"Midnight on the Firing Line" discussion [spoilers]

[ruuger]

This is the discussion post for the episode 1X01 "Midnight on the Firing Line". Spoilers for the whole of the series, including the spin-offs and tie-ins, are allowed here so newbies beware.

Extra reading:

The article for "Midnight on the Firing Line" at Lurker's Guide.

Comments

[impactbomb.livejournal.com]

I don't really have any spoileriffic content to go here, I just wanted to put it here instead of elsewhere because it involves everything about his performance, so:

I will damn well miss Andreas Katsulas forever, and that is solely because of his portrayal of G'Kar.

I love G'Kar's laugh, his craziness, his anger, his poetry, his humor, I love it so much, and I am always so amazed that all of that is already there from this early on.

It's true of the pilot as well, but it's especially true in this ep because of how much of him there is in it and because of how much that comes through even though the writing (and don't get me wrong, I love that bait and switch in the plot) pretty clearly wants the audience to think the Narns are vengeful and crazy.

I love that he's still a person in spite of that, and while some of that is JMS' doing, those little nuances in JMS' words wouldn't have worked if Katsulas hadn't been so fricking amazing from day one.

There's so much going on in this episode and I'm sure I'll jump in on discussions about that later on, but as far as my reactions to it right now are concerned I just wanted to focus on G'Kar. Because damn, but I miss Andreas Katsulas.

[becky-monster.livejournal.com]

Because damn, but I miss Andreas Katsulas.

Ditto. I was 'fine' watching Lost Tales until they showed the images of the main races. When it came to the Narn, epitomised by G'Kar, I just felt my heart break. Swearing and tears soon followed afterwards.

[latte-vanilla.livejournal.com]

Katsulas was so amazing. Only after seeing The Lost Tales extras I really understood just how much *he* contributed to the character.