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Hey friends, welcome to the show. This is our second time using Riverside, and I did a bit of tweaking so it SHOULD sound better this time. Let me know if you have any feedback! This week, Spaz, Julie, Thorston, Jacob, and I talk about resurrected MMOs, like my beloved Jumpgate! I had no idea... The post SGJ Podcast #514 – Resurrected MMOs appeared first on Space Game Junkie.
Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. We've finished all there is to see and now it's time to give our thoughts on the show as a whole before we move onto a new one.
Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. We've arrived at the (currently) final piece of Babylon 5 visual media, an animated time-hopping adventure that can't seem to decide if it's meant to be accessible to newcomers or just a greatest hits mix tape for the fans.
Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. When given the opportunity to make a Babylon 5 film for DVD, creator J. Michael Strazinski opted instead for a collection of two shorter stories. Fans appear not to have taken to them. Are these some overlooked gems? Let's find out.
Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. Even with Crusade behind us, we have the pilot movie for another pitched spin-off. This one wasn't picked up but we can still see what the set up was and get a sense of what the show might have been, for better or worse.
Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. Crusade is over, and now it's time to take a look at the plans that never came to be and arrive at an overall assessment of this short-lived spin-off.
Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. Crusade: The Rules of the Game – Gideon tries to get Lochley's help in getting permission to land on a planet with a potential cure lead, and the two flirt up a storm in the process. Meanwhile Max bumps into his ex and makes a bad situation worse, despite the failure of the episode to acknowledge that's what he's done.
Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. Crusade: The Well of Forever – The Excalibur is diverted from its species saving mission, because it's a day that ends in “y,” but this time it's because of their resident technomage. What a change of pace.
Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. Crusade: Patterns of the Soul – The Excalibur is diverted again on a mission to recover possible infected humans from a would-be colony. Naturally there's some shady stuff going on, and it's not just the questionable acting choices.
Roll20 is the most popular Virtual Tabletop (VTT) for gathering friends and family from around the world together to play table top roleplaying games online. Today's featured guest is Riley Dutton the Founder in Residence for Roll20. We discuss the difference between the TTRPG experience online vs in person, the origin of Roll20, and the newest features such as Jumpgate and DungeonScrawl.
Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. Crusade: Ruling from the Tomb – The Excalibur is diverted from its species-saving mission to… have the on-board doctor give a speech. Meanwhile Captain Gideon buts heads with Lochley from Babylon 5 because… just because.
0Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. Crusade: The Paths of Sorrow – The crew find a mysterious alien which triggers a series of flashbacks to try and help the afflicted crew members forgive themselves, as well as give some background to the audience.
Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. Crusade: Every Night I Dream of Home – The Excalibur is put onto a secretive mission to try and bring about a new breakthrough in fighting the Drahk virus, one that will find several Babylon 5 alum on board the ship.
Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. Crusade: Visitors from Down the Street – The Excalibur encounters a ship in distress and a pair of aliens on board that speak English and seem to be aware of Earth, as it's at the center of many a conspiracy theory. This makes more sense if you remember how big X-Files was in the 90s.
Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. Crusade: Racing the Night – The Excalibur finds what appears to be an abandoned planet rich in information, which almost seems to be too good to be true. Also there's some information about the start of Gideon's mission, because this was originally intended to be the first episode of the show.
Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. Crusade: The Needs of Earth – On the tip of a ranger, the crew of the Excalibur attempt to grab an alien fugitive who appears to be trying to sell his world's greatest knowledge to the highest bidder. Cue a series of situations with no clear cut best answer, and also the best episode of the show so far.
Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. Crusade: Memory of War – The Excalibur explores a seemingly dead planet against the advise of their resident technomage, and deadly shenanigans ensue!
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Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. Crusade: Appearances and Other Deceits – The Excalibur comes across a mysterious ship with one survivor and a multitude of bodies, and the crew soon find themselves contending with the same threat that fell the previous ship.
Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. Crusade: The Long Road – The Excalibur is brought in to try and sort a dispute between an Earth Forces mining operation that might help the fight against the plague back home, and the residents of the planet. All of this is complicated by an old friend of Galen.
Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time. Crusade: Warzone – The Excalibur assembles its crew for its mission to save earth, led by captain Matthew Gideon. They are then immediately diverted to save a jackass of an archeologist.
Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. TV Movie: A Call to Arms - The Drahk plan to make their move as Sheridan oversees the launch of brand new ships, while a mysterious figure brings disparate folk together for a greater cause.
Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. TV Movie: River of Souls – Sheridan is off the station, but that doesn't mean that there's going to be any less trouble. Lochley has to contend with the arrival of an academic carrying an item stolen from the Soul Hunters... and also a holographic brothel on board the station that she didn't know was there.
Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 22, Sleeping in Light – In the final episode of the show proper, we get a 20 year jump to see where characters have ended up on the eve of Sheridan's final day as foretold by Lorien.
Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 21, Objects at Rest - Most of the remaining original crew prepare to leave Babylon 5 for the last time, but not before Lennier does something stupid.
Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 20, Objects in Motion - Garibaldi and Lyse prepare to leave but first have to figure out how to survive an assassination plan against them, meanwhile G'Karr deals with an unpleasant worshipper and Zach is actually kind of useful for once.
Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 19, The Wheel of Fire - Garibaldi has to face consequences for falling off the wagon while Lochley and Zack are tasked with arresting Lyta for funding terrorism.
Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 18, The Fall of Centauri Prime - Londo ascends to power as the world around him burns, meanwhile Delenn and Lennier are running out of time to be rescued from Hyperspace.
Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 17, Movements of Fire and Shadow - The Alliance and the Centauri continue to skirmish as Londo rushes to Centauri Prime with G'Karr in tow to try and get the attacks to stop.
Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 17, And All My Dreams Torn Asunder - Sheridan and Delenn present the evidence of the Centauri attacks to the council while Londo tries to figure out how to prevent the seemingly inevitable march to war.
Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 15, Darkness Ascending - Lennier makes a dangerous discovery while back on Babylon 5 Lyta tries to find a new path forward for telepaths and Garibaldi's absentee girlfriend shows up.
Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 14, Meditations on the Abyss - Lennier is deployed onto a White Star ship with a new captain who intends to put him through some particularly intense training, while Franklin checks in on G'Karr's religious teachings.
Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 13, The Corps is Mother, The Corps is Father - We get to see Bester in his home element as he investigates a rogue telepath on behalf of the Psy-corps, with two interns in tow.
Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 12, The Ragged Edge - Sheridan and his cabinet get desperate trying to find out who is attacking the alliance shipping lanes while G'karr returns to find himself in a position he never wanted to be in.
Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 11, Phoenix Rising - THE BYRON PLOT IS OVER! Bust out the champagne as we try to celebrate the closing of this misterable chapter.
Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 10, In the Kingdom of the Blind - The true tragedy is that Byron and his freaking cult are still taking up screen time. Yeah, let's be honest this entire plotline has been an anchor on the show's neck.
Episode Description Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 9, In the Kingdom of the Blind - Byron issues and ultimatum to the alliance while Londo returns to Centauri Prime, with G'Kar as his body guard.
Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 8, Day of the Dead - Comedy legends Reebo and Zooty arrive on the station as a species called the Berkiri begin their "day of the dead" celebration. And we're sure nothing strange will come of either of these events.
Episode Description Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 7, Secrets of the Soul - More telepaths arrive on Babylon 5 to find Byron as Lyta is drawn in ever closer to him. Meanwhile Franklin tries to deal with some butthead aliens. Like literally, The back of their heads look like butts.
Episode Description Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 6, Strange Relations - Bester arrives on the station with trackers to find the rogue telepaths and take them back to Earth, and there may not be anything that Sheridan or Lochley can do about it.
Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 5, Learning Curve - Some Rangers in training arrive on Babylon 5 and find themselves clashing with an up and coming new head of organized crime on the station.
Episode Description Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 4, A View from the Gallery - The station is under assault, but this time we get a look at things through the eyes of a couple of maintenance men.
Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 3, The Paragon of Animals - President Sheridan and his allies try to arrive at a statement of princples for the newly formed Alliance, Garibaldi employs Lyta to try and convince the recently arrived telepaths to help with covert operations.
Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 2, The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari - Londo collapses and fights for his life, and he may have to comfront some uncomfortable truths in order to do it.
Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. No Compromises - The new alliance formalizes its structure and principles while a newcomer arrives to run Babylon 5, since Sheridan now has bigger fish to fry, while in the background a sinister plot unfolds.
Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Thirdspace - One more movie before we get into Season 5, and this time to recapture some of that cosmic horror we've been missing since the Shadows left.
Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. In the Beginning - Time to break from the episodes proper for a B5 movie. This one is a prequel covering the start and end of the Minbari war, and mostly exists to bring viewers on the new network (TNT) up to speed.
Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 4, Episode 22, The Deconstruction of Falling Stars - The show takes a leap forward, and then another, and then another, and then another, to show how the future will look upon what Sheridan and the crew of Babylon 5 has accomplished.
Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 4, Episode 21, Rising Star - Sheridan faces the authorities of earth while... ok there's like 6 subplots in this because it was written when they thought the show was ending and it tries to wrap everything up, I'm not going through all of it.
David, Devindra, and Jeff delve into the vulnerability of Sly, explore the deep discomfort of The Curse, and look back on a life in comedy in Albert Brooks: Defending My Life. Then Jessie Earl joins us for our review of The Marvels. Check out Jessie's YouTube channel and her podcast Jumpgate. Thanks to our SPONSOR: UNCOMMON GOODS: To get 15% off your next gift, go to Uncommongoods.com/filmcast. We're making video versions of our reviews! Be sure to follow us on the following platforms: YouTube Tiktok Instagram Threads Weekly Plugs David - Decoding Everything: It's been a terrible week for the internet we grew up with Devindra - Engadget Podcast: Interview with Joe Hunting, director of We Met In Virtual Reality, on launching a new VR film studio Jeff - Jeff's Cameo Page Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only) What we've been watching (~36:21) David - Sly, The Curse Devindra - The Curse, Ghost Story Podcast Jeff - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life, Righteous Gemstones Featured Review (~1:05:50) The Marvels SPOILERS (~1:25:41) Support David's artistic endeavors at his Patreon and subscribe to his free newsletter Decoding Everything. Check out Jeff Cannata's podcasts DLC and We Have Concerns. Listen to Devindra's podcast with Engadget on all things tech. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Also, follow us on Twitter @thefilmcastpod. Credits: Our theme song is by Varsity Blue, the newest project byTim McEwan from The Midnight. This episode was edited by Noah Ross who also created our weekly plugs and spoiler bumper music. Our Slashfilmcourt music comes from Simon Harris. If you'd like advertise with us or sponsor us, please e-mail slashfilmcast@gmail.com. You can support the podcast by going to patreon.com/filmpodcast or by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts.