How many arc episodes to date?
Paul Bolchover
In article <4of70a$p...@mercury.dur.ac.uk>
Andy <A.G.T...@durham.ac.uk> writes:
>Subject says it all, really; I'm planning a B5 marathon for the Uni's SF
>society, and to save time I'd like to screen just the arc episodes. Does
>anyone have a rough idea of how many there've been, to date, so that I
>can get a rough idea of how long such a marathon would run for? Thanks
>very much. I would check it out on the Web, but I might get spoiled in
>the process... If anyone wants to really go out of their way, they could
>also list the arc episodes (just to date) for me as well...!
One was held in Cambridge pre season 3, and lasted for about 12 hours,
without even showing all the arc episodes.
Paul
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Andrew Wright
In article <4of70a$p...@mercury.dur.ac.uk>,
Andy <A.G.T...@durham.ac.uk> wrote:
>Subject says it all, really; I'm planning a B5 marathon for the Uni's SF
>society, and to save time I'd like to screen just the arc episodes. Does
>anyone have a rough idea of how many there've been, to date, so that I
>can get a rough idea of how long such a marathon would run for? Thanks
>very much. I would check it out on the Web, but I might get spoiled in
>the process... If anyone wants to really go out of their way, they could
>also list the arc episodes (just to date) for me as well...!
>
As I mentioned earlier, I spent the weekend 'Babbing out', so all I can say
to you is: If you must do, get lots to eat and drink, take lots of, wee
breaks, and enjoy!
For what its' worth, there is my list of recommended episodes so that
everyone can shoot me down in flames:
Midnight otFL (Great way to introduce the characters) Then jump to:
Mind War and/or And the Sky Full of Stars (If you are taking your time)
Signs and Portents
A Voice in the Wilderness 1 & 2 (Maybe)
Babylon Squared (Beware it has aged badily)
Chrysalis
Then
Points of Departure (I guess, it is ages since I have seen it)
The Coming of the Shadows (A MUST, it is still great)
All Alone in the Night (Again, a maybe)
In The Shadow of Z'ha'dum
Divided Loyalties (Maybe not pure 'arc' but way cool)
The Long, Twilight Struggle (Wham!)
The Fall of Night
Finally
Matters of Hono(u)r
Voices of Authority
(Plus: Messages From Earth, Point of No Return, and Servered <WHAM> Dreams.
Er, not that I said that or anything.)
Now having done that I expect everyone to disagree with me, so I will cover
myself by saying, it all depends on what the arc turns out to be about.
That list is mostly Shadow-related stuff, and very much the bare minimum.
Enjoy
Andrew
Andrew Wright
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Andy
Subject says it all, really; I'm planning a B5 marathon for the Uni's SF
society, and to save time I'd like to screen just the arc episodes. Does
anyone have a rough idea of how many there've been, to date, so that I
can get a rough idea of how long such a marathon would run for? Thanks
very much. I would check it out on the Web, but I might get spoiled in
the process... If anyone wants to really go out of their way, they could
also list the arc episodes (just to date) for me as well...!
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Jake S Greenland
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>
> Midnight otFL (Great way to introduce the characters) Then jump to:
> Mind War and/or And the Sky Full of Stars (If you are taking your
time)
> Signs and Portents
> A Voice in the Wilderness 1 & 2 (Maybe)
> Babylon Squared (Beware it has aged badily)
> Chrysalis
>
> Then
> Points of Departure (I guess, it is ages since I have seen it)
> The Coming of the Shadows (A MUST, it is still great)
> All Alone in the Night (Again, a maybe)
> In The Shadow of Z'ha'dum
> Divided Loyalties (Maybe not pure 'arc' but way cool)
> The Long, Twilight Struggle (Wham!)
> The Fall of Night
>
> Finally
> Matters of Hono(u)r
> Voices of Authority
> (Plus: Messages From Earth, Point of No Return, and Servered <WHAM>
Dreams.
> Er, not that I said that or anything.)
Well I'd say that Comes the Inquisitor must slot in the S2 eps -
although disliked by many (and liked by many too) it did have a heck of
a lot to say about the methods the Vorlons will use and build the
characters for the future - I'd say it had a strong arc component.
oh and The one with the technomages [was it Geometry of Shadows - I
forget].
Jake
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Simon Hopper
Of course this depends on how you define the "arc" and how much
so-defined material in an episode make it an arc "episode".
Spoilers for Exogenesis...
Nearly there
For example in Exogenesis there is the c. 3 minutes of Marcus talking to
his contacts about Shadow movements etc, does this make it an arc
episode? And what about character development, does Corwin's promotion
make it an arc episode (only time will tell). That's enough of my
pedantic philosopher's personality!
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