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  • Actors: Michael O'Hare, Jerry Doyle
  • Format: Anamorphic, Box set, PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Swedish, Turkish
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
  • Number of discs: 6
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: 28 Oct 2002
  • Run Time: 924 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00006ISHM
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 7,003 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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We were promised that it would all end "in fire". Maybe at the end of its five-year run Babylon 5 fulfilled that promise for some viewers, but the announcement that a spin-off series, Crusade would serve to complete story threads moved the goalposts for most. It was a brave idea to attempt bridging the segue into Crusade via this fourth TV movie, but after the ending given by the episode "Sleeping in Light", the timing seems a little last-minute. Bruce Boxleitner gives one last greyed-up and chiselled performance as Sheridan--now President of the new Alliance. Overseeing an unveiled fleet of prototype Victory Destroyer ships, he receives visions offering warning about a lingering danger despite the end of the Shadow War. Though advised and manipulated by Technomage Galen (Peter Woodward), Sheridan is still unable to prevent the unleashing of the Drakh's last Planet Killer weapon. Infused in Earth's atmosphere, this plague will take five years to go "live" and then kill every last human. So begins the premise for the new show. It's a little too incomplete to satisfy as an individual movie. Watching it in conjunction with "War Zone" (the Crusade pilot episode) will give a better understanding of what's motivating everyone. --Paul Tonks

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The epic SF series Babylon 5 was a unique experiment in the history of television. It was effectively a novel for television in five seasons, consisting of 110 episodes with a clear beginning, middle and end. The first season introduces the main characters, headed this year by Commander Jeffery Sinclair (Michael O'Hare) and Security Chief Michael Garibaldi (Jerry Doyle), and familiarises the audience with the unique environment of a five-mile-long space station in the year 2257.

The first episode, "Midnight on the Firing Line", plays at a breathless pace, introducing Commander Susan Ivanova (Claudia Christian) and establishing the conflict between the Narn and Centauri races as represented by their ambassadors, G'Kar (Andreas Katsulas) and Londo Mollari (Peter Jurasik). Then follow several mediocre episodes which initially give the impression that B5 is a Star Trek clone afflicted with "silly alien of the week" syndrome. Episodes such as "Soul Hunter" and "Infection" are best watched in hindsight, with knowledge of how good the show later became.

With "And the Sky Full of Stars" B5 really begins to hit its stride, Sinclair being forced to relive his mysterious experiences during the Earth-Minbari war. Filler shows such as "TKO" are notable only for being controversially violent, while the disappointing "Grail" points to writer-creator J. Michael Straczynski's fascination with Arthurian mythology. "Signs and Portents" introduces the sinister Mr Morden (Ed Wasser) and offers the chilling first appearance of ancient alien threat, the Shadows. B5 hits warp speed with a run of exceptional episodes building to the season finale. The two-part "A Voice in the Wilderness" has Mars breaking into open revolt against Earth and the discovery of a "Great Machine" on the dead world Epsilon 3. Referencing 1950s SF classic Forbidden Planet, the story leads to the superb time travel-based "Babylon Squared". Season finale "Chrysalis" proves more than just the usual television cliff-hanger, placing Minbari ambassador Delenn in conflict with her ruling Grey Council and forcing on her a decision which laid the groundwork for Babylon 5 eventually to become a great love story. --Gary S Dalkin

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44 of 45 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars And so it began..., 2 Sep 2002
"Babylon 5" remains one of the best-kept secrets in world television - a series that rewards its viewers with challenging plots, mysteries to solve and great characters. And THIS was its first season. The CGI effects (and B5 was the first show to use them to this extent, when other shows were still stuck with models) were clunky here and there, but they already showed the promise of what was to come (one has but to look at the Starfuries' movement to understand that); many of the actors were still finding their ground (Jerry Doyle mainly); and some of the stories were, let's say it, BAD ("War Prayer" comes to mind...). But here we heard the opening salvo of the Great Epic that is Babylon 5, met Londo Mollari and learned to love him, wondered at the intentions of the mysterious Delenn, loathed G'Kar but were marvelled at the hints of nobility under the surface, admired Sinclair and his many ghosts. Here we gasped at the first glimpse of Shadows, wondered what happened to Babylon 4, were puzzled by Vorlons. The "arc" episodes were amazing - "Signs and Portents", "Babylon Squared", "Sky full of Stars" and "Chrysalis" are stunning shows. And the quieter, more personal ones were no less good - who can forget Franklin's expression at the end of "Believers"? Or Ivanova sitting Shiva in "TKO"? Or the marvelous ending of "Parliament of Dreams" - the 30 seconds that convinced me that this show was not just a science-fiction space opera? In these days of warmongers and fanaticism, "Babylon 5", with its message of hope, responsability and tolerance, is, in my mind, more relevant than ever. See it. Think about it. Share it. A guilty pleasure. A show to fire the mind.

To see it it to love it. "For what is loved, endures. What is built, endures. And Babylon 5 - Babylon 5... Endures"

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Flawed perfection, 30 Oct 2002
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I've been waiting for this to be released for nearly 9 years. Babylon 5 is without doubt the finest Sci-fi series ever shown, and for me is the best series ever, full stop. Other reviewers have commented on its brilliance, so I'll stick to the actual DVD release. I bought this the day it came out, and have been avidly watching it since.

The sound has been remastered in Dolby 5.1, and is a huge improvement over the VHS release. It is crisp and clear, with none of the distortion that was occasionally present during loud sections of music. The sounds of the station humming away in the backgroud are much clearer, giving a far more immersive feeling of 'actually bing there'.

The picture is, for the most part, a superb digital remastering from the original prints, and in full 1.77:1 anamorphic widescreen. The quality is excellent, with perfect colour and contrast.

There are not a huge number of special features. There are about 15 minutes of clips on technical aspects and two interesting behind the scenes documentaries that run to a combined 30 minutes. While good, I won't particularly watch them again. The real gems are the two director's commentaries by JMS, one for 'Signs and Portents' and the other 'Chrysalis'. These are great, and will be well worth a repeat viewing. As well as jokes and behind the scenes gossip he also slips a few wonderful insights into what he went through to get Babylon 5 on air. One word of caution, though. The special features have been written for the fans, and contain some whopping spoilers for new viewers. You have been warned...

The whole package is so brilliant, that it honestly pains me that there is anything wrong with it, but there is one annoying problem. While 95% of the footage is, as I have said, a new widescreen print, there are a small number of shots that are not. For whatever reason - and I'm sure there'll be a good one - a small number of individual shots in each of the episodes are in fact cropped and expanded from the 4:3 television print, and not true widescreen. As a result a small amount of picture has been lost from the top and bottom, and the quality is noticeably lower. This unfortunately would seem to include ALL of the CGI work, though these are less of a problem than the other shots as the quality was so high in the first place.

While every effort was obviously taken to avoid this, the unfortunate fact remains that it does lower the overall quality. That said, it does not happen very often, and is typically not too obvious, and, had I to choose, I'd probably say it was worth it to have the other 95% in perfect widescreen. Let's just hope that this is an isolated problem with the 1st series.

That said, in all other respects I cannot fault them at all. There has obviously been a lot of attention lavished on this release, and it shows. I can totally recommend it to anyone at all, old and new fans alike. It is a fantastic set, at an excellent price, and the only thing missing now is the other 4.

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Bring on Series 2, 3, 4 & 5, 3 Jan 2003
I was first introduced to Babylon 5 when I took an unwanted Christmas present back to a second-rate hi-fi shop which had a few DVDs on a rack. I bought what I wanted and had about £10 left over. "In the beginning" was the only vaguely interesting looking title on the rack, so I took the plunge figuring it was just a bonus to me anyway.
That night I got my first taste of Babylon 5. I was immediately hooked. A friend who was a fan lent me the entire series, bringing a couple of videos into work every few days for the next couple of months. I was like a junky waiting for my next fix... I was spellbound!
Babylon 5 is one of the most amazing programmes ever to have been made. The whole notion of having a story stretched over five years- five seasons- was uniminagable at the time and has yet to be equalled. OK there are flaws, mainly due to the funding problems and uncertainty over the continuation of the series, but overall this is a work of art.
Series one begins slightly formulaicly, with some 'monster of the week' type episodes... but later on it begins to blossom. There are hidden gems in every episode, hinting at developments which will become pivotal later in the series. In particular the conflicts between Jkar and Londo, and the way their personalities change as they develop through the series... The rise and fall of an empire, and the changing of a war-mongerer into a prophet. Wonderful!
If you have never seen Babylon 5 and are even the slightest bit interested- I heartily recommend you invest in this set. You will not regret it. Babylon 5 blows all other sci-fi series out of the water. A masterpiece of modern television.
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