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[dagonell]

celliogave me:

G'kar: I recognized the name as a Babylon 5 character, but I had to go to Wikipedia to see which character he was.  My wife and I didn't get into Babylon 5.  It wasn't being broadcast in Buffalo.  I've actually seen more B5 episodes in Cellio's house than anywhere else. :)  So, if you were hoping for a deep character analysis, I'm sorry to

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[meirwen]

If Lear and the Fool are comic relief in Shakespear, then Londo and G'Kar are comic relief in Babylon 5. I understand not getting into it when it was broadcast, but given some other things you've written over the years, I think you really need to watch it, from the beginning, straight through, in order. The whole series is one story, with the first four seasons particularly. The WB now streams all 5 seasons on the web. You just have to endure their commercials, which is how it was originally anyway.

[baron_steffan]

For a time, there was a web site for an SCA group at the South Pole research station. A lot of people
were struck by how neat it was that the SCA was on every continent, including Antarctica. But I understand
it turned out to be a hoax.

For a time Trimaris claimed the moon, since they had the only port by which it could be reached: the shire
on the Space Coast (Starhaven, IIRC) has arms of a weaver's shuttle and three estoiles in chief.

[cellio]

Oh I'm sorry; I thought I'd remembered you being part of the "videotapes from the UK" chain back when they got B5 episodes months ahead of us.

But in my defense, you list B5 in your interests.

[dagonell]

No need to apologize. If I had the time to follow up on everything that I thought was interesting, that would be wealth beyond imagination. My father kept advising me to never retire because retirement is boring. I can't conceive the concept.
-- Dagonell

[poltr1]

I remember going to Cincinnati, with a VCR in tow, to record the original pilot episode of B5. A station in Dayton played the series, but it was late on Sunday evenings, and the time kept changing. G'Kar "drank" the microchip at the end of the pilot episode. ("Beep beep!")

I think some of the Jittlov shorts are now on YouTube. Animato, Time Tripper, TWOSAT.

[jducoeur]

While it's true that Londo and G'Kar are arguably the comic relief at the beginning of the series, you can make a pretty good case that they turn out to be the protagonists of the story -- they just plain have more *arc* than anybody else. G'Kar starts the series as the arrogant buffoon, Londo as the sad sack; both wind up in *utterly* different positions by the end. One has a story that is high tragedy at its best; the other learns wisdom in the hardest possible ways.

B5 really is well worth watching, if you ever have some spare time. (At least the first four seasons; the fifth is decidedly uneven.)