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yuuagoI finally finished watching Babylon 5.
I feel kind of like the last handful episodes were one big long drawn-out finale. It works okay when you're watching them one after another, but I wonder how it would have played out when it first came out.
There are some things that I feel like... Ehh. The stuff with the Drakh was not tied up as much as I would have liked. I found myself thinking, "What next?" and then... sudden 20-year jump? Augh. But. Anyway.
I'm really glad that I ended up deciding to watch the whole series. There were some parts of the series that I thought were better than others, some seasons that I liked more than others (though of course now that I'm actually thinking of it, I can't put my finger on specifics) but overall I had a really enjoyable time with it.
Part of me wants to rewatch from the beginning, since I have a feeling that many things from the earlier parts will feel much different when I know what happens later. But, there are so many things on my to-do list, I think I'll save that for another time. I do have access to the movies, though, so I'll watch those.
Londo and G'kar are, as Tik described it, "Something Else. The most situationship of all time". Man, I just find those two and the mess going on between them so very compelling.
I mentioned at one point (or maybe it was just to Tik) that Londo reminds me of Prince Yu from Nirvana in Fire, at least in a few small but significant ways. Mostly related to making horrible decisions out of ambitious/selfishness/etc and then continuing to make horrible decisions even when it bites him in the ass. But if Prince Yu is the personification of "The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math", Londo seems to eventually notice the calculation errors and make some correcting entries in the accounts, though not enough to make it balance properly. ...I think I'm running a little too far with this metaphor.
Apparently I ended up with mister "In purple, I'm stunning" as my B5 blorbo. Quite a surprise that I would become so attached to the embodiment of "It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me". (Then again, see above re: Prince Yu.) G'kar is more my typical type - though, I suppose he and Londo are kind of a package deal, considering how he and Londo are so entwined. (Speaking of which, everything re: "Where he goes, I go" is just. Let me sit here a bit with that. Yeahh.)
I feel like I should have more concrete thoughts (or, like, any at all) but frankly my brain is mush right now, so I'll end it here.
Fandom-wise, I have no idea what I might desire - aside from works that explore alien worldbuilding, for any/all of the alien races, which I found myself enjoying in canon but wanting more of in general. (Well, and also anything with well-characterised Londo and/or G'kar.) Whether I will set aside time to go poking around for fic remains to be seen, though.
I feel kind of like the last handful episodes were one big long drawn-out finale. It works okay when you're watching them one after another, but I wonder how it would have played out when it first came out.
There are some things that I feel like... Ehh. The stuff with the Drakh was not tied up as much as I would have liked. I found myself thinking, "What next?" and then... sudden 20-year jump? Augh. But. Anyway.
I'm really glad that I ended up deciding to watch the whole series. There were some parts of the series that I thought were better than others, some seasons that I liked more than others (though of course now that I'm actually thinking of it, I can't put my finger on specifics) but overall I had a really enjoyable time with it.
Part of me wants to rewatch from the beginning, since I have a feeling that many things from the earlier parts will feel much different when I know what happens later. But, there are so many things on my to-do list, I think I'll save that for another time. I do have access to the movies, though, so I'll watch those.
Londo and G'kar are, as Tik described it, "Something Else. The most situationship of all time". Man, I just find those two and the mess going on between them so very compelling.
I mentioned at one point (or maybe it was just to Tik) that Londo reminds me of Prince Yu from Nirvana in Fire, at least in a few small but significant ways. Mostly related to making horrible decisions out of ambitious/selfishness/etc and then continuing to make horrible decisions even when it bites him in the ass. But if Prince Yu is the personification of "The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math", Londo seems to eventually notice the calculation errors and make some correcting entries in the accounts, though not enough to make it balance properly. ...I think I'm running a little too far with this metaphor.
Apparently I ended up with mister "In purple, I'm stunning" as my B5 blorbo. Quite a surprise that I would become so attached to the embodiment of "It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me". (Then again, see above re: Prince Yu.) G'kar is more my typical type - though, I suppose he and Londo are kind of a package deal, considering how he and Londo are so entwined. (Speaking of which, everything re: "Where he goes, I go" is just. Let me sit here a bit with that. Yeahh.)
I feel like I should have more concrete thoughts (or, like, any at all) but frankly my brain is mush right now, so I'll end it here.
Fandom-wise, I have no idea what I might desire - aside from works that explore alien worldbuilding, for any/all of the alien races, which I found myself enjoying in canon but wanting more of in general. (Well, and also anything with well-characterised Londo and/or G'kar.) Whether I will set aside time to go poking around for fic remains to be seen, though.
Yuu. Fic writer & book lover. M/Canada.
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Date: 2024-04-08 05:50 am (UTC)As I understand it, the series was originally planned to play out over five seasons. Then they were cancelled after four seasons and had to wrap it up quickly. Then they were told, after having basically wrapped it up, that surprise! they got one more season after all, which resulted in them scrambling to stretch basically three or four episodes worth of material over one entire season.
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Date: 2024-04-11 07:19 pm (UTC)I also think the stuff with the Drakh wasn't tied up as much as it would have been nice. Even Crusade which also had a 5 year plan but was axed after the first half season, even the first half season hardly has any Drakh in it at all. For the next Big Bad, they wind up pretty much a nothing burger, even though there's so much body horror to be had there (londo ποΈποΈ)
I'm happy you enjoyed it <3333 imo it gets better on rewatches but a full rewatch is quite the undertaking. The Yu <-> Londo parallels have got me curious about Nirvana in Fire....
(Speaking of which, everything re: "Where he goes, I go" is just. Let me sit here a bit with that. Yeahh.)
:DDDD Yeaahhhhh!
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Date: 2024-04-11 09:30 pm (UTC)Good to know about Crusade; I do have access to that and plan to watch it at some point, so I'll go into it with all that in mind.
Re: Nirvana in Fire, yeahhh Londo and Prince Yu have very different personalities, but they sure share some flaws. I think you would rather like NiF in general; it's a long show with a large cast, lots of plot, and strategizing/political machinations etc. Also, very nice costumes.