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(giggles)
People are allowed to like Sheridan. Just cause I don't and I am always right should not deter anyone from liking the character. (grins)
My problem with Sheridan, he comes off as a naive boy scout and that is it. No depth. By this time in Season 1 we had a real idea that there was alot in Sinclair's past that was really intriging. For Sheridan we have a deceased wife that he misses. Not bad as character development but not on par with a missing 24 hours at the line that caused the Minbari to send one of their leaders tio B5 as an Ambassador to keep an eye on him. Heck, at least with Ivanova we watched her go through the mourning process when her father died.
At this point in the story I remember thinking that Sheridan was boring and a pretty boy. After last nights episode I tossed "whiner" into my description of him. Every fighter pilot knows that eventually they are going to have to stop flying and work behind a desk. Every ships Captin knows that eventaully you leave the sea and end up behind a desk. Its the nature of the business, as you go up the ranks yur responsibility changes. Not saying that people like it but they handle it. Sheridan is handed a prime command and he pouts. (shakes her head)
Sorry, but Sheridan is a long ways away from making me like him as a character. No doubt that he is charismatic but there is something missing in him. I have always had the feeling that JMS went for the "hero" role for Sheridan and forgot to fill out the rest.
(shrugs)
If you are going to have a hero, why not make one who is interesting and not just the poster child hero?
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Crash, I agree that Sheridan's past is not as interesting as Sinclair's. Hell, whose would be? But we are seeing him dealing with the loss of his wife, even after three years, I think it is, his regret at the things he hadn't said to her. He's obviously still madly in love with her, and having a hard time moving on from that. Being married, I can understand a bit of his pain, and really empathize with him.
And now we see just how frustrated he is at becoming a politician and a desk jocky. Yeah, it's the nature of the military that eventually you lose your field command to a desk, but John's still very young for that. He's still just a Captain, commander of only one ship. He hasn't even risen to a fleet commander yet. Lot's of ship's commanders are older than him. Last night's ep showed us his first CO, who is still out chasing stars. Any wonder John would feel a little blue over that? And with John's background, we know he's good at commanding ships, so no wonder he's chafing. He never trained to be a diplomat, and doesn't feel like he's very good at it. He's a soldier. He gives orders, people obey. He may be used to the politics of the chain of command, but dealing with umpteen alien races.... Which reminds me, great line when he asked Ivanova if the one race (name escapes me) really had feathers.
Yes, Ery, we seem to be seeing a lot of those shadowy ships. This time, it appeared to me that the thing accidentally killed Keffer's commander. Just flat ran over him. Wonder if it even noticed them there? Scary looking things, aren't they?
And Ery, John's full of some great quotes, yep. I always enjoyed his sense of history.
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I'm thinking that Sheridan's settling into his role at B5 a bit more. Sure, I detected a few whines last night after his friend, Jack's visit, but I think that's understandable. Hell for the first two weeks of a new job I always felt like "this was a big mistake, why did I do this?!"
Tonight's episode again seems to foreshadow bad times to come, with references to the past coming quite often after the Copernicus, with its unauthorized cargo, docks.
Off for a ride. More thoughts to come!
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The Red Witch
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I enjoyed The Long Dark, it was a stand alone episode that gives us a better look into Garibaldi's psyche and some more info on the Earth minbari war. Up until this ep I had always thought that the war was fought pretty much mainly in space. In this episode we learn that there was a fairly serious ground war fought and we get more of a feel for what Garibaldi was up to.
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Soul Mates: For quite a few episodes now, we've seen Talia defending the PsiCorps, but we've seen things happen to her and we've seen her start to show some "dis-satisfaction" with the Corps. Tonight she finally comes out and says that the PsiCorps "scares the hell" out of her.
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Soul Mates
"...because I always know where I stand with you". [Londo to Timov]. Londo walks away, and Timov is, for the first time I believe, caught without something to say. It's funny to think that with so many major decisions that Londo gets wrong, how many there were that were minor, and yet so right. How he naturally does the right thing without thinking, but as the conniving, politics, plotting the future, anticipating your opponents next move comes into play, his thinking is so short-sighted.
Just for reference, Timov (vomit spelled backwards) is Famine, Mariel is Death, and Daggair is Pestilence. Last one, War, is Londo himself. Peter David is the one who claims to have set the names to the people.
Garibaldi. It was right in front of him, right at the beginning. He watches as one traveler berates another, only to find that conversation doing a 180 with the second traveler saying nothing. How that doesn't kick off a "telepath aleart" with Michael is beyond me. Should have been more subtle. Talia's rebuke at the lift, then subsequent apology in Garibaldi's quarters was a second missed indicator. Garibaldi gets the "chowderhead" award for his efforts this time. I'm kind of curious why they didn't give Stoner some sleeper's rather than take a chance of keeping him under control. No telling how many he could control at the same time, but we know he could easily handle two.
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Do not tempt the patience of Wizzards, for they are subtle, and quick to anger.
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Garibaldi does figure it out, although it takes alot. Talia's being upset that he is interfering is not all that hard to understand, especialy since she knows that he has lusted after her since day one. So I don't really see that as a cue.
This is an intersting episode. It is the seocnd ep were we learn that the Psi Corp is experimenting on telepaths and the effects of the experiments. Both time, Talia has been right in the middle of it.
I do wonder where Talia's sudden fear of the Corp is coming from. The info from Spider in the Web has to be racing through her mind, although I am not sure how much she really knows. Enough to scare her I guess.
I did like the small museum on Earth History , thought it was a nice touch.
What Ir eally liked about this episode was watching Delenn try to come to grips with her human side now. (grins) The whole hair situation, and Lenniers reaction to it, was great. I really liked that last question in the tube "Why have I started getting these strange cramps?" Ivanova's face was priceless. How the heck do you explain menstraution to a Minbari?
One of the things I have always enjoyed about B5 is that JMS explores some of the more day to day parts of life, like hair styles and food. I think it was the first Sci Fi sereis that I ever saw a bathroom in...
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Ahh what a good episode. The underground railroad for telepaths and fooling Bester. What fun (big grin)
It is interesting to watch the character of Talia grow. At first she is a gung ho Psi Corp supporter and now she is willing to work to subvert the Corp. Makes ya kind of wonder why. Granted, she has seen things that have ade her question the Corp but after growing up in the Corp, you would think it would take more then she has seen to start to make her turn on the Corp. Helping rogue teeps is huge, which means that she has come 180 from where we first saw her.
Finally the character of Franklin starts to become intersting. Granted we have seen him do some cool stuff but for the most part he has been pretty one dimensional. Now we get to see just how far he is willing to go to help those in need. Franklin really puts himself out there when he does not have to. Now to see where this leads.
An intersting episode. Good stuff
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Funny, most of Dr. Franklin's adventures come from downbelow. And with all the different exposures, his principles never waver.
Ironheart certainly gave her a nifty gift. Nice to move penny's around ( you mean to tell me with credits floating around, penny's still survive?) the room and embed them in the wall (with out distortion, I might add). But, the ability to block Bester...wow. Even as Bester was leaving, the scan didn't turn up anything against her. That look of "Is there something else?" on her as he finally headed for the gate was priceless. At the end, she's even gotten Ivanova up out of bed for a little chat. Life is starting to look good for Talia.
Oh. Delenn is starting to look pretty good at times. Getting stared at at dinner, for instance. "Is there something I can help you with?" [Sheridan] Yeah, dumbass, you can help by not blocking the view!
This half-human/half-minbari should be quite interesting as things progress.
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If I remember correctly, Talia got to see the underside of Psi-Corp the first time in the comic book series. Which was a prequel to B5.
Then you add Ironheart, Stoner, and everyone of the stories that the runaways told her. I think she had good reason to fear the corps. They may be mother and father, but sometimes, mom and dad can be pretty damn scary.
And remember, she didn't simply hear the stories for the Rogue teeps. If they were making any skin contact she got to relive it as they told it. Even without skin contact, she probably saw it from their memories as the told it. The feelings would have been strong enough.
Just my two cents.
