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What stands out for me on the show was that the "eye" is very obviously influenced by the eye of Sauron from LOTR. Ivanova encountering it whilst using the great machine especially seems very similar to Frodo at the seat of seeing on Amon Hen. It doesn't ever seem entirely clear what it is on...

I think the nature of this place(with a focus on individual episodes) tends to mean that activity will go up and down. if you have people doing a rewatch of the series you might get a significant degree of activity over a few months and then fall back to very little. If it did go I wonder could...

Besides a lot of the typical praise this episode gets I personally wouldn't underrate the role Bruce McGill plays. I'm reminded a lot of the Quantum Leap finale where he plays the Bartender/God/Fate who lays out that Sam's leaping himself around to help others as I think his Major Ryan really...

Sinclair was definitely portrayed as more self confident than Sheridan and IMHO more morally enlightened which gave the latter a lot more room to develop in. A big issue as well IMHO is simply that the show as a whole shifted between season 1 and season 2. The opening season for me did I think...

Personally I think Sheridan felt more "real" in terms of feeling more fallible. I felt Sinclair had more gravitas but also generally the sense of a man with a destiny where as with Sheridan in command there felt like a much more "all bets are off" atmosphere. It is a shame that Micheal O'Hares...

I'd guess again the situation wasn't helped by potentially looking to end after 4 seasons. That short talk Sheridan has with Bester on the subject in Rising Star would I'd guess have been much longer if it has happened in season 5.

Yes I'd agree with that, the shift was pretty much unavoidable after the changes to season 4 and I think the G'kar/Londo story ended up being the most effective climax in season 5 exactly because unlike Sheridan, Delenn, etc it wasn't really covered prematurely in season 4.

I think a big issue with season 5 generally in terms of "lessons not being leart" to the degree you might expect is that the focus is partly shifted from completing the B5 story towards setting up future stories.

The slowmo stuff was patchy I'd agree, Refa's death and G'kars capture were I think done very well but some of the latter fights it seemed like a bit of a cover. One thing I always liked in the riots were those high kicking Centauri, they obviously got some well trained stuntmen there and I...

B5 was never on the level of a high end Hong Kong actioner but I actually felt that a lot of the previous fight choreography could be pretty good, at least relative to Trek of the same era. The Narn and Centauri especially I think had some well done stuff with a strong sense of physicality to...

Yeah I would agree with that, I think watching season 5 does rather bring out that Ivanova added alot of personality to the human side of the story, Londo and G'kar have that energy and irreverence to them but I think Ivanova really helps not just to bring it herself but also to in Sheridan...

Without wanting to come across to Waldemar Januszczak the Dark Ages weren't actually THAT dark but again I think the episode presents a big issue being that much of the population don't actually want to return to a high tech lifestyle blaming it on previous events.

As far as the alliance goes I doubt JMS had the intension of making in tyrannical. A lot of the point of it seems to be that its forged by people who have very direct experience of failed forms of leadership so are better able to avoid them. The issue really is I would say more confronting the...

The difference between her and Sheridan for me makes the problem all the more obvious. The show sold the idea that he was a bit naïve and had to learn to be much flexible vastly more than they did for her. The problem I spose is really that JMS had to drop her in quickly as an Ivanova...

That was always a bit of a problem I had with Lochley, the nature of the character seems to have to be to detract from the competence of those around her. Obviously the main cast were always fallible but there seemed to be more of a balance were as a lot of her character seemed to be that she...

The Corps storyline does seem to be an area that any reboot could potentially expand on to offer something a bit different to the original although I'm not sure its well suited for films.

He certainly became more relatable when the fate of his lover was revealed.

I'd agree it doesn't exactly lineup with the idea that he could fail some of the chances when really they are all connected but I still think it fits more closely than anything else. Beyond fitting the details I think another issue is that the prophecy and indeed B5 generally seems likely to be...

I think the confusing thing about the prophecy is whether Londo can save himself just by succeeding on one of the counts besides the last one. It actually makes the most sense if you consider that he furfilled all three of the chances... 1.Save The Eye That Doesn't See - I don't think G'kars...

I do tend to agree somewhat that the episode feels like its going over character development we've already seen with Londo, perhaps for the benefit of new viewers given the focus of the end of the season? I don't think the idea of Londo getting his "hand caught in the cookie jar" really...