Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Brand: Warner Brothers EAN: 9780790770116 Feature: The award-winning series about the space station that's the tumultuous center of the 23rd Century's bid for peace among humans and aliens hyperdrives onto DVD in a Deluxe 6-Disc Set. Format: Anamorphic, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 0790770113 Label: Warner Home Video Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Number Of Items: 6 Publisher: Warner Home Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: November 05, 2002 Running Time: 956 minutes Sales Rank: 2918 Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: January 26, 1994
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The award-winning series about the space station that's the tumultuous center of the 23rd Century's bid for peace among humans and aliens hyperdrives onto DVD in a Deluxe 6-Disc Set.
Description: The award-winning series about the space station that's the tumultuous center of the 23rd Century's bid for peace among humans and aliens hyperdrives onto DVD in a Deluxe 6-Disc Set. Featuring 22 episodes digitally remastered for upgraded picture and sound as well as enticing Exclusive Extras, Babylon 5: The Complete First Season - Signs and Portents is an adventure-packed, state-of-the-universe collectible that will mesmerize fans and space creatures everywhere.
DVD Features: Audio Commentary:Audio commentary on two key episodes by series creator J. Michael Straczynski Documentary:The Making of Babylon 5; Back to Babylon 5 Episodic Previews Featurette:Enter the Universe of Babylon 5: take a station tour and explore the humans, aliens, political situations, scientific data, tech files, weaponry and hardware of this unique futuristic era Interactive Menus Introduction:Series introduction by creator J. Michael Straczynski Scene Access
Amazon.com: The epic sci-fi series Babylon 5 was a unique experiment in the history of television. It was effectively a novel for television in five seasons, consisting of 110 episodes with a clear beginning, middle, and end. The first season introduces the main characters, headed this year by Commander Jeffery Sinclair (Michael O'Hare) and Security Chief Michael Garibaldi (Jerry Doyle), and familiarizes the audience with the unique environment of a five-mile-long space station in the year 2257.
The first episode, 'Midnight on the Firing Line,' plays at a breathless pace, introducing Commander Susan Ivanova (Claudia Christian) and establishing the conflict between the Narn and Centauri races as represented by their ambassadors, G'Kar (Andreas Katsulas) and Londo Mollari (Peter Jurasik). Then follow several mediocre episodes that initially give the impression that B5 is a Star Trek clone afflicted with 'silly alien of the week' syndrome. With 'And the Sky Full of Stars,' B5 really begins to hit its stride, Sinclair being forced to relive his mysterious experiences during the Earth-Minbari war. Filler shows such as 'TKO' are notable only for being controversially violent, while the disappointing 'Grail' points to writer-creator J. Michael Straczynski's fascination with Arthurian mythology. 'Signs and Portents' introduces the sinister Mr. Morden (Ed Wasser) and offers the chilling first appearance of the Shadows, an ancient alien threat.
B5 hits warp speed with a run of exceptional episodes building to the season finale. The two-part 'Voice in the Wilderness' has Mars breaking into open revolt against Earth and the discovery of a 'Great Machine' on the dead world Epsilon 3. Referencing 1950s sci-fi classic Forbidden Planet, the story leads to the superb time-travel-based 'Babylon Squared.' Season finale 'Chrysalis' proves more than just the usual television cliffhanger, placing Minbari ambassador Delenn in conflict with her ruling Grey Council and forcing on her a decision that laid the groundwork for Babylon 5's eventually becoming a great love story. --Gary S. Dalkin
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Rating: - On its way to greatness
I was still pretty young when Babylon 5 first debuted, so my initial reaction to it was mostly based on the cool-looking aliens and (for that time) great special effects. Having rewatched the entire series since then, with a better ability to discern what actually does make it great, I realize that I wasn't far off in considering this the greatest sci-fi series I've ever watched.
The first season starts off somewhat slowly, though, and has occasional missteps as JMS finds his way in balancing the need to push the overarching narrative forward while still finding time for the one-shot episodes and character development. I like Michael O'Hare as an actor, but I don't think he quite worked as Sinclair here; better work is done by the supporting case, though, particularly as the duo of Peter Jurrasik and Andreas Kastulas find their comfort zones.
All in all, Season One is well worth watching ... Read More
Rating: - A fine, if faltering, beginning to the epic
By 1991 Star Trek: The Next Generation was a smash-hit, the biggest and most successful space-based SF show in history pulling in over ten million viewers weekly. It was unsurprising that other studios would start looking for a piece of Paramount's space opera pie. Warner Brothers chose to go with a proposal by J. Michael Straczynski, a respected scriptwriter with a huge output and a solid background working in animation and on live-action shows such as Captain Power and Murder She Wrote. JMS, as he prefers to be known, had created an ambitious five-year plan. Unlike other series, Babylon 5 would have an unifying 'story arc' that would progress throughout the series. Characters would die, empires would fall and others would rise to replace them, but these epic events would be told through a relatively small number of characters located on a single space station.
Season 1's role in the narrative is to ... Read More
Rating: - the magic of babylone 5
Love the adventures of Babylon 5! Will watch it over and over again...It came within a week and was factory sealed....Kudos for a job well done..thanks...roxanne
Rating: - Stick with it! It does get good ... eventually
This was my first taste of Babylon 5. After the first episode, I thought 'Why did I buy this?' Only the prospect of real quality sci-fi to come kept me watching. Looking back, I'm glad I did. About the first third of this is dreck: the special effects were very dated, the acting was forced, and the storylines were not cohesive, making it difficult to care about what was happening or the characters' plight. However, everything about the show improves drastically closer to the end of the season: the storylines tie together, the characters are better portrayed, the dramatic moments become actually dramatic, and even the special effects seem to look more sleek. The season ends with a bang, and I can't wait until Season 2 arrives in the mail! I give the first season only three stars because, as I mentioned, the first few episodes really are bad.
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