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It was the dawn of the third age of mankind. Ten years after the Earth Minbari war. The Babylon project was dream giving form. It's goal to prevent another war by creating a place where humans and aliens could work out their differences peacefully. It's a port of call. Home away from home for diplomats, hustlers, entrepreneurs, and wanders. Humans and aliens wrap in two million five hundred thousand tons of spinning metal, all alone in the night. It can be a dangerous place, but it's our last best hope for peace. This is the story of last of the Babylon stations. The year is 2258. The name of the place is Babylon 5.

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History never repeats... Depiction of insidious fascism is straight out of the history books. (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by Rincewindnz@lemmy.world to c/babylon5@sh.itjust.works

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Just got up to the episode where they introduce the Nightwatch. It's a brilliant piece of writing depicting the use of "special roles" to "help".

They instantly reminded me of the "brown shirts" and equivalent that Mussolini and Hitler used when Fascism was first popularised.

It's scary that it is still so relevant. Almost as if we don't learn from history (or science fiction for that matter).

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[–] Rincewindnz@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

About 15 episodes into season 3, holy crap it just keeps getting better. They manage to do the "war" thing sooo much better than ds9 did the dominion war.

Also Walter Koenig is fantastic. Just watching Ship of Tears.

[–] PaupersSerenade@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

Heck yeah! It's hard to choose favorites, but a lot of my favorite episodes are in the second half of S3. Since B5 had its story planned from the get go the seasons land more like book plot; and we're firmly in the rising action section!

Bester is a wonderful weasel that I love to hate haha, some of the best one liners.

I live vicariously through people discovering this show, so thanks for sharing!