Warner BrosĪny rational person would tell you that, if you’re going to watch the end of Babylon 5, that you should watch the series finale, “Sleeping in Light.” Those rational folks would have a point. This episode is like an entire retrospective on the show.but over the course of a million years. “Midnight on the Firing Line” ( Season 1, Episode 2) This will give you the gist - and hopefully make you want to watch more. Here’s a very brutal and short way to watch the biggest and best moments of the series. Back in the ‘90s, those TV seasons were long, and so there’s a lot of Babylon 5 to cover. Babylon 5’s shoestring budget might not make it look like it's on par with the shows just mentioned, but it was written as a series to be “binged” before binging was even possible.Īnd yet. Babylon 5 was innovative because it “introduced viewers accustomed to episodic television to the concept of a five-year arc with a pre-planned beginning, middle and end, creating a brand new paradigm for television storytelling that has subsequently become the norm,” as JMS succinctly put it on Twitter.ĭoing a top 5 episode list of Babylon 5 is a little like telling someone that if they watch just five specific episodes of Breaking Bad or The Wire or The Sopranos, that they’ll “get” those shows, too. And yet, you’re probably dying to know which are the best episodes of the old Babylon 5 to watch in preparation - right?įor those who love the series, what I’m about to attempt is sacrilegious, perhaps even offensive.
“Better to go the way of Westworld or Battlestar Galactica where you take the original elements that are evergreens and put them in a blender with a ton of new, challenging ideas, to create something fresh yet familiar.”īut what if you’re unfamiliar with the original series? The new show is a reboot, meaning it should be accessible to new viewers. “We will not be retelling the same story in the same way,” he wrote. JMS also made it clear that Babylon 5 will not continue the canon of his original. Having the support of an actual network is much different than the syndicated wilderness the classic Babylon 5 had to navigate. Right now, JMS has been asked to write an approach as he said on Twitter, “I’m hip-deep into writing the pilot now, and will be running the series upon pickup.” JMS makes it clear that the CW is “enthusiastic” and “supportive” of the new take on B5, which was not the case with the original series. According by The Hollywood Reporter and subsequently confirmed by Straczynski - does not guarantee this new Babylon 5 reboot will enter production. That said, here’s one point of clarification. The short answer to this question is obviously yes.
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