http://www.babylonpodcast.com The Last, Best Hope for the Study and Analysis of Babylon 5 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:49:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 ©Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth babylonpodcast@gmail.com (Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth) babylonpodcast@gmail.com(Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth) 1440 Babylon 5, B5, JMS, scifi Our Last, Best Hope for the Study and Analysis of Babylon 5 The Last, Best Hope for the Study and Analysis of Babylon 5 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth babylonpodcast@gmail.com No no http://www.babylonpodcast.com/images/B5-bug_150x150.jpg http://www.babylonpodcast.com 144 144 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2010/03/05/babylon-podcast-show-191/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2010/03/05/babylon-podcast-show-191/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:55:38 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=496 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2010/03/05/babylon-podcast-show-191/feed/ 9 1:02:49 Welcome to Show #191! And finally, we've made it to Season 5 of the podcast, complete with the new season opener for the podcast. Many ... Welcome to Show #191! And finally, we've made it to Season 5 of the podcast, complete with the new season opener for the podcast. Many thanks to Gary for collecting the various clips, and to Tim for editing them together, with Summer finishing off the music cleanup. Those many clips and happy memories are just a small sampling of all the fun and informative moments we've had on this show. Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Deep Geeking: Tim, Summer, Jeffrey, and Bret embark on the emotional journey that is "Sleeping In Light". Even after 12 years, the emotional impact of Sheridan realizing that his time is up, and that he has to say goodbye to Delenn still stings us. We talk about the character changes that we have to imagine happened during the interim 18 years, the evolution of the friendships that might have occurred over time and over the separation of everyone across the galaxy. Summer disagrees with Tim and Bret about the reasons behind the uncertainty over whether or not Garibaldi would have made the trip to that final dinner. If that had still been an issue, would they have worked that closely together five years after the end of "Objects at Rest" to create the Excalibur class explorer ships we have in "A Call to Arms"? The gang also discusses how "Sleeping in Light" stacks up as a series finale compared to other series finales in years and shows gone by, the spots in the episode where the tears will always fall, and the impact the music had. Feedback Wanted: Don't forget to let us know if you want to submit your formal theories about "Day of the Dead", pro or con, for a final theoretical debate on what really happened in that episode. Submitting your own Feedback: If you have any suggestions or comments, please let us know! Call 206-338-2259, or just email us a comment you've recorded yourself! Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space can be found on the Third Life Books island in the Wind River Territory. Find the island here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Wind%20River%20Territory/50/129/22 Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. If you can, Please Donate to the show! Promo: Tuning Into Scifi Television Promo: Car-ology Shows,,Year,5 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2010/02/24/babylon-podcast-show-190/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2010/02/24/babylon-podcast-show-190/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:00:34 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=492 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2010/02/24/babylon-podcast-show-190/feed/ 5 1:01:35 Welcome to Show #190! Bret muses on possible ways that he might be able to get in touch with his inner Vorlon and explore all the ... Welcome to Show #190! Bret muses on possible ways that he might be able to get in touch with his inner Vorlon and explore all the depths of those deeply buried feelings (despite previous warnings about permeating bodily odors). Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Share the B5 Love: If you have any friends who enjoyed watching Babylon 5, don't assume they already know about this podcast... Tell them, and ask them to tell their friends who are B5 fans. Spread the word about the fun we're having here! Interview: The Jason Davis, Senior Editor at Synthetic Worlds Publishing, chats with Tim, Summer, and Bret about Crusade: Behind the Scenes, which is available for purchase right now at Babylon 5 Books. Jason talks to us about all the things he learned while compiling these interviews, and that this book came about to not only release some never-before-seen interviews, but to also assuage the yearnings of eager B5 fans who are craving the Crusade script books. He also gives us a tease about what to expect from the upcoming Crusade script books, Crusade: What the Hell Happened?, and promises that those are coming "soon". Feedback: Al sends in an email asking what episode order we'll be using to cover Crusade, and ya know, we haven't decided that yet! The TNT broadcast order is the order of the US DVD set, and the various episode orders can be found on the Crusade Wikipedia page. Mike Tuck wonders how much certain elements from The Last Starfighter might have inspired or influenced JMS while he was creating the Babylon 5 universe... and we learn that Tim has never watched The Last Starfighter, so we really need to sit him down with a DVD and make him watch it! Tom wants to know if anyof the Babylon Podcast crew will be attending any conventions anytime soon, and honestly, other than Phoenix Comicon at the end of May, it's very unlikely; Uwe from Germany has just found the podcast and thanks us for all of the work we've done so far while he's catching up on the shows. Submitting your own Feedback: If you have any suggestions or comments, please let us know! Call 206-338-2259, or just email us a comment you've recorded yourself! Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space can be found on the Third Life Books island in the Wind River Territory. Find the island here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Wind%20River%20Territory/50/129/22 Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. If you can, Please Donate to the show! Promo: How To Grow Your Geek Promo: British Invaders Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2010/02/17/babylon-podcast-show-189/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2010/02/17/babylon-podcast-show-189/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 04:30:59 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=490 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2010/02/17/babylon-podcast-show-189/feed/ 5 00:01:01 Welcome to Show #189! At long last, Jeffrey has found his snow. And we're working on having a field reporter out at the next shuttle launch!! Visit ... Welcome to Show #189! At long last, Jeffrey has found his snow. And we're working on having a field reporter out at the next shuttle launch!! Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Voicemails: Rod in Nashville thinks we missed out on the full drama content of "Wheel of Fire"; Father B comments on Londo's sacrifice in "Fall of Centauri Prime" matching up with Lady Morella's prophecies; Edmund disagrees with Londo's acceptance of his fate with the Drakh as part of being slave to his visions; Gary posits that he can come up a never-ending stream of voicemails for us to talk about, even if we run out of B5 material to cover; Arkle says the Sheridan surprise in "Wheel of Fire" was spoiled by the episodic trailer; Colin compares Elric's prediction for Londo with the sky-holoprojection of Londo's coronoation speech; Gary wonders what about having been influenced by Vorlons makes Sheridan immune to Lyta's attempts at mind control; Rod in Nashville says the plot flow issues from "Movements of Fire and Shadow" stem from it really needing to be "Fall", part 1; Rod has a theory about how far and wide the Drakh had planted bombs all around Centauri Prime; Gary muses on how different the Garibaldi intervention might have been if he'd been confronted by Ivanova rather than Lochley; Rod wonders about our fascination with the Drakh keeper removal scene, and doesn't think the sound was authentically "squishy" enough; Gary draws a comparison between G'Kar's rejection of the offer of leadership, and Londo's resigned acceptance of leadership; Father B weighs in on the issue of alcoholism; Edmund adds his thoughts on the Lyta rummaging around in Garibaldi's dreams; wonders where the name "Ulkesh" came from for the replacement Vorlon; Gary is bored enough to wonder why the podcast album art depicts Tim as a Centauri and Summer as wearing the Army of Light; Colin asks for some clarification on the original story timeline based on our comments about the way "Fall" felt like an ending; Edmund shows his appreciation for the holiday specials; Father B thinks that Tim might have deeper issues with "Day of the Dead" and other leaps of spiritual faith depicted in B5 than he's letting on Submitting your own Feedback: If you have any suggestions or comments, please let us know! Call 206-338-2259, or just email us a comment you've recorded yourself! Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space can be found on the Third Life Books island in the Wind River Territory. Find the island here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Wind%20River%20Territory/50/129/22 Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. If you can, Please Donate to the show! Promo: Carology Promo: Dragon Page "Cover to Cover" Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2010/02/10/babylon-podcast-show-188/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2010/02/10/babylon-podcast-show-188/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:35:06 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=487 Babylon 5 and his memories of working on the series, his new career as a talk show host, his observations on the political and financial state of the country, and his new book Have You Seen My Country Lately?.]]> http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2010/02/10/babylon-podcast-show-188/feed/ 10 1:02:21 Welcome to Show #188! Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Interview: Jerry Doyle stops by to chat with Tim, Summer, and Bret about ... Welcome to Show #188! Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Interview: Jerry Doyle stops by to chat with Tim, Summer, and Bret about his time on Babylon 5 and his memories of working on the series, his new career as a talk show host, his observations on the political and financial state of the country, and his new book Have You Seen My Country Lately?. Get ready for one of the feistiest and most engaging interviews you've heard on the show! (But if you listen to this at work, you might want to use your headphones!) For more information on Jerry's talk show and his new book, visit http://www.jerrydoyle.com Submitting your own Feedback: If you have any suggestions or comments, please let us know! Call 206-338-2259, or just email us a comment you've recorded yourself! Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space can be found on the Third Life Books island in the Wind River Territory. Find the island here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Wind%20River%20Territory/50/129/22 Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. If you can, Please Donate to the show! Promo: Technorama Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2010/02/04/babylon-podcast-show-187/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2010/02/04/babylon-podcast-show-187/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:46:40 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=488 Babylon 5, this is the finale, with "Sleeping in Light" acting as the epilogue. Either way, doors are closing, lives are changing, and time is marching on.]]> http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2010/02/04/babylon-podcast-show-187/feed/ 4 1:01:44 Welcome to Show #187! Tim, Summer and Bret are joined by special guest geeker Arkle (Happy Birthday, Arkle!) And our thoughts and condolences go out to Gary ... Welcome to Show #187! Tim, Summer and Bret are joined by special guest geeker Arkle (Happy Birthday, Arkle!) And our thoughts and condolences go out to Gary in Jacksonville and his family. Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Deep Geeking: Tim, Summer, Bret and Arkle discuss the "Objects at Rest". Depending on how you choose to look at the "novel" structure of Babylon 5, this is the finale, with "Sleeping in Light" acting as the epilogue. Either way, doors are closing, lives are changing, and time is marching on. Feedback: James asks what episode or movie showed what happened when David Sheridan received and opened his birthday urn containing the keeper (trick question: we never saw it happen!); Kurt in St George wonders if JMS got the inspiration for Lyta's glowing white eyes from "Village of the Damned", given his appreciation of Lovecraftian tales. Let us know if you want to submit your formal theories about "Day of the Dead", pro or con, for a final theoretical debate on what really happened in that episode. Submitting your own Feedback: If you have any suggestions or comments, please let us know! Call 206-338-2259, or just email us a comment you've recorded yourself! Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space can be found on the Third Life Books island in the Wind River Territory. Find the island here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Wind%20River%20Territory/50/129/22 Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. If you can, Please Donate to the show! Promo: The Signal Promo: Tuning Into Scifi Television Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2010/01/30/babylon-podcast-186-objects-in-motion-season-5/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2010/01/30/babylon-podcast-186-objects-in-motion-season-5/#comments Sat, 30 Jan 2010 22:20:33 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=486 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2010/01/30/babylon-podcast-186-objects-in-motion-season-5/feed/ 6 1:04:29 Welcome to Show #186! So, it takes us six months to figure out that Bret Filipek, a fresh new Slice of SciFi personality, is a huge ... Welcome to Show #186! So, it takes us six months to figure out that Bret Filipek, a fresh new Slice of SciFi personality, is a huge Babylon 5 fan, and he didn't even know we had the podcast going. Summer now wants to make a big podcast promotional push, and get the word out to Babylon 5 fans who may be Internet savvy but do not as yet know about this show... if only she could borrow JC Hutchins' Beta Clone Army for this task... Also, our thoughts go out to Jeff Conaway and Joy Beaudine and their families, and we wish all the best for their recoveries. Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Deep Geeking: Tim, Summer and Bret delve deeply into "Objects in Motion". lazy show notes... maybe later Discussion: Tim reads emails. Submitting your own Feedback: If you have any suggestions or comments, please let us know! Call 206-338-2259, or just email us a comment you've recorded yourself! Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space can be found on the Third Life Books island in the Wind River Territory. Find the island here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Wind%20River%20Territory/50/129/22 Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. If you can, Please Donate to the show! Promo: Technorama Promo: British Invaders Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2010/01/21/babylon-podcast-show-185/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2010/01/21/babylon-podcast-show-185/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:51:06 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=485 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2010/01/21/babylon-podcast-show-185/feed/ 3 59:01 Welcome to Show #185! Remember kids, be polite. If you can't say anything nice... well, try to make sure they're out of earshot first. Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts ... Welcome to Show #185! Remember kids, be polite. If you can't say anything nice... well, try to make sure they're out of earshot first. Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Deep Geeking: Tim and Summer discuss "Wheel of Fire", somewhere in there amidst the many game show inspired puns. While the public reveal and fallout over Garibaldi's drinking will have a farther reaching impact amongst the crew and even out to Mars than initally expected when this episode first aired, was it truly breaking ground in terms of the television portrayal of someone struggling with alcoholism beyond the stereotypes built in previous decades? The same thing with Lise educating Garibaldi on living and life; you can't make things perfect before moving onto the next thing because otherwise you'll end up stuck in the same place for a very long time. We chat about Lyta's growing power and growing anger, and the beginning of the fallout of her choices to take on Psi Corps head on. We also learn about the special Tappers Guild, either within the Stuntmen's Union or as a select subgroup of the Hand Models Assocation. Who knew? Discussion: Gary just can't let go of the fact that Tim cannot see beyond his mental blocks around "Day of the Dead", and gives us another hypothesis, to no avail; Gary wishes everyone in the FarPoint Media universe a happy holiday season and even a festive Chinese New Year; Frank in WV is enjoying the space program updates provided by Jeffrey and Tim. Neil from Bowie also recommendsSpace Flight Now as another good source for launch info; And speaking of the Babylon 5 board game, Summer just found an image of a B5 Monopoly board... wish there was a real B5-themed Monopoly game. And yes, Edmund really did go 60s sitcom on us. Submitting your own Feedback: If you have any suggestions or comments, please let us know! Call 206-338-2259, or just email us a comment you've recorded yourself! Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space can be found on the Third Life Books island in the Wind River Territory. Find the island here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Wind%20River%20Territory/50/129/22 Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. If you can, Please Donate to the show! Promo: British Invaders Podcast Promo: Tuning Into Scifi Television Promo: The BabCast Bunch Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2010/01/13/babylon-podcast-show-184/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2010/01/13/babylon-podcast-show-184/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:17:08 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=484 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2010/01/13/babylon-podcast-show-184/feed/ 2 1:10:53 Welcome to Show #184! Tim reads some JMS project updates, including Forbidden Planet, the Fox TV pilot, and Superman: Earth One for DC Comics Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for ... Welcome to Show #184! Tim reads some JMS project updates, including Forbidden Planet, the Fox TV pilot, and Superman: Earth One for DC Comics Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Deep Geeking: Tim and Summer discuss "The Fall of Centauri Prime". Londo's journey into his solitary reign, presiding over a beaten and broken populace, is now complete. We delve deeply into motivations and consequences and we may be arguing more about Londo later. Did Delenn do the right thing in trying to ignore Lennier's "dying" declaration -- did her actions help, or make Lennier feel worse? Tim also calls "shenanigans" on energy-based beam weapons having a recoil significant enough to alter the trajectory of a ship that size, damaged or no. Discussion: Michael hijacks the show and leads everyone down the gutter, and we can't even blame the scotch this time. Gary wonders how many other times the Vorlons made use of Sebastian's talent for interrogation; Gary wonders if we are going to more deeply analyze the parallel journeys of Garibaldi and Londo during the 5 seasons; Gary recommends the new NASA iPhone app for those who have trouble using Heavens Above to find out where you can view the shuttle and the ISS. Mike S suggests that fans looking for B5 fan films check out "Star Wreck"; George related an anecdote about Garibaldi's BFG-9000; Steve puts forth a Star Trek related theory why Tim despises "Day of the Dead". After Jim Stiles told Summer about a parody album titled "Ramming Speed" by the band Sci-Fried and she posted about it, Jim Fredericks from the band sent in "For Whom Babylon Tolls" for us to have fun with and share with our B5 audience. We should invite Jim and the band on the show, and soon! Submitting your own Feedback: If you have any suggestions or comments, please let us know! Call 206-338-2259, or just email us a comment you've recorded yourself! Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space can be found on the Third Life Books island in the Wind River Territory. Find the island here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Wind%20River%20Territory/50/129/22 Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. If you can, Please Donate to the show! Promo: British Invaders Podcast Promo: Technorama: Inner Geek Promo: "For Whom Babylon Tolls" by Sci-Fried Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2010/01/06/babylon-podcast-show-183/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2010/01/06/babylon-podcast-show-183/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:34:31 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=483 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2010/01/06/babylon-podcast-show-183/feed/ 5 1:03:11 Welcome to Show #183... Happy New Year everyone! Is the end of The Babylon Podcast looming near? Will the podcast be able to complete it's ... Welcome to Show #183... Happy New Year everyone! Is the end of The Babylon Podcast looming near? Will the podcast be able to complete it's own 5-year arc? Are there enough B5 related things for us to talk about to get us to February 2011? Is there even a remote possibility to push it to a 6th year? Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Deep Geeking: Tim and Summer discuss "Movements of Fire and Shadow". Tim believes the episode doesn't quite pull together in as good a cohesive satisfying whole as it could have been, saving graces of the ability of various bipedal races to fart on command notwithstanding. Does the episode suffer from having too many storylines going on at the same time? Would the story have been better served by being split into one more episode, or would the sense of urgency have been lost? Discussion: Whoever called in the "Delenn the Ex-Minbari" Christmas parody, please call back and let us know who you are... props are well deserved! Summer is enamored of the parodies listed on the "Ramming Speed" album by Sci-Fried, and be sure that we'll be hearing more from them soon. Steve from Denver corrects how many Shuttle flights are left; Fred from NJ relates that there's a letter in support of Harlan Ellison written by JMS, dated July 1982, that's "An Edge of My Voice" (a collection of Harlan's LA Weekly columns from the 1980s, available from the Baen Webscriptions website); Hated Bunny wonders if the technology used by the Brakiri in "Day of the Dead" came from the technomages; Arkle doesn't think Lyta's appearance to Garibaldi was a dream, that it was her experimenting with her telepathic powers; and Mark sends an email to thank us for the hours and hours of entertainment we've given him. Oh, and "Leave Garibaldi Alooooooone!" Submitting your own Feedback: If you have any suggestions or comments, please let us know! Call 206-338-2259, or just email us a comment you've recorded yourself! Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space can be found on the Third Life Books island in the Wind River Territory. Find the island here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Wind%20River%20Territory/50/129/22 Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. If you can, Please Donate to the show! Promo: Tuning Into Scifi TV Promo: Variant Frequencies: Hath a Darkness Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/12/31/babylon-podcast-2009-holiday-special-3/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/12/31/babylon-podcast-2009-holiday-special-3/#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:25:35 +0000 Tim http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=482 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/12/31/babylon-podcast-2009-holiday-special-3/feed/ 3 1:10:36 Happy New Year from everyone at The Babylon Podcast and FarPoint Media! Sit back and enjoy this walk through the interview highlights of 2009. Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for ... Happy New Year from everyone at The Babylon Podcast and FarPoint Media! Sit back and enjoy this walk through the interview highlights of 2009. Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Submitting your own Feedback: If you have any suggestions or comments, please let us know! Call 206-338-2259, or just email us a comment you've recorded yourself! Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space can be found on the Third Life Books island in the Wind River Territory. Find the island here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Wind%20River%20Territory/50/129/22 Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. If you can, Please Donate to the show! Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/12/24/babylon-podcast-2009-holiday-special-2/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/12/24/babylon-podcast-2009-holiday-special-2/#comments Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:11:33 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=480 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/12/24/babylon-podcast-2009-holiday-special-2/feed/ 5 57:50 Happy Holidays from everyone at The Babylon Podcast and FarPoint Media! Please enjoy the conclusion to this special JMS Interview replay while we take a break, ... Happy Holidays from everyone at The Babylon Podcast and FarPoint Media! Please enjoy the conclusion to this special JMS Interview replay while we take a break, and may your holiday season be joyous and safe. Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Submitting your own Feedback: If you have any suggestions or comments, please let us know! Call 206-338-2259, or just email us a comment you've recorded yourself! Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space can be found on the Third Life Books island in the Wind River Territory. Find the island here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Wind%20River%20Territory/50/129/22 Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. If you can, Please Donate to the show! Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/12/17/babylon-podcast-2009-holiday-special-1/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/12/17/babylon-podcast-2009-holiday-special-1/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:12:26 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=479 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/12/17/babylon-podcast-2009-holiday-special-1/feed/ 1 1:03:25 Happy Holidays from everyone at The Babylon Podcast and FarPoint Media! Please enjoy this special JMS Interview replay while we take a break, and may your ... Happy Holidays from everyone at The Babylon Podcast and FarPoint Media! Please enjoy this special JMS Interview replay while we take a break, and may your holiday season be joyous and safe. Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Submitting your own Feedback: If you have any suggestions or comments, please let us know! Call 206-338-2259, or just email us a comment you've recorded yourself! Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space can be found on the Third Life Books island in the Wind River Territory. Find the island here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Wind%20River%20Territory/50/129/22 Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. If you can, Please Donate to the show! Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/12/10/babylon-podcast-show-182/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/12/10/babylon-podcast-show-182/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:40:47 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=478 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/12/10/babylon-podcast-show-182/feed/ 5 1:04:50 Welcome to Show #182! Christmas Kosh is Coming to Town, Christmas Kosh is Coming to Town! 'Tis the season, and waxing nostalgic and singing holiday B5 ... Welcome to Show #182! Christmas Kosh is Coming to Town, Christmas Kosh is Coming to Town! 'Tis the season, and waxing nostalgic and singing holiday B5 tunes warms the... well, something. Summer is still hopping about the lack of B5 parody holiday music, and especially the lack of Halloween alien heads. It's time we send out a call to the fans to get working on that... it's never to late to breathe new life into any SF franchise for either humor or crass commercial endeavors! Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Deep Geeking: Tim and Summer discuss "And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder", including production questions that Jeffrey can lend insight to. I bet you didn't know that it took a technician to create that perfect "bed head" look, didja? The fallout from the convergence of information gathered by Garibaldi, evidence from autopsies performed by Franklin, and the discoveries made during Lennier's investigation begins. The overwhelming preponderence of evidence has to be presented to the Alliance and the lines are drawn. Discussion: Jeffrey gives us a rundown on the details of what an associate producer will usually do on a series, and how it differed from his role as producer's associate. Tim in KC asks us to theorize on a "Day of the Dead" paranormal meetup regarding who G'Kar might have been visited by; Gary is thrilled by the recent Aries launch, and relays Buzz Aldrin's disappointment with the lack of real spaceflight progress; Val in NY shares her appreciation of the train wreck episodes (she may be in the minority, there). Doug asks in an email if any B5 fans can help identify the rock song playing in the background at the end of "Midnight on the Firing Line" during the final scene with Ivanova and Talia, and Jeffrey surmises that it may well have been composed by Christopher Franke instead of an outside artist. Anyone want to do some research and compare that song to existing tracks from Tangerine Dream? Submitting your own Feedback: If you have any suggestions or comments, please let us know! Call 206-338-2259, or just email us a comment you've recorded yourself! Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space can be found on the Third Life Books island in the Wind River Territory. Find the island here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Wind%20River%20Territory/50/129/22 Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. If you can, Please Donate to the show! Promo: Bird House Rules: Ten Minutes on Twitter with Tee Morris Promo: Variant Frequencies: Hath a Darkness Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/11/27/babylon-podcast-show-181/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/11/27/babylon-podcast-show-181/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:45:53 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=474 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/11/27/babylon-podcast-show-181/feed/ 6 1:03:55 Welcome to Show #181! Happy... Koshgiving? And all of us here send our thoughts and prayers to Peter Woodward and his family, wishing them well after the ... Welcome to Show #181! Happy... Koshgiving? And all of us here send our thoughts and prayers to Peter Woodward and his family, wishing them well after the passing of Edward Woodward. Space Station. Deorbiting. Flying Debris splashing down. Summer is befuddled, Tim and Jeffrey not so much. Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Hey, if you want to check out the live video stream of this show, head on over to the Babylon Podcast UStream page!! Deep Geeking: Tim, Summer and Jeffrey discuss many of the consquences and the subtexts in "Darkness Ascending". We argue for quite a bit about the nature of Garibaldi's dream, how much was dream and how much was or wasn't influenced by Lyta's telepathic curiosity (and whether or not that itself was real or dream), and talk a bit more about Lennier and his mission, and of the telepath DNA deal between Lyta and G'Kar. And yes, Summer really does want to know if Garibaldi's BFG-10000 survived production and is squirreled away somewhere, or if it was broken down and recycled after the episode was done. Feedback: ...and the "Day of the Dead" theories continue! We will wear Tim down eventually, and make him one of us. We also take a trip down the voicemail rabbit hole and end up skirting the Star Trek universe along the way. Submitting your own Feedback: If you have any suggestions or comments, please let us know! Call 206-338-2259, or just email us a comment you've recorded yourself! Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space can be found on the Third Life Books island in the Wind River Territory. Find the island here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Wind%20River%20Territory/50/129/22 Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. If you can, Please Donate to the show! Promo: Bird House Rules: Ten Minutes on Twitter with Tee Morris Promo: Variant Frequencies: Hath a Darkness Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/11/20/babylon-podcast-show-180/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/11/20/babylon-podcast-show-180/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:23:26 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=472 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/11/20/babylon-podcast-show-180/feed/ 4 51:05 Welcome to Show #180! The crew chat a bit about whether Space Shuttle Atlantis' November launch will or will not be the final Shuttle launch. ... Welcome to Show #180! The crew chat a bit about whether Space Shuttle Atlantis' November launch will or will not be the final Shuttle launch. And stay tuned to find out more about when Tim will join in on a discussion about the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 12 mission! Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Hey, if you want to check out the live video stream of this show, head on over to the Babylon Podcast UStream page!! Feedbackapalooza: It's mondo feedback time again, with voicemails and emails a-plenty... complete with sake bombs and cartoon pajama pants. But seriously, if anyone does know if any Book of G'Quan or Book of G'Kar prop replicas were made for the true die-hard collectors out there, or if anyone who has the original copies would be willing to take pictures for us, definitely let us know! And remember, friends don't let friends drive the big mixer board while under the influence of sake bombs. Submitting your own Feedback: If you have any suggestions or comments, please let us know! Call 206-338-2259, or just email us a comment you've recorded yourself! Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space can be found on the Third Life Books island in the Wind River Territory. Find the island here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Wind%20River%20Territory/50/129/22 Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. If you can, Please Donate to the show! Promo: How to Grow Your Geek Promo: The Gmail Podcast Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/11/12/babylon-podcast-show-179/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/11/12/babylon-podcast-show-179/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:35:02 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=469 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/11/12/babylon-podcast-show-179/feed/ 2 55:29 Welcome to Show #179! Jeffrey, Tim and Mike talk about the recent Aries launch, upcoming final milestone dates in the Space Shuttle program, and more. Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts ... Welcome to Show #179! Jeffrey, Tim and Mike talk about the recent Aries launch, upcoming final milestone dates in the Space Shuttle program, and more. Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Hey, if you want to check out the live video stream of this show, head on over to the Babylon Podcast UStream page!! Interview: Tim, Summer and Jeffrey chat with Brad Dourif, his role as Brother Edward in "Passing Through Gethsemane", and scifi and horror in general. Brad reminisces about his time on the show, and tells us how much of a fan he was of the show back then, and much more. Feedback: Gary wonders too deeply about alternate delivery methods of Zoe's message from Kosh for Sheridan; Gary still thinks we tagged the WB closing theme to the end of Show #175; Gary seconds Jeffrey's recommendation that everyone should see at least one Space Shuttle launch in their lifetime; Gary wonders why Jeffrey isn't mentioned at all in "Babylon 5: A to Z". Will Gary get his own Voicemail While Driving show? Stay tuned to find out! Submitting your own Feedback: If you have any suggestions or comments, please let us know! Call 206-338-2259, or just email us a comment you've recorded yourself! Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space can be found on the Third Life Books island in the Wind River Territory. Find the island here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Wind%20River%20Territory/50/129/22 Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. If you can, Please Donate to the show! Promo: Back Seat Producers Promo: How to Grow Your Geek Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/11/05/babylon-podcast-show-178/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/11/05/babylon-podcast-show-178/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:35:54 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=468 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/11/05/babylon-podcast-show-178/feed/ 17 1:02:53 Welcome to Show #178! Tim helps clarify recent Internet rumors about new B5 fanfic-based films being produced without JMS... JMS says "not happening". Along with Troy Rutter, ... Welcome to Show #178! Tim helps clarify recent Internet rumors about new B5 fanfic-based films being produced without JMS... JMS says "not happening". Along with Troy Rutter, we also speculate on ways B5 fan films and fan shorts might be allowed by WB, to keep fan interest abuzz, much like Paramount eventually relented and began allowing fan films to exist without litigious intervention. Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Hey, if you want to check out the live video stream of this show, head on over to the Babylon Podcast UStream page!! Interview: Tim and Summer chat with Troy Rutter, the original Babylon 5 website wrangler, and more! Troy tells us about the history of the Official B5 website, and his involvement from "The Gathering" on forward, including some rare early promotional items and online goodies, and the birth of "A Very Drazi Christmas". Troy's websites are http://www.babylon5props.com and http://www.babylon5fans.com Feedback: Gary lets folks know that the original version of "The Gathering" (first aired edit, Stewart Copeland's music) is now available on Hulu; Gary wonders why Zoe appeared to Lochley, and Tim still refuses to embrace quantum physics as an explanation for what happened in "Day of the Dead"; Gary wishes for more "management level" interactions from Psi Corps; Doug from Bremerton reminds us that Bester has been fighting "the war" against mundanes for a very very long time prior to the events in "The Corps is Mother, The Corps is Father"; more commentary on the use of dentics in Farscape as an example of future dental hygiene. Submitting your own Feedback: If you have any suggestions or comments, please let us know! Call 206-338-2259, or just email us a comment you've recorded yourself! Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space is now on an island! Search for Third Life Books, or you go to the old village location at http://slurl.com/secondlife/beraudes/203/151/49, and follow the signposts that have the new location. Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. Visit Deep Geeking, and if you want to contribute a geeking essay, send an email to Summer. If you can, Please Donate to the show! Promo: The Geek Spin Promo: Dragon Page "Cover to Cover" Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/10/23/babylon-podcast-show-177/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/10/23/babylon-podcast-show-177/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:27:52 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=465 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/10/23/babylon-podcast-show-177/feed/ 11 53:10 Welcome to Show #177! We all wish a Happy Koshoween to all of our listeners! We really are still keeping an eye out for good B5 ... Welcome to Show #177! We all wish a Happy Koshoween to all of our listeners! We really are still keeping an eye out for good B5 themed Halloween costumes, so if you see any, give us a shout out! Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Hey, if you want to check out the live video stream of this show, head on over to the Babylon Podcast UStream page!! Deep Geeking: Tim, Summer and Jeffrey contemplate "Meditations on the Abyss". Examinations range from speculations on why G'Kar may have initially wanted his book to only be published after his death and the possible nature of the responsibility for the spirituality and spiritual explorations of his potential students/followers; to the nature of rationalization when deciding between doing the "right" thing and the "true" thing in the cases of both Findell and Lennier; and even a little bit on unrequited love. We also talk about some of the deep space shots, and Jeffrey talks a bit about how the images were coming in fresh from the Hubble for the graphics guys to play with in post. If anyone wants to Guest Geek on any of the upcoming episodes, novels and comics, let us know! Send an email to Tim and Summer about it, and we'll get things set up! Feedback: Gary wants to start a survey on what might be the best B5 episodes that would play best during Halloween week; and we do a quick off-the-cuff rundown of B5 cast and guest stars who made appearances in horror movies. Always beware the duck. Submitting your own Feedback: If you have any suggestions or comments, please let us know! Call 206-338-2259, or just email us a comment you've recorded yourself! Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space is now on an island! Search for Third Life Books, or you go to the old village location at http://slurl.com/secondlife/beraudes/203/151/49, and follow the signposts that have the new location. Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. Visit Deep Geeking, and if you want to contribute a geeking essay, send an email to Summer. If you can, Please Donate to the show! Promo: Car-ology Promo: Geek Cred Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/10/15/babylon-podcast-show-176/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/10/15/babylon-podcast-show-176/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:10:09 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=464 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/10/15/babylon-podcast-show-176/feed/ 5 55:19 Welcome to Show #176! Jeffrey brings us some science news, letting us know that there are more and more reports from sky gazers that the International ... Welcome to Show #176! Jeffrey brings us some science news, letting us know that there are more and more reports from sky gazers that the International Space Station is becoming more and more visible during the daytime, just after dawn. If you want to find out when you might be able to see the station, check out Heavens Above. Currently, the final Space Shuttle launch is scheduled for July 2010, so pay attention to any upcoming launches... they might be the last ones launched from the USA until after 2020. And despite Jeffrey's disclaimers, we do indeed talk about baseball on this show, too. Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Feedbackapalooza: Tim, Summer and Jeffrey respond to lots of voicemail! We really are going to have to have a special follow-up Geeking on "Day of the Dead", aren't we? I never knew this episode was so polarizing amongst the fans, apparently moreso than Purple-Green! If anyone wants to Guest Geek on any of the upcoming episodes, novels and comics, let us know! Send an email to Tim and Summer about it, and we'll get things set up! Submitting your own Feedback: If you have any suggestions or comments, please let us know! Call 206-338-2259, or just email us a comment you've recorded yourself! Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space is now on an island! Search for Third Life Books, or you go to the old village location at http://slurl.com/secondlife/beraudes/203/151/49, and follow the signposts that have the new location. Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. Visit Deep Geeking, and if you want to contribute a geeking essay, send an email to Summer. If you can, Please Donate to the show! Promo: Dragon Page "Cover to Cover" Promo: Angel Between the Lines Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/10/08/babylon-podcast-show-175/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/10/08/babylon-podcast-show-175/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:02:59 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=459 Babylon 5 audio drama that you can find at Voices of Babylon. Edmund also guest geeks with us on "The Corps is Mother, The Corps is Father", and the special place that the Psi Corps holds in Edmund's heart. Much of the discussion centers on speculation on how secretive and well armed the Psi Corps appears to be, and just how powerful telepaths might truly be in hyperspace. ]]> http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/10/08/babylon-podcast-show-175/feed/ 9 1:00:56 Welcome to Show #175! Agent 6 (Edmund from Greenville) telepathically controls Tim and Summer on this special episode of the Psi Corps Podcast. Edmund gives us an ... Welcome to Show #175! Agent 6 (Edmund from Greenville) telepathically controls Tim and Summer on this special episode of the Psi Corps Podcast. Edmund gives us an update on the status of "Three-Edged Sword", a Babylon 5 audio drama that you can find at Voices of Babylon. It's been a fun ride, no matter how long it takes to get to the conclusion of this chapter. Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Deep Geeking: This week, we discuss "The Corps is Mother, The Corps is Father", and the special place that the Psi Corps holds in Edmund's heart. We chat a little about seeing a different side of the inner workings of Psi Corps in general and Bester's methods of grooming potential proteges. Much of the discussion centers on speculation on how secretive and well armed the Psi Corps appears to be, and just how powerful telepaths might truly be in hyperspace. Feedback: Covering a few quick voicemail messages this week: Neil from Bowie suggests that we contact Mojo via his blog in order to get him to come on for an interview; Frank from WV comments more on G'Kar in "Day of the Dead"; Gabe from Greenville comments on Rebo and Zooty being merely homages to Laurel and Hardy; Gary thinks that Byron's philosophical paradigm shift is really because he was being controlled or programmed by Lyta; Gary adds more supposition to where the original CGI data files might have gone; Gary agrees with Tim's assessment on how Delenn and Sheridan mishandled the dissemination of information to the Alliance worlds; Gary recommends "Planetary" by Warren Ellis somewhere in between discerning the difference between magic and advanced technology; Gary blames Summer for hearing the WB closing chimes at the end of the podcast music now. If anyone wants to Guest Geek on any of the upcoming episodes, novels and comics, let us know! Send an email to Tim and Summer about it, and we'll get things set up! Submitting your own Feedback: If you have any suggestions or comments, please let us know! Call 206-338-2259, or just email us a comment you've recorded yourself! Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space is now on an island! Search for Third Life Books, or you go to the old village location at http://slurl.com/secondlife/beraudes/203/151/49, and follow the signposts that have the new location. Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. Visit Deep Geeking, and if you want to contribute a geeking essay, send an email to Summer. If you can, Please Donate to the show! Promo: I Should Be Writing Promo: Dragon Page "Cover to Cover" Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/09/30/babylon-podcast-show-174/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/09/30/babylon-podcast-show-174/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:35:31 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=456 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/09/30/babylon-podcast-show-174/feed/ 7 49:12 Welcome to Show #174! Tim, Summer and Jeffrey welcome Gary from Jacksonville on to give us his report on the Babylon 5 guests and panels featured ... Welcome to Show #174! Tim, Summer and Jeffrey welcome Gary from Jacksonville on to give us his report on the Babylon 5 guests and panels featured at Dragon*Con 2009. Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Dragon*Con Report: Gary goes into detail on the handful of B5 panels, and some of the scheduling challenges introduced by the powerhouse event featuring William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy; and makes all fans jealous with anecdotes of his interactions with the series attendees Bruce Boxleitner, Tracy Scoggins, Claudia Christian, Peter Jurasik, Stephen Furst, and Julie Caitlin Brown. Friday Panel: Babylon 5 Guests: Question and answer session with some of our favorite cast members from the Emmy award winning television show Babylon 5. P. Jurasik, C. Christian,B. Boxleitner, T. Scoggins; Moderator L. Martindale; (Fri 10:00 am Cent II-III [Hyatt] rescheduled due to Shatner/Nimoy); 4:00pm, Regency VI-VII [Hyatt] Saturday Panel: All Alone in the Night-B5 Guests Question and answer session with some of our favorite cast members from the Emmy award winning television show Babylon 5. S. Furst, P. Jurasik, C. Christian, T. Scoggins, B. Boxleitner; Moderator L. Martindale Sat 1:00 pm; Cent II-III [Hyatt] Sunday Panel: Cast of Babylon 5 Q A Q A with some of our favorite cast members from the Emmy award winning television show Babylon 5. S. Furst, J. Brown, P. Jurasik, C. Christian, T. Scoggins, Julie Caitlin Brown [B. Boxleitner(No Show)]; Sun 10:00 am; Regency VI-VII [Hyatt] Feedback: We run the risk a temporal rift by having Gary on the show while potentially addressing voicemails that Gary sent in. Tim says he was very careful not to cross any streams, though... Neil comments on the Season 5 Telepath arc having the same tragic spiral as the Centauri arc; Frank from WV comments on G'kar's reluctance to hang out in Brakiri space during "Day of the Dead"; Gabe from Greenville adds a different perspective to why Morden might have appeared to Lennier... to ask that question! Submitting your own Feedback: If you have any suggestions or comments, please let us know! Call 206-338-2259, or just email us a comment you've recorded yourself! Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space is now on an island! Search for Third Life Books, or you go to the old village location at http://slurl.com/secondlife/beraudes/203/151/49, and follow the signposts that have the new location. Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. If you can, Please Donate to the show! Promo: How To Grow Your Geek Promo: Tuning Into Scifi Television Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/09/24/babylon-podcast-show-173/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/09/24/babylon-podcast-show-173/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:17:12 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=455 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/09/24/babylon-podcast-show-173/feed/ 8 56:58 Welcome to Show #173! Tim and Summer venture down the rabbit hole, and ponder the implications of the vast lack of dental hygiene portrayed in science ... Welcome to Show #173! Tim and Summer venture down the rabbit hole, and ponder the implications of the vast lack of dental hygiene portrayed in science fiction television. Are SF TV writers simply avoiding having to create new dental technology, or having to explain the continuing use of bristles on a stick, or is it simply to save precious minutes for real storytelling? Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Deep Geeking: This week, we discuss "The Ragged Edge", a pivotal episode in the growth of both the Interstellar Alliance and G'Kar; and in the fall of both Centauri Prime and Michael Garibaldi. We talk about the hestitation of G'Kar to embrace his new role as spiritual guide for the Narn, and Ta'lon's role in helping him open up to the possibilities from being a spiritual teacher; about Garibaldi's slow fall back into the bottle having dire consequences for his safety and his friend's life during a mission; and the revelation to the core group about the different Centauri factions at work in the royal court, the probable connection of one of them to the raids on Alliance member worlds and the likely threat level to Londo's life should he find out and go asking the wrong questions in the wrong places. We also ask the question "Who killed Tafiq?" because of the uncertainty of whether or not the same people who killed him were also the same ones who killed the pilot. And remember... When seeking instant enlightenment, You must put your face in the book. Feedback: In this week's emails, we address the changing appearances of the Drakh, and whether "Drakh" is a name for a collective of races instead of for a single race of dark servants; some theories of the extent of Lyta's enhanced abilities against mundanes being stronger than they might be against a Psi Cop, and some speculative casting for a B5 "reboot"; anecdote on the pulling of Zima from Austin Powers; and a few more opinions on spirituality and religion and the vast grey area encompassing both. Submitting your own Feedback: If you have any suggestions or comments, please let us know! Call 206-338-2259, or just email us a comment you've recorded yourself! Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space is now on an island! Search for Third Life Books, or you go to the old village location at http://slurl.com/secondlife/beraudes/203/151/49, and follow the signposts that have the new location. Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. Visit Deep Geeking, and if you want to contribute a geeking essay, send an email to Summer. If you can, Please Donate to the show! Promo: Geek Cred Promo: Angel Between the Lines Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/09/17/babylon-podcast-show-172/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/09/17/babylon-podcast-show-172/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:29:01 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=454 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/09/17/babylon-podcast-show-172/feed/ 12 1:03:21 Welcome to Show #172! Tim, Summer and Jeffrey discuss a prop that a fan found on a website, being proclaimed as something "for a small actor's ... Welcome to Show #172! Tim, Summer and Jeffrey discuss a prop that a fan found on a website, being proclaimed as something "for a small actor's head". Jeffrey surmises that since the prop is listed as being foam, he believes that it might have been a cast or mold, rather than the actual head, since all of the real Vorlon heads were fiberglass. Next, there's a little discussion about a comment found on the io9 article on inexpensive aliens that still hold up after the years... to Jeffrey's knowledge, there was not any Vorlon puppet, and he himself was most definitely not attacked by the production crew with hammers. Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Interview: Gary Hasson of Lightspeed Fine Art joins us to chat about how his involvement with scifi television and Babylon 5. He's done art for Star Trek, Star Wars, Stargate, Xena, Hercules, Farscape, BSG, and many more as well. Gary also tells us about his recent trip to Dragon*Con, and catching up with the B5 cast members, the various portraits, and much more. Feedback: With this week's voicemails, we entertain more observations and creative visualizations on alternative "Day of the Dead" scenarios, including better uses of Morden, commentary on Penn Teller's performance and impact, and more! Can you imagine Marcus as a piece of wall art in Medlab, encased in carbonite and preserved in stasis until such time medical science can heal him. Submitting your own Feedback: If you have any suggestions or comments, please let us know! Call 206-338-2259, or just email us a comment you've recorded yourself! Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space is now on an island! Search for Third Life Books, or you go to the old village location at http://slurl.com/secondlife/beraudes/203/151/49, and follow the signposts that have the new location. Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. Visit Deep Geeking, and if you want to contribute a geeking essay, send an email to Summer. If you can, Please Donate to the show! Link: Lightspeed Fine Art Link: io9: Dirt-Cheap Aliens Who Still Look Awesome Promo: Tuning Into SciFi Television Promo: Angel Between the Lines Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/09/09/babylon-podcast-show-171/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/09/09/babylon-podcast-show-171/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:36:01 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=450 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/09/09/babylon-podcast-show-171/feed/ 5 56:41 Welcome to Show #171! Tim and Summer revisit a couple of articles over at io9 that mention Babylon 5, and again wonder what might have transpired ... Welcome to Show #171! Tim and Summer revisit a couple of articles over at io9 that mention Babylon 5, and again wonder what might have transpired if we'd seen a little more of Harriman Gray during the series. Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Deep Geeking: Tim and Summer discuss "Phoenix Rising", and the beginning of the fallout from Byron's death and the resulting uprising of rogue telepaths against the Psi Corps. The emotional impact of Byron's death on the free telepaths, and the emotional impact of the manner of the rogues' death on Bester are apparent, so Summer likes the payoff much better than some elements of the story leading up to the conclusion. Feedback: Many questions and observations on "The Day of The Dead", and the questions on whether zombies are dead or undead and how that status would affect the appetite of a hungry Pak'ma'ra. Submitting your own Feedback: If you have any suggestions or comments, please let us know! Call 206-338-2259, or just email us a comment you've recorded yourself! Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space is now on an island! Search for Third Life Books, or you go to the old village location at http://slurl.com/secondlife/beraudes/203/151/49, and follow the signposts that have the new location. Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. Visit Deep Geeking, and if you want to contribute a geeking essay, send an email to Summer. If you can, Please Donate to the show! Link: io9: Did JMS Ruin Television SF? Link: io9: Dirt-Cheap Aliens Who Still Look Awesome Promo: Tuning Into SciFi Television Promo: How To Grow Your Geek Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/09/02/babylon-podcast-show-170/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/09/02/babylon-podcast-show-170/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:30:25 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=449 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/09/02/babylon-podcast-show-170/feed/ 7 57:45 Welcome to Show #170! Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Feedbackapalooza: Voicemail highlights this episode: Arkle theorizes on the real reason for some of the ... Welcome to Show #170! Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Feedbackapalooza: Voicemail highlights this episode: Arkle theorizes on the real reason for some of the fans' deep dislike of Byron; the three unproduced Crusade scripts are summarized in the Crusade supplement of the Babylon 5 Role Playing Game book... who knew? Hated Bunny wants to know if the "original trilogy" of novels will be amongst the books we'll be covering when we start discussing the B5 novels... since those aren't canon and are most likely the unauthorized books published by Mongoose, it's doubtful and highly unlikely, since we thought that none of those were ever published; Gary relates to us a reason why 7-years-old may be too young to being indoctrination into Babylon 5; Cathy from the League of Non-Aligned Knitters lets us know that her daughter began watching B5 at 10-years-old, and has watched most of the episodes 5-6-7 times each, and is impressed by her daughter's geek prowess; Neil listened to the JMS interview again and notes that the quality of the CGI for when it was done was tops for when it was done, and Summer wonders if the cases for the newly released "repackaged" DVD sets are the same or if they're redesigned; In responding to more emails about "Day of the Dead", the banter devolves into thumb wrestling battles and Rock-Em Sock-Em Robots challenges. Submitting your own Feedback: If you have any suggestions or comments, please let us know! Call 206-338-2259, or just email us a comment you've recorded yourself! Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space is now on an island! Search for Third Life Books, or you go to the old village location at http://slurl.com/secondlife/beraudes/203/151/49, and follow the signposts that have the new location. Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. Visit Deep Geeking, and if you want to contribute a geeking essay, send an email to Summer. If you can, Please Donate to the show! Promo: The Gmail Podcast Promo: Donate to Slice of SciFi Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/08/28/babylon-podcast-show-169/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/08/28/babylon-podcast-show-169/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:30:07 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=447 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/08/28/babylon-podcast-show-169/feed/ 2 1:01:19 Welcome to Show #169! Tim relates some confirmation from the JMS newsgroup about the state of the original CGI source files and whether or not they ... Welcome to Show #169! Tim relates some confirmation from the JMS newsgroup about the state of the original CGI source files and whether or not they could be re-rendered for a future high definition edition of B5, and the Great Maker thinks that in the end, it would be more cost-effective to redo all of the CGI segments from scratch in hi-def. Summer would buy high definition remastered sets of Babylon 5, because the cases of the sets she currently owns are falling completely apart. Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Deep Geeking: Tim and Summer talk about "A Tragedy of Telepaths", discussing the inevitable turn of events around the telepath situation towards the tragic ending that most around Sheridan feared would come to pass, especially once Bester released the hounds. Feedback: Emails this time around: Vlad mentions how Avatar: The Last Airbender used the lines "Who are you, and what do you want"; Mike Tuck throws out more info on Lt Corwin's rank, but the questions is more around what his role is, because we never see him in a command situation in place of Lochley as we saw with Ivanova taking command in Sheridan's stead; Valerie was disappointed by the joking repart#233; about West Virginia Day; David wonders about atheism in B5 and in scifi in general, and wants to know our thoughts on free thinkers, secular humanism, atheism, agnosticism, and the many levels of religion found in all communities of the world. Submitting your own Feedback: If you have any suggestions or comments, please let us know! Call 206-338-2259, or just email us a comment you've recorded yourself! Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space is now on an island! Search for Third Life Books, or you go to the old village location at http://slurl.com/secondlife/beraudes/203/151/49, and follow the signposts that have the new location. Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. Visit Deep Geeking, and if you want to contribute a geeking essay, send an email to Summer. If you can, Please Donate to the show! Promo: Dragon Page "Cover to Cover" Promo: Angel Between the Lines Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/08/19/babylon-podcast-show-168/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/08/19/babylon-podcast-show-168/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:30:54 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=444 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/08/19/babylon-podcast-show-168/feed/ 4 57:10 Welcome to Show #168! There is no good way to celebrate Kosh Assassination Day, but perhaps we can ease the weight of that loss by coming ... Welcome to Show #168! There is no good way to celebrate Kosh Assassination Day, but perhaps we can ease the weight of that loss by coming up with appropriate lyrics for "The Day the Vorlon Died"... call those in, post them here in comments, let's do the Vorlon proud! Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Deep Geeking: Tim and Summer discuss on "In the Kingdom of the Blind", and Summer has a few nits to pick about some of the rash, early actions to force the Alliance member worlds to give telepaths a home of their own. The argument can be made that Byron's fatal misstep was the timing of his assault on the secrets of the ambassadors, but Summer thinks that for someone who preaches peace and pacifism, that's just a poorly impulsive, irrational and childish first move. Tim thinks it highlights the true tragic nature of Byron's character, which for him makes the character flaws more believable. Feedback: Kurt pimps GoToMeeting for us; Kurt comments on the "The Day of the Dead", and wonders if a Pak'ma'ra would have tried to eat their visitor from beyond the dead, and Tim thinks Kurt overthought the process... and would the Pak'ma'ra be the ultimate first line of defense against a zombie apocalypse? E-Raven mentions starting to watch Babylon 5 at the tender age of 3 years old... and is still a fan now at the age of 12! What hooks a 3-year-old on the show? Submitting your own Feedback: If you have any suggestions or comments, please let us know! Call 206-338-2259, or just email us a comment you've recorded yourself! Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space is now part of the village that encompasses Third Life Books. You can find the village at http://slurl.com/secondlife/beraudes/203/151/49. Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. Visit Deep Geeking, and if you want to contribute a geeking essay, send an email to Summer. If you can, Please Donate to the show! Promo: Personal Effects: Sword of Blood Promo: Angel Between the Lines Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/08/13/babylon-podcast-show-167/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/08/13/babylon-podcast-show-167/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:30:36 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=378 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/08/13/babylon-podcast-show-167/feed/ 17 58:31 Welcome to Show #167! If you had the means, would you pay $225,000 a bottle for tequila? In July 2263, Garibaldi embarks on a secret project to ... Welcome to Show #167! If you had the means, would you pay $225,000 a bottle for tequila? In July 2263, Garibaldi embarks on a secret project to reverse-engineer Minbari and Vorlon technology in order to speed up construction of Destroyer Class White Star ships. Did this lead to the construction of Excalibur, and the larger cruiser we saw in Lost Tales? Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Deep Geeking: Tim and Summer disagree on "Day of the Dead", and boy, do we chat about THAT difference of opinion! Written by Neil Gaiman, it's the first produced episode not written by JMS since Season 2 (since "Knives"?). Tim thinks it's a weak effort, and Summer thinks it's one of the better episodes of Season 5 (and everyone knows how Summer feels about most of Season 5). But Summer still calls shenanigans on Tim's refusal to accept quantum physics as a way to explain how that section of B5 becomes linked to the Brakiri homeworld. Would seeing Marcus have made more of an impact on Lennier than seeing Morden? Would that appearance have co-opted the hope that Marcus was not dead, but in suspended animation, awaiting a technological advance that could successfully revive him? Feedback: Ask, and ye shall receive: Jarsto surfaces to lay the correction smackdown! Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space is now part of the village that encompasses Third Life Books. You can find the village at http://slurl.com/secondlife/beraudes/203/151/49. Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. Visit Deep Geeking, and if you want to contribute a geeking essay, send an email to Summer. If you can, Please Donate to the show! Promo: Carology! Promo: Slice of SciFi Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/08/05/babylon-podcast-show-166/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/08/05/babylon-podcast-show-166/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:30:03 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=377 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/08/05/babylon-podcast-show-166/feed/ 23 1:02:30 Welcome to Show #166! Tim is Tim, Jeffrey is Summer, and Gary is Jeffrey. It's so confusing... The guys discuss the "Ten Women Who Get a Really ... Welcome to Show #166! Tim is Tim, Jeffrey is Summer, and Gary is Jeffrey. It's so confusing... The guys discuss the "Ten Women Who Get a Really Raw Deal in B5" list, which you can find at The Completely Useless Guide to B5. Gary is disappointed that Vol 2 of "Asked Answered" doesn't have its own introduction, but other than that all expectations were met, and he's saving it for voicemails. Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Deep Geeking: Tim and Gary talk about the developments and character shifts from "Secrets of the Soul". The first secret revolves around Byron discovering the extent of the Vorlon's involvement in the creation of telepaths, and the guys chat about Byron's dramatic shift from peaceful resistance to enraged outcast because of that new knowledge. The other secret involves the long-held secret of the Hyach and how Dr Franklin discovers that the results of their actions centuries ago was the instrument of their own eventual decline. Feedback: Gary responds to one of his own voicemails, letting us know that he's swamped with Parsecs submissions, and leaves us to mull over the "censorship" of the showing of Centauri female genitalia. Meta Gary Moment! Halfway Day means we're halfway through the calendar year... and now we know! In emails, Brian in NY wonders if a reinvisioning or a rebooting of Babylon 5 be good enough or if a new storyline would be better; Maureen is still working her wa through the podcast backlog, and wants to know what happened to Jarsto; Michael comments on Tim and Summer could be missing that B5 had a greater cultural impact than we realized. Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space is now part of the village that encompasses Third Life Books. You can find the village at http://slurl.com/secondlife/beraudes/203/151/49. Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. Visit Deep Geeking, and if you want to contribute a geeking essay, send an email to Summer. If you can, Please Donate to the show! Promo: British Invaders Promo: Carology! Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/07/29/babylon-podcast-show-165/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/07/29/babylon-podcast-show-165/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:55:10 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=375 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/07/29/babylon-podcast-show-165/feed/ 0 50:12 Welcome to Show #165! Jeffrey and Michael were low on scotch and tequila, and it shows. The conversation heads into a downward spiral until folks start ... Welcome to Show #165! Jeffrey and Michael were low on scotch and tequila, and it shows. The conversation heads into a downward spiral until folks start wondering where exactly potential skinny dippers would skinny dip either on the station or various planets around the Interstellar Alliance. Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Deep Geeking: Tim, Summer and Jeffrey discuss "Strange Relations", and how previously unrevealed interpersonal relationships begin to lead to shifting allegiances and alliances. Feedback: Edmund adds his two cents on where the original Season 4/5 break would have happened and what Season 5 would have looked like had we known sooner that there would be a Season 5 and had JMS not lost his notes; Andrew also adds his voice to the legions that want to see a continuation/conclusion to the Crusade story line in any format; Rapid Eye sticks up for Jeffrey... sort of. Jeffrey tells us about a rare B5 collectible: a miniature bus stop diarama with a B5 promo ad on the side of the tiny bus, made by TNT to promote the show. And fans express their desire to see more of our favorite ISN anchor, Jane Nolastname. Hilary sends in an email expressing her disappointment with the shoe-horning in of the background relationship between Sheridan and Lochley; Brian also muses on the sudden appearance of life pods on the station (where were they before, and after "View From the Gallery"?) Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space is now part of the village that encompasses Third Life Books. You can find the village at http://slurl.com/secondlife/beraudes/203/151/49. Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. Visit Deep Geeking, and if you want to contribute a geeking essay, send an email to Summer. If you can, Please Donate! Promo: The Weird Show Promo: Carology! Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/07/22/babylon-podcast-show-164/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/07/22/babylon-podcast-show-164/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:33:49 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=371 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/07/22/babylon-podcast-show-164/feed/ 21 56:29 Welcome to Show #164! No Jeffrey this week, he's off being the big-time Hollywood producer. We miss the Vorlon, but he's being wined and dined, ... Welcome to Show #164! No Jeffrey this week, he's off being the big-time Hollywood producer. We miss the Vorlon, but he's being wined and dined, so it's all good. Tim comments on his copy of "Asked and Answered: Volume 1", and the slight differences between the finished version and the pre-production versions we'd already seen, and more. Summer also regales the audience with select readings from her copy of the Fan Club provided "Crusade Writers Bible", hopefully addressing some of the questions about Gideon's Apocalypse Box, and Dureena's proposed destiny. And yes, the red Fan Club stamp means it's official, so go ahead and buy that copy off of eBay, Gary. Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Feedbackapalooza: Continuing the feedback from the previous show! Because of how much feedback we've been getting, we're going to start including a few voicemails in each show, and hopefully keep them closer to the related shows. Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space is now part of the village that encompasses Third Life Books. You can find the village at http://slurl.com/secondlife/beraudes/203/151/49. Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. Visit Deep Geeking, and if you want to contribute a geeking essay, send an email to Summer. If you can, Please Donate! Promo: Tuning Into SciFi TV: The "Torchwood: Children of Earth" Specials Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/07/08/babylon-podcast-show-163/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/07/08/babylon-podcast-show-163/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:30:58 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=370 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/07/08/babylon-podcast-show-163/feed/ 3 54:52 Welcome to Show #163! In-A-Kosha-Da-Vida has affected Jeffrey's mind. There are so many "days" on July 1st and 2nd, it's amazing people get anything done ... Welcome to Show #163! In-A-Kosha-Da-Vida has affected Jeffrey's mind. There are so many "days" on July 1st and 2nd, it's amazing people get anything done in early July. Who knew there was a Ducktona 500 and a Kenducky Derby? Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Feedbackapalooza: Tim and Summer try to burn through the buildup of voicemails, and we haven't even gotten to the ones commenting on the JMS interview yet. And yes, we're going to start throwing in more voicemails during the regular shows from here on out... otherwise, we'd easily start running over an hour fifteen on Feedbackapalooza shows! Babylon 5 Musical Project Suggestions: We need a B5 or Vorlon version of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, and a West Side Story parody with B5 themed modifications. Get your imaginations churning, and send 'em in! Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space is now part of the village that encompasses Third Life Books. You can find the village at http://slurl.com/secondlife/beraudes/203/151/49. Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. Visit Deep Geeking, and if you want to contribute a geeking essay, send an email to Summer. If you can, Please Donate! Promo: Slice of SciFi Promo: Can't Stop the Serenity 2009: Benefiting Equality Now Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/07/01/babylon-podcast-show-162/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/07/01/babylon-podcast-show-162/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:30:19 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=368 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/07/01/babylon-podcast-show-162/feed/ 14 55:49 Welcome to Show #162! Never Surrender Dreams. And now, we bring you Part 2 of The JMS Interview! In this hour, JMS talks more with ... Welcome to Show #162! Never Surrender Dreams. And now, we bring you Part 2 of The JMS Interview! In this hour, JMS talks more with Tim and Summer about the development of Babylon 5 and the pros and cons of continuing or expanding the series, the real reason for putting his foot down on "big budget or nothing", the broader realities of the hammer lock of Warner Bros has on any future "expanded universe" properties, the personal influences on his writing, and related reflections on family, both born and made, and last but not least, the ever-changing relationships with the fans, both in cyberspace and on the convention circuits. Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space is now part of the village that encompasses Third Life Books. You can find the village at http://slurl.com/secondlife/beraudes/203/151/49. Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. Visit Deep Geeking, and if you want to contribute a geeking essay, send an email to Summer. If you can, Please Donate! Promo: Slice of SciFi Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/06/24/babylon-podcast-show-161/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/06/24/babylon-podcast-show-161/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:30:57 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=364 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/06/24/babylon-podcast-show-161/feed/ 26 1:01:38 Welcome to Show #161! Faith Manages. The interview everyone clamored for but hadn't been holding their breath waiting for has come to pass. JMS, The ... Welcome to Show #161! Faith Manages. The interview everyone clamored for but hadn't been holding their breath waiting for has come to pass. JMS, The Great Maker, graciously allows Tim and Summer to throw a seemingly endless stream of questions about the origins and creation of Babylon 5, the production and growing pains of the show, and dealing with the vagaries of the industry of Hollywood, the bizarre perfect storm surrounding Crusade on TNT, and more. And yes, this interview went long enough that the only way to do it justice was to split it over two episodes, so come back next week for part 2! Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! You have until June 27th to enter the contest to win a free iTunes copy of the Harlan Ellison documentary Dreams with Sharp Teeth! Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space is now part of the village that encompasses Third Life Books. You can find the village at http://slurl.com/secondlife/beraudes/203/151/49. Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. Visit Deep Geeking, and if you want to contribute a geeking essay, send an email to Summer. If you can, Please Donate! Promo: Can't Stop the Serenity 2009 Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/06/17/babylon-podcast-show-160/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/06/17/babylon-podcast-show-160/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:30:33 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=361 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/06/17/babylon-podcast-show-160/feed/ 16 57:40 Welcome to Show #160! The real Summer is back in the saddle, and disagreements about flying kites ensue. But seriously, Happy Father's Day to all you ... Welcome to Show #160! The real Summer is back in the saddle, and disagreements about flying kites ensue. But seriously, Happy Father's Day to all you father types out there. Jeffrey also shares some info about more goodies from the secret Vorlon memorabilia stash. Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Deep Geeking: This week, Tim and Summer delve into "Learning Curve", and Tim admits that while he likes this episode, there are a few dramatic elements throughout the story where the cliches fell flat for him. Was it pacing? Timing? Something else entirely? Discussion: Listener Mike Y throws out the suggestion that Crusade might be able to continue in audio dramas; Sean admires the B5 related in-jokes that Jeffrey has been incorporating into the Go To Meeting ads, and would desperately love it if JMS could join Tim and Summer in Deep Geeking on "Sleeping in Light". Summer recounts the story of discovering some items of interest on her final stash of VHS tapes, including the Sciography episode for the original Battlestar Galactica, and an episode of SF Vortex featuring JMS, Harlan Ellison, and Herb and Yvonne Solow. Enter the contest to win a free iTunes copy of the Harlan Ellison documentary Dreams with Sharp Teeth Mike from Charlotte tries to defend Zima. We don't know why. Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space is now part of the village that encompasses Third Life Books. You can find the village at http://slurl.com/secondlife/beraudes/203/151/49. Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. Visit Deep Geeking, and if you want to contribute a geeking essay, send an email to Summer. If you can, Please Donate! Promo: The Gmail Podcast Promo: Dragon Page "Cover to Cover" Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/06/10/babylon-podcast-show-159/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/06/10/babylon-podcast-show-159/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:35:33 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=359 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/06/10/babylon-podcast-show-159/feed/ 5 59:05 Welcome to Show #159! Yes, you heard correctly... we are all Summer. And hey, it was Jeffrey's birthday last week! Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day ... Welcome to Show #159! Yes, you heard correctly... we are all Summer. And hey, it was Jeffrey's birthday last week! Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Feedbackapalooza Jr: Because of rogue tachyons bombarding the area around Draco Vista Studios, we are experiencing a causality break that threw spatial-temporal ordering into disarray, giving us 3 Summers but no Tim, no Jeffrey and no Mike. So in order to prevent any permanent damage to the space-time continuum, we bring you a special episode: Feedbackapalooza Jr! Gary wants to know if Lochley ever specifically stated which side of the Earth Civil War she was on; Gary was amused by the GoToMeeting ads; Gary is shopping for tequila and follows Jeffrey's recommendation; Gary wonders if there was a parallel between the different seasons of B5 and the different chapters viewed in "Deconstruction of Falling Stars"; Gary muses on whether or not Lennier thinks joining the Rangers will improve his chances to be with Delenn after Sheridan dies in 20 years; Tom appreciates the looming feeling of dread cast over Season 5; Tom also loves that Season 5 also breaks all the main characters out of the delineations drawn up for them in Seasons 1-4; next, Tom gives a Star Trek analogy for the character shifts we see in Season 5. Arkle adds some perspective on the "Vorlon on the Roof", and wonders why Summer didn't like the segment with the monks from "Deconstruction"; Doug surmises that maybe the shrapnel from shooting through ducts caused the injury that bled (shenanigans!); Brian solves the problem of what color bunny ears the Easter Kosh would be wearing; Gary thought that Lochley had more of a command presence than Ivanova and Sheridan right from the start. Emails: Steven wonders if it would be possible to get an interview with Haley McLane, the voice of the station's computer; Robinson wonders if Jerry Doyle could be the love child of Bruce Willis and Terry O'Quinn... and John provides some info on why the Space Shuttle couldn't manuever from the Hubble to the ISS, and suggests playing with the Orbiter Flight Sim game. From deep in the Vorlon archives, Summer-3 reads a memo about a B5 story making the cover of a magazine called "The Screening Room", and the article about the acquisition of B5 by TNT. Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space is now part of the village that encompasses Third Life Books. You can find the village at http://slurl.com/secondlife/beraudes/203/151/49. Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. Visit Deep Geeking, and if you want to contribute a geeking essay, send an email to Summer. If you can, Please Donate! Promo: Can't Stop the Serenity 2009 Promo: Technorama Returns! Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/06/04/babylon-podcast-show-158/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/06/04/babylon-podcast-show-158/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:26:55 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=356 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/06/04/babylon-podcast-show-158/feed/ 5 58:31 Welcome to Show #158! Shaking coasts and hot sunshine... it's summertime! "Yell Fudge at Cobras Day"... "Frozen Yogurt Day". The wackiness continues... Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE ... Welcome to Show #158! Shaking coasts and hot sunshine... it's summertime! "Yell Fudge at Cobras Day"... "Frozen Yogurt Day". The wackiness continues... Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Deep Geeking: This week, Tim and Summer discuss "A View From the Gallery", the story of a day in the life on the station as seen from two maintenance workers who still need to go about their usual duties in the middle of a dangerous battle situation. Do you think this episode appropriately captures a view of life on the station for the regular people? Discussion: Kate in Chicagoland asks about the rumor about Crusade that had Gideon and the Apocalypse Box merging; David presents his observations on why all the rogue telepaths had gone au naturel with their grooming habits, and on the telepath saga as a whole. New Gary left a comment asking what life as a production assistant would be like, and what sort of opportunities are gained from the work. And finally, everyone gets to hear "Tim Headroom"! Sprint Commercial: If Film Crews Ran the World Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space is now part of the village that encompasses Third Life Books. You can find the village at http://slurl.com/secondlife/beraudes/203/151/49. Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. Visit Deep Geeking, and if you want to contribute a geeking essay, send an email to Summer. If you can, Please Donate! Promo: Personal Effects: Dark Art on shelves June 2009 Promo: Upside Down and Halfway to Happyland Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/05/28/babylon-podcast-show-157/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/05/28/babylon-podcast-show-157/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 19:12:14 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=354 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/05/28/babylon-podcast-show-157/feed/ 5 1:00:48 Welcome to Show #157! Indianapolis 500, MLS Soccer, NCAA Lacrosse, or baseball... however you choose to celebrate, we hope you had a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend! Summer ... Welcome to Show #157! Indianapolis 500, MLS Soccer, NCAA Lacrosse, or baseball... however you choose to celebrate, we hope you had a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend! Summer wants to find out when "Dreams with Sharp Teeth" will make it to DVD, since she didn't have Sundance Channel to catch it when they aired it. Happy Birthday, Unca Harlan (May 27th)! Jeffrey wants to know if there are any MIT students or professors listening to the podcast... no, we're not sure why the Vorlon wants to know... Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Voicemail: That's right folks, it's time for another Feedbackapalooza! And really, if you hear any messages when you play any of the podcasts backwards, be sure to tell us... it means we didn't hide them well enough. Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space is now part of the village that encompasses Third Life Books. You can find the village at http://slurl.com/secondlife/beraudes/203/151/49. Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. Visit Deep Geeking, and if you want to contribute a geeking essay, send an email to Summer. If you can, please Donate. Promo: Can't Stop the Serenity 2009 Promo: XCast at E3 2009 Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/05/21/babylon-podcast-show-156/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/05/21/babylon-podcast-show-156/#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 16:15:26 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=352 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/05/21/babylon-podcast-show-156/feed/ 5 1:05:20 Welcome to Show #156! It's all about the birthdays... May 12th is the birthday of both Tim Callender and Bruce Boxleitner! It's also Migratory Bird ... Welcome to Show #156! It's all about the birthdays... May 12th is the birthday of both Tim Callender and Bruce Boxleitner! It's also Migratory Bird Day, which amuses Jeffrey to no end. And what did you do for Mesmerism Day? Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Interview: We have found the First Vorlon! Russ Johnson, who wore the glide suit during Season 1, before Jeffrey took over the electraglide harness, joins us to reminisce about the early days on set at Babylon 5, and trying to one up each other for... something smelly? Russ tells us all about the fun he had as part of Optic Nerve, escapades in both the encounter suit and as the drug-dealing cricket in Down Below, having to repeatedly tell TV fans that he was not the actor who played the Professor on Gilligan's Island, and more. Discussion: Gary wishes Tim a Happy Birthday; Neil calls from Goddard Space Flight Center about the Shuttle Launch; Gary posits that we may have eventually seen some leadership juggling had Crusade gone on longer. Tim reads emails from Bob, who tells us that he's doing a full B5 episodic immersion, by watching the episode, reading the scriptbook and Babylon File and Lurkers Guide entry... he also wants to hear more varied opinions on the show, so he's in for some fun when he gets to S5; Jim wonders about the portrayal of the military, and how they seem more like businessmen rather than officers in the military. Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space is now part of the village that encompasses Third Life Books. You can find the village at http://slurl.com/secondlife/beraudes/203/151/49. Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. Visit Deep Geeking, and if you want to contribute a geeking essay, send an email to Summer. If you can, please Donate. Promo: Can't Stop the Serenity 2009 Promo: The Geekcast Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/05/15/babylon-podcast-show-155/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/05/15/babylon-podcast-show-155/#comments Fri, 15 May 2009 19:36:17 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=350 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/05/15/babylon-podcast-show-155/feed/ 0 1:08:06 Welcome to Show #155! Jeffrey wants to bolt and celebrate Kosho de Mayo, because his homemade margarita mix (using a "low carb" version) just isn't kickin' ... Welcome to Show #155! Jeffrey wants to bolt and celebrate Kosho de Mayo, because his homemade margarita mix (using a "low carb" version) just isn't kickin' it... We chat a little bit about the Forbidden Planet and the leaking of the planned script, and the seeming addiction some people have that causes them to steal and leak unfinished products. Is it a cry for attention, an inner reaction to having no outlet for their own creative process, or just plain potential greed? Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Deep Geeking: This week, the Deep Geeking covers "The Paragon of Animals". Examination of B5's new telepath colony, and the start of Lyta's journey of independence, begins here. We also see the development of the Declaration of Principles, and how much it means to have the Alliance start off on the higher path that Sheridan and Delenn hopes they can all take. Discussion: Jeffrey wonders how the hell Tim and Summer can wrangle 250 podcast episodes out of a series that ran for less than half that total, and he's very afraid. We may not be Cylons, but we have a plan. Gary wants, gosh, he wants a digital version or cross-referenced index or, gosh, just something more 21st century when it comes to the upcoming "Asked and Answered" series; Todd calls in not from his Blackberry Storm, and wants to know if the Voices of Babylon crew might want to do a Crusade storyline after Three-Edged Sword is complete; Gary loved Garibaldi's "Rest Easy, Old Friends" line from the 500 year segment of "Deconstruction"; Gary has suggestions for lines for the podcast's Season 5 opener next year; Gary tells Mark from Miami/Daytona to go check out the forums and chat him up over there (yes, we've finally gone meta); Arkle busts Jeffrey's chops over football teams, and Summer returns serve over the hockey teams... And then the end of the episode runs off the rails because Skype threw Jeffrey a curveball, and he decided to listen to an episode of The Squint Squad podcast with us still on the line... yay technology! It is to laugh! Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space is now part of the village that encompasses Third Life Books. You can find the village at http://slurl.com/secondlife/beraudes/203/151/49. Come see the castle roof pool, and more! Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. Visit Deep Geeking, and if you want to contribute a geeking essay, send an email to Summer. If you can, please Donate. Promo: Parsec Awards 2009 Promo: PodCulture: 150th episode and counting! Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/05/06/babylon-podcast-show-154/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/05/06/babylon-podcast-show-154/#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 19:00:51 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=347 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/05/06/babylon-podcast-show-154/feed/ 6 1:02:34 Welcome to Show #154! Tim has joined the modern Internet age, and has a real Internet connection! His FiOS line makes him sound a lot ... Welcome to Show #154! Tim has joined the modern Internet age, and has a real Internet connection! His FiOS line makes him sound a lot closer than the transfer point off Io, doesn't it? Jeffrey waxes poetic about "Erth Day" and having two shuttles on the launch pad at the same time... and after that who knows where we went. Can something really run off the rails if you're not sure the rails were ever there to begin with? Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Deep Geeking: This week, the Deep Geeking covers "The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari". The introspective journey that Londo takes, and the one that Lennier is about to take, all start here. Discussion: Welcome to the Dead Tech segment of The Babylon Podcast! Paul in Vegas comments on the Crusade soundtrack (he didn't like it), and waxes nostalgic over the B5 laserdiscs, which leads to Summer's rant about WB's handling of the laserdisc releases and into George's email about laserdisc players; Jeffrey still has a (working?) Betamax deck and wonders if B5 episodes were released on Beta... how many dead formats exist that B5 was released on? Mike thinks he can find old RCA 2" tape cart promos for B5, and Summer seriously considers asking Mike to download them, but we'll settle for picture proof of existence. Jahi in Ithaca liked Gary Cole's portrayal of Gideon in Crusade, and had no problems with "actor baggage" from other roles... there are a lot of people out there who want more Crusade, a bit of story closure no matter what the medium. What could be the chances of having a new trilogy of novels based in the Crusade universe? Jeffrey is frightened at the prospect of 3 more years of doing the podcast, but it's only because he didn't realize just how much material is still left to cover, and potential interview subjects to track down and talk to! Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space is now part of the village that encompasses Third Life Books. You can find the village at http://slurl.com/secondlife/beraudes/203/151/49. Come see the castle roof pool, and more! Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. Visit Deep Geeking, and if you want to contribute a geeking essay, send an email to Summer. If you can, please Donate. Promo: Geek Survival Guide Promo: All Games Considered Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/04/24/babylon-podcast-show-153/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/04/24/babylon-podcast-show-153/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:30:38 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=346 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/04/24/babylon-podcast-show-153/feed/ 13 1:02:35 Welcome to Show #153! It's "pick a random special day in April" hour! Hug An Australian Day, Pet Owners Independence Day, and Jeffrey waxes nostalgic ... Welcome to Show #153! It's "pick a random special day in April" hour! Hug An Australian Day, Pet Owners Independence Day, and Jeffrey waxes nostalgic over Thomas Jefferson's birthday. The innuendo runs amok. There must be something in the water... Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Deep Geeking: This week, we take the first step into the final arc in the overall 5-year journey, embarking on Deep Geeking for Season 5. "No Compromises" falls under the bright light of examination, and Jeffrey recounts an impressive Tracy Scoggins audition story. Discussion: Gary promises to get us pictures of both space shuttles on the launch pads at the same time; and he also sent us a recording of the Babylon Files: Volume 2 foreword that Jeffrey wrote for Andy Lane. Interestingly enough, he lets us know that Pat Tallman also wrote the afterword for the same book... maybe Gary will read that for us sometime soon. Jeffrey also recounts his experience being caught on both sides of the strike that affected the set for a short time, and the emotional impact it had on him at the time. Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space is now the penthouse suite of Third Life Books. You can find the castle at http://slurl.com/secondlife/beraudes/203/151/49. Come see the castle roof pool, and more! Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. Visit Deep Geeking, and if you want to contribute a geeking essay, send an email to Summer. If you can, please Donate. Promo: The 9th: A Heroes Podcast Promo: I Should Be Writing Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/04/17/babylon-podcast-show-152/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/04/17/babylon-podcast-show-152/#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:45:17 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=344 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/04/17/babylon-podcast-show-152/feed/ 3 49:35 Welcome to Show #152! Easter Bunny Kosh? Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Deep Geeking: There is much discussion (and much lack of Vorlon recall) when ... Welcome to Show #152! Easter Bunny Kosh? Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Deep Geeking: There is much discussion (and much lack of Vorlon recall) when the gang Deep Geeks on "The Deconstruction of Falling Stars". Tim and Summer mildly disagree on the 500 years after and the 1000 years after sequences. Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space is now the penthouse suite of Third Life Books. You can find the castle at http://slurl.com/secondlife/beraudes/203/151/49. Come see the castle roof pool, and more! Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. Visit Deep Geeking, and if you want to contribute a geeking essay, send an email to Summer. If you can, please Donate. Promo: The Return of Technorama!! Promo: One Tree Hill Podcast: Special Guest Nick Lachey (Apr 28 2009) Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/04/08/babylon-podcast-show-151/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/04/08/babylon-podcast-show-151/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:30:51 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=342 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/04/08/babylon-podcast-show-151/feed/ 0 1:10:11 Welcome to Show #151! Feedbackapalooza time again! Chronologies Contest: As posted on the website, we have a winner! Greg from Albany is the lucky winner of ... Welcome to Show #151! Feedbackapalooza time again! Chronologies Contest: As posted on the website, we have a winner! Greg from Albany is the lucky winner of the Chronologies book, so congrats Greg, and look for your prize in the mail soon. Visit GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts for a FREE 30 day trial!! Feedbackapalooza: After much rearranging of messages, we had voicemail, and there was much rejoicing!! Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space is now the penthouse suite of Third Life Books. You can find the castle at http://slurl.com/secondlife/beraudes/203/151/49. Come see the castle roof pool, and more! Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. Visit Deep Geeking, and if you want to contribute a geeking essay, send an email to Summer. If you can, please Donate. Promo: What the Cast Promo: The Zombie Channel Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/04/02/babylon-podcast-show-150/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/04/02/babylon-podcast-show-150/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:30:39 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=339 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/04/02/babylon-podcast-show-150/feed/ 12 1:07:46 Welcome to Show #150! Jeffrey pokes fun at Tim and Summer's consternation at not having a larger pool of contest entries to choose a winner from... ... Welcome to Show #150! Jeffrey pokes fun at Tim and Summer's consternation at not having a larger pool of contest entries to choose a winner from... or even someone who's gotten all of the voices guessed correctly. (this was recorded on March 18th, so the contest is already over) We also hit a tangent about the death of the SciFi Channel. Summer rants. And she's not the only one who's a tad annoyed. Not by a long shot. Now she wants to implement a plan to create her owned damned spec-fic channel. Not a Cylon plan, but a plan nonetheless. Interview: Stephen Furst joins us to reminisce about directing "The Deconstruction of Falling Stars"... at least, that was the initial plan. And as we all know, the most entertaining shows always veer off their intended courses... "Babylon 5: The Musical"... 'nuff said! Stay tuned next week for a super-sized Feedbackapalooza! Discussion: In honor of Show #150, Jeffrey wonders how in the world we've done more podcast episodes than actual show episodes in existence, and Mike wonders how this tiny show grew to have a gravity well strong enough to pull him and Brad in for keeps. And then the talk wanders into the realm of space junk, and completely hijacks the intended topic of discussion... again! Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space is now the penthouse suite of Third Life Books. You can find the castle at http://slurl.com/secondlife/beraudes/203/151/49. Come see the castle roof pool, and more! Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. Visit Deep Geeking, and if you want to contribute a geeking essay, send an email to Summer. If you can, please Donate. Promo: The Galactica Quorum Promo: Tuning Into SciFi TV Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/03/21/babylon-podcast-show-149/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/03/21/babylon-podcast-show-149/#comments Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:05:54 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=333 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/03/21/babylon-podcast-show-149/feed/ 3 1:03:08 Welcome to Show #149! Tim, Summer and Jeffrey try their hands at an Irish brogue, in honor of St. Patrick's Day. Jeffrey also serenades us ... Welcome to Show #149! Tim, Summer and Jeffrey try their hands at an Irish brogue, in honor of St. Patrick's Day. Jeffrey also serenades us with his guitar when he gets a little distracted by our geeking. Tim gives us the news about the contest to name the new ISS module that's heading up. Read here to see the status of the vote -- we here at The Babylon Podcast are supporting the Browncoats and the quest to have the winning name be "Serenity". the naming contest ended by the time this episode was posted Contest: We've come up with a contest to give away a copy of the B5 Chronologies scriptbook! Can you identify all the voices in the podcast opening montage? If you think you can, submit your entries to contest [at] sliceofscifi [dot] com with the Subject line of Babylon Podcast Chronologies Contest, and include your mailing address. We need all 12 voices correctly identified and in order, and a single winner will be selected from all the people who submit fully correct entries, and participants who helped with the lines are not eligible to enter this contest... maybe next time, gang. Submit your entries by midnight Pacific time, March 3rd, and we'll randomly pick a winner from pool of correct entries live on the live feed on March 4th (extended to March 25th) Check out the hints for the Chronologies Contest -- in acknowledgement that many of the voices might have been hard to discern, we have provided hints. Deep Geeking: The team gets involved in geeking on "Rising Star", and musing on when the cast knew whether there'd be a 5th season, and on if that notice came before or after the initial airing of this episode. Discussion: Summer and Tim succumb to the temptation and try out their best Irish brogues. Tim reads an email from Captain Jaclyn, correcting the info on the release date of the "Asked and Answered" scriptbooks (April 7th, not April 1st). Gary sends us in a scenario on what it might have sounded like if we had heard the opposing commander's transmissions during Ivanova's "I am Death Incarnate" speech; Todd from Grand Rapids thinks he's figured out why Zima seemed to be so popular in the 23rd century; Neil from Bowie remembers the B5 Mall Tour, and he's going to try to dig up his memorabilia from his visit to it; Brian in NY submits his guess that the new scriptbooks might contain Lost Tales stories (apparently we're a little behind in voicemails); Johnny from Michigan comments on Lyta's "I'm gonna sue somebody" interlude, adding it to the "over the top" category. Stay tuned next week for a visit from Stephen Furst! Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space is now the penthouse suite of Third Life Books. You can find the castle at http://slurl.com/secondlife/beraudes/203/151/49. Come see the castle roof pool, and more! Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. Visit Deep Geeking, and if you want to contribute a geeking essay, send an email to Summer. If you can, please Donate. Promo: J.C. Hutchins' "Personal Effects: Dark Arts" Promo: Mur Lafferty's I Should Be Writing Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/03/12/babylon-podcast-show-148/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/03/12/babylon-podcast-show-148/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:30:02 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=328 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/03/12/babylon-podcast-show-148/feed/ 12 1:02:42 Welcome to Show #148! Tim and Summer lament about whether or not the entry requirements are too hard for the Chronologies contest, since we haven't received ... Welcome to Show #148! Tim and Summer lament about whether or not the entry requirements are too hard for the Chronologies contest, since we haven't received any entries yet. Not a one. Is the contest entry requirement too hard? Seriously, as of 2pm PT, March 11 2009, I have received ZERO entries for this contest. Is this too hard a task for our lurkers and rangers, or does everyone already have the Chronologies book? Tim also relays a note from JMS saying that the studio has completely scrapped the screenplay for the Forbidden Planet remake, so we hope the person that leaked it was held responsible for theft of intellectual property and is now working off a period of indentured servitude in that studio's salt mines. Contest: We've come up with a contest to give away a copy of the B5 Chronologies scriptbook! Can you identify all the voices in the podcast opening montage? If you think you can, submit your entries to contest [at] sliceofscifi [dot] com with the Subject line of Babylon Podcast Chronologies Contest, and include your mailing address. We need all 12 voices correctly identified and in order, and a single winner will be selected from all the people who submit fully correct entries, and participants who helped with the lines are not eligible to enter this contest... maybe next time, gang. Submit your entries by midnight Pacific time, March 3rd, and we'll randomly pick a winner from pool of correct entries live on the live feed on March 4th (extended to March 25th) Interview: Captain Jaclyn, Jason Davis and Amy Guskin from the Babylon 5 Scripts Team join us to discuss the new scriptbooks project that's been kept secret and tightly under wraps until now. Asked and Answered: JMS answers Thousands of Fan Questions about Babylon 5 is the title of the new series, and it's an exhaustive compendium of questions ever asked about B5. Starting in November 1991, and current through 2008, the team went through over 20,000 questions from many sources that aren't available online anymore (online chat transcripts, convention transcripts, etc) in addition to the newsgroup archives from GEnie, AOL and Usenet. It's arranged in chronological order, without editing, so it's a rare glimpse at the actual development process as the show is ongoing. Most people have seen some of the answers before, but a lot of work went into establishing the original question with the answer to preserve the original context. Keep an eye out at the Babylon 5 Scripts store for more details as the official announcement date of March 17th and the release date of April 7th (not April 1st) draw near. Feel free to ask the Scripts Team any questions about the project, and if you want to see that electronic version (for easier searching) or an electronic index, then let the Scripts Team know! (you know, there's a free Kindle app available for the iPhone and iPod Touch, if a Kindle version of the book could be made available someday) Discussion: Tim and Summer nitpick a little more about the contents of these new books, and are looking forward to having the finished product to dig into later. But now Summer won't get her Crusade books until 2010... grumblefrack. Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space is now the penthouse suite of Third Life Books. You can find the castle at http://slurl.com/secondlife/beraudes/203/151/49. Come see the castle roof pool, and more! Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. Visit Deep Geeking, and if you want to contribute a geeking essay, send an email to Summer. If you can, please Donate. Promo: The Geek Survival Guide Promo: The Signal Season 5, flying high in 2009! Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/03/06/babylon-podcast-show-147/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/03/06/babylon-podcast-show-147/#comments Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:00:09 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=327 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/03/06/babylon-podcast-show-147/feed/ 3 1:07:41 Welcome to Show #147! Tim, Summer and Jeffrey chat about spring training, the early Daylight Savings shift, JMS winning a writing award from AARP, and the ... Welcome to Show #147! Tim, Summer and Jeffrey chat about spring training, the early Daylight Savings shift, JMS winning a writing award from AARP, and the contest. Mike plays Edmund's "My Funny Vorlontine" parody for Jeffrey, and there were pulled muscles from the laughter. Contest: We've come up with a contest to give away a copy of the B5 Chronologies scriptbook! Can you identify all the voices in the podcast opening montage? If you think you can, submit your entries to contest [at] sliceofscifi [dot] com with the Subject line of Babylon Podcast Chronologies Contest, and include your mailing address. We need all 12 voices correctly identified and in order, and a single winner will be selected from all the people who submit fully correct entries, and participants who helped with the lines are not eligible to enter this contest... maybe next time, gang. Submit your entries by midnight Pacific time, March 3rd, and we'll randomly pick a winner from pool of correct entries live on the live feed on March 4th (extended to March 25th) Interview: We talk with journalist Frank Garcia about his history as a freelance writer for many scifi magazines over the years, and the research that he and Mark Phillips undertook to compile the books Science Fiction Television Series, 1959-1989 and Science Fiction Television Series, 1990-2004. We talk with Frank about his experience with Babylon 5 and Crusade over the years the show was in production, and the information pulled together for the second volume. Find out more about both books at http://legacyweb.com/scifibook/index.shtml Feedback and Discussion: Andy wonders if our Jeffrey is the one listed in the credits of The Faculty -- he was, and Jeffrey recounts his experience working with Robert Rodriguez; Todd from Grand Rapids disagrees with Summer and thinks that Gary Cole as an EA Captain just doesn't work for him because of the Brady Bunch memories (and Summer will always think of him as Sheriff Buck); Gary wants to know who wrote the copy of the B5 episode teasers that aired during the first 4 seasons on PTEN (Jeffrey says it was the promo folks at PTEN/WB). Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space is now the penthouse suite of Third Life Books. You can find the castle at http://slurl.com/secondlife/beraudes/203/151/49. Come see the castle roof pool, and more! Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. Visit Deep Geeking, and if you want to contribute a geeking essay, send an email to Summer. If you can, please Donate. Promo: Dragon Page With Class Promo: The Gmail Podcast Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/02/25/babylon-podcast-show-146/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/02/25/babylon-podcast-show-146/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:30:58 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=322 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/02/25/babylon-podcast-show-146/feed/ 8 54:24 Welcome to Show #146! Tim reads some news from JMS on his screenplays in progress, including World War Z, Lensman, and Ninja Assassin, and some teaser ... Welcome to Show #146! Tim reads some news from JMS on his screenplays in progress, including World War Z, Lensman, and Ninja Assassin, and some teaser news that he's been offered some directing gigs. Discussion: Tim and Summer discuss "Endgame", the climax of the struggles gone through during the battle phases of the Earth Civil War. We compare more speeches again, too. Contest: We've come up with a contest to give away a copy of the B5 Chronologies scriptbook! Can you identify all the voices in the podcast opening montage? If you think you can, submit your entries to contest [at] sliceofscifi [dot] com with the Subject line of Babylon Podcast Chronologies Contest, and include your mailing address. We need all 12 voices correctly identified and in order, and a single winner will be selected from all the people who submit fully correct entries, and participants who helped with the lines are not eligible to enter this contest... maybe next time, gang. Submit your entries by midnight Pacific time, March 3rd, and we'll randomly pick a winner from pool of correct entries live on the live feed on March 4th. Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space is now the penthouse suite of Third Life Books. You can find the castle at http://slurl.com/secondlife/beraudes/203/151/49. Come see the castle roof pool, and more! Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. Visit Deep Geeking, and if you want to contribute a geeking essay, send an email to Summer. If you can, please Donate. Promo: The Kick-Ass Mystic Ninjas Promo: Variant Frequencies Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/02/18/babylon-podcast-show-145/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/02/18/babylon-podcast-show-145/#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:30:15 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=321 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/02/18/babylon-podcast-show-145/feed/ 12 1:02:04 Welcome to Show #145! Seriously, how do you guys like that Babylon Podcast Season 4 opening sequence? Crazy cool, isn't it? Contest: We've come up with ... Welcome to Show #145! Seriously, how do you guys like that Babylon Podcast Season 4 opening sequence? Crazy cool, isn't it? Contest: We've come up with a contest to give away a copy of the B5 Chronologies scriptbook! Can you identify all the voices in the podcast opening montage? If you think you can, submit your entries to contest [at] sliceofscifi [dot] com with the Subject line of Babylon Podcast Chronologies Contest, and include your mailing address. We need all 12 voices correctly identified and in order, and a single winner will be selected from all the people who submit fully correct entries, and participants who helped with the lines are not eligible to enter this contest... maybe next time, gang. Submit your entries by midnight Pacific time, March 3rd, and we'll randomly pick a winner from pool of correct entries live on the live feed on March 4th. Every voice in there is known somewhere in the podosphere, so get cracking! Visit Deep Geeking, and if you want to contribute a geeking essay, send an email to Summer. Discussion: Tim and Summer revisit the discussion about Ivanova's "I am Death Incarnate" declaration before leading the White Star fleet up against the advanced EA Destroyer fleet. We compare it to President Laura Roslin's speech from the recent BSG Season 4 episode "Blood on the Scales", and Summer amends her previous assessment of Ivanova's speech. She doesn't hate it, like Tim and Mike do, but it definitely doesn't rank as high in her estimation as before. Voicemail: Arkle adds his thoughts about and full support for Ivanova's "Death Incarnate" speech; Todd from Grand Rapids adds his comments about the Ivanova speech; a comment on how maybe they did hang up on Ivanova during her speech and no one told her about it. Troy sent an email saying that Tim's wrong about Ivanova's speech, and how apropos it is for a warrior walking into her death; another email thinks that it appropriately displays her state of being near the breaking point, under the pressures of leading the fleet and being worried about Sheridan's welfare in captivity. Bethany from Oklahoma is catching up after being without Internet access while in Colorado for a month, and she watched episodes of "Babylon 5" on her drive back home through the Rocky Mountains... good thing she didn't really have to watch the screen rather than the road; comments on the various themes in "Between the Darkness and the Light", with the struggles of many of the characters being echoes of the title; Dave from Kentucky lets us know that there's a large selection of Babylon 5 ships done in Legos; Doug calls in about #134 and the difference in sizes between the B4 and B5 stations; Gary has a question for Jeffrey about the Babylon 5 Mall Tour mentioned in some old issues of "The Universe Today", and Jeffrey tells us what he remembers about the tour, a promotional venture by TNT to promote the upcoming new Season 5 episodes (paging Sandy Bruckner!) Gary sends his apologies to Jeffrey for bringing Ed Wasser to the show for us to talk with; Edmund from Greenville wants to chat about "Intersection in Real Time", and how it originally was slated to be the Season 4 finale, and thinks the way we ended up receiving the shows works better than the original plan; Bethany from Oklahoma shares her thoughts on "Intersections in Real Time"; Kate from Chicagoland has issues with the Shadow War wrapping up too quickly; Neil from Bowie comments on his shiny new copy of the TV Movies Scriptbook; Bethany from Oklahoma comments on the discussion for "Exercise of Vital Powers"; Gary lets us know that JMS didn't win the BAFTA for The Changeling, and Jeffrey says that the winner, In Bruges, is well worth checking out. And finally, the Return of Jarsto! Jarsto smacks both Tim and Summer for not remembering "In The Beginning" in detail in regards to how the Babylon Project came about, from Show #138 (Summer claims sleep deprivation); Jarsto chimes in aga Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/02/11/babylon-podcast-show-144/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/02/11/babylon-podcast-show-144/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:00:46 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=320 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/02/11/babylon-podcast-show-144/feed/ 11 50:24 Welcome to Show #144! Interview: Jan Schroeder and Jason Davis of the Babylon 5 Scripts Team join us to talk about the TV Movie Scripts book, ... Welcome to Show #144! Interview: Jan Schroeder and Jason Davis of the Babylon 5 Scripts Team join us to talk about the TV Movie Scripts book, and to tease us about a series of mystery books that will be coming our way starting in March. Jason tells us how he came to the project, and his history of doing JMS interviews; both Jan and Jason talk about the finished movies vs the original scripts and extra materials that paint a different about of the movies, especially "Legend of the Rangers". Don't forget: the TV Movies book is only available for a limited time, so make sure that you order your copy before April 30th! We muse over the possibility of a feature length new B5 movie, since WB has thrown the thread out there in asking what dollar amount constitutes "feature" to JMS; and Tim and Summer throw out guesses about what the new series of books may contain, and we're shot down on every one, not that they'd acknowledge if any of them were correct. It's a long interview, so grab a beverage, put your feet up, and enjoy! Visit Deep Geeking, and if you want to contribute a geeking essay, send a note to Summer. Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space is now the penthouse suite of Third Life Books. You can find the castle at http://slurl.com/secondlife/beraudes/203/151/49. Come see the castle roof pool, and more! Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. If you can, please Donate. Promo: The GeekSpin: Comedy Music at its best! Promo: The Zombie Channel Shows,,Year,4 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/02/05/babylon-podcast-show-143/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/02/05/babylon-podcast-show-143/#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:30:15 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=317 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/02/05/babylon-podcast-show-143/feed/ 1 52:31 Welcome to Show #143! Discussion: NY Comic Con announced that JMS definitely had to cancel his appearance, since there was no way that he'd be able ... Welcome to Show #143! Discussion: NY Comic Con announced that JMS definitely had to cancel his appearance, since there was no way that he'd be able to make both NYCC and the BAFTA Ceremony where Changeling has been nominated for Best Original Screenplay. And Warner Bros is now considering making the steps necessary to find out what JMS's definition of "big" is in the "big budget only" declaration he made about the only way he'd do another feature length film project. While we aren't getting our hopes up too high yet, some of us can only wonder what took them so long. We get bubbly for a bit about the amount of fresh B5 content out there, and that's still coming along. Deep Geeking: Tim and Summer discuss "Between The Darkness and The Light", the episode which marks a significant turning point in the war to take back Earth from Clark's forces. The morale hit taken by Sheridan's capture is turned around by them breaking him out and rescuing him, and by the White Star fleet's destruction of Earth's advanced, Shadow-tech cruisers. Is this the first glimpse we see of Lyta's steps towards her dark, angry side? Is the technique of telepaths suggesting "pain" a standard self-defense or protective disabling technique since all telepaths are capable of doing that? And Tim has a huge gripe about Ivanova's battle speech, wondering why the opposing destroyers just didn't start shooting while she was ranting. How many other people despise that part of the scene for being too speechy or too long? Visit Deep Geeking, and if you want to contribute a geeking essay, send a note to Summer. Feedback: Doug lets us know that the way they were able to completely remove the Keeper from David Sheridan was explained at the end of the Centauri trilogy of novels; Gary calls in to offer his appreciation for the extra long clip show, and wanted to know if Jeffrey was silent during his scenes or if he had to learn the lines with the rest of the actors (yes, he had to learn the lines). Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space is now the penthouse suite of Third Life Books. You can find the castle at http://slurl.com/secondlife/beraudes/203/151/49. Come see the castle roof pool, and more! Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. If you can, please Donate. Promo: Star Wars: Codename: Starkeeper Promo: The 9th: A Heroes Podcast Shows,,Year,3 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/01/31/babylon-podcast-show-142/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/01/31/babylon-podcast-show-142/#comments Sat, 31 Jan 2009 23:00:56 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=316 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/01/31/babylon-podcast-show-142/feed/ 4 44:01 Welcome to Show #142! Sorry this is so late... Summer came down with a bad case of "too many projects"-itis, and completely forgot that she'd started ... Welcome to Show #142! Sorry this is so late... Summer came down with a bad case of "too many projects"-itis, and completely forgot that she'd started to post this episode, but didn't finish posting it. Yeesh. JMS' scheduled appearance at NY Comicon (Feb 6-8) may have to be canceled since the movie The Changeling has been nominated for several BAFTA Awards (the British equivalent of the Oscars). Jarsto joins us this episode... proof positive that he was NOT captured by Vorlons for experimentation. He tells us about the upcoming new episodes of "Three-Edged Sword", the audio drama over at Voices of Babylon, and their planning for new B5-based audio dramas, and the call for scripts and story ideas from other people. Tim relates an anecdote from work that directly relates to our most recent episodes of Babylon 5, especially the topic of tonight's discussion. Deep Geeking: Tim, Summer and special guest Jarsto delve into "Intersections in Real Time", definitely one of the most difficult episodes to watch the first time around. The psychological abuse we see Sheridan being subjected to is also felt by the viewer because of the structure of the episode... there is no cut away to a B story, no time jumps in scene, and the relentless manipulation in pursuit of a truth they want to use for their own purposes. It's also another wonderful example of the use of a stage play composition, both in set design and writing/acting, to intensify the the emotional impact of the interactions and the reasons for them. How much JMS' background in psychology played in crafting this episode would be a fun thing to find out, and Summer wonders if JMS ever read Psychological Warfare by Col. Paul M. A. Linebarger (aka Cordwainer Smith). And Summer was mistaken about a few details: Linebarger didn't write the book for the Army... he was in the Army at the time, and it was published by Infantry Journal Press while he was with the Institute for Advanced International Studies, but the book was an examination of the topic from WWI and WWII. It's also long long out of print, and copies run $500 and higher these days, but she'd love to read it someday. Visit Deep Geeking, and if you want to contribute a geeking essay, send a note to Summer. Chat: Tim's been geeking on the Apollo Moon Missions over at the Apollo Talks podcast, so check it out! Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space is now the penthouse suite of Third Life Books. You can find the castle at http://slurl.com/secondlife/beraudes/203/151/49. Come see the castle roof pool, and more! Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. If you can, please Donate. Promo: The British Invaders Promo: What the Cast? Link: Cordwainer Smith Shows,,Year,3 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/01/21/babylon-podcast-show-141/ http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/01/21/babylon-podcast-show-141/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:30:25 +0000 Summer http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?p=313 http://www.babylonpodcast.com/2009/01/21/babylon-podcast-show-141/feed/ 8 57:49 Welcome to Show #141! Yes, it's been awhile since we've had a new show... didja miss us? We hope this show makes up for ... Welcome to Show #141! Yes, it's been awhile since we've had a new show... didja miss us? We hope this show makes up for that long break. Jeffrey regales us with a Majel Barrett convention tale as we honor her memory (she passed away on December 18 2008 of leukemia). Tim tells us about a new TV project that JMS is working on, and we all hope that a SAG strike doesn't happen to knock things awry. Interview: It's the interview almost everyone has been waiting for. Ed Wasser joins us this week, and he tells us how he thinks that the attraction to Morden comes from the undeniable allure of the mystery and the appeal of the bad guy. We also talk about how he came to Babylon 5, and how his asking for a more dangerous part led to him getting the role of Morden, his fan club and convention visits, and more. The depth and reach of Morden's plans definitely affects the entire series, even though he was only on screen for 13 episodes. It's a testament to the writing and the performances that major characters that only appear from time to time can have such a large impact on the overall series story arc. But, did you also remember him being on Sliders? Feedback: Jeffrey pushes the buttons and plays some voicemail for us! Gary thanks Brad for the musical Holiday Gifts that were posted to the site; Gary comments on JMS's remake of Forbidden Planet, and manages to bring in the Zima again. We have no idea who the mystery caller is that is going to call us back, but she amused the hell outta Jeffrey. Really. Mike G sent an email about Jeffery's listing on the Who's Dated Who? website. Why doesn't Jeffrey Willerth have any WDW fans? Kate in Chicagoland gives us some suggestions on topics to cover on The Babylon Podcast after we've gone through all the official and unofficial materials, and James in Tallahassee tells us that he's made many Lego B5 ships, including EA ships, Narn, Centauri, Minbari and Brakiri ships. We wanna see pictures of them! Visit Deep Geeking, and if you want to contribute a geeking essay, send a note to Summer. Second Life Info: FarPoint Media's Second Life space is now the penthouse suite of Third Life Books. You can find the castle at http://slurl.com/secondlife/beraudes/203/151/49. Come see the castle roof pool, and more! Babylon 5 Information Gathering: If you know of a dead or abandoned B5 related website that may be in need of a new home, let Summer know! Maybe we can mirror it here or house it on a sister site. If you can, please Donate. Promo: Scott Sigler: CONTAGIOUS Promo: I Should Be Writing Shows,,Year,3 Tim Callender, Summer Brooks and Jeffrey Willerth no No