| Mar1217 said: I don't even know what this is despite the fact that I was kind of a junky for these type of series back then ... |
Babylon 5 is an early 90s Sci-Fi show that was ahead of its time in concept. Then most Sci-Fi was more about fantasy and episodic so each episode stood on its own. Babylon 5 took a darker more grounded approach to Sci-Fi and it did what all shows do now. Every episode bleeds into the next one. So it has a story arc so each season is a chapter. It's not as smooth as a modern show like a GoT early seasons but for the time it was novel and pretty well done despite not having a huge budget(they could not afford models so they used linked Amiga 2000 PCS to make the ships and station out of CGI and it aged badly). Some believe and debate that Star Trek DS9 ripped off Babylon 5 as there are many surface-level comparisons and some history with the Fox Network. My understanding is that is still a fan rivalry between the two series. It's worth watching on Tubi TV for free. Like these kinds of long story show, it starts as a slow burn.
Bite my shiny metal cockpit!
