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Babylon 5 - Watch Mega Thread (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've decided to do my first Babylon 5 rewatch!

Lets have a binge thread to talk about B5!

I would love to find a 4k remaster of the series, there are some great demo videos on youtube, but on the streaming sites I can only find 720p. If you have any trouble choosing which streaming service to use just search for fmhy and they will have a curated list of options.

TV shows were wild back then, 22 episodes per season, 45 minutes each; 1000 minutes per season!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Into the Fire (End of the Shadow War)

Wow! Season 4 has been a absolute speed run!

The shadow war was resolved, and the Vorlons and Shadows turn out to be bickering preachers who only wanted to see who could "win" the hearts and minds of the child races. A forever competition that through boredom escalated into open conflict, but never with each other. Only through proxies

At various times we saw the Vorlons as Angels, and the Shadows as Devils. Then Vorlons as resisting evolution (kinda), and Shadows being absolute believers in evolutionary competition.... Then at the end as evangelical preachers that only cared about their message, and not about winning or losing, only to ultimately be afraid of being alone.

I'm not sure how I feel about the evolutionary pressure aspect of the ancient races as shepherds of evolution... why do they care? What is their incentive?

I suspected we were watching people gate the evolution into beings of pure energy, as we saw with the Psychic from season 1... But no, the Vorlons and Shadows, as well as the other elder races, and the progenitor, all leave in corporeal forms beyond the rim together...

That raises another curious quibble, why would these active, breeding, living, races not have intelligence and missions, and observers, and contact beyond the rim? Are we left with the galactic luddites who refused the big emigration and technology push and got left behind? Religious fanatics? That could explain why they care about the "younger" races.

I'd love to hear peoples thoughts on the purpose of the war, and where everyone is going.