B5 Season DVD Sets: $ 26 w/free shipping at DeepDiscount.com

[mrkun]

They're $23.99 at Amazon, but you need at least a $25 order for free shipping. Also, they have a 12-minute "exclusive interview" with JMS posted with the DVD listings that you can download.

[KoshN]

Hi,

First post and probably a topic that has been discussed to death previously.

I am in the process of convincing everyone I know to watch B5. What I therefore need is advice on where exactly to place the movies in conjunction with the series. For example, In th Beginning, should this be at the beginning, or between Series 1 & 2. Any guidance would be gratefully received.

Chronological=My Preferred Viewing Order (Movies and Spinoff Titles in Bold CAPS):

Pilot Movie:
THE GATHERING

Babylon 5 Season One ("Signs and Portents")
Midnight on the Firing Line
Soul Hunter
Born to the Purple
Infection
The Parliament of Dreams
Mind War
The War Prayer
And The Sky Full Of Stars
Deathwalker
Believers
Survivors
By Any Means Necessary
Signs and Portents
Grail
Eyes
A Voice in the Wilderness part 1
A Voice in the Wilderness part 2
Babylon Squared
The Quality of Mercy
TKO
Legacies
Chrysalis

Babylon 5 Season Two ("The Coming Of Shadows")
Points of Departure
Revelations
The Geometry of Shadows
A Distant Star
The Long Dark
A Spider in the Web
A Race Through Dark Places
Soul Mates
The Coming of Shadows
GROPOS
All Alone in the Night
Acts of Sacrifice
Hunter, Prey
There All the Honor Lies
And Now For a Word
Knives
In the Shadow of Z'ha'dum
Confessions and Lamentations
Divided Loyalties
The Long, Twilight Struggle
Comes the Inquisitor
The Fall of Night

Babylon 5 Season Three ("Point of No Return")
Matters of Honor
Convictions
A Day in the Strife
Passing Through Gethsemane
Voices of Authority
Dust to Dust
Exogenesis
Messages from Earth
Point of No Return
Severed Dreams
Ceremonies of Light and Dark
A Late Delivery From Avalon
Sic Transit Vir
Ship of Tears
Interludes and Examinations
Walkabout
War Without End, Part One
War Without End, Part Two
Grey 17 Is Missing
And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place
Shadow Dancing
Z'ha'dum

Babylon 5 Season Four ("No Surrender, No Retreat")
The Hour of the Wolf
Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi?
The Summoning
Falling Toward Apotheosis
The Long Night
Into the Fire
Epiphanies
The Illusion of Truth
THIRDSPACE
Atonement
Racing Mars
Lines of Communication
Conflicts of Interest
Rumors, Bargains and Lies
Moments of Transition
No Surrender, No Retreat
The Exercise of Vital Powers
The Face of the Enemy
Intersections in Real Time
Between the Darkness and the Light
Endgame
Rising Star
The Deconstruction of Falling Stars

Babylon 5 Season Five ("Wheel of Fire")
No Compromises
The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari
The Paragon of Animals
A View from the Gallery
Learning Curve
Strange Relations
Secrets of the Soul
In the Kingdom of the Blind
A Tragedy of Telepaths
Phoenix Rising
The Ragged Edge
Day of the Dead
The Corps is Mother, The Corps is Father
Meditations on the Abyss
Darkness Ascending
And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder
Movements of Fire and Shadow
The Fall of Centauri Prime
Wheel of Fire
Objects in Motion
Objects at Rest (December 2262)

THE RIVER OF SOULS (2263)

THE LEGEND OF THE RANGERS pilot movie TO LIVE AND DIE IN STARLIGHT (2265)

A CALL TO ARMS (December 2266-January 2267) - intro. to CRUSADE

CRUSADE (January 2267-~Sept. 2267) - This is a slight modification of JMS's US Sci-Fi Channel order ("War Zone" moved up to position 1.). It ignores the uniform change in favor of maintaining continuity of storyline.
War Zone
Racing the Night
The Needs of Earth
The Memory of War
The Long Road
Visitors from Down the Street
The Well of Forever
Each Night I Dream of Home
Patterns of the Soul
The Path of Sorrows
Ruling from the Tomb
The Rules of the Game
Appearances and Other Deceits

VOICES IN THE DARK (2271) - the DVD that came out 07/31/2007.

IN THE BEGINNING (Told in 2277, recalling the events of 2245-2248.)

Sleeping in Light (2281).

Also, can someone confirm the titles of the official B5 books. I know there was a Londo trilogy and a Bester trilogy, but I can;t seem to find the names and the correct order anywhere.

#7 "The Shadow Within"
0-440-22348-2 / 0-345-45218-6
Dell / Del Rey

#9 "To Dream in the City of Sorrows"
0-440-22354-7 / 0-345-45219-4
Dell / Del Rey

Psi Corps Trilogy
Dark Genesis - The Birth of the Psi Corps, ISBN: 0-345-42715-7
Deadly Relations - Bester Ascendant, ISBN: 0-345-42716-5
Final Reckoning - The Fate of Bester, ISBN: 0-345-42717-3

Centauri Trilogy
Legions of Fire - Book I - The Long Night of Centauri Prime, ISBN: 0-345-42718-1
Legions of Fire - Book II - Armies of Light and Dark, ISBN: 0-345-42719-X
Legions of Fire - Book III - Out of the Darkness, ISBN: 0-345-42720-3

Technomage Trilogy
The Passing of the Techno-Mages - Book I - Casting Shadows, ISBN: 0-345-42721-1
The Passing of the Techno-Mages - Book II - Summoning Light, ISBN: 0-345-42722-X
The Passing of the Techno-Mages - Book III - Invoking Darkness, ISBN: 0-345-43833-7


When, in the timeline, the books take place:
Babylon 5 Book #7 - The Shadow Within (11/2256 - 01/2257)
Babylon 5 Book #9 - To Dream in the City of Sorrows (Marcus in 10/2260, recalling events of 1/2259-9/2260)

Dark Genesis - The Birth of the Psi Corps (2115-2189)
Deadly Relations - Bester Ascendant (2189-2258)
Final Reckoning - The Fate of Bester (2271-2281)

Legions of Fire - Book I - The Long Night of Centauri Prime (2262-2266) [1]
Legions of Fire - Book II - Armies of Light and Dark (2266-2272) [1]
Legions of Fire - Book III - Out of the Darkness (2273-2277) [1]

The Passing of the Techno-Mages - Book I - Casting Shadows (11/2258-12/31/2258)
The Passing of the Techno-Mages - Book II - Summoning Light (1/2259-2/2259)
The Passing of the Techno-Mages - Book III - Invoking Darkness (8/2260-2261)

Note: The TV series "Babylon 5" chiefly takes place from 2258 to 2262.


[1]Peter David made a date error in the books. Dec. 14, 2267 should be Dec. 14, 2266.
Legions of Fire - Book I - The Long Night of Centauri Prime, page.268 "This one must die." - December 14, 2266.
Legions of Fire - Book II - Armies of Light and Dark, page 1, should be dated December 14, 2266 NOT December 14, 2267.
The test on Daltron 7 is discussed on page 41.
The battle with the Drakh in "A Call to Arms" took place in late December 2266~early January 2267.
The Excalibur and Captain Gideon (i.e. already into the Crusade mission) are mentioned on page 128.
Crusade started in January 2267.

[Lope de Aguirre]

"In the Beginning" was produced 1998 after the fourth season.

I for one watch In the Beginning after the whole show (and even the other movies except "A Call to Arms" cause this one is sort of the pilot for the NEXT show "Crusade").

For me it gives to much away from the first 4 seasons to watch it at the beginning.
To me it works far mor better as a prequel in which you finally see the things which were revealed and discussed in the show -> it sums B5 up quite good imo and gives you the drive to start another run through the whole show.


"The Gathering" is the pilot and should be watched before the very first episode.
The other movies ("Thirdspace" and "River of Souls") can easily pushed back after the end of the show -> although "Thirdspace" takes place in the fourth season and "River of Souls" before the last episode "Sleeping in Light" from timeline standpoint, they distract from the pacing and "Thirdspace" has some continuity flaws which weakens the show and/or the movie if put in the fourth season.

[Righteous Bros]

Correct viewing order

Hi,

First post and probably a topic that has been discussed to death previously.

I am in the process of convincing everyone I know to watch B5. What I therefore need is advice on where exactly to place the movies in conjunction with the series. For example, In th Beginning, should this be at the beginning, or between Series 1 & 2. Any guidance would be gratefully received.

Also, can someone confirm the titles of the official B5 books. I know there was a Londo trilogy and a Bester trilogy, but I can;t seem to find the names and the correct order anywhere.

Finally, received TLT in the post last week. Pre-order from play.com. Enjoyed it and really hope there are more to come.

Righteous Bros
"It will all come out in the wash"

[jonodan]

Different releases, different retail prices, different promotions in effect... ???? Good question, but regardless... I thought the individual Season sets were at a good price (I had a few already and wanted to add the rest.. AND I missed the Best Buy promotion a few weeks ago...)

[wwwmwww]

Interesting... The set of seasons 1, 2, & 3 costs more then the set of all 5 seasons. And the set of all 5 seasons costs more then what you can buy all 5 seasons individually for. Am I the only one that finds that odd?

Carl

[jonodan]

I decided to come out of "lurker" mode and register to let everyone know that the B5 Season box sets are available for $ 26 each with free shipping at www.deepdiscount.com

I just added Seasons 3 and 4 to my collection. DeepDiscount is a very nice site I have used for years and always has free shipping. I'm sure others here would agree...

Here's a direct link to the results page there for my Babylon 5 title search:

http://search.deepdiscount.com/search?w=babylon%205&af=cat1_dvds