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What's the consensus here regarding Babylon Five? (startrek.website)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by startrekexplained@startrek.website to c/quarks@startrek.website

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I have the series on DVD but I've never seriously cracked it, only seen a few episodes. Was wondering what people here think, is it as good as the internet often says it is? I know it was an inspiration for one of my favorite franchises (Mass Effect) and The Orville had a cute reference to it by making its main actor the president of the Planetary Union, but that's the extent of my B5 knowledge. So anyway, should I binge the series?

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[–] startrekexplained@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Never saw Andromeda either, should try it out as well

[–] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago

I can’t recommend Andromeda.

I attempted unsuccessfully to slog alone through the first season. Our kids bailed after a few episodes.

The fact that it’s fans say the early seasons are the better ones gave me no incentive to persevere.

[–] lung@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Kevin Sorbo (Hercules) got into some weird shit later in life, but it's a great "lost in space" style show anyway. They cruise around in their lil space shippy solving mysteries or whatever. Nothing too original but fun

[–] startrekexplained@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah Kevin Sorbo is some Christian fundie now who does anti-atheist propaganda, lol