Fun Fact: This episode should be Episode 2, since the gathering was a pilot movie. Fun Fact 2: This episode should be up on YouTube on the Clipzone channel by now, but what is being called the...
Fun Fact: This episode should be Episode 2, since the gathering was a pilot movie.
Fun Fact 2: This episode should be up on YouTube on the Clipzone channel by now, but what is being called the full episode is just a clip.
Ahhh ok so this is not my favorite episode BUT I love that this does something that sets Babylon 5 apart from Star Trek early. Edit 2 things! We got souls! And reincarnation. And irreconcilable...
Ahhh ok so this is not my favorite episode BUT I love that this does something that sets Babylon 5 apart from Star Trek early. Edit 2 things!
We got souls! And reincarnation. And irreconcilable deeply held religious beliefs not just from our species of the week, but from one of our regulars. To the Minbari the capture of souls is true death. To the hunters not capturing them is true death
Who's right? Yes. (To quote Kosh)
Of course this soul hunter is also doing serial killing so this one is specifically a problem
#2: poverty and violence on our station. It's not so clean here, and people are left behind in this universe.
Sinclair does continue to the SF trope of the commander/captain putting himself on the front lines. He's such a pilot. (JMS mentions he has to keep his flight hours current to maintain his status but that sounds like plot convenience to me)
I like N'grath as an alien underworld figure.
This episode asks some bigger questions - well not necessarily bigger than souls, but more plot-y questions. Why is Delenn there if she's so important? What is up with Sinclair?
Fun Fact: This episode should be Episode 2, since the gathering was a pilot movie.
Fun Fact 2: This episode should be up on YouTube on the Clipzone channel by now, but what is being called the full episode is just a clip.
Since they messed up the release on YouTube, here it is on dailymotion instead too:
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8h1hfd
Ahhh ok so this is not my favorite episode BUT I love that this does something that sets Babylon 5 apart from Star Trek early. Edit 2 things!
We got souls! And reincarnation. And irreconcilable deeply held religious beliefs not just from our species of the week, but from one of our regulars. To the Minbari the capture of souls is true death. To the hunters not capturing them is true death
Who's right? Yes. (To quote Kosh)
Of course this soul hunter is also doing serial killing so this one is specifically a problem
#2: poverty and violence on our station. It's not so clean here, and people are left behind in this universe.
Sinclair does continue to the SF trope of the commander/captain putting himself on the front lines. He's such a pilot. (JMS mentions he has to keep his flight hours current to maintain his status but that sounds like plot convenience to me)
I like N'grath as an alien underworld figure.
This episode asks some bigger questions - well not necessarily bigger than souls, but more plot-y questions. Why is Delenn there if she's so important? What is up with Sinclair?
"You're a pessimist"
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