Discerning Lurkers Portal: A Babylon 5 Podcast

#009 - B5 1.08 - "And the Sky Full of Stars"


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This week, there is a hole in our mind, but we're still ready to review Babylon 5 episode 1.08 "And the Sky Full of Stars."


 - What were the co-hosts' overall feelings about this episode?

 - Was the big revelation of this episode really that big a revelation?

 - What does one co-host feel about what he calls "psychobabble" episodes?

 - Just how desperate was the Battle of the Line?

 - Which moment of Garibaldi & Ivanova dialogue did one co-host enjoy?

 - Which character did one co-host like best in this episode?

 - Which Sinclair line did one co-host particularly like?

 - Which character had a couple over-acted moments, including a moment where he sounded like Gollum from "Lord of the Rings"?

 - What were some of the other nitpicks from this episode?

 - Which actors were originally supposed to play guest roles Knight One and Knight Two?

 - What were some of the articles about from the newspaper Garibaldi was holding?

 - Why did JMS portray San Diego as a bombed wasteland in the Babylon 5 universe?

 - What improvised, practical object had to substitute for a special, expensive camera lens that was inadvertently rented to a different production?

 - And, which co-host still has a landline phone as if it's still 1994?


Listen now for the answers to these & other psychobabble questions as we probe into a hole in the mind... "And the Sky Full of Stars."


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Public domain music used in this episode...


- Intro / Transition Into Spoiler Zone / Outro:  "Putin's Lullaby" by Alexander Nakarada via FreePD.com  (Note:  I know with current events going on around Ukraine in March 2022, a song with "Putin" in the title is unfortunate, but I can't help it.  That's the name of the song, and the song was picked out weeks ago when the first half of it sounded perfect for a Babylon 5 intro...with a few "swoosh" sound effects added to the end of the intro for added punch.)

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