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30 days of TV meme: Day 08
Jun. 18th, 2010 09:17 pmDay 08 - A show everyone should watch
I'm not presumptuous enough to say that everyone should watch anything, but one show that I think is worth watching is Babylon 5.
It's far from a perfect show--the dialogue is sometimes clunky, the acting often uneven, and the special effects generally haven't held up. What B5 offers is some of the best plotting and character development anywhere. The first season is full of throwaway lines that later prove important, and mysteries that are all eventually solved--in logical fashion, in ways that are satisfying and make sense and suggest that the writers actually planned things out from the beginning. And all of the buildup makes the climax incredibly affecting.
But you do have to get through the first season to really appreciate it.
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I'm not presumptuous enough to say that everyone should watch anything, but one show that I think is worth watching is Babylon 5.
It's far from a perfect show--the dialogue is sometimes clunky, the acting often uneven, and the special effects generally haven't held up. What B5 offers is some of the best plotting and character development anywhere. The first season is full of throwaway lines that later prove important, and mysteries that are all eventually solved--in logical fashion, in ways that are satisfying and make sense and suggest that the writers actually planned things out from the beginning. And all of the buildup makes the climax incredibly affecting.
But you do have to get through the first season to really appreciate it.
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