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tpryan
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Babylon 5 on TNT in 1998 - info and discussion
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Dec 29 22:26 UTC 1997 |
Below is a list of the times for various showings of Babylon 5 - The
Series, Babylon 5 - Season 5, In The Beginning, The Gathering and the Guide
to Babylon 5. This was taken from the new TNT web site
(http://tnt.turner.com/babylon5).
THE GUIDE TO BABYLON 5
Premieres: Friday, Dec. 26, at 11 p.m. (ET)
Encores: Sunday, Dec. 28, at 11 p.m. and 2 a.m. (ET)
Monday, Dec. 29, at Midnight (ET)
Saturday, Jan. 3, at 5:30 p.m. (ET)
Sunday, Jan. 4, at 12 a.m., 2:30 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. (ET)
Wednesday, Jan. 21, at 5:30 a.m. (ET)
BABYLON 5: THE SERIES
Premieres: Monday, Jan. 5, 1998, at 7 p.m. (ET)
Airs: Monday - Friday at 7 p.m. (ET)
BABYLON 5: THE FIFTH SEASON
Premieres: Wednesday, Jan. 21, 1998, at 10 p.m. (ET)
Airs: Wednesdays at 10 p.m. (ET)
Encores: Saturdays at 7 p.m. (ET)
BABYLON 5: IN THE BEGINNING
World Premiere: Sunday, Jan. 4, 1998, at 8 p.m. (ET)
Encores: Sunday, January 4, 1998 at 12:30 am ET
Saturday, January 10, 1998 at 8 pm ET
Wednesday, January 14, 1998 at 10 pm ET
TNT SPONSORS NATIONWIDE TUNE-IN PARTIES. For Detroit it's at:
Spectadium Bar & Grill
2511 Livernois
Troy, MI 48083
* Arrive prior to 7 p.m. Eastern
The B5 airings at 7 pm ET and 10 pm ET will be unaffected by the daytime
airings of Winter Olympics coverage.
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krj
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response 1 of 37:
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Jan 2 21:46 UTC 1998 |
Does someone want to explain what some of these are? Is "In The Beginning"
a recap of the first four years, or what?
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anderyn
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response 2 of 37:
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Jan 3 03:00 UTC 1998 |
In the Beginning is the tale of the Earth-Minbari war, told in a flashback
form by Londo Mollari to two children just before the events twenty years
from now which we saw in the time-travel episode. (Whem!) It should give
more info on what and why. The "Guide" is a quick overview. And "Thirdspace
is a mystery story which takes place during the series, but which is not
actually referneced in any broadcast episodes, afaik.
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tpryan
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response 3 of 37:
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Jan 6 23:43 UTC 1998 |
150 lines follow
From the Lurker's Guide of Babylon 5,
It has the current schedule for all B5 episodes - old and new.
B5 premieres on TNT Sunday, January 4 in a four-hour block ("In the
Beginning" followed by "The Gathering") starting at 8PM Eastern, with a
repeat immediately afterwards. "The Gathering" will be a reedited version
with missing footage from the original and a new score by Christopher
Franke.
Specials / Prequel / Pilot Movie
Air Date Time (EST) Title
97/12/31 10:00AM The Guide to Babylon 5
98/01/03 11:00AM The Guide to Babylon 5
98/01/03 5:30PM The Guide to Babylon 5
98/01/04 8:00PM Babylon 5: In the Beginning
98/01/04 10:00PM The Gathering
98/01/05 12:00AM The Guide to Babylon 5
98/01/05 12:30AM Babylon 5: In the Beginning
98/01/05 2:30AM The Guide to Babylon 5
98/01/05 5:30AM The Guide to Babylon 5
98/01/10 8:00PM Babylon 5: In the Beginning
98/01/14 10:00PM Babylon 5: In the Beginning
98/01/21 5:30AM The Guide to Babylon 5
Season One ("Signs and Portents")
TNT will rebroadcast seasons 1-4 weeknights at 7PM Eastern.
Air Date Ep# Prod# Title
98/01/05 1 103 Midnight on the Firing Line
98/01/06 2 102 Soul Hunter
98/01/07 3 104 Born to the Purple
98/01/08 4 101 Infection
98/01/09 5 108 The Parliament of Dreams
98/01/12 6 110 Mind War
98/01/13 7 107 The War Prayer
98/01/14 8 106 And The Sky Full Of Stars
98/01/15 9 113 Deathwalker
98/01/16 10 105 Believers
98/01/19 11 111 Survivors
98/01/20 12 114 By Any Means Necessary
98/01/21 13 116 Signs and Portents
98/01/22 14 119 TKO
98/01/23 15 109 Grail
98/01/26 16 122 Eyes
98/01/27 17 115 Legacies
98/01/28 18 120 A Voice in the Wilderness part 1
98/01/29 19 121 A Voice in the Wilderness part 2
98/01/30 20 118 Babylon Squared
98/02/02 21 117 The Quality of Mercy
98/02/03 22 112 Chrysalis
Season Two ("The Coming Of Shadows")
98/02/04 23 201 Points of Departure
98/02/05 24 202 Revelations
98/02/06 25 203 The Geometry of Shadows
98/02/09 26 204 A Distant Star
98/02/10 27 205 The Long Dark
98/02/11 28 206 A Spider in the Web
98/02/12 29 208 Soul Mates
98/02/13 30 207 A Race Through Dark Places
98/02/16 31 209 The Coming of Shadows
98/02/17 32 210 GROPOS
98/02/18 33 211 All Alone in the Night
98/02/19 34 212 Acts of Sacrifice
98/02/20 35 213 Hunter, Prey
98/02/23 36 215 There All the Honor Lies
98/02/24 37 214 And Now For a Word
98/02/25 38 217 In the Shadow of Z'ha'dum
98/02/26 39 216 Knives
98/02/27 40 218 Confessions and Lamentations
98/03/02 41 220 Divided Loyalties
98/03/03 42 219 The Long, Twilight Struggle
98/03/04 43 221 Comes the Inquisitor
98/03/05 44 222 The Fall of Night
Season Three ("Point of No Return")
98/03/06 45 301 Matters of Honor
98/03/09 46 302 Convictions
98/03/10 47 303 A Day in the Strife
98/03/11 48 305 Passing Through Gethsemane
98/03/12 49 304 Voices of Authority
98/03/13 50 306 Dust to Dust
98/03/16 51 307 Exogenesis
98/03/17 52 308 Messages from Earth
98/03/18 53 309 Point of No Return
98/03/19 54 310 Severed Dreams
98/03/20 55 311 Ceremonies of Light and Dark
98/03/23 56 313 Sic Transit Vir
98/03/24 57 312 A Late Delivery from Avalon
98/03/25 58 314 Ship of Tears
98/03/26 59 315 Interludes and Examinations
98/03/27 60 316 War Without End, Part One
98/03/30 61 317 War Without End, Part Two
98/03/31 62 318 Walkabout
98/04/01 63 319 Grey 17 Is Missing
98/04/02 64 320 And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place
98/04/03 65 321 Shadow Dancing
98/04/06 66 322 Z'ha'dum
Season Four ("No Surrender, No Retreat")
98/04/07 67 401 The Hour of the Wolf
98/04/08 68 402 Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi?
98/04/09 69 403 The Summoning
98/04/10 70 404 Falling Toward Apotheosis
98/04/13 71 405 The Long Night
98/04/14 72 406 Into the Fire
98/04/15 73 407 Epiphanies
98/04/16 74 408 The Illusion of Truth
98/04/17 75 409 Atonement
98/04/20 76 410 Racing Mars
98/04/21 77 411 Lines of Communication
98/04/22 78 412 Conflicts of Interest
98/04/23 79 413 Rumors, Bargains and Lies
98/04/24 80 414 Moments of Transition
98/04/27 81 415 No Surrender, No Retreat
98/04/28 82 416 The Exercise of Vital Powers
98/04/29 83 417 The Face of the Enemy
98/04/30 84 418 Intersections in Real Time
98/05/01 85 419 Between the Darkness and the Light
98/05/04 86 420 Endgame
98/05/05 87 421 Rising Star
98/05/06 88 422 The Deconstruction of Falling Stars
98/??/?? Thirdspace
Season Five ("The Wheel of Fire")
98/01/21 89 501 No Compromises
98/01/28 90 502 The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari
98/02/04 91 503 The Paragon of Animals
98/02/11 92 504 A View from the Gallery
98/02/18 93 505 Learning Curve
98/02/25 94 506 Strange Relations
98/03/04 95 507 Secrets of the Soul
98/03/11 96 508 In the Kingdom of the Blind
98/03/18 97 509 Cat and Mouse
98/03/25 98 511 Phoenix Rising
98/04/01 99 510 Day of the Dead
98/04/08 100 512 The Ragged Edge
98/04/15 101 513 The Corps is Mother, The Corps is Father
98/04/22 102 514 Meditations on the Abyss
98/06/17 110 522 Sleeping in Light
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tpryan
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response 4 of 37:
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Jan 6 23:46 UTC 1998 |
Glad I used a 130 minute tape and a 160 tape to record B5
this past Sunday. I switched to the 160 in the last commercial
break before the very end of In The Beginning. Kinda felt there
would be no space between that and The Gathering.
TNT was better last night at getting the first episode in
within 7pm and 8pm. 8pm live sports may have kept the clock
correct.
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aruba
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response 5 of 37:
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Jan 13 14:24 UTC 1998 |
I'm going to try to tape them all, sans commercials. This is my first major
taping project, so we'll see how long I go before I screw up. :) I got some
3-packs of 160-minute "everyday" Maxell tapes at Target for $7 apiece. Is
that a good price, can anyone tell me? Where do you all get your tapes?
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matthew
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response 6 of 37:
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Jan 14 18:36 UTC 1998 |
I found 10 packs of tapes at Best Buy for $13, but I think they were on
special sale then. They are only 120 minute tapes, but they are of reasonable
quality.
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aruba
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response 7 of 37:
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Jan 15 06:54 UTC 1998 |
Thanks Matthew - I'll check there.
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tpryan
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response 8 of 37:
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Jan 18 19:32 UTC 1998 |
I am using 160 minute tapes. Three episodes on each tape. I
squirelled away a large quantity of 3M High Grade Collections tapes
about a year ago, since they have less advertising on them as they
sit on the shelf and have a more durable cardboard case. I had been
using only plastic sleeved tapes for Star Trek collections, but alas,
those, too, have gone extint in the video tape market.
"The Gathering" and 22 first season episodes puts the first
season on 8 tapes at standard speed, cross-taping from SP to SP to
remove commercials.
I have the fourth season on 8 130 minutes tapes. At 44 min
per episode x 3, that uses 132 minutes of tape. Some just fit.
I also copied Garabaldi's 2nd favorite thing in the universe
after the first episode: Duck Dodgers in the 24&1/2th Century.
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kaplan
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response 9 of 37:
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Jan 21 01:46 UTC 1998 |
If I pay less than $2 per tape, I am happy. By that standard, $7 for 3
tapes is a bit much. "Everyday" probably means it's good to record
over every day. If you are planning to archive your B5 tapes, this is
probably not the thing you need.
When I keep tapes, I do not bother to cut out commercials. The risk of
missing part of the show, wasting time finding the right point on the
tape, the quality of image you lose when you cross-tape do not seem
worth it to me. I'll zip past the commercials when I watch the tapes.
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rtlong
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response 10 of 37:
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Mar 20 18:00 UTC 1998 |
Help! I have a Babylon 5 question. I put it at the end of item 19, but I
don't know if anyone reads that anymore....
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matthew
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response 11 of 37:
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Mar 26 22:32 UTC 1998 |
I'm afraid I don't recall everything he said. Anyone have a tape they can
refer back to easily ?
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rtlong
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response 12 of 37:
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Mar 30 18:10 UTC 1998 |
>I'm afraid I don't recall everything he said.
I'd be happy to hear about *anything8 he said.
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bru
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response 13 of 37:
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Apr 2 17:57 UTC 1998 |
At one point he did tell lanier that he would betray the rangers.
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rtlong
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response 14 of 37:
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Jul 5 00:21 UTC 1998 |
Thank you!
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starwolf
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response 15 of 37:
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Jul 11 20:05 UTC 1998 |
This sucks: I DON'T GET ANY CHANNEL THAT SHOWS BAB5!!!!
WAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
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robh
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response 16 of 37:
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Jul 11 21:50 UTC 1998 |
On the bright side, WB Home Video will begin releasing B5 video
tapes later this year...
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tpryan
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response 17 of 37:
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Jul 11 23:12 UTC 1998 |
"Thirdspace" the next B5 TV movie airs on TNT Sunday, July 19th
TNT added a West Coast feed, so now California sees the shows
at the same clock time as us on Eastern Time.
TNT also added an 11pm showing of the 5th season episode that
aired at 8pm Wednesday.
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tpryan
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response 18 of 37:
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Jul 26 21:18 UTC 1998 |
Any reviews of Thirdspace?
I did not find it fit into our B5 as we know it. Only gave
us some backstory on Leda and Zack and a couple others. What is it
with Sheridan and nukes anyway?
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robh
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response 19 of 37:
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Jul 27 00:20 UTC 1998 |
Haven't had a chance to watch the tape yet.
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dam
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response 20 of 37:
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Jul 28 00:28 UTC 1998 |
The nukes still seem to be a very powerful weapon. they haven't talked about
why they don't use them more in military space campaigns.
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starwolf
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response 21 of 37:
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Aug 27 16:19 UTC 1998 |
Any way you look at it, a thermonuclear reaction generates a *lot* of
energy. Didn't EarthForce use nukes on Mars when it tried to seceede?
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larsn
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response 22 of 37:
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Sep 17 14:19 UTC 1998 |
For those that do not know, in January Babylon 5: Crusade will hopefully
begin airing on TNT. It's another 5 year project, just like the original
Babylon 5. More information can of course be found at most Babylon 5
websites, and a good starting point may be
http://tnt.turner.com/babylon5 or http://www.midwinter.com/lurk.
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robh
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response 23 of 37:
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Sep 17 15:42 UTC 1998 |
And for those who want the last five episodes of B5 completely
ruined >8) send me e-mail and I'll forward the spoilers I got
last week.
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tpryan
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response 24 of 37:
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Nov 18 23:08 UTC 1998 |
Well, here we are the night of the last episodes produced for
season 5. "Objects at Rest" . Next week in the final episode, written
and shot in April-May, 1997. We know it's the last episode, but
don't read the little blurbs in TV Guide, they give away too much.
Just watch next Wednesday at 10pm on TNT (Ann Arbor Cable 30).
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