I hope no one minds me starting a thread, but I was hoping we could discuss some of the little things (and not so little if you like) that really makes Babylon 5 a great story. I'm happy to report that I just got the whole 5 seasons on dvd and I'm rewatching them (again, but this time not taped of tnt, quality is about 1000 times better) and I've been noticing some really cool little things that I didn't remember that I really enjoy. To get things started:
This might not be a little thing necessarily but so many shows when they pause to go to commercial break everyone just sort of freezes up. Of course 1/2 a second before disapearing isn't the time to start a new speech but there's and unatural pause that if your used to it you might not even notice but after watching Babylon 5 again I notice that they really don't do that. For example someone is told something bad (like Sinclair of Sheridan) instead of that stare at the camera for a 1/2 second they visible emote with expressions or movement. It's much better the way Babylon 5 does it, I don't know if that's directing or acting or both or more but it's great that the characters don't act like they know they are in a tv show and have to pause for ads.
Here's a small thing I liked. In Gropos, right at the end when Mike is kissing Dodger and the sarge yells at her to get moving he gives Mike a little get moving motion but then as soon as he turns around the sarge smiles and shakes his head, it adds a lot to the character and makes things more real to me and better. Character development is good but it shouldn't come at a cost of the story, some stories have people as little more than line delivering robots and others just sit around and talk about their "feelings" and don't anything. I'm happy Babylon 5 balanced things so well. It truly is a great novel for television.
This might not be a little thing necessarily but so many shows when they pause to go to commercial break everyone just sort of freezes up. Of course 1/2 a second before disapearing isn't the time to start a new speech but there's and unatural pause that if your used to it you might not even notice but after watching Babylon 5 again I notice that they really don't do that. For example someone is told something bad (like Sinclair of Sheridan) instead of that stare at the camera for a 1/2 second they visible emote with expressions or movement. It's much better the way Babylon 5 does it, I don't know if that's directing or acting or both or more but it's great that the characters don't act like they know they are in a tv show and have to pause for ads.
Here's a small thing I liked. In Gropos, right at the end when Mike is kissing Dodger and the sarge yells at her to get moving he gives Mike a little get moving motion but then as soon as he turns around the sarge smiles and shakes his head, it adds a lot to the character and makes things more real to me and better. Character development is good but it shouldn't come at a cost of the story, some stories have people as little more than line delivering robots and others just sit around and talk about their "feelings" and don't anything. I'm happy Babylon 5 balanced things so well. It truly is a great novel for television.
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