I'm very definitely a DVD fan of the show. I don't actually remember it airing, and I'm not sure I would have been very interested in it (though, I do remember being a casual fan of TNG and DS9 at the time -- though we stopped watching DS9 after a little while).
Anyway, here's my tale. In 2004, my brother moved back home for a few months, only to move out again in July. While he was home, he would occasionally disappear to watch this show on DVD called "Babylon 5," which he thought was pretty cool. He was fairly far along, but he thought I'd like it, even though it wasn't my usual television fare.
When he was moving out, I was helping pack up his DVDs while he was at work. Before he left, he very gently suggested that I not pack his "Babylon 5" season one set, so I could start watching it. I'm a good sister, so I didn't.
It took me a couple of weeks to start watching, but I did. I don't recall any particular moment of getting hooked, exactly, but I thought it was pretty good by eight episodes in. (Though, looking at my first B5 journal mention, I found Londo's voice reminiscent of Walter Slezak, which was distracting for a while.) By the time I had finished season two, I decided that B5 was one of the shows I wanted on DVD; the list, at the time, was a short one. I kept borrowing sets from him (or the library, when I got too impatient) so I could finish seeing everything.
From there, I read the Lurker's Guide (my brother had mentioned it to me) and found the babylon5 community here, which, besides icons, is pretty much the only place I go for B5ness. At the time, I was just starting to make icons, and B5 was a favorite subject of mine.
I've gone through several rewatches of the show since then; in fact, I've seen the show more than my brother has. It's quite honestly one of my favorites, and I love going back and rewatching it. (Sadly, I think I've been more than a year since I last watched the show, so this is a fabulous opportunity for me, and it starts at just the right time; I had decided that B5 was next on my viewing schedule after "Firefly," which I got to this past week.)
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Anyway, here's my tale. In 2004, my brother moved back home for a few months, only to move out again in July. While he was home, he would occasionally disappear to watch this show on DVD called "Babylon 5," which he thought was pretty cool. He was fairly far along, but he thought I'd like it, even though it wasn't my usual television fare.
When he was moving out, I was helping pack up his DVDs while he was at work. Before he left, he very gently suggested that I not pack his "Babylon 5" season one set, so I could start watching it. I'm a good sister, so I didn't.
It took me a couple of weeks to start watching, but I did. I don't recall any particular moment of getting hooked, exactly, but I thought it was pretty good by eight episodes in. (Though, looking at my first B5 journal mention, I found Londo's voice reminiscent of Walter Slezak, which was distracting for a while.) By the time I had finished season two, I decided that B5 was one of the shows I wanted on DVD; the list, at the time, was a short one. I kept borrowing sets from him (or the library, when I got too impatient) so I could finish seeing everything.
From there, I read the Lurker's Guide (my brother had mentioned it to me) and found the
I've gone through several rewatches of the show since then; in fact, I've seen the show more than my brother has. It's quite honestly one of my favorites, and I love going back and rewatching it. (Sadly, I think I've been more than a year since I last watched the show, so this is a fabulous opportunity for me, and it starts at just the right time; I had decided that B5 was next on my viewing schedule after "Firefly," which I got to this past week.)