B5: Season 5, Episodes 9-12
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I'm envisioning a board game involving a grand staff as the board. Hmmm.
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I don't have individual comments for these episodes, because the telepath arc is SO. BORING. However, it's OVER! Yay! Although there was a return of the singing, which was not yay. But then Byron perished in a ball of flame, and I was happy. Of course, now I wonder what Lyta will cook up by the end of the season...the irritating thing is that they have such a good point about not deserving to be corralled into the Psi Corp and even needing a homeworld, but they made it in such an annoying way that I stopped feeling any sympathy whatsoever for them. Which I suppose was the point. But GODDAMN, they were annoying.
Sheridan is definitely turning slightly autocratic. This leads me to wonder--does he have no other advisors besides Delenn, Garibaldi, etc., who all serve some pretty significant, separate functions within the governing structure? I would think there'd be some more administrativa around the office of the president. Hell, he should at least have a secretary. Maybe it's all on Minbar.
I continue to like Lochley. She's quietly kickass in a lot of ways.
G'Kar's interaction with Londo near the beginning of "The Ragged Edge" reminded me of Londo's with Timov in "Soul Mates." I suddenly have a vision of G'Kar and Timov getting together to gang up on Londo. Who's with me?
And haha, G'Kar is now a religious figure. With his very own fundamentalist followers who believe every word of his book is true.
I see the Drazi have taken Susan's solution to heart--the one on the planet was wearing both purple and green. Hee.
The mystery of who's behind the attacks remains, I see. My money's on the Drakh. (Speaking of which...so, could Londo just refuse the emperorship when it goes to him? That seems like the safest thing to do...)
Aaaand the subject I've been avoiding...Michael. Oh, Michael. Haven't you suffered enough? This is not the way to deal with Bester's neural block. *sigh*
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I checked out several books of critical essays on sci-fi TV today. (I know, it's awesome. I hate the building, but I heart the university library's collection.) I haven't gotten too far into them yet, but I did read through the B5 sections of a couple. One woman makes a compelling argument about JMS's use of epic and novel qualities in the show, and it made me realize that, oh, THAT's why I don't really care for episodes like "Deconstruction of Falling Stars"--I don't really like most qualities of epic. I far prefer the novelistic side. She also has some good stuff to say about the ways the show sometimes falls into the trap of human exceptionalism--basically elaborating on the Planet of Hats trope--and also notes that while the show critiques capitalism when the problems come from Earth, but sidesteps doing the same to the Alliance, which is implicitly based on capitalist trade. (I would be more willing to assign that to lack of time than anything else, but it's an interesting observation nonetheless.) This particular collection is recent enough (2008) to include material on the new BSG, so I'm curious to see how it gets treated.
I'm envisioning a board game involving a grand staff as the board. Hmmm.
*
I don't have individual comments for these episodes, because the telepath arc is SO. BORING. However, it's OVER! Yay! Although there was a return of the singing, which was not yay. But then Byron perished in a ball of flame, and I was happy. Of course, now I wonder what Lyta will cook up by the end of the season...the irritating thing is that they have such a good point about not deserving to be corralled into the Psi Corp and even needing a homeworld, but they made it in such an annoying way that I stopped feeling any sympathy whatsoever for them. Which I suppose was the point. But GODDAMN, they were annoying.
Sheridan is definitely turning slightly autocratic. This leads me to wonder--does he have no other advisors besides Delenn, Garibaldi, etc., who all serve some pretty significant, separate functions within the governing structure? I would think there'd be some more administrativa around the office of the president. Hell, he should at least have a secretary. Maybe it's all on Minbar.
I continue to like Lochley. She's quietly kickass in a lot of ways.
G'Kar's interaction with Londo near the beginning of "The Ragged Edge" reminded me of Londo's with Timov in "Soul Mates." I suddenly have a vision of G'Kar and Timov getting together to gang up on Londo. Who's with me?
And haha, G'Kar is now a religious figure. With his very own fundamentalist followers who believe every word of his book is true.
I see the Drazi have taken Susan's solution to heart--the one on the planet was wearing both purple and green. Hee.
The mystery of who's behind the attacks remains, I see. My money's on the Drakh. (Speaking of which...so, could Londo just refuse the emperorship when it goes to him? That seems like the safest thing to do...)
Aaaand the subject I've been avoiding...Michael. Oh, Michael. Haven't you suffered enough? This is not the way to deal with Bester's neural block. *sigh*
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I checked out several books of critical essays on sci-fi TV today. (I know, it's awesome. I hate the building, but I heart the university library's collection.) I haven't gotten too far into them yet, but I did read through the B5 sections of a couple. One woman makes a compelling argument about JMS's use of epic and novel qualities in the show, and it made me realize that, oh, THAT's why I don't really care for episodes like "Deconstruction of Falling Stars"--I don't really like most qualities of epic. I far prefer the novelistic side. She also has some good stuff to say about the ways the show sometimes falls into the trap of human exceptionalism--basically elaborating on the Planet of Hats trope--and also notes that while the show critiques capitalism when the problems come from Earth, but sidesteps doing the same to the Alliance, which is implicitly based on capitalist trade. (I would be more willing to assign that to lack of time than anything else, but it's an interesting observation nonetheless.) This particular collection is recent enough (2008) to include material on the new BSG, so I'm curious to see how it gets treated.
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Date: 2009-06-05 03:11 am (UTC)Oooh, I want to know your thoughts on my thoughts! (Also, I committed more fic.)
Haha, yes, Byron was just so boring. BLAH. I could have dealt better if I had found him attractive, but just no.
Siiiigh. Yes. Although
I forget, did you watch the movie that fits between seasons four and five? Well, sort of? I think it came out then.
I have heard of this movie, and it's in my Netflix queue right after the last disc of S5. I figured the order was less than pertinent. (I also keep meaning to watch "The Gathering." Haven't quite gotten around to that one...)
Michael. :( You sweet, frelled up man.
:( x 1,000.