OT - Shock Babylon 5 makes me shudder

pathfinder · #1 February 9th, 2004, 11:39 PM

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Originally posted by Growltigger:
Gosh, I recently bought series 1, 2 and 3 on DVD.

I was watching an episode from series 3 which I had never seen. It is the one where the Minbari want to hold a rebirth ceremony, and the humans go and tell Delenn their secrets whilst she is in Medlab.

Ivanova walks in and tells Delenn that she was probably in love with that blonde telepath who was in the station on series 1 and 2.

Blimey, isn't this a bit steamy for science fiction shows? I mean, well, really! cute executive officer falls for cute telepath, both girls? my god....

Blimey again

Hey GT, wait til ya see the episode where Ivanova is questioning the Centauri attache about Centauri marriage and he says something about having 6(?) appendages.....

EvilGenius4ABetterTomorro · #2 February 9th, 2004, 11:48 PM

I think later on Ivanova and the Blond Telepath actually get to kiss. Originally I remeber a few weeks later a DS-9 episode had some female/female romance in it too.
All part of the lesbos in space theme. Nice to see Enterprise flirting with the same ideas too.

Ed Kolis · #3 February 10th, 2004, 12:55 AM

Anyone remember the Voyager episode where Neelix and Kes were going to have a kid, only they had to remain "bonded" for *3 DAYS* for it to work?

Atrocities · #4 February 10th, 2004, 02:06 AM

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Originally posted by Growltigger:
Gosh, I recently bought series 1, 2 and 3 on DVD.

I was watching an episode from series 3 which I had never seen. It is the one where the Minbari want to hold a rebirth ceremony, and the humans go and tell Delenn their secrets whilst she is in Medlab.

Ivanova walks in and tells Delenn that she was probably in love with that blonde telepath who was in the station on series 1 and 2.

Blimey, isn't this a bit steamy for science fiction shows? I mean, well, really! cute executive officer falls for cute telepath, both girls? my god....

Blimey again

Um dude, no offense, but this is really really really really really really old news. If it took you that long to discover this, then perhaps you did not have B5 broadcasting in your area so long ago.

I can remember the old B5 forums ablaze with discussion over Ivanova's sexual preferances long before this episode confirmed them. I miss so many things about the earily internet.

Arkcon · #5 February 10th, 2004, 02:13 AM

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Originally posted by Growltigger:

Blimey, isn't this a bit steamy for science fiction shows? I mean, well, really! cute executive officer falls for cute telepath, both girls? my god....

Blimey again

Um... well, there was an episode of Deep Space Nine where Jadzia Dax mildly flirted with a woman from her past life ... and more than a few people complained about it. I didn't even care enough to watch it.

Then, in the Last season, they go to the evil parallel universe, and evil Ezri and evil Kira do a full on snog. And I think, so what's the point they're trying to make here, that this is evil?

Bab 5 was just a better written show, case closed. Same basic premise, a little lesbian titilation thrown in, but look how much more meaningful it comes across at the end for Bab 5.

[ February 10, 2004, 00:15: Message edited by: Arkcon ]

Kamog · #6 February 10th, 2004, 07:50 AM

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cute executive officer falls for cute telepath

Nah, Susan Ivanova and Talia Winters aren't that cute. Lyta Alexander is the cutest one.

Yeah, Lyta is the best.

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That explains Centauri males hair too !

One of my friends don't call them Centauri. He calls them Fan-Heads.

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Hey GT, wait til ya see the episode where Ivanova is questioning the Centauri attache about Centauri marriage and he says something about having 6(?) appendages.....

It's also mentioned in that episode where Londo teaches Lennier to gamble, and Londo cheats in a card game and they get into a fight.

Growltigger · #7 February 10th, 2004, 09:53 AM

Atrocities, it may be old news to you, but I never got to see all the B5 series so have only caught up once I bought them on DVD

Kamog, we are down to personal tastes here, you can keep Lyta Alexander, it that means I get to keep Talia Winters and Ivanova.

As to the Centauri, I actually meant the males - personally, when I first saw the show, I thought they looked daft, but then isnt it just the sort of silly hair style a pompous bunch of blurts likes the Centauri would wear?

Now the Narn are good aliens, they look alien, act a but weird and are great