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Babylon 5

posted 8 years ago by greg-taitt1981
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Anyone else get a Babylon 5 feel from this? (minus the aliens of course). Earth is the enemy, mars and the far away space station in constant disagreements with them. Deadly stealth ships(shadows) are attacking ships and destabilizing the sector.

[–] dalleer74 8 years ago

Some elements of the plot resemble old B5, but generally the show has in my opinion alot more in common with the remade BSG with the constant inner squabbles and physical altercations between everyone.

Still though, this Earth vs. Mars setting is a fairly old setting which pretty much always turns into themes over exploitation etc.

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[–] johndillon001 8 years ago

Sure, and I loved B5, but I think this is a little bit more interesting because its the near future. The tech is relatable to what we already have, there are no jump engines or fancy ships.

Will be interested to see how this series develops

[–] kolchak-thenightstalker 8 years ago

Sure, and I loved B5, but I think this is a little bit more interesting because its the near future. The tech is relatable to what we already have, there are no jump engines or fancy ships.

I liked Babylon 5 and I was thinking the same thing how this show is like a darker version of Babylon 5, not just plot but literally how it is shot. I'm watching the first episode and I like it so far and it really is interesting.

I was thinking that the Expanse is not really the near future but still much further away. it is taking place in the 23rd Century which is the same century as B5 and star trek the original series (and the reboot). A good 200 years from the present.

Currently i would say we are not even close to the tech on the show The Expanse. We don't have mining vessels working in the Asteroid Belt or anywhere for that matter.

Unless you believe the conspiracy theories which claim the US has a fleet of space craft, some given to us by ET's and some we created ourselves (with i'm sure guidance from ET's) through reverse engineering crashed UFO's, i would say mainstream science is still light years away from anything portrayed on the series The Expanse. Even NASA states on their web site that radiation in space is a major barrier to space exploration or returning to the moon (yet we supposedly went to the moon already so how is radiation an issue??? i guess that would be a discussion for another time)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_BbtXj2P4g

[–] slitor 8 years ago

Yes, the grand scale politics and descent into darkness by the human heart(or Alien heart) is quite familiar(and you dont need fiction for that).

The plot will probably diverge, seems to be it will be about a plot for a human paradigm change and hubris thereof.

But what I love most is the attention to details one the physics front, B5 was quite good at this and the Expanse does it better actually.

The B5 command staff is sorta spread around on different fronts with some aspects split inbetween characters though in a less idealized/romantic form.

[–] tb-sch 8 years ago

Yes, the grand scale politics and descent into darkness by the human heart(or Alien heart) is quite familiar

Well put. That is the same vibe I got from this show. Although I have to admit that B5 started out way more camp (in parts due to the relatively low budget and the need to have long seasons and fancy aliens) and so the twist towards the darkness was a bit more suprising.
But the carefully constructed universe which always feels bigger than what the show is showing both have in common.

[–] Tsavo 8 years ago

Oh I absolutely get some Babylon 5 from it.

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