Babylon 5 is an epic American science fiction television series created, produced and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. The show centers on the Babylon 5 space station: a focal point for politics, diplomacy, and conflict in the late 2250s and early 2260s. With its prominent use of pre-planned story arcs, the series was often described as a "novel for television."
The pilot movie premiered on February 22, 1993. The regular series aired from January 26, 1994 and ran for five full seasons, winning two Hugos for Best Dramatic Presentation and two Emmy awards - for makeup and visual effects. The show spawned six television movies and a spin-off series, Crusade, which aired in 1999 and ran for thirteen episodes. A straight-to-DVD release containing two short films about selected characters from the series was released on July 31, 2007.
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Babylon 5 - Movie Poster - 11 x 17 |
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Capel Babylon Meshed - 1100-700 Pastel-Linen |
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Subtle variations in color with a rich patina of history. Velvet gloss in hand knotted 100% pure wool. Short, brush fringe. Rich, indulgent Persian designs with a more casual field. Up to 30 different colors are used in the designs... |
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Capel Babylon Meshed - 1100-800 Rustique |
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Babylon RocketsReviewsLooks to be the Swedish glam rocker's first release.It's decent.Better cuts included "Twenty Four Seven",their Dead Or Alive cover "You Spin Me Around-Like A Record"(anyone else remember those guys?),"Myself Esteem",the ass-kicking "Poison Envy","Hitchin' A Ride" and "Neon Kicks"(nice rippin' guitar solo).The disc's power ballad "Hardcore" isn't half-bad either.Line-up:Tin Star-guitar&lead vocals,Snoopy-lead guitar&vocals,Rod Teilmann-bass&vocals and Slim Pete-drums.Comes with a twelve page color booklet with song lyrics.Might appeal to some fans of Faster Pussycat,Hanoi Rocks,Jetboy and Motley Crue. The Good "Babylon Rockets" gets its energy from blazing licks and furious chugga-chugga riffing. Vocalist Tin Star is the quintessential glam frontman with his playful and cocksure vocal delivery. "TwentyFourSeven" has a catchy melodic chorus and addictive hooks that tell the story of rockstar lifestyle. Gemini Five included a glamed-up cover version of Dead or Alive's "You Spin Me (Like a Record)" on their latest release. It's stacked with fuzzy guitar tones and strong keyboard pulsations. "Get It Off" will draw you in with its up tempo riffs, power chord bridge, and high-pitched vocals. "Hardcore" starts off with subtle single note picking and soft vocals that give way to mild distortion. A driving riff dominates "Automaticool", an ode to the rock legends that inspired Gemini Five to play rock and roll. "Chemicals Between Us" is a dark acoustic ballad that explores how drugs can destroy people and their relationships. The Bad European audiences and American audiences differ greatly on the acceptance of this style of music. Sadly, its time has past in the states. The Verdict Even though Babylon Rockets is chock-full of high-energy riffs, catchy and fun song hooks, and lots of great guitar riffing, Gemini Five aren't exactly offing anything new in the way of their genre. You've heard it all before. I can't express you my satisfaction in listening a fresh sound of what I grew up listening too in the 80's!! This album shows that rock n' roll, the real one, will never die, no matter what decade or millenium we are! Motley Crüe, Rage Against The Machine, Whitesnake, are just some of the influences of these fantastic guys!! OK, the visual is worst than Motley Crüe and Poison together, but forget about labels and visuals and go straight to what matters most!! ROCK N' ROLL!! Well written heavy songs and excellent ballads will makes you wish for more!! If you're a die hard 80's hard rock fan like me, buy it, you won't regret!!Oh, really nice Anime cover! Average Rating: |
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Debut album from the Swedish glam-rockers features 13 tracks including the video for their smash hit cover of the Dead Or Alive classic 'You Spin Me 'Round (Like A Record)'. Wild Kingdom. 2003. |
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Enclosure Two: Harry Partch |
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Enclosure 2, all four cds, is curated as a sprawling notebook filled with sounds and speech instead of sketches and words. Of any Partch recording extant, it gives the best picture of the man--as the curmudgeonly, extremely innovative misanthrope that he was, as the composer who was impossibly unlike anyone else before or since... |
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Babylon 5 the Collector's Edition {The Deconstruction of Falling Stars / No Compromises} |
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Babylon 5 - The Epsilon Chronicles [VHS]ReviewsFirst: should you happen to be missing the beginning of the season, go get it - while enjoyable on it's own, this set (and everything that follows) is SO much better when you can see the whole big story unfold in front of you with all the little pieces you pick up in season 1 fitting into the story. If you've seen the series, but have holes in your first season, BUY THEM. You will be *amazed* at the number of little hints that show the upcoming story in the follow seasons! DVD is to be released this summer, so you might want to wait if you'd prefer the disks. Another reason to have these: there are many little background hints that you'll want to rewind and catch. Overall, this is the best series of it's time and while the Trek(s) occationally match it, they fall down in having way too many stinkers thrown in. I can count TWO stinkers in *five* seasons of Babylon 5, it's THAT good. We have just opened and viewed the videos of Babylon 5 - Epsilon Chronicles and are greatly disappointed in the quality of the tapes. Having subscribed earlier to the Columbia House versions of Babylon 5, the quality of these videos leaves a lot to be desired. They appear to have been dubbed on a less that optimum vcr. The subject matter is tremendous and the ability to select which sets to purchase is five star, however, I wish they had been first run quality. I will continue to view them for I am a five-star Babylon 5 fan. Be prepared to be disappointed. While I rate B5 as 5-star Sci-Fi series (leaving every incarnation of Star Trek in the dust) I only give this pack 4-stars and the beginning of season 1 gets only 3. Season one seemed to thrash about looking for a purpose before the story arc really took form and charicture. Chrysalis is a must own as it fails to pull a single punch, leaving you breathless at the end. Quality of Mercy is a little "Treky" in it's presentation. Babylon Squared is neat in that it sets the foundation for things to come. Voice in the Wilderness is a standout in season 1 for its good writing, but again some of the concepts seem a little "Treky" There isn't a bad video in this set. Ok, so if I wanted to get picky I might rate them as between 4.5 (Quality of Mercy); 4.7 (Babylon Squared); and 4.9 (Voice in the Wilderness I & II)The other episodes all fit in there somewhere.I wouldn't rate any of these at four stars or below.If you are a true fan of B5 and JMS, then you'll want all videos in the series. Even if you don't want them all these are a must have. This pack features the final episodes of Season One, where the series begins to deepen and darken. Shades of meaning, emphasis on surprising past plot elements...all of a sudden, B5 gets really good! These eps only have this power because of the foundation laid by the earlier eps, so you've got to watch them, just so you get to "A Voice In The Wilderness" and "Babylon Squared", the real meat of the first year. "Chrysalis" sets some of the stage for season two, but who knew then Sinclair would be gone...for a time. Average Rating: |
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Set Includes: Vol 1.10 - Legacies & A Voice in the Wilderness Part I Vol 1.11 - A Voice in the Wilderness Part II & Babylon Squared Vol 1.12 - The Quality of Mercy & Chrysalis |
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Babylon 5 - The Quality of Mercy / Chrysalis [VHS]ReviewsWhat can one say for a Hugo winner episode? Apart for the great directing, acting and special effects, the "Coming of the Shadows" triggers the series of events that will lead the heroes to the Shadow War. Bringing in mind an Ancient Greek Tragedy, where the characters are driven by powers beyond their will, this episode evolves around Centauri Emperor Tourchan. A really tragic figure, he comes to B5 to ask forgiveness for old sins. But those sins drug him down and he dies before he has the chance to save his people's future. Mollari, a puppet of his Dark allies, makes sure of that. Meanwhile, G'car tries to act honourably, whatever that may cost. And in the heart of the events the Vorlon ambassador foretells the End: "In fire." After the first superb episode, it's hard to evaluate on "Gropos". This episode is not bad, however, compared to the previous one may seem boring. This is hardly the case. It is a decent story of good men and women who went to their deaths in a faraway planet, for reasons they may never know. In the meantime, the station has the chance to get armed for the war at hand and Dr. Franklin confronts his father. The highlight of the series. Don't miss it. In "Quality of Mercy" Dr. Franklin (Stephen Biggs) stumbles upon Dr. Rosen (June Lockhart) using an alien device for healing in Downbelow's Brown Sector; a device used as a means of capital punishment for condemned prisoners. Meanwhile Security Chief Garibaldi (Jerry Doyle) asks resident telepath Talia Winters (Andrea Thompson) to probe the mind of a condemned prisoner. And Ambassador Mollari (Peter Jurasik) takes Lennier (Bill Mumy) under his wing, showing him some of Babylon 5's rough edges. In "Chrysalis" Garibaldi uncovers a dark Earth Alliance conspiracy which will have important implications for what follows in subsequent seasons of Babylon 5. Ambassador Delenn (Mira Furlan) begins a startling transformation. Ambassador Mollari starts his descent into hell as he makes a deal with Mr. Morden (Eric Wasser) which will have dire consequences for himself, the Centauri Republic and the Narns. Without a doubt, in this final episode of Season 1 are ample signs and portents of what will follow shortly in the Babylon 5 saga. The first episode on this tape is an average enjoyable slice of B5. It has good acting and some fine lines, little stands out from it though, but there is an air of menace that Star Trek never has, especially when Garibaldi, second lead, relishes throwing the switch on the serial killer.The second episode is Sci-Fi at it's finest. It has more epic events than you could shake a Heinlein at. This episode is bursting to the seams with action and tension. Don't miss it! Average Rating: |
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Vaxcel Lighting PD65324OBB Oil Burnished Bronze Babylon Contemporary / Modern Five Light Down Lighting Bowl Pendant from the Babylon Collection |
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Five light down lighting bowl pendant featuring alabaster glassRequires 5 100w Medium base bulbs (not included) |
Having worked on a number of television science fiction shows which had regularly gone over-budget, creator J. Michael Straczynski concluded that a lack of long-term planning was to blame, and set about looking at ways in which a series could be done responsibly. Taking note of the lessons of mainstream television, which brought stories to a centralized location such as a hospital, police station, or law office, he decided that instead of "[going] in search of new worlds, building them anew each week," a fixed space station setting would keep costs at a reasonable level. A fan of sagas such as the Foundation series, Childhood's End, The Lord of the Rings, and Dune, Straczynski wondered why no one had done a television series with the same epic sweep, and concurrently with the first idea started developing the concept for a vastly-ambitious epic covering massive battles and other universe-changing events. Realizing that both could be done in a single series, he began to sketch the initial outline of what would become Babylon 5.
Straczynski set five goals for Babylon 5. He said that the show "would have to be good science fiction" as well as good television ("rarely are [sci-fi] shows both good [sci-fi] and good TV; [they're] generally one or the other"); it would have to do for science fiction television what Hill Street Blues had done for police dramas, by taking an adult approach to the subject; it would have to be reasonably budgeted, and "it would have to look unlike anything ever seen before on TV, presenting individual stories against a much broader canvas." He further stressed that his approach was "to take sci-fi seriously, to build characters for grown-ups (not a Wesley in the bunch), to incorporate real science but keep the characters at the center of the story." Some of the staples of television science fiction were also out of the question (the show would have "no kids or cute robots"). The idea was not to present a perfect utopian future, but one with greed and homelessness; one where characters grow, develop, live, and die; one where not everything was the same at the end of the day's events. Citing Mark Twain as an influence, Straczynski said he wanted the show to be a mirror to the real world and to covertly teach
The Babylon 5 space station is a modified version of an O'Neill Cylinder, rotating to provide artificial gravity. The center of the cylinder is a hollowed-out circular section, between a half and one-mile across, and includes fields, hydroponic gardens, and a transport tube which runs from one end of the station to the other. The station features a number of independent, interconnected sectors, each designed with a different look in order to give the show a non-claustrophobic feel. Living areas are designed to accommodate the various alien species featured in the show, with different atmospheres and alternate levels of gravity. Human visitors to the alien sectors are often shown using breathing equipment and taking other measures in order to tolerate these conditions. As the series begins, the station is still under construction, with only certain parts fully-completed. Depending upon the level and sector, sectors can be either in daylight or night. On the outermost levels, the viewports are in panels on the floor, providing a view into space beneath the characters' feet.
The station is situated in the Epsilon Eridani binary star system, located at the fifth Lagrangian point between the fictional planet Epsilon III and its moon. Within the show, the station's three predecessors (the original Babylon station, Babylon 2 and Babylon 3) were all sabotaged or accidentally destroyed before their completion. The fourth station, Babylon 4, vanished twenty-four hours after it became fully operational.
