Battlestar Galactica
> (Old-New)/Starloft/Lost in Space (Old-New)/Life on Mars/Ashes to Ashes from
> BBC/Time Tunnel.

I second the Orville, what that show has transformed into is some of the best space scifi. Good stuff.

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Re: Babylon 5
By: The Lizard Master to Phoobar on Sat Aug 06 2022 03:21 pm

>
> I second the Orville, what that show has transformed into is some of the
> best space scifi. Good stuff.

it's just too bad the guy can't keep his dick in his pants. he's already been in relationships with 2 of the women on the show.

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Re: Babylon 5
By: The Lizard Master to Phoobar on Sat Aug 06 2022 03:21 pm

TL> I second the Orville, what that show has transformed into is some of the
TL> best space scifi. Good stuff.

I also like The Orville. I really enjoyed the 3rd season, and I hope the show gets renewed.

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Re: Babylon 5
By: The Lizard Master to Phoobar on Sat Aug 06 2022 03:21 pm

> I second the Orville, what that show has transformed into is some of the bes

+1 on The Orville bandwagon.

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On 8/3/22 13:28, unixl0rd wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm almost done watching Star Trek Voyager, and I'm looking for a
> good non-Star-Trek sci-fi show to watch next (I need a break from
> Star Trek). I have heard good things about Babylon 5, but I've
> never seen it.
>
> Do you recommend it?

I like it a lot and would recommend it... I will say the acting,
especially in the first season, was very Soap Opera feeling, but it gets
a bit better. The concept/story in general are very good, and much more
well constructed than most shows.
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On 8/4/22 07:33, poindexter FORTRAN wrote:
>
> The CGI is pretty rough, but I like the space station formula - they didn't
> need to do an "episode in a bottle" with a new alien each week and could do
> a story arc.

HBO Max did some rescan/upscaling... and it's generally improved on the
image quality. If you get it from the high seas, would try to make sure
it's content from the better upscaled streaming content over older DVD rips.

> I know you said no Star Trek, but have you seen Deep Space 9 yet? The latter
> half consists of season-wide story arcs, lots of character development.

I liked DS9 quite a bit as well, even the earlier seasons... Favorite
part is when Captain Sisko punched Q... "You hit me, Captain Picard
never hit me." ... "I'm not Captain Picard."
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On 8/5/22 07:41, Phigan wrote:
>> non-Star-Trek sci-fi show to watch next (I need a break from Star
> Trek).
>
> There's always Dr. Who, but I never got into it much. Actually, I
> did like the goofy Doctor, played by Matt Something, I think it
> was. It has the redhead girl with the strong Northern accent. That
> set of the series was pretty fun.

I did like most of the resurgent Dr. Who... Did you see the Torchwood
series (spinoff)? I know a few people who don't like Dr. Who, that
really liked Torchwood.
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On 8/5/22 14:12, Belly wrote:
>
> What about The Expanse?

Hands down the most "real" feeling SciFi I've ever seen...
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Re: Babylon 5
By: Nightfox to The Lizard Master on Sat Aug 06 2022 04:32 pm

> Re: Babylon 5
> By: The Lizard Master to Phoobar on Sat Aug 06 2022 03:21 pm
>
> TL> I second the Orville, what that show has transformed into is some of
> TL> the best space scifi. Good stuff.
>
> I also like The Orville. I really enjoyed the 3rd season, and I hope the
> show gets renewed.

the actors have a lot of going on and so does seth. he says there's a 50/50 chance. also he said he wants it to go on without him.

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Re: Re: Babylon 5
By: Tracker1 to Phigan on Sat Aug 06 2022 05:42 pm

> I did like most of the resurgent Dr. Who... Did you see the Torchwood
> series (spinoff)? I know a few people who don't like Dr. Who, that
> really liked Torchwood.

torchwood was edgy and adult. i didn't like the usa miniseries, though.
they lost the message and writing was bad.

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> Then they brought the woman on and everyone pretended to like dr who because i
> was a woman and called everyone sexist for hating it. the writing was just soo
> o bad. you can tell when writers are done.

Those seasons had a different show runner and maybe different writers from
previous incarnations. I have seen her on other shows and I think she
could have been a good Dr if she had anything to work with. The current
group also retconned a bunch of the Doctor's backstory to the point where
her time as the Doctor does not really fit in to the rest of the story.

She and this crew have one more episode left, then it will be interesting
to see if the next group tries to repair the backstory or leaves it as is.

I only watched the last season to see how they wrote her out... then found
out it would happen over the course of two specials. I could have skipped
the last season and just watched the yet-to-be aired episode.

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Ph> Eureka/Warehouse 13/The Outer Limits (Old-New) on Pluto/Battlestar
Ph> Galactica (Old-New)/Starloft/Lost in Space (Old-New)/Life on Mars/Ashes
Ph> to Ashes from BBC/Time Tunnel.

Thanks for the Warehouse 13 reminder - I'd meant to watch that a few years
ago...

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Re: Re: Babylon 5
By: Tracker1 to Phigan on Sat Aug 06 2022 05:42 pm

> I did like most of the resurgent Dr. Who... Did you see the Torchwood

Yes, actually. I had completely forgotten about that show. Might have to rewatch when I'm bored.

I liked some of the other shows mentioned earlier, too. The BSG spinoff, Caprica, was pretty cool, while it lasted.

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Re: Re: Babylon 5
By: Tracker1 to Belly on Sat Aug 06 2022 05:42 pm

> Hands down the most "real" feeling SciFi I've ever seen...

What about Avenue 5? :)

Oh, I just thought of another scifi show I liked, Dark Matter.

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Re: Re: Babylon 5
By: MRO to Tracker1 on Sat Aug 06 2022 09:15 pm

> Re: Re: Babylon 5
> By: Tracker1 to Phigan on Sat Aug 06 2022 05:42 pm
>
> > I did like most of the resurgent Dr. Who... Did you see the Torchwood
> > series (spinoff)? I know a few people who don't like Dr. Who, that
> > really liked Torchwood.
>
> torchwood was edgy and adult. i didn't like the usa miniseries, though.
> they lost the message and writing was bad.
>
Agreed. the Starz mini-series was devoid of the Torchwood "vibe." The
chemistry was missing.

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