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| Editorial Reviews: | | |  | | As the first season of Babylon 5 comes to a close, the series finally begins to catch fire, concluding with the two best episodes of the season. "Legacies" (written by Star Trek veteran D.C. Fontana) spotlights Delenn in a story that illuminates the conflicts between the different casts of Minbar. Not only that, Ivanova's hatred of the Psi-Corps is rekindled when she and station telepath Talia Winters (Andrea Thompson, late of NYPD Blue) struggle over the future of a telepathic girl. "A Voice in the Wilderness Part 1" explores the legacy of the supposedly dead planet below the station when it erupts to life and reveals a massive arsenal. Even more important to the series is the revolution that breaks out on Mars as it attempts to break with Earth Government. In "A Voice in the Wilderness Part 2," ships arrive to lay claim to the technology of the planet that has rumbled to life, as Babylon 5 struggles to save the life of the alien that has kept it slumbering all these millennia. "Babylon Squared," one of the most inventive episodes of the entire series, spins a spellbinding story about the sudden re-emergence of Babylon 4 (which disappeared without a trace three years before) and introduces a mythic dimension revisited and explained in season three with "War Without End Parts 1 and 2." "The Quality of Mercy" calms the show down with the story of a doctor (guest star June Lockhart) with an alien healing device. It also features the comic adventures of Londo, who takes it upon himself to show Minbari boy scout Lennier (Bill Mumy) the "real" Babylon 5 of poker games, strip clubs, and bar fights. The season ends with the most eventful and compelling episode to date, "Chrysalis," which brings the conspiracy against Earth Government to a climax, introduces a mysterious and deadly force that attacks the Narn, and unleashes life-changing events for Garibaldi and Delenn. The echoes of these sudden narrative shifts will be felt through the next four seasons of the series. --Sean Axmaker | |
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| The ramping up of a great story | |
| | First: should you happen to be missing the beginning of the season, go get it - while enjoyable on it's own, this set (and everything that follows) is SO much better when you can see the whole big story unfold in front of you with all the little pieces you pick up in season 1 fitting into the story. If you've seen the series, but have holes in your first season, BUY THEM. You will be *amazed* at the number of little hints that show the upcoming story in the follow seasons! DVD is to be released this summer, so you might want to wait if you'd prefer the disks. Another reason to have these: there are many little background hints that you'll want to rewind and catch. Overall, this is the best series of it's time and while the Trek(s) occationally match it, they fall down in having way too many stinkers thrown in. I can count TWO stinkers in *five* seasons of Babylon 5, it's THAT good.
| | | We have just opened and viewed the videos of Babylon 5 - Epsilon Chronicles and are greatly disappointed in the quality of the tapes. Having subscribed earlier to the Columbia House versions of Babylon 5, the quality of these videos leaves a lot to be desired. They appear to have been dubbed on a less that optimum vcr. The subject matter is tremendous and the ability to select which sets to purchase is five star, however, I wish they had been first run quality. I will continue to view them for I am a five-star Babylon 5 fan. Be prepared to be disappointed.
| | | While I rate B5 as 5-star Sci-Fi series (leaving every incarnation of Star Trek in the dust) I only give this pack 4-stars and the beginning of season 1 gets only 3. Season one seemed to thrash about looking for a purpose before the story arc really took form and charicture. Chrysalis is a must own as it fails to pull a single punch, leaving you breathless at the end. Quality of Mercy is a little "Treky" in it's presentation. Babylon Squared is neat in that it sets the foundation for things to come. Voice in the Wilderness is a standout in season 1 for its good writing, but again some of the concepts seem a little "Treky"
| | | | There isn't a bad video in this set. Ok, so if I wanted to get picky I might rate them as between 4.5 (Quality of Mercy); 4.7 (Babylon Squared); and 4.9 (Voice in the Wilderness I & II) The other episodes all fit in there somewhere. I wouldn't rate any of these at four stars or below. If you are a true fan of B5 and JMS, then you'll want all videos in the series. Even if you don't want them all these are a must have.
| | The Best of B5's First Season | |
| | This pack features the final episodes of Season One, where the series begins to deepen and darken. Shades of meaning, emphasis on surprising past plot elements...all of a sudden, B5 gets really good! These eps only have this power because of the foundation laid by the earlier eps, so you've got to watch them, just so you get to "A Voice In The Wilderness" and "Babylon Squared", the real meat of the first year. "Chrysalis" sets some of the stage for season two, but who knew then Sinclair would be gone...for a time.
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