Comments on: Babylon Podcast #160: Learning Curve (Season 5)

By: Mo

Mo — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:28:59 +0000

I’m almost current now! Up to this one, 160.

I have to also agree with Tim. I’m a newbie to the show and when I heard the ‘Sheridan & Lochley were married’ routine I think I screamed out loud. Way too soap opera for me.

Gary, I’ve never had time to figure out how to do the live feed because I’ve been trying so desperately to catch up. But I’m almost there!

By: GaryTheGreat

GaryTheGreat — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:38:07 +0000

Mo are you including the live feed in your listening, or just the finished podcasts? I’d start catching up, Season 5 is almost half way over!

By: tim

tim — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:30:40 +0000

Mo – hurry up! The shuttle is leaving without you!!

By: Mo

Mo — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:33:25 +0000

Okay, you guys are not allowed to do any more shows until I catch up! I am up to #93 right now. Have had to skip a few because I am trying to coordinate the Deep Geeking with my series rewatch. Good thing I have been unemployed for what seems like forever, and will never find a job again…

By: GaryTheGreat

GaryTheGreat — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:56:58 +0000

I had never heard of Juneteenth even existing before the reference here. I would have thought that the date of the Emancipation Proclaimation would have been celebrated more so than Texas’ repudiation of slavery, but it does make for an interesting history lesson.

By: Summer

Summer — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:58:13 +0000

Huh… I suddenly feel undereducated.

I honestly don’t ever recall coming across Juneteenth in my history studies (and I did a lot of independent study on lots of esoteric ethnic subjects of personal interest to me, ranging from African-Americans in the Old West to the African-American/Native-American connections amongst the Southeastern Tribes).

If I’d known when Jeffrey mentioned it, I would have said something!

By: Michael Johnston

Michael Johnston — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:11:34 +0000

Season 5 is my least favorite year as it is I think with most fans. This is to me one of the best of the season. Mostly, we see what happens to and the results of the actions by the mature, experienced people in charge. This story breaks that and presents things from a different perspective, so that by itself, whether you love the story or not, is enough to set it apart. Isn’t it in the same mold as the one about the maintenance guys?

Cheers! Michael

By: manynote

manynote — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:46:20 +0000

I was a little surprised Summer couldn’t (or at least didn’t) fill folks in on Juneteenth. Understandably, it’s a bigger deal among African-Americans than among Caucasian-Americans.

BTW, a few episodes ago (don’t remember which one anymore) Tim (I think) mentioned that orbital mechanics was rather counter-intuitive–but what he described was even weirder than reality. To achieve a higher orbit you *don’t* slow down, you speed up. Once you get to the higher orbit your orbital velocity is slower than it was in the lower orbit, but you don’t slow down to get there. Niven has a succinct description of it that the characters in _The Integral Trees/The Smoke Ring_ have to learn to survive: “East takes you out, out takes you west, west takes you in, in takes you east, north and south bring you back.”

By: Gary The Great

Gary The Great — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:32:04 +0000

As Tim explains it, the post happily ever after aspect of Season 5 has begun to intrigue me, but this episode falls short. I can’t help but wonder what type of episode would have filled its place had Claudia not left.

By: Jan

Jan — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:50:23 +0000

That might be difficult since it’s an odd format – Twenty 5-minute episodes. It’d be great to get on CD, though.

By: Summer

Summer — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:03:15 +0000

That’s the one. Now, how do we go about getting *that* production released for public consumption?

By: Jan

Jan — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:39:27 +0000

Re: the “Adventures of Apocalypse Al”, the radio drama was completed but it never was put on the air.

By: Summer

Summer — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:47:21 +0000

Tacked on? Wow… and here I thought I was going to be harshly treated this year for my disappointment with Season 5 as a whole

By: GaryTheGreat

GaryTheGreat — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:48:40 +0000

This episode really felt tacked on to the series. It would have made a great episode for Legend of the Rangers, but as a B5 episode it seemed out of place. Other than some small development for Lochley, and a too staged exchange between her and Garabaldi, I don’t think this episode did much to advance the storyline, or the primary characters.

By: Jim Stiles

Jim Stiles — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:26:38 +0000

Correct information on Juneteenth:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth

By: Steve Wynne

Steve Wynne — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:07:28 +0000

Another great show this week, but after seeing the tweet regarding your next guest, I only have one question to ask “is it next week yet?”

Way to go Jeffrey, you really came through.