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Babylon 5: I remember seeing previews for the pilot when I was 11 and being really excited about a new science fiction show. At that time, I was watching Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine regularly... and, while I enjoyed them, the Star Trek universe was a known quantity. I was eager to discover something new.
Unfortunately, Babylon 5: The Gathering straight up sucked. Many of the character designs were bad, the acting was awful, and I was utterly unenthralled. My great disappointment faded into forgetful ambivalence, and my 12th year was spent absorbed in the final season of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
In November of 1994, I was taking a computer class under the auspices of a teacher who was a sci-fi nut. She absolutely loved Babylon 5, and she hosted after-school parties after each new episode aired, screening them in the computer lab for those who had permission to stay. As a young geek, there was no way I was passing up teacher-sanctioned social geekery.
I don't remember which new episode we watched on the first viewing I attended; I do remember, though, that it was a double-header. She showed us "Babylon Squared" after the new episode and, in spite of Michael O'Hare's one-note performance, I was hooked by the end of the afternoon. (Especially knowing that Captain John Sheridan was on the way.)
I got my mom hooked along with me - she had long been a sci-fi fan as well anyway, and the idea thatScarecrow Bruce Boxleitner took over from the subpar Michael O'Hare was all she needed to hear. Thus began a journey in intense fandom love through my 17th year.
I keep meaning to revisit the series now, over a decade later, but I haven't managed to commit to it yet. From a few episodes I've randomly watched in the past couple of years, though, I think such a re-watch will be a mixed experience. I still love the characters and the concepts, but some of the writing makes me wince.
Quixote, on the other hand, answers Ron Moore's Battlestar Galactica. Before the miniseries aired in 2003, he was firmly in the "Galactica in name only" camp. He was convinced it was the worst idea ever and would be horrible, but he was equally committed to watching the miniseries so he could complain on an informed level. Of course, by the time the second part ended, he was done and a BSG fan through and through. (I was also a big fan of BSG in the beginning, but it took "33" to sell me on it.)
30 Days of TV
Day 01 - A show that should never have been canceled
Day 02 - A show that you wish more people were watching
Day 03 - Your favorite new show (aired this TV season)
Day 04 - Your favorite show ever
Day 05 - A show you hate
Day 06 - Favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 07 - Least favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 08 - A show everyone should watch
Day 09 - Best scene ever
Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving
Day 11 - A show that disappointed you
Day 12 - An episode you've watched more than 5 times
Day 13 - Favorite childhood show
Day 14 - Favorite male character
Day 15 - Favorite female character
Day 16 - Your guilty pleasure show
Day 17 - Favorite mini series
Day 18 - Favorite title sequence
Day 19 - Best TV show cast
Day 20 - Favorite kiss
Day 21 - Favorite 'ship
Day 22 - Favorite series finale
Day 23 - Most annoying character
Day 24 - Best quote
Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new)
Day 26 - OMG WTF? Season finale
Day 27 - Best pilot episode
Day 28 - First TV show obsession
Day 29 - Current TV show obsession
Day 30 - Saddest character death
Babylon 5: I remember seeing previews for the pilot when I was 11 and being really excited about a new science fiction show. At that time, I was watching Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine regularly... and, while I enjoyed them, the Star Trek universe was a known quantity. I was eager to discover something new.
Unfortunately, Babylon 5: The Gathering straight up sucked. Many of the character designs were bad, the acting was awful, and I was utterly unenthralled. My great disappointment faded into forgetful ambivalence, and my 12th year was spent absorbed in the final season of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
In November of 1994, I was taking a computer class under the auspices of a teacher who was a sci-fi nut. She absolutely loved Babylon 5, and she hosted after-school parties after each new episode aired, screening them in the computer lab for those who had permission to stay. As a young geek, there was no way I was passing up teacher-sanctioned social geekery.
I don't remember which new episode we watched on the first viewing I attended; I do remember, though, that it was a double-header. She showed us "Babylon Squared" after the new episode and, in spite of Michael O'Hare's one-note performance, I was hooked by the end of the afternoon. (Especially knowing that Captain John Sheridan was on the way.)
I got my mom hooked along with me - she had long been a sci-fi fan as well anyway, and the idea that
I keep meaning to revisit the series now, over a decade later, but I haven't managed to commit to it yet. From a few episodes I've randomly watched in the past couple of years, though, I think such a re-watch will be a mixed experience. I still love the characters and the concepts, but some of the writing makes me wince.
Quixote, on the other hand, answers Ron Moore's Battlestar Galactica. Before the miniseries aired in 2003, he was firmly in the "Galactica in name only" camp. He was convinced it was the worst idea ever and would be horrible, but he was equally committed to watching the miniseries so he could complain on an informed level. Of course, by the time the second part ended, he was done and a BSG fan through and through. (I was also a big fan of BSG in the beginning, but it took "33" to sell me on it.)
30 Days of TV
Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving
Day 11 - A show that disappointed you
Day 12 - An episode you've watched more than 5 times
Day 13 - Favorite childhood show
Day 14 - Favorite male character
Day 15 - Favorite female character
Day 16 - Your guilty pleasure show
Day 17 - Favorite mini series
Day 18 - Favorite title sequence
Day 19 - Best TV show cast
Day 20 - Favorite kiss
Day 21 - Favorite 'ship
Day 22 - Favorite series finale
Day 23 - Most annoying character
Day 24 - Best quote
Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new)
Day 26 - OMG WTF? Season finale
Day 27 - Best pilot episode
Day 28 - First TV show obsession
Day 29 - Current TV show obsession
Day 30 - Saddest character death