r/babylon5

Anyone know where I can stream Babylon 5 for a rewatch? (Located in US). Seems to be off all the platforms right now other than buying it on Prime.

The Telepaths were a threat. However, they had been made a threat by their enslavement. (I imagine the counter-argument would be that the enslavement neutralized their threat - an argument I don't like for moral reasons. But it does have a chilly sort of logic.)

He was a villain. He didn't know he was a villain. He thought he was perfectly fine. Even heroic. LOL, aren't we all the heroes of our own story?

Side note: I loved his casual, off-the-cuff insights into just who ran the EA. His truth applies to our real world just as much as it applies to the B5 universe. However, I feel he underestimated just how much power the State actually has. Especially a State that is a Dictatorship, as it was under Clarke.

What should Edgars have done? He should have used all his power and charm and connections to dismantle the PsiCorps and integrate Telepaths into normal every day life. (Problematic, that - in a big way. Still, it's the right thing to do.)

Following the copyright question post it got me thinking.

Obviously we don’t have longer-form fan productions like full blown Trek movies or whatnot, but there’s still some media out there regardless.

Whats the best of it that you’ve seen, in your opinion?

(Any medium: YouTube channel, piece of fanart, ship design, fanfic, meme, parody, etc?)

Since CW got changed, I assume the reboot is on indefinitive hiatus aka dead.... B5 was never a giant IP so the interest from WB is low. But are fans allowed to make their own small movie or limited series?

In Season 4, they just forgot about the machine that heals by draining life force from a contributor. Unnecessary deaths and illnesses really stuck out to me with that machine available.

With so many minor details meticulously set up in s1 and 2 that were cleverly misdirected and later paid off, just forgetting about the machine and simply not using it when loved ones are seriously hurt and/or dying seems like a pretty big error.

I remember someone posting that he has gotten a hold of a CD with the audio samples used in the show. I was looking for the sound the com system makes when there is a call coming in, as my new ring tone. If anyone has that sound or the person who posted the CD could share it with us, that would be most appreciated.

I saw a similar question on one of the other messages boards and I thought this is a cool question to pose here! For me personally, I love Minbari culture. If you can get past the arrogance of certain members of the warrior caste, everything Delenn says is completely compelling to me. The idea that their purpose is to serve, that souls can find each other again across different lives, that we are the universe trying to understand itself — I love all of it. The rituals, the spirituality, the sense of connection and meaning…even the flarn! I’m here for it!

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Anyone having issues with streaming the movies on Prime? The audio is out of sync with the video and it’s driving me nuts!

Watching B5 in 2026 is a real trip. The way it reflects the war and propaganda tactics we’ve seen in recent history, is quite astonishing.

And there are so many lessons in this show that would help us de-escalate our current troubles.

I also love the shows optimistic outlook on dealing with cultural and racial differences.

What really blows my mind is how in Season 4 Episode 22 - The deconstruction of falling stars is how well the show predicted how society turns on old heroes because of changes in our ethical stand point, on the creation and menace of deepfakes, the dangers of AI; all things happening 30 years after the show!

It’s an incredibly prophetic, but an incredibly hopeful show.

Watching it again and seeing how predictable we are as humans, is kind of reassuring.

It’s crazy out there at the moment.

But it’s predictably crazy.

Which means we have a chance to fix it.