Random questions about B5

[JoeD80]

Has it ever been stated what the naranek 'title' means?

Nope. Joe just said "it's less a name and more of a description" but never elaborated on just what it described.

Further, has it ever been elaborated on how few the 'few of us left' vorlons really were?

I think this refers to there being very few of the First Ones in general being around; not that the Vorlons themselves only had a few.

[Mahr]

Has it ever been stated what the naranek 'title' means?
I've always interpreted it as 'ambassador' or 'voice' (as in voice of the vorlongs), but that's just random guessing.

Further, has it ever been elaborated on how few the 'few of us left' vorlons really were?

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I said I'd give yo a gun, not that it was loaded...
Phaze
on the "you know this cough is really starting to get upon my nerves, any hope you guys can vibe it out of me a la Sean in the 4400" ID

[Marsden]

you like both [i]tko[/] and infection??

*offers him a ppg so he can quietly go shoot himself*

I like both of those episodes, quite a bit. One features one of the best character moments in sf tv history and the other is shows more culture than just about any sf tv ever.

Don't hand someone a gun before you know where they're going to point it.

[WorkerCaste]

And "Exogenisis"????

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and as for the show again totally agree. there isnt a single episode that i dont like. it is by far my favourate science fiction show

you like both [i]tko[/] and infection??

*offers him a ppg so he can quietly go shoot himself*

[mattius]

totally agree with you marsden. the shows characters allways have a purpose and are not just through in for "ethnical value". this is great because it doesnt regard other races other than white causican as a special case that need to be incorporated and it doesnt look at the colour or were there from which is in essence true equality.this is good for me as i dont have to sit through a show that has a british person in it listening to the usual clichÚs of britian

i think perhaps the reason why jms didnt have chinese people in it because he didnt find any chinese actors that suited any of his characters. as for chinese characters i think it was because china at that point wasnt as globally powerful as it is now (real life).in general i think that jms deals with cultural differences so perfectly in b5, one scene that i love is were vir is reminising about londo (when vir is emperor) and recalls the story about the when londo is brought to tears hearing the song of the pak ma ra.

and as for the show again totally agree. there isnt a single episode that i dont like. it is by far my favourate science fiction show

[Marsden]

in referal to the chinese actor question. there were a few well at least a few asian actors. sheridens girlfriend before he went to minbar. she was in the episode were gkar warns her about not going to sigma 947 (something like that) to scout for quantium 40. president santiago's advisor to b5 was asian i think japanese and thats all i know of off the top of my head

Yes, you are correct, there were plenty of Asian people, but they seemed to be mostly Japanese, like Senator Hidoshi or Sinclair's fiancee Kathrine, or even Laurel in the pilot. There were some Indian people and Middle Eastern as well, which are all consider Asian although that discription doesn't always apply to those groups. Also, the Security guard I was refering to seems to be named Mitch Anson, that's not really very defining. I was being silly about him being Korean, sorry.

Also, I wasn't asking about actors but characters, Julia Nickson who played Kathrine is of Chinese ancestory born in Singapore but the character's last name is Sakai which is Japanese, for example.

I just thought it was a little strange that there didn't seem to be anyone in space from the most populous country on Earth. One thing I want to say about B5 is it seems to be a truly "integrated" show, I never felt they were throwing someone on there as a token human of a certain ethnicity or race, and they also showed a lot more of different cultures than other shows that supposedly are diverse.

So I'm not being critical, I remember JMS posted or stated somewhere he didn't like to keep coming up with a lot of names, but that might be for the aliens, he said it about naming one of the Minbari, Coplann, I think, I just think it's a minor oversight, if it in fact is, maybe there were others that I missed. Plus, it's harmless discussion, I really like B5, to put it mildly, it does so many things right it's almost impossible to find any problem.

[mattius]

Sorry if this question has been asked before - I haven't seen it addressed on this thread yet.

Season two, Last episode episode 'The Fall Of Night'.
Kosh rescues Sheridan, he leaves his encounter suit, revealing publicly for the first time what he is under his encounter suit: a winged, angelic being of light. bringing Sheridan safely to the ground.

Every race present saw a different deity but Londo. The Vorlons had created telepaths in each of these races and the Centauri have many deities.
Did Londo see only Sharidan?
Had londo been corrupted by the shadows already, or is it that he just lacked faith?

HI. londo had been corupted since the end of season one by the shadows and although the vorlons created the telepaths in the universe the shadows also used "teeps" as cpus for there ships. just summizing now but it could be that the centuri were a race influenced by the shadows before they were defeated in the war last

[mattius]

in referal to the chinese actor question. there were a few well at least a few asian actors. sheridens girlfriend before he went to minbar. she was in the episode were gkar warns her about not going to sigma 947 (something like that) to scout for quantium 40. president santiago's advisor to b5 was asian i think japanese and thats all i know of off the top of my head

[Marsden]

Ohh, I don't like spam.

Don't worry dear, I'll have your spam


Well, the spam is more interesting than my questions. Hmmm.

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all together now
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in reponse to the last post which has probably been delted by the time I click "post"

[Marsden]

Well, the final answer to your question is in the Centauri Trilogy, if you haven't read it I strongly recommend it. In my opinion, it the closest thing to a sixth season of B5 that we will ever get, or half of one.


I'm going to cover this just in case you want to read this on your own:

Londo said originally that he saw nothing but later in life he said he saw only a bright light, shapless, nothing like what the others saw. Sorry it's not too earth shattering.

I didn't think all the telepaths were from Vorlon interference, just the Human ones. There's a one time mention that the Vorlons were more interested in the Xon than the Centauri, so that lack of preperation probably interfered with the illusion.

[DaveNarn]

Sorry if this question has been asked before - I haven't seen it addressed on this thread yet.

Season two, Last episode episode 'The Fall Of Night'.
Kosh rescues Sheridan, he leaves his encounter suit, revealing publicly for the first time what he is under his encounter suit: a winged, angelic being of light. bringing Sheridan safely to the ground.

Every race present saw a different deity but Londo. The Vorlons had created telepaths in each of these races and the Centauri have many deities.
Did Londo see only Sharidan?
Had londo been corrupted by the shadows already, or is it that he just lacked faith?

[JoeD80]

Before; it's the scene where he makes the decision to go to Londo's quarters.