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Mira Furlan: Babylon 5 and Lost actress dies at 65[^]
She had some great lines: Quote: The molecules of your body are the same molecules that make this station and the nebula outside, that burn inside the stars themselves. We are star-stuff. We are the Universe, made manifest, trying to figure itself out. And, as we have both learned, sometimes the Universe needs a change of perspective.
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- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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A friend of mine, an avid B5 watcher, made the observation a few years back that there were a number of actors/actresses from that show who passed away not that long after the show concluded. Granted, it's now been a while, so obviously more and more are getting older, but his point was - Star Trek was on in the late 60s, and so far of the main cast, we've only lost Scotty, Bones, and Spock. B5 has had more actors die, and at a much younger age.
Not talking about those who played minor parts like Majel Barrett or Grace Lee Whitney. I don't know enough about B5 to even tell who was one of the "major" characters or not.
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Some people are even discussing a "Babylon 5 curse". :-/
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If you get the chance, it was worth watching - it was one of the shows that started the transition from 60/70/80's style "it must be all sorted in an episode, two at most" to the more modern and realistic "long story arc" version that gave us shows like The Expanse, Stranger Things, GoT, etc.
It had problems, and some (very) weak episodes but it was damn good for the time!
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TBH I think I've already given it more than a fair chance. I sat through its entire first season when it was still being broadcast and found it downright tedious. For one, ST:TNG's first 2 seasons were arguably very weak, but even then there were a few gems that made it worth the bother. And then it found its stride. I found no such redeeming quality in B5's entire first season.
If a show takes that long (20-25 episodes back then?) and still fails to produce one episode I consider to be decent, I can only conclude it's not for me.
I sat through other shows from J. Michael Straczynski - I think he's got a style that carries through whatever he writes, whether that's intentional or not. At this point I go out of my way to avoid anything he's involved in.
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B5 Season 1 is really weak. The story really starts in Season 2 but without having seen Season 1 you won't understand the references in seasons 3 and 4. Avoid Season 5.
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At least a proud legacy - a major player in what may end up being the best Sci-Fi series, ever.
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I'd vote for "The Expanse" myself, but B5 would get my vote for best "pre 2010" series.
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So I went and looked it up: It's on Prime - so I haven't seen any of it. The way amazon has gone in terms of a bit too "free market", I don't know that I'd find it worth it to spend money on membership.
(WHat I do buy from them normally exceeds $25 or so and ships free, anyway. Often coming in just a few days despite their dire predictions). Actually, membership should be free - after all, to benefit from it you buy through and from them, so they profit by it. Maybe it'll be in the library as a DVD ?
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In the UK it's worth it, as it's free next day delivery (so you can order stuff at 10pm and get it by 10am, if you are lucky).
There is a lot of free stuff on Prime Video - but there are so many of 'em these days (Netflix, Discovery+, Prime, CBS, Disney, ...) that you can't get them all!
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OriginalGriff wrote:
There is a lot of free stuff on Prime Video
Mrs. Wife and I were watching Foyle's War on Prime. A "borrowed" account from someone who didn't stream.
Anyway. one day it was free. Then, another day, it was US$7.99/episode (include those we'd earlier watched free). Actually, almost anything any good wasn't part of Prime. Maybe it's changed. Amazon's gotten less greedy over time, right?
For now, we've a year of BritBox to ponder. More than we can watch, in general, anyway. We just went through Wallander.
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We seem to have some similar tastes. I'd highly recommend reading Henning Mankel's Wallander books. A British series that remains one of my all-time favorites was Waking the Dead (a cold case squad; two-part episodes, so about 110 minutes total, giving lots of time to develop plots). Many years ago, I bought a zoneless DVD player so I could order the DVDs from the UK before they were released here.
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Greg Utas wrote: We seem to have some similar tastes.
When I first got BritBox I went to the mysteries section (Mrs & I watch those together) and put a bunch in a watch-list, and that include Waking The Dead. Not yet started.
A particular favorite is the entire atmosphere (and of course the investigations) of their Sherlock Holmes. An interesting thing about shows with detailed atmosphere - they weave a sort of comfort shell about you as your watch. The Poirot, second show, was definitely better. It's sort of a playoff between Agatha Christie's stories and how their presented. If only he'd stop referring to himself in the third person.
I'm catching some of the few Classic Dr Who's I've not yet seen. Good SciFi is the best, but Mrs. is much less interested.
What's that book? "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, and Everyone Loves a Good Murder"
A vintage comedy the Mrs. found (on the Roku Channel) is Green Acres. Years ago I realize that the true theme of the show is the central figure, Oliver Wendell Douglas, is trapped in a very bad trip - the opposite, in a sense, of the show's base premise.
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Oh rats! I liked B5 the Aliens looked like 'Aliens' rather a bloke in a suit. Also it was one of the first to do long arc stories, plus the fighters looked better than most the pilot was length ways which help with high G manoeuvres...
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Does a pop-up restaurant serve anything other than toast?
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Mexican jumping beans?
(on toast)
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I heard they're on the rise. A common order is fresh Whack-a-Mole.
(option 2: Viagra and Tarts . . . all puns intended)
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Maybe they serve happy music?
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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As long as it doesn't double the "o"  
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
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... who the heck thought this was a good idea?
Live updates as Wrexham vaccine plant evacuated after receiving 'suspicious package' - Wales Online[^]
OK, so you don't want to have the vaccine. I get that - you read too much Twatter and Farcebook and believe everything you are told without any critical thought about what they say. That is your right.
But trying to prevent others getting it ... that's close to attempted murder.
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OriginalGriff wrote: that's close to attempted murder.
Same as not wearing a mask.
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20212 wrote: Same as not wearing a mask.
I would not go that far.
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Sorry to inform you, but until this panicademic, it was well documented by the CDC, the WHO, and other heath organizations that mask wearing doesn't protect you from viral infections and several studies, including a recent one by Danish heath researchers, have shown no statistical difference in infection rate of people who do and don't wear masks.
Instead, masks are actually face diapers that prevent the uncouth from sneezing, coughing, or otherwise spitting on others. In this regard they do work.
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