Star Wars & Sc-Fi Talk

solarz said:

And of course, DS9 was a rip-off of Babylon 5.

Babylon 5 was one of the most under-appreciated Sci-Fi series of all time. Remember the original StarCraft cinematics? Those zerg guardians looked suspiciously like the Shadows of Babylon 5.

It's also one of the first Sci-Fi I've seen that makes use of "organic spaceships".

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Diplomatic Outposts aren't exactly hubs of excitement

IronsightSniper said:

Diplomatic Outposts aren't exactly hubs of excitement

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Unless it served both as a trade post and a diplomatic station..., where anything goes, I mean why not? Who goes all the way in the middle of the galaxy just for a UN (universal nations) type discussion?

Equation said:

Unless it served both as a trade post and a diplomatic station..., where anything goes, I mean why not? Who goes all the way in the middle of the galaxy just for a UN (universal nations) type discussion?

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Those Centauri women look nice. You can also tell that Centauri Ambassador Mollari must throw some great parties……….

some of the best ship designs I've ever seen is from Babylon 5. They were exotic. Combinations of flowers, insect, sea creatures..... They seem to have influence other sci-fi shows as well. I honestly hope J. Michael Straczynski get to do a big-screen Babylon 5. He already wrote in Changeling & Thor.






possibly inspired by the above, Species 8472 bioships :



And Xindi Insectoids ships :

If there was a Babylon 5 movie ahead, it might have to be filmed in another country. When Straczynski did the TV series, the production was done with non-union workers which angered a lot of the unions in Hollywood. Plus don't count on any of the original cast appearing. Half of them are dead. I wonder if the show was cursed or they just didn't have adequate healthcare from not being in a union.

assassinsmace said:

if there was a babylon 5 movie ahead, it might have to be filmed in another country. When straczynski did the tv series, the production was done with non-union workers which angered a lot of the unions in hollywood. Plus don't count on any of the original cast appearing. Half of them are dead. I wonder if the show was cursed or they just didn't have adequate healthcare from not being in a union.

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LOL

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I watched John Carter today. Tried to post earlier but the site seemed out. I have to say I enjoyed it. Was it one of the best sci-fi out there? All I can say it was better than what Hollywood's been dishing of late. Never read the books but always heard of it since I was a kid. That being said I can tell they had left out stuff. Not surprising since books turned into movies have to yield to the constraints of a feature length movie. Supposedly it got horrible word of mouth. Not really sure why except why did it cost $250 million? Sad since if it doesn't make its money back, no sequel is likely.

See... Babylon 5 cast members are dropping like flies.

A.Mace..got a question for you.. why do you think that John Carter movie bomb so bad? thanks!

Even though I personally could care less about this in a movie but in this day and age they probably needed a bigger name in the starring role. Also some of the knuckleheads at Disney probably thought because this came from a series of books, it automatically translated to Twilight type following. That's all the rage at the studios trying to find a book series to turn into a movie. Personally I don't know why it cost that much to make. This could've been a case of creative accounting.