TV again

[ladymercury_10]

Apparently all of my updates are television updates now.  I have no attention span when it comes to TV shows.  Somehow I ended up watching a ten-minute clip of Susan Ivanova from Babylon 5 being generally fabulous.  Babylon 5-watching flist, is this something I can expect on a regular basis if I start watching the show?  I would watch a whole show

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[izhilzha]

Oh lord. This is hard. Um, Susan is not in season 5 at all (and there are other reasons for maybe not watching that season). She's awesome in season one, and there are plotty things in that season that you kind of need, but some people will tell you to skip most of it.

[ladymercury_10]

So you'd say start with Season 1, then?

[izhilzha]

Yes, I would, definitely.

[dqbunny]

Ivanova is God. *nods seriously* She says so herself.

Start with season 1. It does start a bit slow, but as izhilzha says, there's plot stuff in there that you'll need later on. Plus, there's just some really good character interaction there

[ladymercury_10]

Haha, I saw that in the clip!

Oh, I'd be lucky to get as far as the fourth season. I get really distracted when it comes to TV. I never even finished catching up on all the Tennant and Eccleston episodes of Doctor Who. >_<

OK, I like almost everybody on this space station.
Yay! That bodes well. :)

Maybe we should rewatch them and then flail over them together on LJ/chat! Except I have to see what the state of our Netflix is, since I'm home for the summer and my parents have been using it to marathon NCIS. And again, I get really distracted when it comes to TV....

[dqbunny]

Hahaha. If it's really good, I go in fits and spurts. I have yet to finish Merlin, series 4. Some stuff I can get through really quickly, but there are still a few episodes of New Who from series 2, 3 and 5 I haven't seen yet.

Pretty much, once you hit season 3, it's almost like you need to watch 3 and 4 together in one huge gulp. Even if you're distracted.

[ladymercury_10]

3 and 5 were my favorite seasons, but I still haven't seen some of 3. Like the pig New York one, or the end bit with the Tinkerbell Jesus Doctor or whatever.

Good to know!

[kerravonsen]

Start with Season 1. This is a plot-heavy series, so you actually do need to start from the beginning.
And yes, Ivanova is "always this kick-butt and funny and smart".
Garibaldi is almost as much fun as Ivanova.
I can't speak for seasons 4 and 5 because I stopped watching before then, but seasons 1-3 are worth watching, at least.
Personally, I like Sinclair (Season 1) more than Sheridan (Season 2+), but apparently the rest of the universe disagrees.

[izhilzha]

I also like Sinclair more than Sheridan. :)

And I would say season 4 is worth watching, but it sort of depends on what one is watching for, exactly.

[ladymercury_10]

Thanks for all the help! :)

[ladymercury_10]

Cool, thanks!

[psychicvanity]

I've seen...most of season one. I think. Maybe. The library only had it in singles and I got caught up in other things by the time I discovered the interwebs. So I consider myself a B5 fan with little actual practical experience. That said.

SUSAN IVANOVA IS A BAMF.

I generally don't care about female characters. I tend to prefer men. But Ivanova is one of only like two female characters I absolutely adore. She is the best thing ever. I might have a crush on her, obv. The other characters are good too, don't get me wrong, I love them all, but Ivanova? Much yes.

Rambley time over now. :P

[ladymercury_10]

SUSAN IVANOVA IS A BAMF.

Indeed! :)

[hamsterwoman]

Nthing starting with season 1. I do think seasons 2-4 are much stronger, and chunks of season 1 *could* be skipped, but i do think the show builds in a nice way, and there's a lot of Ivanova (among others) being awesome in season 1, so. (And, yes, besides the fact that she's absent from s5, her being awesome is something one can expect from B5 on a regular basis :)

[ladymercury_10]

Neat, thanks! :)