@avclub-cb0e59b8f769a8698b9f7154dd8809b5:disqus Your argument about the guy helping the escaped prisoners is pretty valid, but if the U.S. military immediately considered one of its soldiers "irreversibly contaminated" because she had talked to that person then I'd argue that that would make the U.S. military evil.

I've played all of Mass Effect and watched Babylon 5 through the end of season 3 now, and I'm really not seeing how Mass Effect (the first one especially) could be seen as particularly Babylon 5-esque.  The whole space exploration thing that drives the first Mass Effect seems pretty much opposite to Babylon 5 and it's…

Giving the main villains of the show such a massive weakness so early on
almost feels like a misstep to me at this point, but the commenters who have seen Farscape before have given me lots of faith that it will lead to good things.

I think ignoring the bullshit explanations that sci-fi shows come up with for translation is the secret to happiness when watching shows like this, though it would be nice if it was consistent.  If necessary, it could probably be assumed that translation microbes are an area where the people of that planet are more…

I'm following along with the reviews while watching the show for the first time, and I'm really happy to hear that I, E.T. is considered a low point.  On a more positive note, it really demonstrates how well the characters are being used that the first ten minutes were really obviously meant to function as a somewhat…

The more I hear about Dial H, the more wonderful it sounds.  Grant Morrison's run on Doom Patrol is one of my favorite comic series, and this sounds like exactly the sort of wonderfully batshit superhero comic I would love.  Hopefully it will last a decent amount of time. It's already gone on longer than I was…

@avclub-7e889e891520b7c5763271f21d3261b9:disqus  That's a good point.  I guess I've come to see Garibaldi less as a military officer and more as the chief of police of a small town, which is clearly the wrong way to see him in this context.  However, sending people with key functions on a space station that isn't…

It should cause you to reevaluate to see if you can get every press release about your work to include that phrase.

It's definitely safe to say that Sheridan would not have survived very long if he'd been in The Godfather.

Not to mention Tim Choate, which is sad not only because he died prematurely but also because he died after playing one of the most annoying recurring characters on the show instead of a likeable major character.

The whole idea of replacement characters having similar names is too amusing for me to dislike it.  Too bad we never got to meet recovering alcoholic security chief Matthew Giovanni or highly work-centric Doctor Steven Fraction.

The beginning of season two is the point where it became increasingly amusing to me to view Delenn as the Minbari equivalent of a furry fetishist, especially since she seems be almost exclusively interested in humans romantically.  Here we see her reveal her fursona to the world for the very first time.

Mission: Impossible brought in Peter Graves at the beginning of the second season to take the place of the previous main character (who I don't remember anything about), which I think is generally considered an improvement.

Even if the idea of having a "Top Gun-esque pilot" was forced on them, I do think would have been a good idea in general for B5 to have more characters who were designated fighter pilots.  I found it consistently weird and off-putting in season one that the station commander and head of security would fly off to fight…

It's amazing how having a main character who generally seemed to enjoy life almost immediately increased my interest in B5.  I suppose reactions to Sheridan probably vary though.

You should check out Treachery, Faith, and the Great River at some point if you feel so inclined.  It's the episode that differentiates different versions the most.

I think there are several reasons why the Founders would never set up any species other than themselves as gods.

And all the Federation types who genuinely are that obedient and colorless just made that whole thing more effective.

I really liked how out-of-nowhere Eddington's turn was myself.  After all, it's not like a  Starfleet officer who's actually a Maquis is going to try to be super obvious about it, and Eddington had little enough development up to that point that it didn't seem like it was out of character or anything.  It just kind of…

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