You demo the structure, then send in the cleanup crew afterwards to clear the site. We’ve already seen the automated bots cleaning up and helping out with maintenance during B5’s heyday, so it’s no big stretch to assume that those might have advanced technologically in those 20 years, and that they may not need a massive crew to collect the demolished parts. Hell, they’d be worth their weight in scrap, no?

Really? Y’all just thought they’d leave the pieces floating and zooming around in orbit of Epsilon 3? Really?

On blowing up the station, I thought the excuse of it being a navigation hazard was hokey. Millions of little pieces-parts whizzing around won’t be? Guess NASA moves the International Station out of the way of such bits just for the fun of it.

Wish I had come across this years earlier, so I could have weighed in on more of the shows.

On the subject of more B5 in the future… God, I hope something gets done. Glad to hear that it’s on JMS’ to-do list.

On the subject of Thirdspace… I love the movie but one thing would have made it even better: if Draal and Epsilon 3 had gotten involved in the battle.

On the subject of Peter Jackson’s LotR films… I wonder what JMS thinks of the trilogy. Does anyone know of any comments he’s made?

On the subject of The Gathering… Something that should be asked is what the rationale was for including in the special edition, Kosh’s line: “Entil’Zha Valen”.

On the subject of JMS… he is my hero, I loved the interview, and thank you, Babylon Podcast!

Remember, we’ve always been here.

With this episode, I think it’s time for me to say goodbye to The Babylon Podcast. I may look for the remaining episodes if I get around to reading some of the novels or watching Crusade in the next few years. Thanks for keeping me entertained on so many road trips, long days at work, and lazy weekends at home. I hope to see/hear y’all around sometime in the future.

Great interview with Jerry Doyle! I haven’t laughed that much in awhile. My only minor gripe is that nobody asked Jerry about what might have been with a Garibaldi based segment on Mars, the one that was originally going to be included in The Lost Tales.

Jerry is the man, again, great interview, thanks!

There are lots of little hints and revelations about the extent of TNT’s interference and game-playing, and it’s really quite eye-opening. “Crusade” never had a prayer.

One thing that really bothered me was Janet Greek’s post-series ranting over Gary Cole. We all know what JMS’ plans for Gideon were by now, and more information will be coming, but Greek really takes her limited perspective and runs with it. making a lot of unwarranted (and completely wrong) assumptions. It’s some of the most cringe-worthy material in the book, hands-down.

Go into your iTunes, and look at your podcast subscrptions. Click on the “i” after the Description field. If your URL is not http://www.babylonpodcast.com/?feed=podcast then you aren’t subscribed through iTunes, you had used one of the older feed URL combinations. The catch is, it’s impossible to tell if that was subscribed through iTunes or the regular RSS feed using the same URL.

In any event, if you have an iTunes account, leave us a review over there!

I have been subscribed to the Babylon Podcast for a long time in iTunes, so I don’t remember how I subscribed.

Thanks

I look forward to the Crusade script books which is supposed to include the series outline.

Scifi Smackdown has been gone for over two years and wasn’t coming back, so we deleted the three associated domains. I guess squatters picked them up.

We do still have the MP3, so I can get that back online…

Crusades, what woulda happened?

Yegads, but I am behind both on episodes and podcasts. DON’T YOU DARE GO FURTHER UNTIL I CAN CATCH UP!

Thanks

Gary

Because of the change, I will not be able to see the launch. I can’t get my vacation time off changed. I don’t know if I can get a refund for the tickets.

Also really hated that whole Lennier thing. Thought was just jammed in because the “he loves Delenn” arc had to be resolved somehow. That’s one story thread that could have done with a couple more episodes working up to him loosing it shich would have been more believable than just going bang all of a sudden..

I forget who I stole the quote from, but it goes something like, “If the average American voted, the average politician wouldn’t have a job.”

Anyway, those running for office would have a duel to the death. The winner would essentially win the election. However, since no one would feel comfortable with a leader running things who got into position through cold-blooded murder, the winner would be summarily executed. I will admit that this is anarchistic/nihilistic.

In the end, I believe that corruption will always exist in government, that governments always grow larger the longer they exist, and that government will always highlight the lesser nature of mankind so long as mankind is in government.

What’s been lost is understanding that most Americans aren’t on one end or the other… most of us fall closer to the midlle than we realize, with some of us leaning a tiny bit to one side or the other, or in my own case, leaning one way on some issues, and the other way on others. We’re the ones who find ourselves without a true representative voice because the propaganda that masquerades as the “news cycle” wants to push the extreme ends of the spectrum.

I remember having disagreements with real conservatives back during the Reagan and Bush 1 years, but still being able to continue to agree and disagree with each other afterwards. Nowadays, all you feel like doing is head-slapping some of these pundits to see if maybe they’re Cylons or something.

I also may not agree with everything Jerry said, but I love that he says it straight. Plus, education and the space program are on my “WTF are you doing?” list, too

Hey, there’s a thought… lawmakers need to get into the arena and throw down in hand-to-hand combat, and earn the right to speak for their constituents. And even after winning, the mob has to give them the thumbs up or the thumbs down first. And you gotta do it all over again when it comes time for re-election… if you did a good job, the mob has the option of not putting you back in the ring, but if you didn’t, you have to fight for your spot again. Maybe that’ll rekindle the lost art of “working together”

I should write a movie…

So why do these ‘people’ get getting elected and re-elected? F*ing religious issues like abortion, equal rights for gays, climate change and health care for all. Space exploration gets lost in the noise from those issues as well as the anti-science agendas of the republicans and the tea-baggers. Kill all of them off then we can go into space like we mean it.

Workin’ on it, but the only real solution is more bandwidth, and that costs real money.

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More info on the game at the second link:

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