Weird Babylon 5 Alternative Universe #1
Feb. 16th, 2021 10:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
andrasteThe whole internet seems to be watching Babylon 5 right now, either because it's streaming on HBO in the U.S. or because they bought the shiny remastered version on iTunes, and I am not an exception.
First thought inspired thereby: it really is shiny and remastered! You can see the actual textures of the fabrics and everyone's fillings and even the nineties CGI looks much nicer. JMS is right when he says it looks better than the DVDs, so I'm thinking I dodged a bullet by not actually finishing that Brothers In Arms remaster before now because I'd just have to do it all over again again and that would have sucked.
Second thought: JMS has been posting lots of B5 thoughts on his twitter, which is always delightful. Favourite story so far is about THAT scene in Parliament of Dreams:
Neither the director nor Peter warned the rest of the cast that he was going to climb up on the table in order to get their authentic reactions. Watch Claudia in particular as she loses it. (They also didn't warn set dec which is why the table threatens to collapse.)
To which I can only say: <3 <3 <3.
Third thought, brought about by Midnight On the Firing Line - there are so many tiny events that change everything that happens after them, and one of them is Londo running straight into Talia when he's getting into the lift and she's getting out. If he'd just been watching where he was going, maybe he'd have actually made it to G'Kar and shot him.
I mean, not that he'd necessarily have succeeded in killing him - G'Kar was the revolutionary guerrilla here, after all, while Londo was busy being a hotshot pilot and presumably spending a limited amount of time shooting people with handheld weapons. Either way, though, Londo's ambassadorial career would have come to an abrupt end, and the Centauri-Narn war would probably have kicked off without Mr. Morden even needing to do anything.
Fourth thought: gee, Kosh, how did that 'leave the Centauri and Narn alone and let them die out' thing work out for the Vorlons when the Shadows decided to start a war? (I mean, it seems like he changes his mind a bit later when he inspires G'Kar's new career choice, but still. He is not always right about this stuff.)
First thought inspired thereby: it really is shiny and remastered! You can see the actual textures of the fabrics and everyone's fillings and even the nineties CGI looks much nicer. JMS is right when he says it looks better than the DVDs, so I'm thinking I dodged a bullet by not actually finishing that Brothers In Arms remaster before now because I'd just have to do it all over again again and that would have sucked.
Second thought: JMS has been posting lots of B5 thoughts on his twitter, which is always delightful. Favourite story so far is about THAT scene in Parliament of Dreams:
Neither the director nor Peter warned the rest of the cast that he was going to climb up on the table in order to get their authentic reactions. Watch Claudia in particular as she loses it. (They also didn't warn set dec which is why the table threatens to collapse.)
To which I can only say: <3 <3 <3.
Third thought, brought about by Midnight On the Firing Line - there are so many tiny events that change everything that happens after them, and one of them is Londo running straight into Talia when he's getting into the lift and she's getting out. If he'd just been watching where he was going, maybe he'd have actually made it to G'Kar and shot him.
I mean, not that he'd necessarily have succeeded in killing him - G'Kar was the revolutionary guerrilla here, after all, while Londo was busy being a hotshot pilot and presumably spending a limited amount of time shooting people with handheld weapons. Either way, though, Londo's ambassadorial career would have come to an abrupt end, and the Centauri-Narn war would probably have kicked off without Mr. Morden even needing to do anything.
Fourth thought: gee, Kosh, how did that 'leave the Centauri and Narn alone and let them die out' thing work out for the Vorlons when the Shadows decided to start a war? (I mean, it seems like he changes his mind a bit later when he inspires G'Kar's new career choice, but still. He is not always right about this stuff.)
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Date: 2021-02-17 08:47 am (UTC)