Good news incase you haven’t heard HBO is showing the remastered versions of Babylon 5 as Bruce mentioned this on his social media channels enjoy.
@ArchonSG13 жыл бұрын
That is indeed good news. It does suck however that it's only available for the US market to purchase, as digital downloads. Hopefully we'll get a Bluray or physical release as well as digital for the International market.
@kimnice3 жыл бұрын
@@ArchonSG1 This! I'll start waving a stack of money in the general direction of HBO Nordic..
@explorinjenkins3493 жыл бұрын
Hell yeah! It's about time!
@echnaton1923 жыл бұрын
@@chrism7395 Not outside of the UK and the US…
@robertfarrell49723 жыл бұрын
@@echnaton192 I bought mine on the Xbox store and I’m in Ireland
@Raguleader13 жыл бұрын
Clark thought Sheridan was a staunch Loyalist. He was right. Unfortunately, Sheridan wasn't loyal to Clark, he was loyal to the Constitution that Clark was violating.
@NoJusticeNoPeace3 жыл бұрын
In the aftermath of the Trump regime, we're discovering that bureaucrats and career military generals, grey men with uninteresting jobs, quietly worked behind the scenes to prevent a coup which could have overthrown the world's oldest democracy. Babylon 5 was very good about showing the ugly reality of both war and politics, and how destiny often balances on the actions of ordinary men and women who are willing to put principle ahead of ambition.
@marshallmiller4563 жыл бұрын
Your take is inverted
@steadholderharrington90353 жыл бұрын
@@marshallmiller456 Its all a matter of interpretation: Yours, his, 333,262,528 other peoples, its all how you interpret it.
@michaelshigetani4332 жыл бұрын
@@marshallmiller456 how?
@michaelshigetani4332 жыл бұрын
@@NoJusticeNoPeace a good reminder, and a good series.
@kaosdrachen4 жыл бұрын
"Delenn, we need you." "We are there." I love how understated that is.
@raven4k9983 жыл бұрын
she's always there
@matthewjones20953 жыл бұрын
@@raven4k998 like any good partner should be
@raven4k9983 жыл бұрын
@@matthewjones2095 yeppers
@NoJusticeNoPeace2 жыл бұрын
"If you value your lives, be somewhere else."
@tilasole32522 жыл бұрын
@@NoJusticeNoPeace ok then, I'll be on the couch...
@1978rharris3 жыл бұрын
RIP Mira Furlan. Gone beyond the Rim.
@georgejcox9241Ай бұрын
She maybe gone in body but not from our hearts.
@matttuozzo90105 жыл бұрын
James: Forward guns are down, we can't fire! Worf, watching show at home: Say it. James: Particle beams coming online for the nearest platform, ready to fire! Worf: SAY IT. Shreidan: Target? James: North America. It'll wipe out most of the eastern seaboard. John, there's no one else close enough to stop it. Worf: SAY IT! Sheridan: All power to engines. Give me RAMMING SPEED. Worf: *single tear*
@ronaldmharrison71375 жыл бұрын
YES .
@WalterDWormack2145 жыл бұрын
I wonder just how many times Worf, has watched the *last FIFTEEN MINUTES of "Animal House!"?* ( *"D-Day: driving the Death Mobile as it's headed for the reviewing stand!"* ) *"RAMMING SPEEEED!"*
@NLTheGreater5 жыл бұрын
I just wanted say, poor Will
@EnterpriseKnight5 жыл бұрын
Worf: Captain, why does this all look so familiar? Sisko: Let's not talk about that.
@keysersoze34275 жыл бұрын
"Perhaps today is a good day to die!"
@zerotolerance55815 жыл бұрын
You know a show is one of the greats when you love it more at 45 than you did at 20. It's a show that stands the test of time. It's just a damn shame that so many people from this show are gone. I didn't realize until very recently that Jerry Doyle and Stephen Furst had died in addition to all of the others.
@warlordqueekheadtaker79604 жыл бұрын
Yes...😢😔
@lylejames9654 жыл бұрын
Even the guy that played zathrist(?) has gone beyond the rim
@VideoNinjaJim4 жыл бұрын
Bruce Boxleitner still kicking
@Bamba50004 жыл бұрын
@@VideoNinjaJim for now but as lorien said he have 20 years no longer then that and then one day he will simply stop..
@andrewsk68983 жыл бұрын
Mira Furlan (Delen) has died recently as well:(
@davidhenderson34003 жыл бұрын
"All power to engines. Give me RAMMING SPEED." The last command a captain gives.
@johngregory4801 Жыл бұрын
Ever look into the battle between the British destroyer HMS Glowworm and the German cruiser Admiral Hipper? When all seemed lost, the captain of the Glowworm (terrifying name, right?) rammed the German cruiser, sinking his ship and doing minor damage to the Hipper... Whose captain got a letter through to the Admiralty in London describing the gallant battle Glowworm put up and recommended that his British counterpart receive the Victoria Cross for his courage, a request the Admiralty saw was fulfilled... Lt. Commander Gerard Broadmead Roope, VC (posthumously)
@CaptainM79227 күн бұрын
“Perhaps today is a good day to die. Prepare for ramming speed!”
@s.o.43393 жыл бұрын
Ah, the Agamemnon. SO few appearances throughout the show, yet still you can feel how mighty and powerful she is. THIS is good military sf.
@raven4k99810 ай бұрын
missiles impacting on all sides I don't know how much more she can take!!!!!
@Androsynth75Ай бұрын
The Earthforce ships, particularly this class, are some of the coolest designs ever seen on a screen, up there with imperial star destroyers and the mercury and Jupiter class battlestars. Such a badass name too.
@ItsCoreyLynxxYall3 жыл бұрын
When the Omega Class fires the beams and plasma pulses simultaneously, that's awesome. I love that part.
@benre3 жыл бұрын
its absolutely sexy!
@NLTheGreater2 жыл бұрын
Also the sound effects
@boomshroom51182 жыл бұрын
Moar DAKKA!
@flatshade11 жыл бұрын
"This is not the voice of treason. These are your sons, your daughters, whose loyalties have never wavered, whose beliefs in this alliance has forced us to take extraordinary means. For justice, for peace, for the future . . . we have come home."
@davidcurr62213 жыл бұрын
Trump speech writer?
@thecursed013 жыл бұрын
@@davidcurr6221 you sniffed a lot of glue, didn't you?
@adamofblastworks15173 жыл бұрын
@@davidcurr6221 bruh, the first presidential election race he ran in didn't even happen when the comment was made. I haven't watched all of Babylon 5 (for shame, especially as the close family friends who love it so much who I grew up with, have all of it on DVD), but I'm fairly sure that seems like a quote from a character in the show, regarding the war.
@dykesy303 жыл бұрын
@@davidcurr6221 I’m pretty sure that Trump has more in common with President Clark than Sheridan...
@jamesp81643 жыл бұрын
@@dykesy30 pretty sure he doesn’t.
@Nine-Signs5 жыл бұрын
In terms of realism this show was unmatched until the expanse. If ever there was a show that deserved a remake of it's still glorious CGI, it was this show.
@Phoenix-2144 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't be so sure, since the reimagined Battlestar Galactica also tried very hard to implement things like Newtonian physics, and went a step further by avoiding weird pseudoscientific directed energy weapons. The Expanse handily stomps them both flat by comparison, though.
@lylejames9654 жыл бұрын
No., leave it alone
@ML-yn9yu4 жыл бұрын
@@lylejames965 Nah, I think it could do with a remake. The story was almost bar none with its foreshadowing..shadowing..shadows...anyhoo... As long as JMS is behind it (which it would be because he has full control of the property) I have no doubt it would turn out amazing.
@RoonMian4 жыл бұрын
@@ML-yn9yu I would've loved to see the story play out as it was intended. The network cancelled the last season so they had to cram all their plot into the penultimate season. Then the network decided they wanted that last season after all. As you said, the plot was well planned out far in advance and I'd like to have seen it without that meddling.
@sid21124 жыл бұрын
Just that though. Leave the actors, change nothing, just update the graphics.
@ArchonSG15 жыл бұрын
I am amazed how this series, released more than 2 decades now still have people commenting on it. It's a testament to its story.
@sarahj75074 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad to find these videos and to see all the comments. I missed it when it came out and only discovered it a few years ago, and to see that its community is still remembering and cherishing the show is just wonderful. Thank you so much for this video, for giving fans a place to gather and talk about their favorite scenes. It's the best scifi series (and one of the very best series period) I've ever seen. I couldn't believe how quickly it shot past all my other favorites and took first place. Just an amazing, unforgettable journey to take with remarkable characters.
@shep92313 жыл бұрын
@@sarahj7507 Oh buddy.... Babylon 5's community is alive and well. For me... this is a story that stands the test of time. :)
@nuanil3 жыл бұрын
Even more amazing that somewhere around half of the cast has now passed beyond the rim, compared to earlier shows like ST:TNG
@ArchonSG13 жыл бұрын
@@nuanil It is more sad but I think for the best. With Principles passed on, for example, NO ONE can replace Mira Furlan, Andreas Katsulan (G'Khar), Tim Choate (Zathras) and a host of others, there is no way today's Hollywood can recreate B5 in any way or form and ruining it with "woke". Many say the acting was "bad" overall throughout the series. I beg to differ. Compared to today's BS ham jobs, these guys were A listers who carried their characters, gave these characters life and then some.
@bourque8012 жыл бұрын
@@ArchonSG1 I agree with you one million percent!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥
@wgdavidson96695 жыл бұрын
"We're clear of the explosion. Commander Sheridan's balls protected us from the blast."
@fredfredburger51504 жыл бұрын
*Sheridan dusting ash off his public hair*
@acmenipponair2 ай бұрын
More the cosmic radiation protection any ship in Babylon 5 must have, as they have neither deflectors or shields in that universe. The danger from the platform for the ship was mostly scrapnels and high radiation. We always forget when we see space scenes (and also often the producers forget it, gladly not JMS) that space is a vacuum. The heat of the explosion is not a danger for a ship.
@georgejcox9241Ай бұрын
No kidding!!!!! What in the name of Galaxy are they made from?
@iamtenzin44098 жыл бұрын
"Delenn, we need you." "We are there!" My kinda gal!
@josephamendolea34313 жыл бұрын
I think my favorite Delenn moment was her arrival in "Severed Dreams" making the comanders of the enemy EA ships likely crap their underoos LOL! "If you value your lives...be somewhere else!"...*on EA ships*...."retreating to jumpgate sir"...."NO! No need....fire up the jump engines....we're making our OWN jump points!"
@stevebton3 жыл бұрын
As a 54 year old man who therefore has seen a reasonable amount of stuff THIS REMAINS THE BEST SC-FI SCENE I HAVE EVER SEEN FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS!
@vidfan17012 жыл бұрын
It's perfection. I've watched that scene countless times and I still do a fist pump when the Agamemnon emerges from the explosion.
@s-094cam52 жыл бұрын
I'll see your 25 and raise you another 25! Part of the reason B5 stands so far and above nearly every other show is 1- consistently portrayed characters. They don't pick up the idiot ball for the week's plot episode. 2- they were meant to be more 'modern' characters who were flawed rather than idealized future/romanticized past characters.
@nickryan3417 Жыл бұрын
@@s-094cam5 Also all the characters aren't just teenagers in adult bodies.
@LordZontar7 жыл бұрын
And events come full circle. The last time Delenn brought a Minbari fleet to Earth it was to burn the planet. Now she brings that fleet to help save Earth from being burned.
@MrPaddy55263 жыл бұрын
also Sheridan was placed in command of B5 because he was supposed to be a anti aliens hardliner, somebody to piss off especially the Minbary. and with an earth first mentality. but ultimately it was Sheridan, who came back with a massive alien fleet, mostly Minbari, with a Minabri gf to save earth
@ScreamingTc7 жыл бұрын
3:20 is a wonderfully human touch. You can see a fleeting moment of hesitation from the XO has he processes what Sherriden is asking from him, the ship and it's crew, and then his professionalism kicks in. Without hesitation he confirms the order, knowing full well what it entails. Babylon 5 always managed to humanize the cost of war in those small moments.
@Kartissa7 жыл бұрын
You can see the hesitation in Sheridan too as he realises the only solution, just before he sits down and orders the ram....
@mikecimerian69136 жыл бұрын
Remember the Rangers sent on a suicide mission against the Shadows in order to infiltrate disinformation. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aM1hlMedv6vPf58.html
@Trek0016 жыл бұрын
Well he's not the XO - he's the Captain... James is merely letting Sheridan command the final battle from the Bridge of his old ship
@raxsavvage5 жыл бұрын
pretty sure the XO of the normandy in mass effect 1 is based on em for some reason
@100mmtubeofjustice75 жыл бұрын
Matt they both realized what had to be done, tho they knew that the aggie and crew would likely die (or at least a large section at least) it's something that people that have taken the oath understand,
@DavidEvans_dle5 жыл бұрын
Loved the way the "Apollo" Captain, quickly updated Sheridan. Telling him they were monitoring the situation. "Hold on to your hats!" Now that briefing update.
@ReaverLordTonus5 ай бұрын
Well to be fair if they said nothing they ran the risk of being fired upon since they were considered an enemy vessel. In any case it was nice of them to redeem the Apollo, most of the time we saw Sheridan manage to recruit ships that were initially uneasy with following Clark. But the Apollo and its crew were intended to be 100% loyal to Earth it was only when it was revealed that Clark was prepared to destroy earth and its "enemies" were willing to risk their lives to save it that he chose to act. Not because he supported Sheridan's rebellion, but because his duty was to protect the planet.
@acmenipponair2 ай бұрын
@@ReaverLordTonus They stayed 100% loyal to earth until the end. They SAVED earth from being destroyed. They weren't sworn in for President Clark, the argument of the captain of the Apollo was just, that the military has not to decide who rules the civil government and therefore he deemed Sheridans run towards earth as honourless. It's the typical dilemma of a military person: Do I stick to my government, even if I KNOW it is illegimate (although the Clark Regime was still legimate in power, as the last election was only three years beforehand, Clark was in his legal tenureship, he just went straight towards dictator when he came into power) - or do I start a rebellion. it's the dilemma people like George Washington had: To they stick to their oath to the King of England - or do they help the upcoming rebellion in the colonies. When Washington joined the rebels, he knew that it meant that if the british troped capture him it means death for high treason. And of course the communication is short between them: They are in a combat situation. Any unnecessary communication can be futile. The captain of the Apollo really did a great manouevre there, don't forget, he even managed to come out of hyperspace exactly in the angle he needed to hit that specific platform. If they even would have come out in a different angle, they wouldn't had enough time to turn correctly and shot the platform before the Agamemnon hits it.
@xenophore2 ай бұрын
@@ReaverLordTonus General Lefcourt, in command of the Apollo, was Sheridan's mentor; he said earlier in the episode he wished to God he'd never lived to see the day he would have to fire on Sheridan.
@eamonnca19 жыл бұрын
No need for a reboot. Just tidy up some of the visual effects like they did with Star Trek TOS.
@dakariszulu7 жыл бұрын
iirc the effects were originally done on a Commodore Amiga, which is amazing if you think about it.
@sarcasticstartrek77197 жыл бұрын
For season 1. After that they used more powerful stuff ;-)
@makeitsonumberone13587 жыл бұрын
dakariszulu I had one of those, it used floppy discs to play games, before that i had a Commodore 64. Oh happy times.
@dakariszulu7 жыл бұрын
lol me too, had a 500+ and a 1200 later on, so much fun but I was a kind of pariah as almost all of my friends had either console or Atari ST, had so much fun with the amiga though, some great games. (was a speccy fan before that, 2 colour best colour)
@makeitsonumberone13587 жыл бұрын
dakariszulu I had a 1200 😂
@rockybeats86826 жыл бұрын
If you cried a little watching this you are ok with me :)
@TheHilltopPillbox5 жыл бұрын
I'm man enough to admit that B5 made me tear up more than a few times...thoughtful writing, solid acting, and the music was perfect. They also knew how to shut up and have some great moments, and not ruin it with filler dialogue.
@brianvincentdoucet42735 жыл бұрын
I never cried at this scene, but I was in awe watching it.
@shawngillogly68735 жыл бұрын
Manly tears and B5 are not uncommon. Though usually they involve G'Kar giving a speech. Or Sleeping in Light.
@Abrxas014 жыл бұрын
And both times it was Delenn who made me do it. This time and the time she told EF destroyers to take hike unless they wanted to be wiped out.
@sydneysidersammy4 жыл бұрын
What if you peed yourself just a little?
@andrewh55684 жыл бұрын
I never realised it before but Sinclairs last act in the Earth-Mimbari war was to attempt to ram the Mimbari grey councils ship and end the war only to be saved by Delenn and Sheredins last act of the Shadow War was to ram a weapons platform to save millions of lives. Very nice detail.
@PavewayJDAM Жыл бұрын
underrated observation
@sylph425211 ай бұрын
Oh, that's a great connection. Considering, originally it was all planned to be one character, I suspect it was a detail decided from the start
@anubian860Ай бұрын
I don't think the starfury would have done a lot of damage to the Gray council ship, more so "I won't die without taking out someone" Not that I am underrating the scene, still a great section of the battle
@WindsofLyssa8 жыл бұрын
This (plus many, many other scenes), still gives me chills. Babylon 5. The best sci fi ever written... (yes in my opinion).
@theforgottenelitedangerous48277 жыл бұрын
If rebooted it should incorporate the crusade that was released before being finished and in the wrong order.
@LOTRFAN336 жыл бұрын
Kay Duff You are wrong. Its a fact not an opinion.
@carolinelynch28236 жыл бұрын
Kay Duff indeed it is. The Best.
@rudolftrost35346 жыл бұрын
Your opinion is shared by those with a functioning brain.
@hal900x6 жыл бұрын
Indeed. There really hasn't been anything like it on TV before or since.
@ShatteredGlassUnicron3 жыл бұрын
That scene of Agamemnon flying through the fireball has been seared into my mind for a good decade or two.
@Kartissa Жыл бұрын
It doesn't hurt that they used in in the opening credits of Season 5, I suspect.
@acmenipponair2 ай бұрын
Although to be clear: It was secure. That's vacuum of space. Delenn was just shocked, because she thought that the Agamemnon had ramped the platform and was exploding too. But at the moment when the Agamemnon passed the turret platform, the platform was already gone. And the shielding against cosmic radiation, especially during Hyperspace, is big enough to avoid anything from the exploding platform to hurt the Agamemnon, like scrapnells.
@Deepingmind2 жыл бұрын
I think what is so telling here is the level of commitment we see from the crews of the ships around Sheridan. We know that in many battles the forces fighting for Clark did so largely only from fear. That when put into a pinched position they would surrender, sometimes without even firing a shot. Many of the crews arrested their own Captains rather than carry on. Yet here in this fight we see the Earth Force loyalists led by Sheridan simply throwing themselves on the defenses. Pilots flying into the paths of missiles to screen the capital ships, the capital ship charging forwards to engage the platforms. When faced with a death or glory moment, Captain Hall's crew surrendered in seconds. When the crew of the Agamemnon was put in the same situation, there was a grime acceptance followed by a rapid response to carry out the order. A great arc of examples that shows the difference between those fighting for their own gains vs those fighting to save others.
@catprog Жыл бұрын
How much of it is Captain Hall's crew knowing deep down they were in the wrong vs the loyalists knowing deep down they were right.
@Deepingmind Жыл бұрын
@@catprog Likely a strong connection there as well.
@seanbraley2772 Жыл бұрын
Not out of fear but out of loyalty to the idea of the nation they were fighting for you don’t step foot in a space ship if fear is in your vocabulary this isn’t a plain or a boat one wrong move and your dead what your seeing are people forced to fight and people choosing to
@bobbyfeet2240 Жыл бұрын
I suspect JMS had to end it this way; it left little room for moral ambiguity who was right.
@kellyrayburn40938 жыл бұрын
This is *true* heroism. A hero is someone who sees something that needs to be done and does it because to do anything else is totally unthinkable. Either that or someone who is just so cold/tired/hungry that they just don't give a damn anymore. For Sheridan not to give that order would be totally unthinkable to him.
@philgiglio96565 жыл бұрын
A Vietnam vet friend said to me once, "sometimes valor is just another word for too damn tired to care." He was awarded a Bronze star with V for that too damn tired moment.
@johnferguson19705 жыл бұрын
"Courage isn't just a matter of not being frightened, you know. It's being afraid and doing what you have to do anyway." --The Doctor, Planet of the Daleks
@AlexJones-ue1ll4 жыл бұрын
"How do you know a hero? It is one who would lay down his life for another. Alone. In the dark. Where nobody could hear it. Not for glory. Not for fame. But for love of another fellow being." -The Inquisitor
@Grizabeebles2 жыл бұрын
"Once you realise that heroes die, everything becomes that much more terrifying." -- David Benioff
@Mrmunch1970 Жыл бұрын
As Captain of the ship, to give the order to ram knowing what it meant is heroic. But the ships crew have to comply to that order equally knowing the cost. So the Captain cannot bear that accolade alone. But the measure of the man is that the crew are willing to follow him into fire.
@TheLunacyofOurTimes4 жыл бұрын
One of the most badass scenes in the entire series. Minbari fighting with humans to save Earth. And back in the day I thought Delenn was pretty cute with her modified bone crown.
@GenSphinx8 жыл бұрын
Can watch the Agamemnon charge in like that at like 2:10 a hundred times and it will still be one of the most bad ass moments in sci-fi.
@tempest4118 жыл бұрын
Oh, heck yeah it is! I wonder how that would've gone down on the big screen with a bigger budget for even greater FX.
@christerry98576 жыл бұрын
think how much more awesome it would have been if they had the budget to use the Reds missile hatches on Long each side if you look on the blueprints for an Omega class destroyer that are 72 missile launchers as well as all the other Weaponry you see
@PaiSAMSEN5 жыл бұрын
I still wish we see the Omega use those two big-f**king-gun below the launch bay.
@asgard850363 жыл бұрын
4:16 Love the part where the Agamemnon goes through the flaming wreckage of the defense platform, and the music just makes the shot so much better, going from high stakes mood to a sigh of relief.
@GleefulNihilism2 жыл бұрын
"Apollo to Agamemnon - Appears we got here just in the nick of time! What does that make us?" "Big Damn Heroes, Sir!" "Ain't we just?"
@ArchonSG12 жыл бұрын
That scene was a masterstroke. What was the enemy captain a few hours ago, became an ally of necessity when their oaths to Protect Earth was put to the test. And it puts a light onto those in service. It is a hard place to be when you have to decide your orders to kill the enemy or to defend what you swore to defend is put to the test.
@Shamelesscritique110 жыл бұрын
Delenn we need you...we are there. Love that woman.
@sunnchilde10 жыл бұрын
I bet nobody thought they see ANOTHER Minbari fleet attacking Earth! AND that it would be a good thing. :-)
@Whitestar90110 жыл бұрын
sunnchilde I know, right?
@jimjohnston57197 жыл бұрын
Sheridan, while on White Star, headed to Jupiter to attempt to stop recovery of 'dormant' shadow vessel: "This is the closest I have been to Earth in..4 years..who would have thought I'd return in a Minbari Ship?"
@stevenkreft43265 жыл бұрын
Only one human captain has ever survived battle with a Minbari fleet. He is behind me. You are in front of me. If you value your lives, be somewhere else.
@jeremybiddle66855 жыл бұрын
@@stevenkreft4326 best line ever delivered by her. that woman meant business .
@bigblue22164 жыл бұрын
Man I *LOVED* this show... "Delenn, we need you"... "We are there". Goose bumps !
@nickmitsialis7 жыл бұрын
I think JMS made a point that this is the second time the Minbari Fleet approached Earth. The first time was at the battle of the line with the intent to destroy the Earth. Now this time, it was to save it.
@Roycesraphim15 жыл бұрын
Attacking a defense system designed to make their fleets bleed worse than last time
@CharlesUrban5 жыл бұрын
"Hey, remember when we fought you guys and you blew up all our stuff?" "Yes." "Wanna do it again, but with our permission this time?" "...Very well." "You think this is weird, I know. Just trust me, okay?"
@Platschu4 жыл бұрын
The truth points to itself. Again.
@avenger4cats724 жыл бұрын
The Minbari didn’t do crap in this battle they instead got a few of their ships blown up by the EA missiles. Maybe just low budget and not able to show the full battle? As shown with the last platform Minbari and Dellen couldn’t do anything, instead Sheridan nearly died trying to Ram it. Another Earth ship saved the day. Minbari being present in this battle (along with almost all the other races) was pointless as none of them where capable of helping or attacking the final platform aimed at Earth... oh well
@nuckley4 жыл бұрын
@@avenger4cats72 It was deliberate in the storyline that the Minbari and other alien races held back. The mission to liberate Earth had to be done by human ships so that the civil war wasn't just considered an alien invasion by the other side. When Clark turned the defence grid against Earth and he received a call for help Sheridan called the others in to help destroy the platforms as quickly as possible. In terms of how much use they were, maybe not too much as they joined late. But we do see them help destroy some platforms so if they weren't there then maybe there wouldn't only have been that one final platform ready to fire.
@larnregis8 жыл бұрын
2:08 That is one of my favorite scenes of the Omega. Pure brutal power. Brrr, Zap, Zap, Brrrr, Zap, Zap, Brrr 4:17 is pure Omegasm.
@Debbiebabe697 жыл бұрын
The brr zap zap brr zap zap of the Agamemnon in this episode, or that earlier one where the pulse aft cannons are firing at fighters with more bass than a Chemical Brothers album...
@lovipoekimo1767 жыл бұрын
ME TOO!!!
@Gothic78767 жыл бұрын
And to think in the Show we never see it's TRUE Firepower. Those are its "Light" Weapons. The Omega Class could actually lock on to a Sharlin Class Warcrusier and hit it accurately thanks to its sensor package.
@quinn78763 жыл бұрын
I have loved many ships in my time, but there is nothing like the Omega Class Destroyer. Born out of the ashes of the Minbari War, it was humanity's finest ever middle finger to the universe; not only was it obscenely powerful, but it seemed like it was directly mocking the Minbari. You've got gravity? Well, so do we! Your ships are ridiculously well-armored? Well, so are ours! In striving to defeat one of the most powerful younger races, Earth accidentally created something so blisteringly forceful that it could overwhelm, or at least stand up to, virtually anything with less than a million-year head start in technological development. No ship has ever looked or felt more lumbering, mean and dedicated to its mission, and nothing else has ever looked or felt so capable of cleaving a singular star from the rest of the heavens and removing it from the fabric of reality. It is ethereal. And I *love* it.
@ArchonSG113 жыл бұрын
Sheridan was Clark's ace in the Hole so to speak since Clark was pretty sure if anyone was a son of Earth and one that didn't take too well to Aliens, it would be him. Clark banked on the hope that if anyone would take a hard stand against any alien and do what is best for humanity even at the expense of said aliens, it would be Sheridan. Then Delenn happened, who is rather cute for a space elf. Ya ya, no pointy ears but a space elf is a space elf damnit!
@kyledayton78293 жыл бұрын
The Volkans may be elven in appearance But the Minbari are elven in sperit
@geoffreyprior89312 жыл бұрын
Actually; it wasn't Delenn. Sheridan wasn't blinded by loyalty or xenophobia. His decision to lay a trap for the Dark Star was out of desperation. I may be mistaken; but he was up for consideration to be the XO to the captain that led the botched first encounter with the.Minbari. He turned it down due to his dislike of the captain.
@Grizabeebles2 жыл бұрын
@@geoffreyprior8931 -- You gotta wonder how often Sheridan would lie awake at night thinking about if he could have prevented the entire war if he'd taken that stupid posting. Probably nearly as often as Delenn wonders how things might have been different if she's yelled "destroy that ship" rather than "kill them all".
@geoffreyprior89312 жыл бұрын
@@Grizabeebles wonder how many nights Londo would stay awake during and after the Minbari war; thinking that he could of saved so many lives if only he told the earth generals to translate their message to the Minbari in Centauri along with english.
@tilasole32522 жыл бұрын
She only becomes hot after the butterfly transformation. And that whole thing was sort of creepy.
@jamesms48 жыл бұрын
We Live for the One! We die for the One! In Valen's Name!
@colinantink90947 жыл бұрын
James Scott long live Sinclair!
@philgiglio96565 жыл бұрын
Entil zah in Valen';s name.
@stormangelus66382 жыл бұрын
At 3:41, you can see Sheridan is desperately trying not to cry because he knows what he'll be leaving behind, and the sacrifice he must make, and the sacrifice of everyone on board. This was so heartbreaking.
@tilasole3252 Жыл бұрын
Yea. But the explosion was so over the top, still not sure how they had not all died or at least been even more severely damaged.
@bensorrill6785 Жыл бұрын
"Will you follow me into fire? Will you follow me into darkness? Will you follow me into death?"
@Kira-zy2ro Жыл бұрын
i just wonder why he didnt order the crew to abandon ship. no need for all of them to die too, its not like they needed to go and push the ship or smth. I guess writing oversight. i mean some ppl are needed to man the controls but i dont think the cooks and cleaners marines and most of the engineers needed to be there for the bang.
@SandsOfArrakis11 ай бұрын
@@Kira-zy2ro Pretty sure the platform was about to fire. So getting the non essential people of the ship would take far too much time.
@Kira-zy2ro11 ай бұрын
@@SandsOfArrakis Well they took quite some time to talk about it, had a dramatic silence and then it still took a while for the ship to actually reach the platform. He could just have yelled "we're going to ram! Everybody who can, get out NOW, i guess you have about 20 seconds!" i mean some people could have been right next to an escape pod, or in a space suit doing repairs and able to just jump out an airlock... sure there wasnt time to wait for everyone to orderly leave, but if the whole ship is going "boom" even 2 people who managed to get out would be better than 0...
@PokerJeezus6 ай бұрын
"We are there" so frigging powerful a line
@defiant3417 жыл бұрын
Loved Babylon 5 Great cast..and so sad to see many no longer with us
@raven4k9983 жыл бұрын
missiles impacting on all sides I don't know how much more she can take
@raven4k9983 жыл бұрын
@Tin Watchman can you imagine how many died as that outer armour failed from hits making hull breach's
@rowanaforrest97923 жыл бұрын
Mira Furlan died within the last month or so, too, R.I.P. I still love watching this show!
@raven4k9983 жыл бұрын
@@rowanaforrest9792 that's nice dear
@jpowell1809 жыл бұрын
It amazes me that, after Clark's "Scorched Earth" directive, there were still people after the war who defended him and derided Sheridan!
@LauRoman9 жыл бұрын
+jpowell180 Yes, because politicans aren't know to spin things. Like to say that letter was made-up by minbari sympathizers to serve their boney masters' plans. It's not like humanity is known for being racist, classist, xenophobic and all around assholes.
@koshi65058 жыл бұрын
+jpowell180 I was about to comment just this. This guy was going to wipe out most of humanity and people would've prefered Sheridan do nothing.
@MrPeterpiper19698 жыл бұрын
There were and still are people who defend Hitler and Stalin. Their are people who still revere Mao. No matter how twisted and evil a leader might be there will always be someone out there who will say and worse believe that they are worth defending.
@zukomomo7 жыл бұрын
I know right?? And after Sheridan made the choice to lay down his life for Earth (by ramming the defense platform)! Granted, he didn't have to go through with it, but he accepted his duty with self-sacrificial courage. What more do they want from him?!
@Darqshadow5 жыл бұрын
@@zukomomo for the supporters; his head on a pike
@DragonHeart6138 жыл бұрын
Before Commander Shepard, there was John Sheridan :)
@weldonwin7 жыл бұрын
And before John Sheridan, there was Tron
@actionsub7 жыл бұрын
And before Tron...there was Billy Montana, sidekick to Kenny Rogers' Gambler. Talk about being "unstuck in time"...
@hot2warm7 жыл бұрын
And before that, Luke Macahan, how the west was won tv series
@SecondQuantisation6 жыл бұрын
And the lady in Earth Dome is the voice of Dr Chakwas!
@pickeljarsforhillary1025 жыл бұрын
And before that there was Chingachgook, the last of the Mohicans.
@cdname472 жыл бұрын
The Agamemnon was probably decommissioned after this, but she's definitely enough of a hero ship to have an Agamemnon-A to continue her legacy 😉 Maybe one of those nice shiny warlock class destroyers
@brentkalmbacher909211 ай бұрын
I like to think after this she was given a permanent dry sock slip to preserve her as a legacy ship like Missouri.
@sunnchilde10 жыл бұрын
This I think was John Sheridan's finest moment.
@InfernosReaper5 жыл бұрын
I'm going with blowing the Shadows up, even though that actually caused more problems than it solved.
@bloodrave95782 жыл бұрын
Blowing up the Black Star
@VeritechGirl6 жыл бұрын
"We are there!"
@avenger4cats724 жыл бұрын
Veritech Girl They did nothing besides get a few of their own ships destroyed by the EA defense missiles
@charlesmonteroy21194 жыл бұрын
ThatRebel 17 2:20 that’s Minbari weaponry taking out that orbital platform pal
@nealboortzman92564 жыл бұрын
ThatRebel 17 we can assume they’ve been destroying other defense satellites off screen . . .
@Pedro_Dactyl5 жыл бұрын
Christopher's music really ties things together. Not only does it show how far Sheridan will go to save his home but also conveys of how much danger he is in. And then when General Leftcourt jumped in on the EAS Apollo created a sense of relief that Sheridan is ok but even after we see the defense platform blow up from plasma pulse fire, it felt like the Agamemnon may have been destroyed in the process. It's not only until after a few seconds we see her emerge from the flames battered and beaten, we see that she makes it through. All of this would not have been possible thanks to Christopher Franke's amazing musical talents that really bundled the show together. Would alway love to watch this scene with remastered CGI.
@deniseeulert52203 жыл бұрын
"All power to engines, give me ramming speed" "Aye, sir!" They were willing to sacrifice themselves to save others.
@deniseeulert52207 жыл бұрын
I'll bet every actor would love to give that line, in some way or other. "Give me ramming speed!"
@KrK0077 жыл бұрын
I also love Major Ryan's line in "Severed Dreams".... "Bring us in closer to the enemy." "How close?" "Right down their throat!"
@Ennio4445 жыл бұрын
I've been saying it alone in my mancave for a while after watching the clip.
@HupfderFloh4 жыл бұрын
Rule 34?
@supressorgrid4 жыл бұрын
I say that in my truck ever so often.
@daniels790710 жыл бұрын
Notice how, unlike on Star Trek, when things start exploding on the bridge of a starship it's because they've just taken a *real* serious hit, and not just because the shields dropping to 42% causes the control consoles to start blowing up in the crew's faces?
@larnregis10 жыл бұрын
Exactly. And notice how there are real heavy metal bars coming down, not some tiny crumbs debris from the paper like Duranium Alloy. These ships are real "Heavy Metal" and i love how the CGI even shows damaged ships armor with pieces of the ship missing. In addition are all the ships in B5 not blowing up into invisible dust like in ST, but some burned out highly damaged ship hull remnants which then still keep floating in space with debris flying away everywhere from the internal explosions. Only Star Trek Enterprise in the Azati Prime episode showed some comparable nice damage effects. Yet again, this old enterprise was sturdier than any other following more modern tougher Enterprise, which got knocked out already by a single disruptor shot.
@g.thomashart93689 жыл бұрын
everybody knows - fuses don't REALLY exist in the Star Trek universe ;-)
@daniels79079 жыл бұрын
G. Thomás Hart It was those darned wars starting with the Eugenics Wars and continuing to the Post-Atomic Horror. Email, smartphones and computer consoles that don't have enough electricity running through them to send a DeLorean through time to the 1950's all became lost technologies!
@sparrowlt9 жыл бұрын
Larn Regis I allways laughted my ass off at how many "redshirt" characters/extras died in Star Trek just of exploding consoles while the shields were still up..i would think someone in Starfleet made a huge safety mistake there... Also B5 universe has no shields... more advanced races like Vorlons do have some kind of shield technology but the rest of the races dont... at best they have stuff like the EA E-Web system wich is similar to Enterprise "polarize the hull" ... and depend on thick hulls and point-defense systems.In the infamous first contact between earth and mimbar the human fleet (a couple of Hyperion cruisers and Nova Dreadnoughts) destroyed a couple of mimbari ships and seriously damaged 2 Sharlins ... some fans asked JMS how that could happen if the Minbari had so advanced ships and JMS response was "at that close range nothing can survive intact a barrage from even inferior ships.. they just cant".. Minbari superiority were principally about they having stealth tech, more accurate weapons, hugely strong ECM warfare systems, faster and more maneovrable ships with far superior navigation ... but if you could hit them they would fall... like everything else
@daniels79079 жыл бұрын
sparrowlt Early on, when they first started taking the White Star out, Lennier rather pedantically explained that it used the "Vorlon Defense System", which deflected most incoming energy away from the hull. In contrast, Starfleet ships appear to try to channel the incoming energy into massive banks of capacitors which they have opted to install directly behind the control consoles on the main bridge. Hence, when incoming attacks hit the shields, the excess energy causes fireworks on the bridge. Presumably they could not think of a better way to design this.
@KimJong-unsBathWater2 жыл бұрын
Not gonna lie, the title 'Agamemnon's Last Charge' is pretty awsome
@aleksey9833 Жыл бұрын
I really like that Minbari and Earth ships are fighting together. And... I SO love the music at 3:24. It's quite short part but so... Beautiful.
@Stringfellow-xo6do3 жыл бұрын
The look on Sheridan's face. Duty, honor, loyalty, so much to live for but willing to make the ultimate sacrifice.
@iainmcelhone2021 Жыл бұрын
That's what Duty is !!.
@adamsmyth11564 жыл бұрын
Ordered them to ram, no one quoted a regulation, no 20 minutes of introspection, they just "aye sired" and did it.
@oenrn4 жыл бұрын
That moment of silence as the ship goes on is just brilliant. Everyone knows what's happening, there's no need to make a speech.
@TheJMPD2 жыл бұрын
To borrow a line from the fans of "Sharpe" : Now that's soldiering!
@sandspatel3 жыл бұрын
“We are there” gives me chills decades later.
@colinfarren83264 жыл бұрын
This show is a masterpiece of arc writing, special effects, acting and direction not in specific order, its a slow build over nearly 3 series but one that absoloutely rocks when it comes to the conclusions of the multiple plot points.
@deniseeulert52208 жыл бұрын
I'd loved to have had a role that allowed me to say "Give me ramming speed"
@maverickbna10 жыл бұрын
This scene never fails to give me chills. :)
@raven4k9983 жыл бұрын
missiles impacting on all sides I don't know how much more she can take goes to show they never simulated the omega vs the earth defense grid battery's by how they sound like there in uncharted territory fighting against it
@MariusRiley3 жыл бұрын
: I remember watching this when it was first on tv, and when the Apollo came out of the blue to save the day everyone in the room lost their minds. Talk about an epic save.
@arielklay232 жыл бұрын
Did anyone notice that the actress playing the senator also played a Romulan commander ST: Next Gen of a Romulan warbird. In that episode, Troi was surgically altered to appear Romulan and impersonate a Tal Shiar and operative and was put on that warbird in order to do some "cowboy diplomacy" by transporting a high ranking Romulan official and I believe two of his aides to the Enterprise.
@darkclawgreatonenas Жыл бұрын
You see a lot of Trek crossover with B5, for various reasons. Which is all the more impressive when the lawsuit against B5 was presented by Trek producers...
@mechanix12283 жыл бұрын
absolutely hardass scene and one of the finest battles to every be televised .
@tilasole3252 Жыл бұрын
I love the feud between DS9 and B5. Yet many cast members profited and enjoyed both runs, as did the fans. Carolyn Seymour being one of many.
@porpus993 жыл бұрын
1:40 That guy has to be the most decorated pilot in Earth Force. Has been in practically every battle since season 1 of Babylon 5 involving Star Fury's, and does the same exact movements every time. lol, love stock footage.
@thitsugaya12248 жыл бұрын
I love watching the Omega class destroyers in action, and that Minbari cruiser in the background was going ham with her neutron cannons.
@Sgt_Glory6 жыл бұрын
He could have easily made it a Warlock class too, as that was the cutting edge Earthforce ship at that time, _and_ it had a huge beam cannon.
@deegee68633 жыл бұрын
@Mike DeMarco Originally they were going to design the Excalibur to be an actual destroyer version of the Whitestars - complete with the purple bio-armor. No idea why they didn't do it though and it's a shame - it would have been amazing
@mikeq70965 жыл бұрын
still remember the day this aired and still get the same feeling today
@fintekele2 жыл бұрын
"We are there" ...and I cried, like a baby.
@FrankWolenczak8 жыл бұрын
And there's Dr. Karin Chakwas as the Senator
@ZeitdiebX7 жыл бұрын
You think people know Mass Effect around here ? Best show EVER vs. ( by far ) best game franchise EVER. I'm getting a nerdy boner.
@23jefjef6 жыл бұрын
I thought I'd better scroll down to see if anyone else had said it, glad I did. Always wondered why Shep couldn't date the doc, single, attractive, elegant, likes to drink Serrice Ice Brandy at a 1000 creds a bottle. And what about Shi'ala? Time for new DLC maybe? It's sooo easy to get off topic :)
@Ruosteinenknight5 жыл бұрын
Ah, I regocnized her voice. Carolyn Seymour, long time tv and film actor.
@mirawenya Жыл бұрын
This show had some of the very best YES!! moments... Too many shows go for the "damn, that sucks" moments in stead. Gimme more of this stuff!!
@mattwho816 жыл бұрын
Wish I could see a scene where the Captain of the Apollo heard that his boss is trying to kill billions of his own people, and the guy he's been sent to fight is about to give up his life to save 800million innocents.
@actionsub5 жыл бұрын
It came close earlier in the episode where the Apollo captain commented how he'd trained with Sheridan at Earthforce Academy, and that he really didn't want to be fighting against him.
@Oi1Suzy3 жыл бұрын
@@actionsub Trained him, not with him. Lefcourt was also Sheridan's CO during the earth-minbari war and had been friends with his father.
@deniseeulert52203 жыл бұрын
@@Oi1Suzy When the Confederates fired on Ft. Sumter the Union commander was an officer who, at West Point, had trained artillery students. The younger Confederate officer who commanded their artillery had be the other dudes star pupil
@jamesp81643 жыл бұрын
Ultimately we saw something better. We didn’t have to see his face. We saw what he did about it.
@rdtradecraft8 жыл бұрын
Sorry, folks. The whole reboot thing, without Andreas Katsulas as G'Kar, just can't go there with you.
@ArchonSG18 жыл бұрын
Yeah, was sad when he passed. The thing is, I don't think that they can reboot the series with the Original cast. Age has caught up with many so new younger actors will have to step in, which is why I would prefer if they would not "Baywatch" or Jersey Shore" the cast. Assuming that there will be a reboot. Sci-fi is on the down trend with crap shows filling in the airwaves.
@jameslrbrand2002uk7 жыл бұрын
They could have if maybe Richard Biggs(who played Franklin) and Gerry Doyle(Garibaldi) hadn't passed away G'Kar(Katsulas) had gone off exploring with Lyta Alexander( I never got how both she and Lennier ending up being killed on Earth during the Telepath War(according to JMS) and it was never specified that G'kar returned with her though. I suppose you could explain Garibaldi not being there due to his running Edgar Corp with his wife,but due to how Lorien brought Sherridan back from the dead at Zahaduum you'd think Franklin would go wherever Sherridan goes. its ironic really because Boxlightner is about the right age now that Sherridan was during his time as President of the IA and later Ranger One so it could have been set in that time period.But yes they'd have to do a new series with pretty much a all new cast but then they'd have to retcon Zack Allen because the actor who played him also passed away.But unfortunately WB owns the rights to any TV series based on the medium and they've been stalling on doing a Blu-Ray remaster( to bring the CGI to the same level as The 3 Lost Tales Episodes) even though there is a lot of demand for it. JMS does still hold the rights to movies and he did say back in 2015 that he was looking at doing a movie or series of movies and if needed he could self fund it but all has gone quiet since then.
@MedPig7 жыл бұрын
James Brand
@bovnycccoperalover35797 жыл бұрын
Also without Jerry Doyle and Stephen Furst and Richard Biggs and Tim Choate.
@donaldwatson76987 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Jeff Conaway, aka "Zack Allen", Garibaldi's right hand man, later Security Chief, and the last of the core crew to leave B5.
@missbish10007 жыл бұрын
Wasn't always the best cinematography and graphics, but it didn't stop B 5 from being one of the most awesome shows of it's time. Nail biters like that scene are one of the reasons fans raced home on Saturdays after work for the next installment.
@ArchonSG17 жыл бұрын
Agreed. But it was also made at a time where men were allowed to be men, women were feminine and yet strong (Ivanova's "I am the right hand of God" speech / Delen's "Be somewhere else" speech) and story was more important then what skin colour the actor and actresses had.
@missbish10007 жыл бұрын
Exactly, men were men , women were feminine but could and often were just as bad ass as the guys, outstanding battle scenes that not even star trek or star wars combined could compare to. B5 was a series made the way a series should be made. And your right, (D'lenn) if you value your lives and wish to live, be somewhere else. Epic line.
@GrahamCStrouse7 жыл бұрын
Steven Lim z
@MrBabylonandon6 жыл бұрын
There were no better lines in the whole series than the verbal dance between Morden and Vir ... and the ending of that was ... epic (smiling and waving).
@philgiglio96565 жыл бұрын
Sorry, it aired on Thursdays if I recall correctly. NASA Houston would put out a Code 7R over the PA on the day before so fans of the show could gather to watch early after NASA had pirated the ep off satellite.
@Phil_AKA_ThundyUK Жыл бұрын
Wow a less than five minute clip elicits more emotion and excitement in me than any series in the last twenty years! They just don't make 'em how they used to!!!
@ArchonSG1 Жыл бұрын
They can't. Not with today's "Hollywood Standards". B5 is a remarkable piece of TV Sci-Fi / TV Series that has coherent arcs all connected from the Pilot to the Last Episode when Humanity finally watches the End of Sol and join the other Elder races out Beyond the Black.
@gateauxq4604 Жыл бұрын
You haven’t seen The Expanse then. I think it’s kind of a spiritual companion to B5
@Phil_AKA_ThundyUK Жыл бұрын
@@gateauxq4604 Watched it all. It started well and ended pretty bad.
@matthewrowe9903 Жыл бұрын
@@Phil_AKA_ThundyUK Agreed it had a great start but sadly lost focus really annoying
@robwalsh98434 жыл бұрын
Watching Starfuries fly alongside Nials is so friggin' satisfying!
@paulbeaney49019 жыл бұрын
Sheridan has to be one of the best cast characters in Sci find history. On par with picard (tng), kirk (tos) comander adama (bsg reboot) and Malcolm Reynolds (firefly)
@davidkelly42108 жыл бұрын
+Paul Beaney I'm honestly not a fan of Kirk (the character, not those that play him). He's just a playboy cowboy with a starship. Han and Malcolm pulled that off far better. Hell even Picard got more alien sex (granted, TNG had a longer life) and did it with class. Maybe Kirk fit the times better, I wasn't around so I can't say but I think it's just... Bad. Now Dr. McCoy was well cast/written.
@ghfun18 жыл бұрын
They all are good my faves are Picard Kirk and Sheridan Sheridan has honors Status he is the only one who died and came back to life he is legend
@davidkelly42108 жыл бұрын
ghfun1 Did he ever actually die? That 1 guy, I forget his name, used, shall we say the Force, to keep him alive. I mean he definitely saw the light but he never actually died.
@ghfun18 жыл бұрын
+David Kelly he died in zahdum in the season 3 ending then Lorien revived him so he died and came back to life something that neither Kirk or Picard did.. In the end of the show season 5 ending he joined the 1st ones ..
@davidkelly42108 жыл бұрын
ghfun1 that's what I'm saying though, he never seemed to actually die
@terrancechilds30494 жыл бұрын
She played a romulan
@xenophore2 ай бұрын
She was also the voice of Dr. Chakwas in Mass Effect.
@barryf7253Ай бұрын
She played a bunch of different TNG characters
@TheCormTube10 жыл бұрын
2:05 - Epic firing charge, the bulky, non aerodynamic behemoth that is the Omega class looks great doing that.
@jetsonik10 жыл бұрын
And notice that it echoes the opening few bars of the title sequence after the speeches.. Dum-dum dahhh, dum-dum dah...
@Deevo0378 жыл бұрын
I would hate to see such a groundbreaking and historically significant show cheapened by a bad reboot. Maybe if it was done properly yes but reboots and re imaginings have such a bad record. BSG was the only one that was any good but even that went off the rails in it's final season.
@ArchonSG18 жыл бұрын
True that. Or worse reboot with a political / social agenda as with all the recent movie reboots. I would like a reboot that stays true to the spirit and story with updated tech and CG but not at the expanse to the show's character.
@GhostInTheShell298 жыл бұрын
+Steven Lim In this episode of Babylon 5, Telepaths demand their own bathrooms, while earth gov orders them to use the public restrooms. Sheridan must race against the clock to find a compromise before the shit hits the fan.
@Deevo0378 жыл бұрын
hobowithabag Two words, Star Trek. Mind you to be fair it was already well and truly off the rails before Abrams got hold of it.
@Sgtbigmike8 жыл бұрын
Agreed, although the Writers Guild of America Strike in 2007 had EVERYTHING to do with Battle Star Galactica going off rails.
@Deevo0378 жыл бұрын
Sgtbigmike And here was me thinking writing had just become a dwindling skill.
@fredlandry61703 жыл бұрын
Human and Minbari working together when 14 years earlier they were killing each other.
@rickdangerous19567 жыл бұрын
"Forward guns are down, we can't fire!" "OK, turn the ship 180 degrees and use the REAR GUNS"
@mrtencza5 жыл бұрын
I was thinking that! Alexander's rear guns one-shot a heavy cruiser that was chasing her down.
@richardcrooks67135 жыл бұрын
It would take too long (remember Earth ships are incredibly slow at turning because they rotate to create gravity, which is why Delenn offered Earth the artificial gravity technology to get them involved in the Alliance since this alone would significantly improve their ships), and wouldn't necessarily work anyway since the platform would be firing at them while they were are stationary target, which may well have disabled the rear guns as well. At which point they'd have no guns and be facing the wrong way for ramming speed.
@paulrasmussen89535 жыл бұрын
@@richardcrooks6713 the time it took for them to close to ram they could angle the ship to have the rear guns fire
@ericssmith20145 жыл бұрын
Even if there were no working guns left, that 180 should still have been on the table: an _Expanse_ style flip and burn would have given them a chance to incinerate the satellite...
@Hyperion51825 жыл бұрын
@@ericssmith2014 Earth force destroyers are 1714 meters long using rotating sections to create a gravity field internally and to a slight extent externally. Bound by Newtonian physics the flip you suggest is simply impossible in the time they had. Even the White Stars had some bounds to Newtonian Physics.
@Makrokosmos9 жыл бұрын
A Reboot of B5 you say? How about no. The only thing they could improve is all the CGI sections of the series. That's it. Do not mess up the rest by retreading it.
@AlexSDU8 жыл бұрын
+Makrokosmos Aye, agreed with ya.
@DJ_BROBOT8 жыл бұрын
+Makrokosmos the CGI was good for what it was back in the day...remastering it, yes, I can agree...totally redoing it...its not going to add to it because B5 was the show that started to change how CGI was done in most space sci-fi going forward...BSG took heavily from the stuff done in B5...
@Makrokosmos8 жыл бұрын
Francis Herrera I disagree. in B5, The Battle Scenes shown rarely match what is being said by the characters, they also lack consistency. Take the fight to liberate the Proxima Colony. Its is chaoticly shot and makes little sense, how the ships position themselves and appear to be warping around the battlefield. Its the actors performances that elevated this FX cluserfuck into a memorable scene. Later on in the series, the FX crew got their shit togther and delivered a lot more coherent battlescapes. That beign said: a little edit ofthe fight coreography and an update to the FX would not ADD much in the form of groundbreakling new things, but it WOULD BE DAMN FREAKING AWESOME to look at. ^^
@alexpalmer91018 жыл бұрын
+Makrokosmos I agree to a point, but if the CGI is improved too much, it could take away from the rest of the episodes. Just look at the Remastered episodes of Star Trek, or the Star Wars prequel trilogy. They overloaded on CGI so much that it took away from the stories themselves. Redo CGI? Sure, why not. Over-done? No thanks.
@Makrokosmos8 жыл бұрын
Alex Palmer I do not see how the Remastered Star Trek episodes have suffered from the FX not being shit. In fact they are much less cringeworthy ti watch now. As for Star wars: Erm well, it was not the CGI that doomed those films.... it did not help, sure... but izt was not the cause....
@catmandude18006 жыл бұрын
One of the best moments of drama & action in science fiction EVER! When D' lenn says "We are there!" It gives chills- in a great way. Still WAY too under- appreciated by too many people. As for a reboot- Oh, please! I really don't care for another failed re-do starring whoever is "hot right now" [ esp. with actors too young for the roles they're playing].
@DavidBrown-yd9le2 жыл бұрын
I love the Starfuries flying side by side with the Minbari fighters. Battle of the line flashbacks
@Divadtube2 жыл бұрын
How come no one told me Babylon 5 was this awesome? Never knew and I love scifi.
@ArchonSG12 жыл бұрын
You need to get the movies too
@KristerAndersson-nc8zo9 жыл бұрын
Honor Harringtons final attack with a damaged Heavy cruiser against a Haven battlecruiser.
@VTX001286 жыл бұрын
Honor Harrington great book series. Watchout for the treecat the nimitz buzzsaw.
@mdbruffy6 жыл бұрын
Definitely. Still waiting to get my hands on the latest book.
@LadyAriella19605 жыл бұрын
@@mdbruffy "Uncompromising Honor" is great!!! and I agree, watch out for Nimitz!!
@Neville600015 жыл бұрын
I'd like to see that series become a TV series or a movie one.
@kellywren92155 жыл бұрын
@@Neville60001 I would love that myself. but I'm afraid that the essence of the stories would get butchered by the writers, who of COURSE can tell it better....I would rather it didn't happen at all if all they were going to do is butcher it.
@itchyisvegeta5 жыл бұрын
I would have loved to see how much better this story would have been if this and the shadow war was to extend to the 5th season, like originally intended.
@ArchonSG15 жыл бұрын
I believe, that we would have a "Mass Effect 3" ending that we'd be cheering to see. 😁
@jarekkowalski10322 ай бұрын
This show still moves me to tears. Best acting, best drama, unmatched till today. Greetings to all the Babylon 5 fans out there. B5 rocks!
@seanmcdonald58596 ай бұрын
I used to watch this with my mum before she passed away . . . . . . Babylon 5 will ALWAYS be a special memory for me, but i can't watch it alone, it hurts too much.
@rickhunter10754 жыл бұрын
It's criminal that this show was never released on Blu-Ray!
@ArchonSG14 жыл бұрын
Yes it is. Pretty sure I'd buy a Blue-Ray release
@ZeitdiebX3 жыл бұрын
..... yet !
@Bigtooly4 жыл бұрын
2019 its never going to get a remaster, and never needs one
@seik652 жыл бұрын
Damn, the audio design is incredible, first clip I ever see of this show, and I can hear the creaks on the ships hull,
@Maddog306018 күн бұрын
I remember watching this when it aired in the 90s, and I've watched it a couple of times on DVD. I know what will happen, but I still get anxious, fearful, and teary eyed at the climax of the scene. It's a testament to the show's excellent writing that it still has that effect even throughout the years.
@JH2482111 жыл бұрын
Such a powerful and amazing scene, among the best (if not the best) in the Babylon 5 series. Humans, Minbari, Brakiri and other reaces working together the save Earth. The powerful background music, Delenn's "We are there", Earth and Minbari ships flying in formation together, Omega Destroyers firing, Sheridan willing to sacrifice himself, the feeling of disbelief when the Defense Grid is targeting Earth. Really amazing scenes.
@keonisan10 жыл бұрын
That rapid fire barrage the agamemnon was dishing out is so epic to see, imagine if you had the whole fleet at mars unleashing that kind of firepower, sheridan would've been wiped out.
@paulrasmussen89535 жыл бұрын
Doubt it.
@petercresswell1839Ай бұрын
What made this show great was the music. Either with the Agamemnon on its suicide run, or when marines were invading B5 during 'shattered dream', the directors knew there was no need to needless dialogue when the music score could make it much more powerful!
@sistermarynapalm86129 жыл бұрын
James: Missiles are impacting on all sides! Sheridan: Continue firing! James: I don`t know how much more she can take! Sheridan: Continue firing! The next scene the Aggie is attacking those satellites full speed ahead. Oh, I loved that scene. Would have loved to see such a battle scene in actual space combat. In all those other scenes the EA capital ships seemed to be so slow. Way to go, Aggie!
@kineticdeath9 жыл бұрын
Agamemnon heroic charge forever! working them beams and pulses!
@rizon729 жыл бұрын
In season 2 its said that the Agamemnon is one of the faster ships.
@thatrebel17789 жыл бұрын
The Omegas are pretty fast. In Call to arms you can watch them haul ass with some major speed. The EA Warlocks where even faster. When Sheridan told Dellen "we need you" and she replied we are there, it showed Omegas/Sharlins side by side along with Starfuries and Nial fighters side by side. For some reason, the Omegas and Starfuries fired way before (and much more often) then the Minbari ships did, even though Dellen said they where helping; and especially considering the EA defense grid would destroy 40% of the planet in one shot -- well - every allied ship (and EA ship) would obviously open fire the second they got within range... Yet most of the allied ships never fired which means they werent within firing range, yet the Omegas where side by side the allied ships and Sharlins, so I'm not sure why. Unless the Omegas have better range than the allied ships including the Sharlin, or maybe just where able to move faster toward the platform putting them in firing range quicker (and the Sharlins DID fire multiple times, but they never hit anything). Or maybe it was another overlooked error. Considering JMS never told us much, we'll never know.
@sistermarynapalm86129 жыл бұрын
ThatRebel 17 That is partially correct: The scene you describe is the extraction from the Death Cloud. There the Omegas are awfully fast - which seems very unusual. But I meant the actual combat situations - for example the battle of Proxima III, where most of the destroyers were shown almost "standing still" or the slow movements in most of the other engagement scenes. Even during the beginning of the Call to Arms battle, those Destroyers seem more floating than actual flying through space. At least very slow. That is what I was referring to. Concerning the Minbari in the Battle for Earth: If I remember correctly, the writers idea for this scene was, that Minbari and other alien nations provide support to the EA warships, but held themselves back in order to prevent the idea from spreading that their actions are an alien invasion.
@sparrowlt9 жыл бұрын
Michael Minden the ships at Proxima III were "defending" the planet.. they had to keep position and fight-off the "enemy" fleet.. thats why they barelly move.. they are holding ground.. the ships in a Call to arms are actually escaping the planet killer so they are at max aceleration and they keep up with the Warlocks and even the Excalibur .... In the first episode of Crusade we can see an Omega (EAS Persephone) keeping up with a Drakh cruiser on the run... and in season 3 the Agammenon could keep up with the WhiteStar (yes the WS was in Jupiter's outer atmosphere but the Aggie was very close to it and not much far above...
@StevieWasp10 жыл бұрын
Earthforce capital ships seem to be able to take unbelievable punishment.
@sparrowlt9 жыл бұрын
StevieWasp They are build for that... Specially after the Minbari war
@SantomPh6 жыл бұрын
In a universe with no shields, it has to be that way
@podemosurss83166 жыл бұрын
They learned a lot from the Minbari war. That is one of the lessons, as the only way they could take out Minbari cruisers was by ramming them.
@johnwilliamsscuba64876 жыл бұрын
The ships can take as much as the writers say they can and no more
@hakont.49606 жыл бұрын
They're basically the Toyota Hilux of space cruisers. 😁
@TheJosep704 жыл бұрын
Well that's Tron. He fights for the users and a free system.
@trysill12 жыл бұрын
"We are there" Simple But such a great line! Gives me goose bumps!
@igorwojtyna21586 жыл бұрын
The image of the destroyer flying out of the flames should be the icon of the show
@actionsub5 жыл бұрын
In the final season, instead of a monologue, TNT decided to attempt a montage of the last four seasons for the opening credits. The final scene of that montage before the title graphics was the Aggy flying out of those flames.
@AlexJones-ue1ll4 жыл бұрын
@@actionsub It did work rather well, as TNT not only used iconic lines from previous seasons, it also altered those lines across the season. Every episode puts an emphasis on different lines. Plus the epic Chris Franke intro music made it memorable in its own right.
@ScorpiusZA.4 жыл бұрын
This is such an awesome sequence. Really gives you a good feeling watching it. It, however, is number 2 (for me) on the list of best clips in Babylon 5. The first is when Delenn shows up in Severed Dreams with the White Star.
@johngregory4801 Жыл бұрын
"Negative, we have jurisdiction here. Don't force us to fire on your ships." Yeah, Delenn's response was almost as terrifying as her expression.
@Enkarashaddam Жыл бұрын
I will never forget this scene
@MrAlumni725 жыл бұрын
Delenn had the best lines. Succinct, to the point, and often very moving. This one "We are there" is one of those.
@mannvsfood4 жыл бұрын
This still hits me in the feels after all this time.