Big Orange Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Now it's Jerry Doyle's turn to head beyond the Rim and like too many others before him, he was shockingly young (dying at 60 and in circumstances sounding as senselessly random as Trek star Anton Yelchin's). Babylon 5 was already cursed and it clashed with the general curse of 2016. Don't plan too far ahead in life and try to do as much as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Yes, I liked him in the series. Always felt it sad that we did not see more of him in acting. http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=18758 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horridbloke Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Ah damn, not another one... I was actually pretty upset when G'kar passed away... he and Londo were one of the great TV double acts. Rest in peace and thanks for being part of such a great show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riedquat Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inactionman Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Not another one! I've met most of the cast (uk cons whilst the series was on), including Jerry, the majority are lovely people. Andreas and Peter were my favourites. May have to rewatch the series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Save me from the madness! Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 A great TV series, one of the best. Of course now many try and emulate the interlocking story lines and character development arcs across episodes and seasons, but when this show was made it wasn't something I had come across before. I remember a few things suddenly clicking and me realising the links between different episodes made a bigger storyline then just what was contained in that episode that I had been completely unaware of. Then later on I became aware that actually there were multiple story arcs spanning the seasons intertwined and I was even more in awe at the sheer complexity, ambition of the show. I never met Jerry Doyle, but he was a talented actor, and his departure does leave a twinge of sadness in me for the joy he and the rest of the team in Babylon 5 brought to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riedquat Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Not another one! I've met most of the cast (uk cons whilst the series was on), including Jerry, the majority are lovely people. Andreas and Peter were my favourites. May have to rewatch the series. Not the right time for this but "the majoiry are lovely people" implies some aren't... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 So many of them do Comic Cons now that there are loads of videos up on YouTube of them. Take a look at the interviews with the Deep Space Nine cast and you will see how they all seem to come across as really lovely, genuine people. Then look at some of the Voyager interviews with some cast members referring to tensions working with certain other cast members. The TV industry is full of some incredibly lovely people and it is full of some right nasty pieces of work. Some of the worst ones though, from my personal experience, can put on very false faces. We all die at the end of the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notMyName Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 That's a shame, might have to blow the dust off the box sets again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Save me from the madness! Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Zooty zoot zoot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail the Tripod Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 I saw Claudia Christian at comicon a few years ago. If I was a little younger when B5 came out, she might have been on the first crush thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Tremendous Series. I have the boxed set. Brings back memories. Made Voyager look like sh1t! (Although I did like Deep Space 9) Babylon was always watchable. The characters were so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inactionman Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Not the right time for this but "the majoiry are lovely people" implies some aren't... I find it best not to speak ill of the dead... Suffice to say all of the main cast were generally nice people, but avoid ex-Grease cast... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notMyName Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Zooty zoot zoot Hehe, penn & teller. I was already using Reebo as my 'tag' back then, so it was cool to see it used on screen :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bora Horza Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Sad news. I was always surprised Babylon 5 wasn't more popular. Better and more realistic compared to Star trek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Sad news. I was always surprised Babylon 5 wasn't more popular. Better and more realistic compared to Star trek. I am a huge Trekker but when Babylon 5 and Deep Space Nine came out B5 was just so much better. People swore, got angry, had sex and cheated and lied on B5. DS9 was just dire for the first two series. Thankfully, Roddenberry died and the team that took over began to put sex, lies, back-stabbing, assasination and other human actions into DS9. It improved enormously once they started the Dominon story arch, copying the single story arch that B5 had with the Shadows. Both are probably my most favourite sci-fi shows now along with SG-1 and Buck Rogers - Colonel Wilma in that skin-tight white uniform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 DS9 was just dire for the first two series. Thankfully, Roddenberry died and the team that took over began to put sex, lies, back-stabbing, assasination and other human actions into DS9. Didn't he die some time before Deep Space 9 started? I thought he wasn't even involved in the later series of the Next Generation. [Oh no! I seem to have turned into a Trekkie...] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Didn't he die some time before Deep Space 9 started? I thought he wasn't even involved in the later series of the Next Generation. [Oh no! I seem to have turned into a Trekkie...] It was in development whilst he was still alive. There are conflicting reports about his involvement. If you look at the first 2 series they are typical Gene Roddenberry style Trek. Towards the end of series 2 it begins to take a darker turn and that is the end of the fluff Trek stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 If you look at the first 2 series they are typical Gene Roddenberry style Trek. Towards the end of series 2 it begins to take a darker turn and that is the end of the fluff Trek stuff. I haven't actually seen it since the first time round on the BBC (which is probably more than 15 years ago now!), so you may well be right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bora Horza Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 I used to love Star Trek but I find it difficult to watch now - the whole "aren't we perfect/wonderful" thing just grates. I've never watched Buck Rogers. I should get hold of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 I used to love Star Trek but I find it difficult to watch now - the whole "aren't we perfect/wonderful" thing just grates. I've never watched Buck Rogers. I should get hold of it. DS9 is unlike that, from the end of the second series, and it involves all sorts of intrigue, back-stabbings, assassinations and some of the leads being involved in murder. That's not the Roddenberry vision is it? By the end of the series none of the main characters comes away from it without having been involved in some pretty unscrupulous things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 There is a superb episode of DS9 called 'In the Pale Moonlight' when the captain plots the murder of an ambassador to start a war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bora Horza Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Thanks, they look interesting. I'll check them out later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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