Comments | thalia_seawood: Babylon 5 - "Deathwalker" and "Believers"

thalia_seawood

Babylon 5 - "Deathwalker" and "Believers"

Nov 27, 2006 21:37

Just watched episodes 9 and 10 of season 1. After reading short intros to both episodes on an overview page and seeing that both had pretty low ratings, I didn't expect much, but was pleasantly surprised.

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likeadeuce November 27 2006, 21:48:47 UTC

I don't know about "nice" but some basic ones I made are here. Glad you're enjoying the show!

thalia_seawood February 26 2007, 21:54:05 UTC

Thanks for the link! I took the Ivanova WTF icon. (Really loved her character.)

qos November 28 2006, 02:59:41 UTC

The strength of the episode is that noone gets dissed. All opinions are treated with respect

One of the things I like best about B-5 is that religion is taken seriously, and all religions are treated with respect. One may disagree with beliefs or choices of characters, but they are given the dignity of their convictions.

Belivers is one of my favorite episodes, as is Passing Through Gethsemane.

selenak November 28 2006, 06:48:53 UTC

Voila, icons:

http://community.livejournal.com/babylon5contest/

"Deathwalker" was a good Na'Toth episode as well. Trivia: the actress who played the villain was the same one who played Saavik in Star Trek III.

And another ST connection: the scriptwriter for "Believers", David Gerrold, wrote several key episodes for Star Trek: The Original Series, including "The Trouble with Tribbles". (One big difference between s1 and s2 and the later seasons - starting with late s2, JMS wrote ALL the episodes. With the exception of a single on in s5 written by Neil Gaiman. We're still marvelling that he managed that one.)

Ditto on Believers: it doesn't take the easy way out and treats its characters with respect.