Thus Spoketh Terje

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1. Terje Phlegmont Mendoza

   My favourite B5 character, Garibaldi is. Interestingly enough, I find Sinclair to be the most boring of them all, and occasionally find myself being annoyed at him being the main character of the show. Just about the only interesting thing about him at this point, is his involvement in The Battle of the Line, as well as his as of yet shrouded place in the plans of the Minbari…

   14. April 2007 @ 15:31 ( Permalink )

2. Loki

   *grins secretively*

   14. April 2007 @ 15:46 ( Permalink )

3. Terje Phlegmont Mendoza

   Yes, you would do that, wouldn’t you?

   14. April 2007 @ 16:26 ( Permalink )

4. Loki

   Oh, I would - and did - indeed.

   14. April 2007 @ 16:33 ( Permalink )

5. Terje Phlegmont Mendoza

   Also:

   “The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote.”
   - Ambassador Kash of the Vorlon, “Believers”

   “Man, I need a drink. Water, straight up.”
   - Garibaldi, “Survivors”

   “My dad always used to say there are no happily ever afters, there’s only new battles.”
   - Miss Connelly the Union Leader, “Any Means Necessary”.

   Sinclair: “Gentlemen, I have been up for nearly two days straight without any sleep, which makes me a very crancky man.”
   Londo: “yes, we’ve noticed. Have you considered meditation?”
   - “Any Means Necessary”

   Sinclair: “No boom?”
   Garibaldi: “No boom.”
   Ivanova: “No boom today. Boom tomorrow. There’s always a boom tomorrow… What!? Someone’s gotta have some perspective

   around here. Boom –sooner or later — BOOM!”
   - Grail

   In addition to their frequent use of “the starcruiser Asimov”.

   14. April 2007 @ 23:44 ( Permalink )

6. Loki

   Ah, Kosh. And Garibaldi and Londo aren’t too bad, either. ;D

   14. April 2007 @ 23:48 ( Permalink )

7. Terje Phlegmont Mendoza

   Personally, I’m getting more fond of Susan by the episode. Also, the show’s morals are so liberal it almost makes me cry. And “Believers” might just have been the most intelligent piece of television I have ever seen. The dialogue and the theme of that episode, and especially the way it was executed, left me slack-jawed.

   15. April 2007 @ 01:54 ( Permalink )

8. Loki

   What was “Believers” about?

   And yes. Incredibly liberal.

   15. April 2007 @ 11:59 ( Permalink )

9. Loki

   Speaking of Ivanova; you heard “the mantra of Babylon 5″ yet? XD

   15. April 2007 @ 12:00 ( Permalink )

10. Terje Phlegmont Mendoza

    The Mantra of Babylon 5? No, never even heard of it…

    “Believers” was the episode where these religious fanatics came and asked for the doctor’s help to heal their son. However, he needed surgery to survive, and their religion held that if one of their own — they called themselves “Chosen” — were cut (perhaps especially in the area where the kid had problems), he or she would lose his or her spirit, and thus cease to be anything else than a demon.

    Then they played it so that this belief was set up against the doctor’s belief that this was wrong, and that saving the kid’s life went before everything else, creating some of the best one-episode suspense I’ve seen in a long time, if ever. And I don’t even like medical shows…

    Anyway, it wasn’t entirely perfect, I was for example skeptical of their decision to have the parents kill their son after the doctor defied Sinclair and did surgery after all, but… still, a good episode.

    15. April 2007 @ 17:42 ( Permalink )

11. Loki

    Must be later in the series, then.

    I liked that the parents did. More believable.

    15. April 2007 @ 18:02 ( Permalink )

12. Terje Phlegmont Mendoza

    That’s a good point. I was/am a little unsure, though, of whether I think it’s over the top or not, and how it affected the portrayal of the parents. But essentially, I guess (no matter how little I like essence), both the parents and the doctor did what they thought best, and they both broke the rules of others to do it, thus making the portrayal of them kinda equal.

    And I just watched the episode in which the Babylon 5 mantra was formulated:

    “And just one more thing. On the way back I’d like you to take your time to learn the Babylon 5 mantra: Ivanova is always right. I will listen to Ivanova. I will not ignore Ivanova’s recommendations. Ivanova is God. And, it this ever happens again, Ivanova will personally rip your lungs out. Babylon control out.”
    - Susan Ivanova, “AVITW, p1″

    Man, she’s awesome.

    15. April 2007 @ 23:29 ( Permalink )

13. Loki

    She is indeed. I have that clip as an mp3, if you want it.

    15. April 2007 @ 23:53 ( Permalink )

14. Loki

    This quote reminds me of an equally powerful Firefly-quote, by the way, though when taken out of context it appears less eloquent than this one:

    The Sheriff: These are tough times. If a man can get a job, he might not look too close at what that job is. But a man learns all the details of a situation like ours, well, then he has a choice.

    Mal: I don’t believe he does.

    28. July 2007 @ 04:10 ( Permalink )

15. Terje Phlegmont Mendoza

    Ah, yes, “The Train Job”. Mighty fine fellow, that Mal.

    29. July 2007 @ 16:51 ( Permalink )

16. Loki

    I love that Sheriff. His character could easily have been a nondescript nobody, but every scene he’s in, that guy Owns. And that’s saying something, considering all his scenes are with Nathan fracking Fillion.

    29. July 2007 @ 18:22 ( Permalink )