Classic Coverage looks back on the episodes of past shows from a modern perspective.
Babylon 5 had a decent stable of recurring characters, even if many of them meet grisly fates, and every season we can always look forward to the return of Bester. Here he is even more welcome, as the show decides … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…”Strange Relations”
We continue on our run of episodes that are more interested in filling in the world of Babylon 5 than in advancing storylines meaningfully. This one gives a more in depth look at the Rangers and their training, which is … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…”Learning Curve”
I mentioned back in the Londo heavy episode that an advantage to having 22 episodes and not enough plot to fill them means that the show can luxuriate in one off episodes that do some good character building work without … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…”A View from the Gallery”
As much complaining as I have done about Season 5, there was a kernel of a good idea in some of the plots for the season. The Interstellar Alliance seems like an obviously good idea to the various planetary governments, … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“The Paragon of Animals”
Come Along With Me Storyboarded by: Tom Herpich, Steve Wolfhard, Somvilay Xayaphone, Seo Kim, Aleks Sennwald, Hanna K. Nystrom, Sam Alden, and Graham Falk Original Airdate: September 8, 2018 Part 1 Review by: CedricTheOwl So we arrive at the conclusion. … Continue reading “Come Along With Me”
With the setting up episode out of the way we get into some character building content. Season 5 is unique among the Babylon 5 seasons in that it has room for one-off episodes that the other seasons really didn’t. The … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari”
Star Trek: The Next Generation – Season 3, Episode 3 Star Trek: The Next Generation is the poster child for the “it doesn’t really get going until season __” show. That isn’t to say that seasons one and two are … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? (Best of TNG) – “The Survivors”
Lets get it out of the way at the start. I dont really care for Season 5 of Babylon 5. I am not alone in this. Most fans of the show feel that this is probably the weakest season, even … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“No Compromises”
When is it time to give up? — Jake is still missing, and Finn is still hopeful that his BRB is NBD; or maybe he’s just repressing. But after Jermaine saw Jake in a dream, stranded on a far-off planet … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “Temple of Mars” and “Gumbaldia”
For a low-budget show that would go on to 110 hour long episodes, it is practically a miracle that we never got a Babylon 5 clip show. Clip shows are a producers dream, even cheaper than a bottle episode, and … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“The Deconstruction of Falling Stars”
One of the strengths that Babylon 5 has when stacked up against both modern shows and its contemporaries was the combination of 90’s style huge episode orders(22 per season) paired with serialized story telling. This allows us the excitement of … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“Rising Star”
We have finally arrived. All of the little bits of planning that we have seen from Sheridan, every strategic choice he has made all season has been leading to this. Sheridan is not done being sneaky though, as his plan … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“Endgame”
Marcy & Hunson Storyboarded by: Graham Falk and Adam Muto Original Airdate: December 17, 2017 Review by: CedricTheOwl If Adventure Time is dedicating its final run to giving its favorite characters one last focus episode, it couldn’t very well do … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “Marcy & Hunson” and “The First Investigation”
After the somewhat experimental “Intersections in Real Time” Babylon 5 gets back to normal business. We are now only four episodes from the end of the season so everything moves very quickly to get all the pieces in place for … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…- “Between the Darkness and the Light”
Seventeen Directed by Cole Sanchez Written and storyboarded by Seo Kim and Somvilay Xayaphone from a story by Kent Osborne, Jack Pendarvis, Julia Pott, and Adam Muto Original airdate: December 17, 2017 In the bleak December, at the court of … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “Seventeen” and “Ring of Fire”
For all of its work in popularizing serialized storytelling on TV, Babylon 5 was at its heart a very traditional show. Guest stars come in and out, many plots are sewn up at the end of the hour, and we … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“Intersections in Real Time”
Son of Rap Bear Directed by Diana Lafyatis | Written and Storyboarded by Seo Kim and Somvilay Xayaphone, from a story by Kent Osborne, Jack Pendarvise, Julia Pott, and Adam Muto Original Airdate: September 17, 2017 I wasn’t supposed to … Continue reading Come Along With Me: “Son of Rap Bear” and “Bonnibel Bubblegum”
I tend to think more highly of this episode compared to the previous one, as it is full of forward movement and big events, but at the end of the day it is another basic plot advancement episode. What sets … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“The Face of the Enemy”
Now that the war with Earth has kicked off in earnest it is time for a business-like episode that covers things back on the station and follows Mr.Garibaldi’s adventures on Mars. After an action heavy episode there is value in … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“The Exercise of Vital Powers”
Three Buckets Written and Storyboarded by Tom Herpich and Steve Wolfhard|Original Airdate July 17, 2017 Review by Prestidigititis Let’s talk about Fern, the flora doppelgänger who appeared out of Finn’s Finn-Sword when it became damaged by the Grass Sword blade. … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “Three Buckets” and “Diamonds and Lemons”
As I say in every season when we get to this point, each season has a name. Signs and Portents, The Coming of Shadows, Point of No Return, and now No Surrender, No Retreat. Each of the seasons has one … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“No Surrender, No Retreat”
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