There’s a certain panache in much of the writing that leaves everything on the table. It may have been made for the small screen, but the scale of Babylon 5 is epic with echoes not only of sci-fi classics, but classic stories going back to antiquity. However, those ongoing characters, their relationships, foibles, dreams, and failures, are as much a part of what will propel you from episode to episode as will the big ideas that are explored along with a story that places humanity precariously amongst a galaxy of rising and falling empires as well as ancient powers. Not all the subplots –even the ones involving ongoing characters– are as engaging as we’d like. Many of the early episodes have main plots that don’t do much for the paying off serial story arcs. That leaves a certain amount of chaff amongst the wheat. Michael Straczynski aka JMS, was meticulous and thoughtful in creating what was, at the time, an unprecedented “novel for television.” However, he was saddled with the broadcast TV norms that translated into 22-episode seasons. The show’s creator and writer-of-almost-every-single-episode, J. This last factor of pacing is the reason this viewing guide exists. Can weather the sometimes slow pacing inherent to TV seasons of the last century.Can deal with some clear budget limitations in the production - even for the era (I mean, if you can hang with classic Doctor Who, this has way better production values, but some folks can’t abide by early CGI and 90s space clothes).
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