Babylon 5 - The Complete First Season
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Actor: Claudia Christian, Michael O'HareBrand: 6291
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.77:1
Running Time: 956 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-11-05
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
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- The award-winning series about the space station that's the tumultuous center of the 23rd Century's bid for peace among humans and aliens hyperdrives onto DVD in a Deluxe 6-Disc Set.
Movie Reviews of Babylon 5 - The Complete First Season
Movie Review: Stick with it! It does get good ... eventually
Summary: 3 Stars
This was my first taste of Babylon 5. After the first episode, I thought 'Why did I buy this?' Only the prospect of real quality sci-fi to come kept me watching. Looking back, I'm glad I did. About the first third of this is dreck: the special effects were very dated, the acting was forced, and the storylines were not cohesive, making it difficult to care about what was happening or the characters' plight. However, everything about the show improves drastically closer to the end of the season: the storylines tie together, the characters are better portrayed, the dramatic moments become actually dramatic, and even the special effects seem to look more sleek. The season ends with a bang, and I can't wait until Season 2 arrives in the mail! I give the first season only three stars because, as I mentioned, the first few episodes really are bad.
Summary of Babylon 5 - The Complete First Season
The award-winning series about the space station that's the tumultuous center of the 23rd Century's bid for peace among humans and aliens hyperdrives onto DVD in a Deluxe 6-Disc Set.The epic sci-fi series Babylon 5 was a unique experiment in the history of television. It was effectively a novel for television in five seasons, consisting of 110 episodes with a clear beginning, middle, and end. The first season introduces the main characters, headed this year by Commander Jeffery Sinclair (Michael O'Hare) and Security Chief Michael Garibaldi (Jerry Doyle), and familiarizes the audience with the unique environment of a five-mile-long space station in the year 2257.
The first episode, "Midnight on the Firing Line," plays at a breathless pace, introducing Commander Susan Ivanova (Claudia Christian) and establishing the conflict between the Narn and Centauri races as represented by their ambassadors, G'Kar (Andreas Katsulas) and Londo Mollari (Peter Jurasik). Then follow several mediocre episodes that initially give the impression that B5 is a Star Trek clone afflicted with "silly alien of the week" syndrome. With "And the Sky Full of Stars," B5 really begins to hit its stride, Sinclair being forced to relive his mysterious experiences during the Earth-Minbari war. Filler shows such as "TKO" are notable only for being controversially violent, while the disappointing "Grail" points to writer-creator J. Michael Straczynski's fascination with Arthurian mythology. "Signs and Portents" introduces the sinister Mr. Morden (Ed Wasser) and offers the chilling first appearance of the Shadows, an ancient alien threat.
B5 hits warp speed with a run of exceptional episodes building to the season finale. The two-part "Voice in the Wilderness" has Mars breaking into open revolt against Earth and the discovery of a "Great Machine" on the dead world Epsilon 3. Referencing 1950s sci-fi classic Forbidden Planet, the story leads to the superb time-travel-based "Babylon Squared." Season finale "Chrysalis" proves more than just the usual television cliffhanger, placing Minbari ambassador Delenn in conflict with her ruling Grey Council and forcing on her a decision that laid the groundwork for Babylon 5's eventually becoming a great love story. --Gary S. Dalkin
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