May 08, 2003

babylonian revolt?

I guess I belong to a certain clique (the game geek) who, for some reason, considers themselves better than other cliques (the sci-fi geek). Lore Sjoberg's geek hierarchy says otherwise, but I'm not listening to him. However, I've started using Netflix to check out the first season DVDs of Babylon 5, and I'm well and truly hooked. I've never seriously watched tonnes of Star Trek, but have seen enough episodes to know they're decent and watchable, but not amazing. But turns out Babylon 5 _is_ phenomenal, with the first season box set offering a complex plot that plays out over many episodes (and even seasons), but with individual episodes that work great on their own in detailing the complex political machinations of alien races mashed together in a giant space station. It works. And to think I used to poke fun at a co-worker for liking the show - sorry, Dave (mind you, he did wear waistcoasts, and once claimed that cloaks were 'in fashion' :P)

Posted by h0l211 at May 8, 2003 08:37 AM