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Wensday, 25th November 1998
Six years ago was the airing of Sleeping in Light, the conclusion to the story of the Last of The Babylon Stations. It was one of the greatest roller coasters of my life. I'm one of the few people who saw Babylon 5 in its entirety during the first run. The characters, the story, the visual and musical presentation was one of the finest works I have ever seen on television. My intelligence was never insulted. Despite the yearly worry that there wouldn't be another season the story endured.
My dad, brother, and I watched the final episode unfold six years ago. None of us had dry eyes when the hour was over. Tomorrow night at 10 pm my brother and I will watch Sleeping in Light. It is the strength of the story which allowed us to be able to watch it on DVD. It is you, the fans, that deserve my thanks. And we should remember that the very reason why we came here was because of the story. Out of the many lessons I took away with me as I grew up with the series, we should always remember that we are one.
My dad, brother, and I watched the final episode unfold six years ago. None of us had dry eyes when the hour was over. Tomorrow night at 10 pm my brother and I will watch Sleeping in Light. It is the strength of the story which allowed us to be able to watch it on DVD. It is you, the fans, that deserve my thanks. And we should remember that the very reason why we came here was because of the story. Out of the many lessons I took away with me as I grew up with the series, we should always remember that we are one.
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Sleeping in the Light is one of the few rare moments that is very special to Television History.
As for people being young...I remember when ST:TNG came out - I was only 7 (1987). I had no idea about what a bridge was, so whenever they talked about the bridge, I always thought of bridges over chasms in the ships corridors. :)
[B]I think only TKO is the only episode I don't care for of all the episodes I've seen...but that might be becuase I dislike that type of fighting in general.
As for people being young...I remember when ST:TNG came out - I was only 7 (1987). I had no idea about what a bridge was, so whenever they talked about the bridge, I always thought of bridges over chasms in the ships corridors. :) [/B][/QUOTE]
I was 7 when I first saw TNG. I remember wondering why the ship had changed. :)
I remember watching it, sitting no more then 5 feet from the TV. TNT still owned B5 and of course they bumped it to wednesdays at 10PM... hardly a deserving time slot. I was still in high school at the time. It was also special because that episode completed my VHS collection of all 5 seasons! haha yes I have a drawer of many many tapes which just reciently became obsolete because of the DVD releases. It has been 6 years since the end of season five which means just over 11 years since B5's introduction. B5 truely survived because of its fans and not because of network execs... the 10PM slot on TNT told me that!
So thank you JMS, the entire B5 crew and thank you loyal fans for making B5 become more than just another failed TV show but a very unique experience.
[quote]Babylon 5 was last of the Babylon stations. They would never be another. It changed the future and it changed us. It taught us that we have to create the future or others will do it for us. It showed us that we have to care for one other, because if we don't, who will? And that true strength sometimes comes from the most unlikely of places. Mostly though, I think it gave us hope that there can always be new begins, even for people like us. As for Delenn, every morning, for as long she lived, Delenn got up before dawn and watched the sun come up.[/quote]
*sips orange flavor vodka*