World Famous Comics: Babylon 5 - The Complete Second Season
Babylon 5 - The Complete Second Season
Starring: Bruce Boxleitner, Claudia Christian Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Feature: President John J. Format: Anamorphic, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Warner Home Video Number of Items: 6 Region Code: 1 Release Date: April 29, 2003 Running Time: 960 minutes Theatrical Release Date: January 26, 1994
Product Description: Platform: DVD MOVIE Publisher: WARNER BROTHERS Packaging: RETAIL BOX Rating: NOT RATED President John J. Sheridan (Bruce Boxleitner) replaces Sinclair as the leader of the peaceful space station Babylon 5 in this complete collection of the science fiction program's second season. Among the highlights from this sophomore effort are episodes featuring military troops using the space station as a gathering point to prepare for war Sheridan killing a Minbari and the classic episode "The Coming of Shadows" about an aging Centauri emperor who is publicly humiliated while G'Kar tries to assassinate him. The latter episode won a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation in 1996. Also watch closely during "And Now For a Word" in which a PSI commercial contains a subliminal message that was banned in France. Season two guest stars include Russ Tamblyn Richard Moll and Wanda De Jesus (BLOOD WORK).DVD Features:Available Subtitles: English Spanish FrenchAvailable Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)Commentary by: series creator/producer J. Michael Straczynski on 'In the Shadow of Z'Ha'Dum' and 'The Fall of Night'Unknown Format cast members Bruce Boxleitner Claudia Christian and Jerry Doyle on The Geometry of ShadowsAll-new introduction by J. Michael Straczynski and cast including Bruce BoxleitnerBuilding Babylon: Blueprint of an Episode featuretteShadows and Dreams: Honors of Babylon featurette including coverage of the Hugo Award10 personnel files10 data files5 tech filesHistorical timelineGag reelOriginal episode previewsEpisodes: 1. Points of Departure 2. Revelations 3. The Geometry of Shadows 4. A Distant Star 5. The Long Dark 6. A Spider in the Web 7. A Race Through Dark Places 8. Soul Mates 9. The Coming of Shadows 10. GROPOS 11. All Alone in the Night 12. Acts of Sacrifice 13. Hunter Prey 14. There All the Honor Lies 15. And Now For a Word 16. Knives 17. In the Shadow of Z'
Amazon.com: Delenn's future love interest, Captain John Sheridan (Bruce Boxleitner) arrived on Babylon 5 in the first episode of season 2, "Points of Departure." The show marked the handing over of command of B5 to Sheridan from Commander Jeffery Sinclair, actor Michael O'Hare becoming a victim of studio politicians who wanted a bigger star in the leading role. This excellent installment also revealed more about why the Minbari surrendered to Earth at the Battle of the Line when they were on the verge of victory. "Revelations" explains that Sheridan's wife, Anna, died during an archaeological survey of the world Z'ha'dum, the name being just one of many references to Tolkien's the Lord of the Rings (the bridge at Khazad-Dum). "The Geometry of Shadows" introduced the Technomages, characters who featured more significantly in the ill-fated spinoff series Crusade (1999), while "The Coming of Shadows" proved to be Babylon 5's finest hour to date. The story of political intrigue foreshadowing the fate of two of the major characters beat Apollo 13, Toy Story, 12 Monkeys, and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "The Visitor" to win the Hugo award for Best Dramatic Presentation at the 1996 World Science Fiction Convention and proved so powerful that J. Michael Straczynski included it in his Complete Book of Scriptwriting.
"And Now for a Word" took the unusual step of presenting a day-in-the-life of B5 seen through the eyes of a TV news crew, just as the Narn declared war on the Centauri. The inclusion of a PSI-Corps commercial paid homage to Paul Verhoeven's satirical ads in Robocop (1987), while his later Starship Troopers (1997) seemed at times like a spoof of B5's earnest space opera. In "In the Shadow of Z'ha'dum," Sheridan learns that Morden was on the ship on which Anna died; the episode sees the captain pushed to his limits by grief and determination to discover why Morden survived. Three exceptional shows conclude the season. The Narn-Centauri war escalates in "The Long, Twilight Struggle," Sheridan faces a most unusual ordeal in "Comes the Inquisitor," and in "The Fall of Night" all hope of peace is shattered as a nerve-racking assassination attempt reveals a startling secret about Ambassador Kosh. --Gary S. Dalkin
GREAT SERIES Babylon 5 series is great/just get ready to get the whole series .It's just that good
Magnificent! Babylon 5 is magnificent. The series got off to a clunky start with Season 1, but toward the end of the first season things really began cooking with gas, and the quality of Season 2 is unfailingly superb. The special effects really improved since Season 1, but that's only an aesthetic consideration; Babylon 5 is much, much more than eye-candy. While the transition from Jeffrey Sinclair to John Sheridan as captain of the station was jarring in the first couple of episodes, things soon smoothed out, and I found every episode a fast-paced, story-driven delight to watch. I'd say it's well worth suffering through the cheesiest moments of Season 1 just for Season 2, and then there are three more seasons to go ... the notion of all those episodes to come makes me (who have just finished watching Season 2 for the first time) watery at the mouth. I've only encountered a very few television shows that are worth the time investment to watch through ... Bablyon 5 definitely ranks amongst them. Highly recommended.
Love the series This is a great series! It makes you think "what if". I bought the whole series and still take it out to watch every once in awhile. Too bad they ended it. I would like to see more. I hope they come out with a disc on Girabaldi.
Babylon 5 - - Season 2 Excellent SF PROGRAMMING. The problem was with the original packaging. It was damaged as received.
Babylon 5 season 2 Very much enjoyed this series while it was on TV, although I missed a number of the episodes. After purchasing season 1, it was logical to continue with the rest of the story. Season 2 is indeed better than I remembered. There was more character development and better interaction between the characters. I would recommend this series to anyone looking to replace regular boring television with an enjoyable, well written alternative.
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