Babylon 5 Season 1

DVD Wholesale Quick Overview:

Babylon 5: hand’s down the best science fiction series ever made. Odds are you are already a fan of the B5 universe and bought this to rewatch it. Good plan! I already have the DVD boxed sets and the Amazon streaming version is very nearly on par with that image quality. Unfortunately this series was shot back in the small TV days and some of the grand panning shots of spacecraft are distinctly jerky on large modern TVs. I’m not going to go into descriptions of the story and movies, however, since others have already handled these topics. I will add that I originally watched B5 at the same time as Deep Space 9 and the key battle scenes from Babylon 5 made DS9 look pretty lame.

The range of story topics while building the overall thread is astonishing. Most normal television shows feature two or three main characters and maybe half a dozen supporting members. Babylon 5 has at least a dozen central actors and two dozen strong supporting cast members along with terrific cameos and one-time appearances–like “Jack” who determines if Delenn and Sheraton are the right people at the right time at the right place. Or the delightful episode centering around the largely ignored maintenance workers going about their daily jobs as the fate of the galaxy whirls around them.

It just goes on and on–so many fine performances by so many key characters. The soft-spoken Delenn displays her titanium fist in a velvet glove when she drives off aggressive Earth force cruisers or slaps down Neroon of the military faction. G’Kar’s constant superb acting and expressions were astonishing despite heavy facial prosthesis. The love-struck loyal and flawed Lennier. Viur Cotto when he gives his little finger waggle to Mr. Morden after wishing to see his head on a pike. Mr. Morden who you want to slap from the first moment he appears. The surprisingly sinister and amoral Bester of the Psi Cops. Great solid performances by commanders John Sheridan and Jeffrey Sinclair.

– hotdog12

DVD Wholesale Main Features:

Actors: Richard Biggs, Jerry Doyle, Peter Jurasik, Bill Mumy
Format: Multiple Formats, Box set, Color, Widescreen, Subtitled, NTSC
Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 1.0)
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number of discs: 6
Rated: NR-Not Rated
Studio: WarnerBrothers
DVD Release Date: June 16, 2009
Run Time: 990 minutes
ASIN: B002BAW6FE