The Babylon Podcast

Babylon Podcast #280: Farewell, Old Friend

Summer — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 23:00:27 +0000

It's not goodbye, it's farewell... we'll meet again, and if we don't, we will see each other again in the place where no shadows fall. We've always been here, and so have you all. Jeffrey returns from his explorations along the Rim to join Tim, Summer and Jeremy for the final official episode of The Babylon Podcast.

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Babylon Podcast #279: Feedbackapalooza Finale

Summer — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 22:08:15 +0000

Feedbackapalooza: Gary from Jacksonville, quite likely the most prolific feedback producer the Babylon Podcast has ever had, joins us to go through the messages for the last official feedbackapalooza. He may have to replace Babylon Podcast with Kick-Ass Mystic Ninjas on his voicemail speed dial... ]]>

Babylon Podcast #278: Penultimate Palooza

Summer — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:00:19 +0000

Tim relates an article from io9's Charlie Jane Anders article, Please explain Babylon 5 to us!, and the offer is still out to Charlie if she wants to join us some day for a roundtable Q&A, where we'd do our best to answer her questions, and to keep those responses to under 5 minutes each. And then, the Feedbackapalooza! ]]>

Babylon Podcast SE #10: Jeffrey Willerth Remembers Michael O’Hare

Summer — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 22:03:08 +0000

As heard in the previous episode, this is the video Jeffrey Willerth made in honor of the passing of Michael O'Hare.

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Babylon Podcast SE #9: Absent Friends, In Memory Still Bright

Summer — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:15:03 +0000

In quick succession, the Babylon 5 universe lost two of its stars at the end of September, Michael O'Hare and Turhan Bey. We take a moment to remember them, and their all too brief moments here with us and on Babylon 5. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #277: Babylon 5 Collectibles

Summer — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:45:17 +0000

Discussion: Oh, the humanity! Even with Warner Bros being inconsistent with licensing terms, pulling licenses before items were completed or in some cases, had even gotten off the drawing boards, there's still a LOT of stuff out there for a dedicated Babylon 5 fan to search for and immerse themselves in. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #276: The Short Stories

Summer — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 15:43:46 +0000

Deep Geeking: This episode, Neil and Edmund join Tim, Summer and Jeremy to talk about the 3 short stories from the Amazing Stories magazines: "Shadow of His Thoughts", "Genius Loci", and "Space, Time and the Incurable Romantic", all three of which were written by J. Michael Straczynski. The conversations then shift to the 3 short stories that appeared in the Official Babylon 5 Magazine, "Hidden Agendas" written by JMS, "True Seeker" by Fiona Avery, and "The Nautilus Coil" by J. Gregory Keyes. More info, with spoiler-free synopses: ISN Anchor Desk: Babylon 5 Short Stories ]]>

Babylon Podcast #275: The Psi Corps Trilogy

Summer — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 18:29:15 +0000

Deep Geeking: This week, Tim, Jeremy and Agent 6 go in-depth discussing The Psi Corps trilogy, written by J. Gregory Keyes. The books in the series are "Dark Genesis: The Birth of the Psi Corps", "Deadly Relations: Bester Ascendant" and "Final Reckoning: The Fate of Bester". This trilogy tells the story of the sudden appearance of human telepaths on Earth, and political and societal events leading up to the creation of Psi Corps, then the story arc telling the rise of Alfred Bester through the Corps, and what happened to both in the aftermath of the Telepath War. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #274: The Technomage Trilogy

Summer — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 18:59:25 +0000

Deep Geeking: The Technomage trilogy, written by Jeanne Cavelos, is subtitled The Passing of the Technomages. The books in the series are "Casting Shadows", "Summoning Light" and "Invoking Darkness". This trilogy tells the story arc of the Technomages from Galen's time as an initiate, during the slow rise of the Shadows new influence throughout the galaxy, the discovery of the truth behind the links between the Shadows and the technology that gives the technomages their powers, the division amongst the mages on whether they should stay and fight the Shadows or if they should flee, and their involvement in Sheridan's mission to destroy Z'ha'dum. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #273: The Centauri Prime Trilogy

Summer — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 01:00:05 +0000

Deep Geeking: Legions of Fire, The Centauri Prime trilogy written by Peter David, is the topic for this episode, and the crew on hand really digs in. The books in order are "The Long Night of Centauri Prime", "Armies of Light and Dark", and "Out of the Darkness" (the third book is out of print, but not quite as hard to find as it had been in previous years). This was the second of the Babylon 5 trilogies that are considered canon. Tim feels this is the weakest of the trilogies, while Joe feels it's stronger than most people give it credit for, and one of the strongest franchise series he's ever read. Discuss amongst yourselves! ]]>

Babylon Podcast #272: Red Hypergiant Palooza

Summer — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 05:18:11 +0000

We lament the passing of science fiction master Harry Harrison, recounting some of the classics that he'd written over the years. Feedbackapalooza: Tim, Summer and Jeremy dive into the messages that you've sent us, and we appreciate your messages to us and for us! We have a lot to go through, so settle in, kids... ]]>

Babylon Podcast #271: The Shadow Within

Summer — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 21:10:10 +0000

Deep Geeking: The Shadow Within is Book #7 in the original series of novels, and the other of the two from that series that have been acknowledged as canon. Talk about this book delves deeply into Anna's story, and into the character and motivations of Morden, of the Psi Corps mission to eliminate a threat to the telepaths, and how these events mesh into the main Babylon 5 storyline as a whole. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #270: To Dream in the City of Sorrows

Summer — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 22:35:08 +0000

Deep Geeking: To Dream in the City of Sorrows is Book #9 in the original series of novels, and one of the two from that series that have been acknowledged as canon. Talk about the book ranges from the cover art, the story arcs for Sinclair, Marcus, Catherine and Neroon, the accuracy of the character "voices", the nagging feeling that this book's pacing was too fast, and very likely could have been a much better book if it had been allowed to be longer, and more. And go watch H+ the Digital Series; Summer is impressed and doesn't think you'll be disappointed. It's the first web series she's seen since Dr Horrible that she's planning on buying on DVD even before knowing if one will ever be available. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #269: Chatting about Babylon 5 Novels, #1-6, 8

Summer — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 05:30:08 +0000

Deep Geeking: Discussions begin with the Babylon 5 novels... the books, the books, the books! Where to begin with the commentary and the criticism? Much of the dissatisfaction that we feel with these books likely comes from a combination of the main characters authentic voices being slightly off, plus the impression that the events of the books didn't matter, that they fell into the trap of hitting the "reset" button after the end of the "episode", which is one of the things that we loved about Babylon 5 that the various Star Trek series couldn't adhere to most of the time. editor's note: And yes, Summer made an error, the novelization that JMS rejected way back when was the one for "River of Souls", not for "Thirdspace" ]]>

Babylon Podcast #268: The Parliament of Dreams Essay Collection

Summer — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 01:21:39 +0000

Deep Geeking: And so it begins... the last leg of the Babylon Podcast journey starts with us talking about one of the rarest books in the Babylon 5 realm, and a very interesting collection of thoughts, opinions and examinations about the the show we all love. Who knew that "Fasten, Zip" was really a metaphor for the paradox of time travel? We also talk about how many essays that were presented at the conference that weren't published in this collection, and Summer's new obsession quite well be to contact the academics who wrote those and find out if it's possible to get those papers online. ]]>

More on “Conferring on Babylon 5″

Summer — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 22:00:53 +0000

So our discussion about the collection "The Parliament of Dreams: Conferring on Babylon 5" was pushed back a week because of Tim's work commitments. Without Tim's input, I don't think the discussion would have been as lively as it could have been, so I made the executive decision to push for one more week. But the SF Foundation has given us permission to give you all a gift.

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Babylon Podcast #267: Feedbackapalooza, Guest Cast Edition pt 2

Summer — Thu, 24 May 2012 01:58:05 +0000

Feedback: Tim, Jeremy and special guest Michael Dymond (Stormknight) tackle the second batch of voicemails, and it's 100% Neil from Bowie, because that's how we have to handle it whenever he gets on a roll. Are there official blueprints and cutaways for Babylon 5? ]]>

Babylon Podcast #266: Feedbackapalooza, Guest Cast Edition pt 1

Summer — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:15:12 +0000

Feedback: Tim, Jeremy and special guest Michael Dymond (Stormknight) tackle the first batch of voicemails covering the recent Crusade unproduced scripts and more. Stay tuned next week for the rest of the feedback from this batch, and the people joining us to review and discuss the novels with us (or for us) should be preparing to step into the on-deck circle! ]]>

Babylon Podcast #265: Babylon 5 Comics: In Valen’s Name

Summer — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:54:33 +0000

We celebrate the news that Walter Koenig will finally be receiving his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and the ceremony will be held September 10, 2012. While he's the last of the original Star Trek cast to get a star, he is the second Babylon 5 cast member to have a star... and curious fans want to know if his star will have a Federation emblem or a Psi Corps emblem on it? Deep Geeking: Tim, Jeremy and guest Neil from Bowie discuss the DC Comics miniseries "In Valen's Name". ]]>

Babylon Podcast #264: Babylon 5 Comics Review

Summer — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:24:38 +0000

Deep Geeking: This week, both Gary from Jacksonville and Neil from Bowie join Summer and Jeremy to discuss the initial 11-issue run of Babylon 5 comics, published originally by DC Comics, and later collected into graphic novel collections by Titan Books and by DC. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #263: Overview of Babylon 5 Comics and other Collectibles

Summer — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:43:09 +0000

Discussion: Tim, Summer, Jeremy and guest Gary from Jacksonville discuss the plan for talking about the Babylon 5 comics published by DC Comics and by Titan Books. Many issues surrounded the actual creation, writing and publication of the series, and Gary gives us a little bit of that wacky history. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #262: Mondopalooza Part 2

Summer — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:46:29 +0000

There's nothing quite like playing Devil's Advocate in a Babylon 5 argument you're having with yourself. Feedbackapalooza: The Feedbacking continues, as we hack our way through the backlog, clearing the way for future voicemails to come in about the comics, novels, and collectibles. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #261: Mondopalooza Part 1

Summer — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:44:31 +0000

The new theme music for Season 7 makes it's official debut, and it's a snippet of the theme created by Stewart Copeland for the original version of "The Gathering" that aired in 1993. Feedback: Tim, Summer and Jeremy respond to the backlog of voicemails that have come in over the past month or two, and as happens quite often, tangents rule. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #260: The Lost Tales, Revisited

Summer — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:42:54 +0000

Welcome to Show #260, and the start of Season 7 of the Babylon Podcast! Get ready, Babylon 5 fans... the coverage of the comics, novels, guidebooks, games and collectibles is about to commence. But first, we have to find a way to get copies of some of them into Tim's, Bret's and Jeremy's hands... after we digress into a discussion about physical vs digital books. Deep Geeking: Tim, Summer, Bret and Jeremy discuss the last officially produced Babylon 5 video content, The Lost Tales. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #259: Legend of the Rangers (movie)

Summer — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:45:39 +0000

Deep Geeking: Tim, Summer and Jeremy discuss the last Babylon 5 made-for-TV movie, Legend of the Rangers, which aired in January 2002. Yes, ten years ago, people. A treatment for this movie exists in Scriptbook Volume 10, and the full script is in the TV Movies scriptbook, so compare and contrast at your leisure. Let the nitpicking begin: there aren't many real issues with the actual story, just some execution miscues. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #258: Little Bugs Have Lesser Bugs (Crusade)

Summer — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:05:10 +0000

Deep Geeking: Tim and Summer discuss the unproduced Crusade script, "Little Bugs Have Lesser Bugs", which was written by Peter Woodward and slated to be a Season 2 episode. The larger implications from the plot of this script are intriguing, given that it revealed a previously unknown vulnerability in the Drakh, and also gives us a storytelling conundrum, trying to obsessively figure out where in Season 2 this episode would have aired. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #257: Feedbackapalooza

Summer — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:22:48 +0000

It's been way too quiet on the Babylon 5 front AND the Crusasde Script Books front. What's going on? Feedbackapalooza Time! Also, folks preparing to review and discuss the comics and novels with us (or for us), get ready... your turn will be coming up soon! ]]>

Babylon Podcast #256: The End of the Line (Crusade)

Summer — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:47:46 +0000

Deep Geeking: Tim, Summer and Jeremy discuss the unproduced Crusade script, "The End of the Line", which was slated to be the Season 1 finale. As always, Captain Gideon's dogged pursuit of the truth behind the destruction of his old ship leads him and his crew into knowledge that shakes their trust in their superiors, and Gideon himself to a personal crossroads... and a cliffhanger that could have been as intriguing as Z'ha'dum leading into Hour of the Wolf. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #255: The Dureena Trilogy (Crusade)

Summer — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:26:33 +0000

Deep Geeking: Tim, Summer and Bret talk about the unproduced Crusade scripts that would have made up the Dureena Trilogy (the stories to explain her absence after her initial contract expired): "War Story", "The Walls of Hell" and an untitled story by JMS. Also discussed are three spec pitches by Richard Mueller, for "Fire in the Blood", "House Odds", and "Mixed Blessings". All of these scripts and treatments are currently available in Crusade: Other Voices, Vol 2 Also, folks preparing to review and discuss the comics and novels with us (or for us), get ready... your turn will be coming up soon! ]]>

Babylon Podcast #254: Tried and True (Crusade)

Summer — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:45:21 +0000

Deep Geeking: Tim and Summer discuss the unproduced Crusade script for "Tried and True", which can be found in the "Crusade: Other Voices, Vol 2" scriptbook. This would have been a remarkable Dureena performance, and comparisons can be drawn between this draft and what we saw in Season 4's "Intersections in Real Time", especially given the "one room play" stage-like setting in both stories. Also, folks preparing to review and discuss the comics and novels with us (or for us), get ready... your turn will be coming up soon! ]]>

Babylon Podcast #253: Captains Challenge

Summer — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:03:10 +0000

Deep Geeking: Tim throws out the challenge to Gary and Jeremy: compare and contrast your favorite Captains: Sheridan (Babylon 5), Gideon (Crusade), Reynolds (Firefly) and Kirk (Star Trek: TOS) ]]>

Babylon Podcast #252: Neilapalooza 2

Summer — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:31:47 +0000

Lots and lots of feedback, speculation, and general random geeking... enjoy! Also, folks preparing to review and discuss the comics and novels with us (or for us), get ready... your turn will be coming up soon!

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Babylon Podcast #251: Value Judgments (Crusade)

Summer — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:00:37 +0000

FYI: Bret is not Shatner. Deep Geeking: Tim, Summer and Bret discuss the unproduced Crusade episode "Value Judgments", written by Fiona Avery. This episode was very close to being shot, with contracts out to Walter Koenig to guest star, and Mike Vejar to direct. That it didn't get produced is our loss. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #250: To the Ends of the Earth (Crusade)

Summer — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:57:55 +0000

So, what happens when you have a milestone episode, and everyone forgets to notice? Well, you end up with Tim distracted by shiny toys, with Summer distracted by baseball, and Bret distracted by poking fun at Tim and Summer. Deep Geeking: This week, Tim, Summer and Bret discuss the unproduced Crusade script "To the Ends of the Earth". ]]>

Babylon Podcast #249: Neilapalooza

Summer — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:28:17 +0000

Feedback spill on aisle 5!

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Babylon Podcast #248: Appearances and Other Deceits (Crusade)

Summer — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 17:39:57 +0000

Deep Geeking: Tim and Summer delve into discussion on "Appearances and Other Deceits", the final produced episode of Crusade. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #247: Opinionspalooza

Summer — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 20:35:38 +0000

Tim stumbled across the iFanboy website, and relays to us an article by Ron putting JMS at #10 on his list of "worst things in comics in 2010," and explains where he feels the JMS shortcomings fell. Maybe Tim should be upset about him also dropping the ball on the Lensman movie. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #246: Interview with Tucker Smallwood

Summer — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:37:18 +0000

Tim and Summer enjoy a chat with renowned character actor Tucker Smallwood, who played Mr David Endawi in the S3 episode "Matters of Honor", and Commodore Glen Van Ross in Space: Above and Beyond. Tucker talks about war as used in science fiction and his being a fan of science fiction literature growing up, and how his experience as an infantry commander in Vietnam informed his work and contributions to Space: Above and Beyond. He also talks about studying acting after being severely wounded, about struggling with and working through PTSD years after the fact, and more. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #245: Twitterpalooza

Summer — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:07:53 +0000

We celebrate the new Babylon Park website, as well as the expanded materials available there, and you can follow them on Twitter, @babylonpark. Shiny. Bret strongly recommends following @patriciatallman, merely for the hilarious entertainment value, Tim reads us a status update on various JMS writing projects. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #244: War Zone (Crusade)

Summer — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 19:35:15 +0000

Walter Koenig at last has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame! It's about damned time. Deep Geeking: Tim, Bret and Summer discuss "War Zone", demonstrating amazing feats of recall, considering that Summer watched the wrong damned episode this week. ]]>

Babylon Podcast SE #8: Jeffrey Willerth Remembers Jeff Conaway

Summer — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 15:28:17 +0000

For those who hadn't seen Jeffrey's heartfelt remembrance of Jeff Conaway, here's the full video. I don't think there are many others who could have said it any better.

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Babylon Podcast #243: Questions and Answers

Summer — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 20:19:51 +0000

Jeffrey shares with us a message about what it meant to him to have had Jeff Conaway in his life for a time. Listener Feedback: Strangely, Tim adored Neil Gaiman's Doctor Who episode, "The Doctor's Wife"... to be expected? ]]>

Babylon Podcast #242: Rules of the Game (Crusade)

Summer — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 19:17:51 +0000

Deep Geeking: Tim and Summer get Marjean's thoughts on "Rules of the Game", particularly the development of the relationship between Dr Chambers and Max Eilerson, discovering what and who Max cares about, and of course, Dr Chambers' impeccable fashion sense and combat timing. And yes, what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Once her new project, Three Moon Rising, is ready, we'll be talking with her again about it over at Slice of SciFi! ]]>

Babylon Podcast #241: Interview with Peter and Kathleen David

Summer — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 03:58:35 +0000

Tim, Summer and Bret chat with Peter David and Kathleen David, with Peter telling us about how he got into writing episodes for the show, how he needed to divert from "writing for Star Trek" in order to get the Babylon 5 feel correct in the episodes and the novels, finding character voices, and more. Kathleen talks a little about logistics behind getting the Del Rey B5 novels published, from author selection to publishing schedule and more. And there's stuff people STILL can't talk about, even after all this time.

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Babylon Podcast #240: Interview with Pat Tallman

Summer — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 22:56:22 +0000

Tim, Summer and Bret chat with Pat Tallman, mostly about the Lyta Alexander Favorites Poll, how the poll came about, and maybe even a hint about an upcoming book from our friends at B5Books.com. Seriously, who doesn't like seeing chicks kicking butt? ]]>

Babylon Podcast #239: Interview with Carrie Dobro

Summer — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 22:15:32 +0000

Summer and Gary chat with Carrie Dobro (Dureena Nafeel)! Carrie talks about how much fun she'd had on the show, the challenges of her costume and her contact lenses, about the possible character development paths that Dureena might have gone on with both Galen and Gideon, and much much more.

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Babylon Podcast #238: Rebootapalooza

Summer — Thu, 26 May 2011 21:35:06 +0000

We get a minor "Thor" report from Bret, who totally forgot to keep an eye out for the JMS cameo, but he liked the movie. Then came the flood of voicemail...

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Babylon Podcast #237: Ruling From the Tomb (Crusade)

Summer — Thu, 19 May 2011 19:15:51 +0000

Tim, Summer and Bret discuss "Ruling From the Tomb", written by Peter David. Tim has questions about the execution of this episode's premise. While he's good with the cropping up of doomsday cults, the abundance of coincidental meetings and convergent threads doesn't sit well with him. There are pieces of this episode that were changed or removed between earlier drafts and the final shooting, and details about those are in Crusade: Other Voices, Vol 2, and we can't wait for Peter David to join us to talk about them. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #236: Adampalooza

Summer — Sat, 07 May 2011 22:35:31 +0000

Feedbackapalooza: Telepath smackdown? Either way, this episode seems to be chock full of questions from Adam from start to finish. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #235: Interview with Marjean Holden

Summer — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 23:14:55 +0000

Tim and Summer chat with Marjean Holden, our honorary co-host for this episode! Marjean talks about her ventures into writing for television and film, her love of the science fiction genre, the anticipation of experiencing Crusade's story shift after they'd found the cure but would be chased down to prevent them from distributing it, and the loss of not being able to follow and finish that story. Let's start the rumor mill ourselves: Marjean Holden is on board for that secret Crusade miniseries project! ]]>

Babylon Podcast #234: Feedback From Down the Street

Summer — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 19:17:30 +0000

We have more voicemail from you guys to go through! Tim and Summer also lament the fact that they completely forgot to ask David Allen Brooks about the pak'ma'ra porn gag. Kudos to Gary's April Fool's Joke that he posted here... but be wary of payback in kind, sweetheart!

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Babylon Podcast #233: Interview with David Allen Brooks

Summer — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 22:05:20 +0000

Tim and Summer chat with David Allen Brooks, about how he got into acting, how he approached the character of Max Eilerson, the research into being a scientist and archaeologist, the differences he observed between working on a science fiction drama compared to "just another" police procedural, the fans of Max, where Max's story arc might have taken him, and much more.

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Babylon Podcast SE #7: Crusade: Other Voices, Vol 1

Summer — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:05:10 +0000

The Babylon 5 Scripts Team sent Tim and Summer a surprise this week, and just around the same time that they are releasing this latest scriptbook into the wild, you can hear us give you a sneak peek into the book's contents.

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Babylon Podcast #232: The Path of Sorrows (Crusade)

Summer — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 14:25:18 +0000

Deep Geeking: Tim and Summer are joined by The Jason Davis and Edmund Boys to discuss "The Path of Sorrows". Questions abound because of this episode, about the pasts of our crew, about how many more secrets may have been revealed to us over time, and much more. Jason talks about how this episode was one of the points of contention between TNT and JMS because it was character building (just not how they asked for it?), and more. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #231: Patterns of the Soul (Crusade)

Summer — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 02:30:08 +0000

Deep Geeking: Tim and Summer discuss "Patterns of the Soul", an episode that gives us our first glimpse of conspiracies and ulterior motives that may be exploiting opportunities brought about after the introduction of the plague to the human population. They discuss what types of patterns the episode title might refer to, and how the various secrets being guarded by each party involved in this encounter are related, in how they color everyone's actions. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #230: Tangentopalooza

Summer — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:29:26 +0000

We have a report from Danny in Adelaide about Armageddon Expo! He talks about Pat Tallman's appearance and a Skype call from JMS. The big news is about the Sherlock Holmes-Harry Houdini story that JMS sold to Dreamworks, and that there are whispers in the dark about a Babylon 5 project broached by WB to The Great Maker. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #229: The Palooza of Wine and Candy

Summer — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:30:21 +0000

Summer has Stone Levitation, Bret has Jack Daniels and Diet Coke, and Tim is drinking red wine and eating M&Ms. That explains a lot about Tim, doesn't it? It's Feedback Time

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Babylon Podcast #228: Each Night I Dream of Home (Crusade)

Summer — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:21:51 +0000

Deep Geeking: Tim, Summer and Bret chat about "Each Night I Dream of Home", an episode that ties into the importance of Excalibur's mission, and shows us just how complex the task of decoding the Drakh plague virus truly is. Tim recalls how he originally disliked this episode, because of what he thought was the "stunt casting" of characters from the original series to hook old fans; and Summer disagrees that it was "stunt casting" solely to garner ratings for TNT. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #227: The Well of Forever (Crusade)

Summer — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:30:13 +0000

Deep Geeking: Tim, Summer and Bret chat about "The Well of Forever", and there's several points of disagreement on the content of the episode, and it could quite possibly be from either some lack of perception on our parts, or from looking to hard for a complex answer when it's really much more simple than we think. Summer believes the B story with Matheson and Mr Jones might have been served better as the A story, just because of the character depth and development potential that simmered underneath. Additionally, Bret observes that Earth Alliance military ships with Greek names are doomed. They are the red-shirt ensigns of the B5 universe, and should be avoided at all costs. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #226: Visitors from Down the Street (Crusade)

Summer — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 15:15:42 +0000

Deep Geeking: Tim, Summer and Bret chat about "Visitors from Down the Street", an episode filled with snark and more than wink and nod towards The X-Files. Time has changed Tim's perception of this episode, and now Bret wishes he'd done his homework and watched it! And where do captains of deep space exploration vessels get their supply of Hawaiian shirts? Inquiring minds want to know... ]]>

Babylon Podcast #225: Feedbackapalooza 2: Palooza Harder

Summer — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 01:00:26 +0000

Continuing the Feedback marathon, Tim, Summer and Bret discuss their alcoholic beverage selections for the evening. And Summer has kettle corn, so between salty, sweet, and hoppy, we're all ready to go. Listener Voicemails: Despite what you hear, this episode is not the Neilapalooza, and no, we still don't know why Bret became fixated on Corwin having a mullet. We really should have talked about the Booze of Babylon 5, shouldn't we have? ]]>

Babylon Podcast #224: Feedbackapalooza

Summer — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:30:03 +0000

Tim and Summer are growing concerned, because we don't have any solid ideas for our 6th season opening yet. Hopefully, Gary and Edmund have been plotting mischieviousness on our behalf. Listener Voicemails: Time to catch up on the voicemails from the end of 2010!! And we are happy to hear the new voices chiming in after all this time! So how much alcohol will it take to get Bret to sing for us? Do we really want to find out? ]]>

Babylon Podcast #223: The Long Road (Crusade)

Summer — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 04:28:49 +0000

In this episode, Tim and Summer discuss "The Long Road", the games technomages play, whether or not dragons should still invoke a primal fear in space-faring races, and more. Tim has a different appreciation for this episode when watched in the current order, and Summer likes how much better some of the character relationships have developed in this current viewing order.

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Babylon Podcast #222: The Memory of War (Crusade)

Summer — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 22:02:29 +0000

Deep Geeking: Tim, Summer and Bret discuss "The Memory of War", and this one, in Tim's estimation, disappoints. Talk ranges from the music matching the dramatic sequences and falling short on the action sequences, the quality of the CG scenes, and throwing the flag on gratuitous use of slow motion effects. Discussion also touches upon the disappointment at the collapse of the show due to the complex situation surrounding Crusade on TNT and later on SciFi Channel. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #221: Music and Feedback

Summer — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 02:07:42 +0000

A few weeks back on Twitter via @babylonpodcast, Summer expressed her disappointment at finding dead space where the b5crusade.com website used to be. This happened after 2am, and she happened to notice a tweet from Bear McCreary from earlier that evening expressing his excitement about his Human Target compositions... which led Summer to wonder aloud how cool it could be to have Bear score whatever new B5 project Warner Bros has been having secret talks with JMS about. Ah, to dream a little dream... ]]>

Babylon Podcast #220: The Needs of Earth (Crusade)

Summer — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 00:39:19 +0000

Speculation abounds surrounding JMS' announcement that he's stepping away from the Wonder Woman and Superman monthly comics in order to focus on writing Earth One sequel instead. The full extent of his work slate seems to still be under wraps. Deep Geeking: Tonight, after a brief tangent into lamenting the short lifespan of most smart scifi shows, we geek on the Crusade episode "The Needs of Earth". ]]>

Babylon Podcast #219: Racing the Night (Crusade)

Summer — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 02:39:56 +0000

Tim and Summer are joined by The Jason Davis to talk about the adventure that was the records excavation that became the new volume "Artifacts from Beyond the Rim". Deep Geeking: The year we really did finally make it to Crusade. Going by the revised broadcast order, our first Crusade episode to geek on is "Racing the Night", and Jason joins us for the analysis. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #218: The Well of Voicemail

Summer — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 19:50:40 +0000

The first minor quakes have begun: Warner Bros has called JMS regarding preliminary inquiries on another Babylon 5 project. We eagerly await more news! Lensman Spotting: The over/under on Tim's first Lensman comment was 4 minutes. See your boohkie, or drink 4 shots ]]>

Babylon Podcast #217: Our “Best of Babylon 5″

Summer — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:44:16 +0000

Discussion: Tim, Summer and Bret talk about the episodes they consider to be on their personal "best of" lists. It's so hard to stick to a "Top 5", and to make it fair we all intentionally didn't include the obvious episodes, like "Sleeping in Light", "War Without End", and a handful of others. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #216: Feedback Party

Summer — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:43:58 +0000

Listener Feedback: One more show, catching up on the voicemails! ]]>

Babylon Podcast #215: Hair and Styling on Babylon 5

Summer — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 05:47:46 +0000

Tim, Summer and Bret give their opinions on hairstyles and hair care amoings humans and aliens in space in the 23rd century. We go through the hair and hair stylings we can think of...

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Babylon Podcast #214: Technology and Gadgets in B5

Summer — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:17:25 +0000

Tim and Summer talk about the technology and the everyday gadgets found on the station and in the hands of its command staff, crew and folks just passing through. On the list this time around: ship behavior in space; handheld weapons and ship-based weapons; medical technologies; personal hygiene (showers and laundry) Also, Mike sends his heartfelt gratitude to all who have donated to the show, because your generous contributions helped us get the studio back up and running in a moment of crisis.

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Babylon Podcast #213: Feedbackapalooza, Deuce

Summer — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 00:40:02 +0000

We are Gary We stand between the Edmund and the Neil I am Gary I stand between the Voicemail and the Phone ]]>

Babylon Podcast #212: Feedbackapalooza

Summer — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 09:38:32 +0000

Summer and Bret wonder if Tim truly saw a scene that he remembers with extra dialogue between Lochley and Garibaldi about the potential of Sheridan losing his grip on reality due to his "condition". Or, Tim could have been tripping, or lucid dreaming... we may never know. Then, Summer's mind is blown from learning of a previously unknown connection between "Fist of the North Star" and B5, and how that ties into her fanfic vision of Crusade.

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Babylon Podcast #211: A Call to Arms (Movie)

Summer — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:16:04 +0000

Tim and Summer delve into "A Call to Arms", and amongst other things, talk about how the movie functions as a standalone movie rather than direct pilot for the new series, argue back and forth about some of the character development and interactions, speculate broadly on newly interpreted happenings and how they might have influenced things during later Crusade episodes that we never got, and much more. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #210: Listener Commentary

Summer — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:48:13 +0000

Tim, Bret and Gary dive into the first batch of voicemails discussing the "Babylon 5 Topics" series, addressing listener perspectives and opinions on those very topics, and theories we didn't fully discuss.

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Babylon Podcast #209: What Might Have Been, Part 2

Summer — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:43:06 +0000

Last week, our heroes risked breaching the fabric of the space-time continuum by trying to follow alternate Babylon 5 storylines to parallel universes where they might have been fully played out... Discussion: Tim, Summer and Bret continue the discussion about alternate story possibilities within the original 5-year arc. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #208: The Babylon 5 That Might Have Been

Summer — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:35:08 +0000

This episode scratches the surface of the untapped, the unexplored, and the fanciful and highly speculative Babylon 5 storylines that either never came to be or were never considered, leaving us little option other than to argue about whether or not they should have been, and how things might have worked out differently for the series as a whole. Fanfic aficionados got nothin' on us. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #207: Law and Justice in Babylon 5

Summer — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 05:20:37 +0000

This episode is all about the justice, law, and the legal system as portrayed on Babylon 5, and how much it did or didn't influence the story as a whole. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #206: Surprises in Babylon 5

Summer — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:24:22 +0000

Tim, Summer and Bret (and the entire B5 fandom) are glad to hear that Jerry Doyle is doing better and recovering well. We also discuss the lingering Hollywood accounting shenanigans, and how after all these years, Babylon 5 is still considered by Warner Bros to still be $80 million in the hole. The topic this episode is all about the surprises we experienced while watching Babylon 5, both the very first time, and the subtle new things discovered on subsequent viewings. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #205: Feedbackapalooza, Second Wind

Summer — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:30:57 +0000

In addition to discussing our varying shower singing talents, Tim, Summer and Bret ponder yet more reasons why that shower curtain was there. The Vorlon encounter suits might have been used as practice rooms for Top 40 pop bands. We also settle the dispute on which of us right about when it was mentioned in the show when more than just Sinclair had been examined and interrogated by the Grey Council, but that only opens up a whole different can o' worms that bears further scrutiny and over-evaluation in only the way we can do!

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Babylon Podcast #204: Feedbackapalooza

Summer — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:10:22 +0000

Tim, Summer and Bret jump back in the saddle in the new-old studio! Tim also reads an announcement about the new Wonder Woman outfit and story that's the result of JMS taking over the reboot of the comic that he'll be writing. Feedbackapalooza: Summer gets lost in a temporal loop of host love and fan love and fan feedback love. Everything else is dust in the solar winds... ]]>

Babylon Podcast #203: Religion in Babylon 5

Summer — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:05:20 +0000

Tim was inspired by our discussion on "River of Souls", which leads to tonight's topic. Tim, Summer and Gary discuss religion, faith and spirituality as portrayed in Babylon 5. From the premise and purpose of the Soul Hunters, to the clashes between science and faith, to the waning old faiths contrasted with the rise of new ones, there are no simple answers, which is why we keep debating the questions. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #202: River of Souls (Movie)

Summer — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 03:37:49 +0000

Summer wishes that we'd had more of a heads-up about Amazon's $100 sale on all 5 seasons of Babylon 5, so that we could encourage a buying frenzy and start an entirely new round of Deep Geeking on the series. Anything we can do to keep the podcast going. At a recent Orange County Screenwriters event, JMS stated that both he and WB are interested in doing a 20th anniversary story for 2013... so let the feeding frenzy begin. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #201: Interview with Leslie Erganian (Prop Designer)

Summer — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 19:30:33 +0000

Leslie Erganian, artist and prop designer for Season 1, joins us to talk about the scrounging and other creative solutions that went into creating many of the iconic props seen in Season 1. Leslie talks about the craft behind making such items as the Grey Council staff, the translator, Adira's star laces, the statue of the Li, the Centauri Goddess of Passion, and many more items, including the phenomenon of bilateral symmetry in the alien races, and the utensil challenges that not having it can cause at Craft Services. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #200: The Beefcake of Babylon 5

Summer — Thu, 20 May 2010 01:06:11 +0000

Laura from the League of Non-Aligned Knitters and Sandy Bruckner from ISNNews.net join Summer in chatting about the male eye candy (or lack thereof) on Babylon 5. Tonight's definitely Ladies' Night, but we're still not sure if Bret was more interested in exploring his boundaries, or learning some new things about what women really want from a man. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #199: Feedbackapalooza V2

Summer — Fri, 14 May 2010 18:17:18 +0000

Just about everyone was missing in action this episode, so it's lucky that we had Edmund from Greenville and Gary from Jacksonville to fill in, and yes, we are risking damage to the time-space continuum by having Gary both answer his own voicemails and call in a voicemail in response to his response to his own voicemail. The fabric of our universe may never be the same. And don't miss next week's special "Men of Babylon 5" episode! ]]>

Babylon Podcast #198: Feedbackapalooza V1

Summer — Fri, 07 May 2010 21:24:49 +0000

Since we are an equal opportunity platform for B5 Geeking, we are planning an all-girls "Men of Babylon 5" (from here on out to be called the B5 Beefcake episode). Well, Bret may join in, too, because he's got an equal opportunity pleasure threshold. Listener Feedback: Tim, Summer, Jeffrey and Bret lend their expertise and their podcast-juice filled opinions to the many voicemails that have been waiting for us. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #197: Day of the Dead Smackdown

Summer — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 21:55:43 +0000

Tim, Summer and Bret and special guest Gary from Jacksonville weigh in from their respective corners for the "Day of the Dead" smackdown you've all been waiting for! We field questions from the voicemail bucket, and argue amongst ourselves so long that we made Mike squirm, yet in the end, we still didn't manage to do anything beyond continuing to agree to disagree. But the fact that Tim still thinks that "Day of the Dead" is worse than "Thirdspace" is borderline criminal. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #196: The Babes of Babylon 5

Summer — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 02:01:43 +0000

Tim, Jeffrey, Michael and Bret discuss just about anything and everything about the women of Babylon 5 and the portrayal of sex and sexuality on the show. The only thing missing was a wall full of pinups for them to daydream over. Fear not, there will soon be a girls night out where we'll discuss sex a little bit more, and also the Babylon 5 beefcake selection! ]]>

Babylon Podcast #195: Thirdspace (Movie)

Summer — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 23:54:19 +0000

Tim, Summer and Bret weigh in on "Thirdspace", the good the bad and the ugly of the movie. One of the TNT projects, it was much anticipated, but contained a few more warts than the die-hard B5 fans had become accustomed to over the previous seasons.

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Babylon Podcast #194: Favorite and Least Favorite Things

Summer — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 22:15:42 +0000

Deep Geeking: Tim, Summer, Jeffrey and Bret discuss the story they love, in particular the moments or story arcs that they each would have liked to have seen more of (or seen much less of) during the course of the series. The missteps, the grand designs, the twists that worked and the ones that didn't, we open several cans of worms, and still manage to leave enough material untouched to continue this discussion at a later date. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #193: Feedbackapalooza with Music

Summer — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:00:35 +0000

Voicemails, plus emails. With conjecture and tangents. More Lazy Show Notes.

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Babylon Podcast #192: In the Beginning (Movie)

Summer — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 02:57:44 +0000

Deep Geeking: Tim, Summer, Bret, Jeffrey, and Chuck discuss "In the Beginning", the first of the Babylon 5 TV movies, and how it functions as a vehicle to introduce the series to a brand new audience coming in via TNT, and to the existing fans who may not have been able to see all of the previous four seasons due to inconsistencies in syndicated broadcast times. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #191: Sleeping in Light (Season 5)

Summer — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:55:38 +0000

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. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #190: Crusade: Behind the Scenes

Summer — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:00:34 +0000

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. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #189: Feedbackapalooza

Summer — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 04:30:59 +0000

At long last, Jeffrey has found his snow. And we're working on having a field reporter out at the next shuttle launch!! And now, for the voicemails:

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Babylon Podcast #188: Interview with Jerry Doyle

Summer — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:35:06 +0000

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? ]]>

Babylon Podcast #187: Objects at Rest (Season 5)

Summer — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:46:40 +0000

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. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #186: Objects in Motion (Season 5)

Summer — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 22:20:33 +0000

Deep Geeking: Tim, Summer and Bret delve deeply into "Objects in Motion". ]]>

Babylon Podcast #185: Wheel of Fire (Season 5)

Summer — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:51:06 +0000

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? ]]>

Babylon Podcast #184: The Fall of Centauri Prime (Season 5)

Summer — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:17:08 +0000

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. And did Delenn do the right thing in trying to ignore Lennier's "dying" declaration -- did her actions help, or make Lennier feel worse?

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Babylon Podcast #183: Movements of Fire and Shadow (Season 5)

Summer — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:34:31 +0000

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. ]]>

Babylon Podcast 2009 Holiday Special #3: The Year in Review

Tim — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:25:35 +0000

Happy New Year from everyone at The Babylon Podcast and FarPoint Media! Sit back and enjoy this walk through the interview highlights of 2009.

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Babylon Podcast 2009 Holiday Special #2: The JMS Interview, Part 2 (Replay)

Summer — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:11:33 +0000

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.

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Babylon Podcast 2009 Holiday Special #1: The JMS Interview, Part 1 (Replay)

Summer — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:12:26 +0000

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.

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Babylon Podcast #182: And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder (Season 5)

Summer — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:40:47 +0000

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? ]]>

Babylon Podcast #181: Darkness Ascending (Season 5)

Summer — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:45:53 +0000

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. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #180: Feedbackapalooza

Summer — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:23:26 +0000

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! ]]>

Babylon Podcast #179: Interview with Brad Dourif

Summer — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:35:02 +0000

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. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #178: Chat with Troy Rutter

Summer — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:35:54 +0000

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". ]]>

Babylon Podcast #177: Meditations on the Abyss (Season 5)

Summer — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:27:52 +0000

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. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #176: Feedbackapalooza

Summer — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:10:09 +0000

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! ]]>

Babylon Podcast #175: The Corps is Mother, The Corps is Father (Season 5)

Summer — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:02:59 +0000

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. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #174: B5 Dragon*Con Report

Summer — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:35:31 +0000

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. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #173: The Ragged Edge (Season 5)

Summer — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:17:12 +0000

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. And remember... When seeking instant enlightenment, You must put your face in the book. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #172: Interview with Artist Gary Hasson

Summer — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:29:01 +0000

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. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #171: Phoenix Rising (Season 5)

Summer — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:36:01 +0000

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. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #170: Feedbackapalooza

Summer — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:30:25 +0000

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? ]]>

Babylon Podcast #169: A Tragedy of Telepaths (Season 5)

Summer — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:30:07 +0000

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. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #168: In the Kingdom of the Blind (Season 5)

Summer — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:30:54 +0000

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. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #167: Day of the Dead (Season 5)

Summer — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:30:36 +0000

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). ]]>

Babylon Podcast #166: Secrets of the Soul (Season 5)

Summer — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:30:03 +0000

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. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #165: Strange Relations (Season 5)

Summer — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:55:10 +0000

Deep Geeking: Tim, Summer and Jeffrey discuss "Strange Relations", and how previously unrevealed interpersonal relationships begin to lead to shifting allegiances and alliances. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #164: Feedbackapalooza

Summer — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:33:49 +0000

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. 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. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #163: Feedbackapalooza

Summer — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:30:58 +0000

Who knew there was a Ducktona 500 and a Kenducky Derby? 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. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #162: Interview with J. Michael Straczynski, Part 2

Summer — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:30:19 +0000

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, and more.

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Babylon Podcast #161: Interview with J. Michael Straczynski, Part 1

Summer — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:30:57 +0000

Interview: 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. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #160: Learning Curve (Season 5)

Summer — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:30:33 +0000

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? ]]>

Babylon Podcast #159: Feedbackapalooza Jr

Summer — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:35:33 +0000

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! ]]>

Babylon Podcast #158: A View From the Gallery (Season 5)

Summer — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:26:55 +0000

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? ]]>

Babylon Podcast #157: Feedbackapalooza

Summer — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:12:14 +0000

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. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #156: Interview with Russ Johnson

Summer — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:15:26 +0000

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. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #155: The Paragon of Animals (Season 5)

Summer — Fri, 15 May 2009 19:36:17 +0000

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. ]]>

Babylon Podcast #154: The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari (Season 5)

Summer — Wed, 06 May 2009 19:00:51 +0000

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! ]]>

Babylon Podcast #153: No Compromises (Season 5)

Summer — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:30:38 +0000

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. ]]>