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Recap and Discussion for The Gathering
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alexcatThe Gathering (Babylon 5 pilot)
As we take a look at the station, Londo is the voiceover:
"I was there, at the dawn of the Third age of mankind. It began in the Earth year 2257 with the founding of the last of the Babylon stations, located deep in neutral space. It was a port of call for refugees, smugglers, businessmen, diplomats and travellers from a hundred worlds. It could be a dangerous place, but we accepted the risk because Babylon 5was our last, best, hope for peace.
Under the leadership of its final commander Babylon 5 was a dream given form...a dream of a galaxy without war, where species from different worlds could live side by side in mutual respect...a dream that was endangered as never before by one man on a mission of destruction.
Babylon 5 was the last of the Babylon stations. This is its story."
( Thus we begin. )
~
Quotes:
There was a time when this whole quadrant belonged to us! What are we now? Twelve worlds and a thousand monuments to past glories. Living off memories and stories, and selling trinkets. My god, man! We've become a tourist attraction. "See the great Centauri Republic - open 9 to 5 - Earth time." ~ Londo Mollari
Delenn: By the way, there is something I've been wondering. Why Babylon 5? If the prior four stations were lost or destroyed, why build another?
Sinclair: Plain, old human stubbornness, I guess. When something we value is destroyed, we rebuild it. If it's destroyed again, we rebuild it again. And again, and again, and again - until it stays. That, as our poet Tennyson once said, is the goal: "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."
Sinclair: There's a 24 hour period in my life that I can't account for; it happened during the war with your people. You wouldn't be holding anything out on me, would you old friend?
Delenn: Commander, I would never tell you anything that was not in your best interest.
Questions:
1. What changes from pilot to series stood out to you?
2. Did you notice that the interior of B5 seemed more elaborate in the pilot?
3. Who was your favorite character in the pilot? Did that change in the series?
4. Did you feel there were too many unanswered questions in the pilot?
Sources:
The Lurker’s Guide to Babylon 5: http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/us/guide/000.html
Imdb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106336/quotes/?tab=qt&ref_=tt_trv_qu
Sadgeezers Cult Sci Fi Portal: http://sadgeezer.com/Babylon-5-Films-The-Gathering.htm
Cap-that.com: http://www.cap-that.com/
As we take a look at the station, Londo is the voiceover:
"I was there, at the dawn of the Third age of mankind. It began in the Earth year 2257 with the founding of the last of the Babylon stations, located deep in neutral space. It was a port of call for refugees, smugglers, businessmen, diplomats and travellers from a hundred worlds. It could be a dangerous place, but we accepted the risk because Babylon 5was our last, best, hope for peace.
Under the leadership of its final commander Babylon 5 was a dream given form...a dream of a galaxy without war, where species from different worlds could live side by side in mutual respect...a dream that was endangered as never before by one man on a mission of destruction.
Babylon 5 was the last of the Babylon stations. This is its story."
( Thus we begin. )
~
Quotes:
There was a time when this whole quadrant belonged to us! What are we now? Twelve worlds and a thousand monuments to past glories. Living off memories and stories, and selling trinkets. My god, man! We've become a tourist attraction. "See the great Centauri Republic - open 9 to 5 - Earth time." ~ Londo Mollari
Delenn: By the way, there is something I've been wondering. Why Babylon 5? If the prior four stations were lost or destroyed, why build another?
Sinclair: Plain, old human stubbornness, I guess. When something we value is destroyed, we rebuild it. If it's destroyed again, we rebuild it again. And again, and again, and again - until it stays. That, as our poet Tennyson once said, is the goal: "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."
Sinclair: There's a 24 hour period in my life that I can't account for; it happened during the war with your people. You wouldn't be holding anything out on me, would you old friend?
Delenn: Commander, I would never tell you anything that was not in your best interest.
Questions:
1. What changes from pilot to series stood out to you?
2. Did you notice that the interior of B5 seemed more elaborate in the pilot?
3. Who was your favorite character in the pilot? Did that change in the series?
4. Did you feel there were too many unanswered questions in the pilot?
Sources:
The Lurker’s Guide to Babylon 5: http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/us/guide/000.html
Imdb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106336/quotes/?tab=qt&ref_=tt_trv_qu
Sadgeezers Cult Sci Fi Portal: http://sadgeezer.com/Babylon-5-Films-The-Gathering.htm
Cap-that.com: http://www.cap-that.com/
