• Anybody home?

    From Dave Perrussel@1:275/89 to All on Monday, October 12, 2020 06:50:42
    Just wodnering if this group has any activity?

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  • From Wilfred van Velzen@2:280/464 to Dave Perrussel on Monday, October 12, 2020 13:44:50
    Hi Dave,

    On 2020-10-12 06:50:42, you wrote to All:

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    Just wodnering if this group has any activity?

    Now it does. :-/

    Previous message was from may 2019...

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  • From Gate Keeper to Dave Perrussel on Monday, October 12, 2020 10:13:33
    Re: Anybody home?
    By: Dave Perrussel to All on Mon Oct 12 2020 06:50 am

    I was wondering the same thing ;-)
  • From Dave Perrussel@1:275/89 to Gate Keeper on Monday, October 12, 2020 12:40:52
    Re: Anybody home?
    By: Gate Keeper to Dave Perrussel on Mon Oct 12 2020 10:13 am

    Re: Anybody home?
    By: Dave Perrussel to All on Mon Oct 12 2020 06:50 am

    I was wondering the same thing ;-)

    LOL! Didn't know you were a Babylon 5 fan, too! :)

    Yeah, I rebuilt the BBS recently, so no back messages. So the last message traffic was from May 2019.

    I guess for a show that went off the air over 20 year ago, I guess I can see this place being a ghost town.

    I'm rewatching the series myself, about halfway through Season 3.

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  • From Don Lowery@1:340/1000 to Dave Perrussel on Monday, October 12, 2020 22:45:31
    Yeah, I rebuilt the BBS recently, so no back messages. So the last
    message traffic was from May 2019.
    I guess for a show that went off the air over 20 year ago, I guess I can see this place being a ghost town.
    I'm rewatching the series myself, about halfway through Season 3.

    Same thing here. Found that after all this time...enjoyed the show much more
    by being able to relax without any interuptions while it was in 1st run. Much more enjoyable being able to pay attention to everything going on.

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  • From Dave Perrussel@1:275/89 to Don Lowery on Friday, October 16, 2020 10:42:54
    Re: Re: Anybody home?
    By: Don Lowery to Dave Perrussel on Mon Oct 12 2020 10:45 pm

    Yeah, I rebuilt the BBS recently, so no back messages. So the last
    message traffic was from May 2019.
    I guess for a show that went off the air over 20 year ago, I guess I can see this place being a ghost town.
    I'm rewatching the series myself, about halfway through Season 3.

    Same thing here. Found that after all this time...enjoyed the show much more
    by being able to relax without any interuptions while it was in 1st run. Much more enjoyable being able to pay
    attention to everything going on.

    It's interesting how that the first two seasons were pretty much lead ins to Season 3.

    I couldn't have imagined watching it for 2 years before it got interesting. Watching it now is so much better.

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  • From Charles Pierson@2:221/6.21 to Dave Perrussel on Friday, October 16, 2020 10:04:52
    Hello, Dave Perrussel.
    On 10/16/20 10:42 AM you wrote:

    It's interesting how that the first two seasons were pretty much
    lead ins to Season 3.

    I remember reading back then that JMS had a 5 year story arc for it, so that long build up made sense to me.

    I couldn't have imagined watching it for 2 years before it got interesting. Watching it now is so much better.

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  • From Kevin Lowe@1:229/426 to All on Sunday, October 18, 2020 17:11:51
    Hello everyone,

    Hopefully, there is still some B5 fans active on Fidonet. It's been about 10 years since I watched Babylon 5 for the first time. It is arguably the best Sci-Fi ever written for television, but the later standalone movies and spin off series had been disappointing. Does anyone remember Crusades? In any case, what are your thoughts on a B5 reboot? Heck, it seems everything has been rebooted at least once these days. Why not B5?

    I regret not watching it when it first aired as I was Star Trek loyalist back in the day. However, never too late I suppose.

    Kevin.

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  • From Charles Pierson@2:221/6.21 to Kevin Lowe on Sunday, October 18, 2020 18:03:29
    Hello, Kevin Lowe.
    On 10/18/20 5:11 PM you wrote:

    Hello everyone, Hopefully, there is still some B5 fans active on
    Fidonet. It's been about 10 years since I watched Babylon 5 for
    the first time. It is arguably the best Sci-Fi ever written for television, but the later standalone movies and spin off series
    had been disappointing. Does anyone remember Crusades? In any
    case, what are your thoughts on a B5 reboot? Heck, it seems
    everything has been rebooted at least once these days. Why not
    B5?

    Reboots are hit and miss. I'm not really sure it could be done and still be Babylon5.

    As far as Crusade, it's been years, but I thought that it showed promise.

    But then again, I think they pull the plug on a lot of shows too soon.

    I regret not watching it when it first aired as I was Star Trek
    loyalist back in the day. However, never too late I suppose.
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    about gladiators? (1:229/426)

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  • From Dave Perrussel@1:275/89 to Charles Pierson on Friday, November 13, 2020 06:41:35
    Re: Babylon 5 Reboot?
    By: Charles Pierson to Kevin Lowe on Sun Oct 18 2020 06:03 pm

    Reboots are hit and miss. I'm not really sure it could be done and still be

    As far as Crusade, it's been years, but I thought that it showed promise.

    But then again, I think they pull the plug on a lot of shows too soon.

    I regret not watching it when it first aired as I was Star Trek loyalist back in the day. However, never too late I suppose.
    Kevin. --- Renegade vY2Ka2 * Origin: Joey, do you like movies
    about gladiators? (1:229/426)

    From what JMS said, the idea of a reboot is pretty much in the hands of Warner Brothers, and they're really not in the mood to do anything with B5.

    I haven't watched Crusade, though I heard it was canceled half way through the first season and only 13 episodes were produced.

    I'm 3/4ths the way through Season 4 now. May take a break and watch the anti-climatic Season 5. (From what I heard, Season 5 was in doubt and JMS wrapped things up in Season 4 in case Season 5 didn't happen).

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  • From Ginger1@2:250/3 to Charles Pierson on Monday, August 22, 2022 20:17:31
    Re: Babylon 5 Reboot?
    By: Charles Pierson to Kevin Lowe on Sun Oct 18 2020 18:03:29


    Hello everyone, Hopefully, there is still some B5 fans active on Fidonet. It's been about 10 years since I watched Babylon 5 for
    the first time. It is arguably the best Sci-Fi ever written for television, but the later standalone movies and spin off series

    I have a soft spot for B5. I've only ever actually watched the first series...but it was something of a help for me when I first started building up stretches of sobriety from alcohol. Crikey - this is sounding like a heavy post! I had a very happy six weeks off the booze, probably back in 2010. My evenings were spent watching Bablyon 5 and enjoying microwavable curry - in bed. This was after either being at work, or a 10 mile hike. A healthy, happy time crowned with B5. Maybe I'll start re-watching it.
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  • From Martin Kazmaier@1:340/1101 to Ginger1 on Tuesday, August 23, 2022 18:34:00
    I missed the original post, but a friend of mine is worried that the CW is going to take a crap on B5. Any details on the reboot?

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  • From Ginger1@2:250/3 to Martin Kazmaier on Thursday, August 25, 2022 20:47:15
    Re: Babylon 5 Reboot?
    By: Martin Kazmaier to Ginger1 on Tue Aug 23 2022 18:34:00

    I missed the original post, but a friend of mine is worried that the CW is going to take a crap on B5. Any details on the reboot?

    What's the CW? Forgive my ignorance..

    Not sure about reboots..although quite liked the new Battlestar.
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  • From Dumas Walker@1:2320/105 to GINGER1 on Friday, August 26, 2022 18:20:00
    I missed the original post, but a friend of mine is worried that the CW is going to take a crap on B5. Any details on the reboot?

    What's the CW? Forgive my ignorance..

    Not sure about reboots..although quite liked the new Battlestar.

    It is a US over the air television network.

    Mike


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  • From Martin Kazmaier@1:340/1101 to Ginger1 on Friday, August 26, 2022 22:37:00
    What's the CW? Forgive my ignorance..

    The CW is the Warner Brothers Network. I don't know exactly what it stands for, but that is the network rumored to pick up B5.

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  • From Dumas Walker@1:2320/105 to MARTIN KAZMAIER on Sunday, August 28, 2022 10:18:00
    What's the CW? Forgive my ignorance..

    The CW is the Warner Brothers Network. I don't know exactly what it stands for, but that is the network rumored to pick up B5.

    The "C" might stand for Columbia, as in CBS.

    The CW was the result of the merger of the WB Network (Warner) and UPN
    (United Paramount). Paramount is aligned with CBS and, by the time they merged, CBS/Paramount had bought out United. Both networks were founded in
    the mid-1990's and merged sometime in the mid-2000's.

    CBS/Paramount and Warner are still joint owners, which is why some shows
    that started on CBS got migrated to CW when they had a following but were
    not successful enough for the "top" network. Now I think they get migrated
    to streaming.


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  • From Ginger1@2:250/3 to Dumas Walker on Sunday, September 11, 2022 21:14:34
    Re: Babylon 5 Reboot?
    By: Dumas Walker to GINGER1 on Fri Aug 26 2022 18:20:00

    It is a US over the air television network.

    Ah ha! My kind of way to watch television.
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