THE THING ABOUT BABYLON 5

I’m a big B5 fan...I would say that there’s about six eras of Babylon 5.

1. The Pilot episode
2. Series I
3. Series II to IV
4. Series V
5. The TV films (5 films)
6. The Lost Tales (which I believe was sort of meant to be a sixth series)

It varies quite a bit between these six stages which is a important thing to realise. My personal favourite (like many others) is of course series II to IV...but, V is actually really good too when you revisit it. And the first TV film that was made “Babylon 5: In the Beginning” (once your in the know about everything you need to know about the main characters)...is a truly excellent film...they really did a first rate job with that...it’s a very, very high point in Babylon 5 history and remains (to me) the best (or one of the best) they ever did. It’s just a shame that they couldn’t take that to the cinema and have a huge budget on it, but they did the best they could and it’s a great bit of story telling.

1. The pilot stands apart from the rest because the whole thing feels somewhat different, the cast is different…we have Johnny Sekka as the doctor and Tamlyn Tomita as the first officer. The makeup on some of the characters is different, and even the guns are different.

2. Series one sees Claudia Christian replace Tamlyn Tomita, and Richard Biggs replace Johnny Sekka...It’s a big change because these two are on screen a lot.

3. Very big change again as we see the main character Michael O'Hare be replaced by Bruce Boxleitner.

4. This might not be as big a change as I think it is...but, I think maybe it is though, because of the new characters you get with it.

5. The five films are, the era of the five films.

6. The Lost Tales is the era where, The Lost Tales arrived.