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Babylon 5: The Complete Collection + The Lost Tales (Exclusive to Amazon.co.uk)
RRP: £109.99
Our Price: £70.97 (subject to change)
Best value ever
Review date: 2008-05-26 Rating: 10 out of 10
I remember seeing bits and pieces when it came out on television but I never got the whole story. Now I am thoroughly enjoying seeing the whole story unravel... This is an amazing value for money and my best buy to this date.
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Reviews
The Best TV Show EVER!!!
Review date: 2008-05-25 Rating: 10 out of 10
I think all the other reviews tell you all you need to know. I just wanted to add another five-star review so that those who are browsing might be swayed even more to consider this product. I own the original B5: The Complete Universe and have The Lost Tales seperately. B5 is such a fantastic adventure that every time I complete the box-set I feel sad that I can't see more of what's happening in that universe. For any lover of sci-fi or even just anyone who enjoys a great novel, I guarantee that you will not be let down. Outstanding, irreplaceable TV that's sorely missed.
sweet
Review date: 2008-05-15 Rating: 10 out of 10
Still amazing, I love this show. This box set has everything- every last Babylon 5 related thing ever, packed into a relatively small space. Its quite aesthetically pleasing. I think its good value for money, and hopefully if the Lost Tales part of it sells well then they might make some more! You never know.
I hadn't watched this show in 11 years, but I loved it at the time. So recently I rented a few discs, out of curiosity to see what it would be like to watch again. After two discs I was completely hooked, again, and decided instead to buy the whole lot.
It holds up so well, its so story-rich in comparison to every sci-fi show since. Its also so inventive, you can see how subsequent shows have ripped it off. What makes it for me is the darker side of the conflicts portrayed, internal and external, and the zen/mystical aspects of the stories. I also love the fact that the entire created world is explored so in depth and that they spent so much time developing the characters, the cultures, and the complex political backgrounds. Just brilliant.
Breadth of imagination
Review date: 2008-05-06 Rating: 10 out of 10
All TV science-fiction is flawed. It shares this with its book and short-story antecedents: so often real science overtakes future fantasy. However, there are a few TV SF series that stand out despite their flaws as milestones. Babylon 5 is one of them.
What Babylon 5 had which its predecessors did not was an extraordinary breadth of imagination. Dozens of races, thousands of worlds, whole histories of conflict and culture, a complex and fully realised network of alliances and enmities, a number of religions, all of which are taken seriously by the writers, and very distinct groups of technologies belonging to the various races and factions.
This imagination also extended to the plot. Babylon 5 was not the first series to use story-arcs, but it was by far the most extensive continual storyline. The plot flows directly from the first episode through to the close of season 4, and is essentially told as one enormous narrative. Season 5 was made after an initial closure, but is itself a new, complete storyline. The exception is Crusade, which begins but does not properly finish, following network unenthusiasm.
Like everything else, this breadth of imagination comes at the price of the difficulties in realising it with the technology available at the time. The CGI, largely confined to space scenes and views of other planets, is in most cases very rough, with substantial artefacts and pixellation. Babylon 5 relies very heavily on CGI, rather than the traditional disciplines of model-making and matting. At the time it was praised for the absence of 'wobbly models', but in retrospect the CGI has not stood the test of time. On the other hand, the prosthetics used for alien faces are very good, with especially the Narn seeming fully organic, allowing a complete range of facial expression.
In this, the storyline plays to its strengths: Babylon 5 is primarily about human and alien relationships and personalities, rather than exciting battles in space.
It is possible, but ultimately fruitless, to compare Babylon 5 to Star Trek, Doctor Who, Blake's 7, Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Lexx and Farscape. Each have their own strengths. Babylon 5, though, has the greatest breadth and internal consistency. The depth and resonance of the world of Babylon 5's imagination will outlive criticisms of its graphic realisation, or even of its acting.
If you like watching science-fiction, and you want something big enough to really get your teeth into over many evenings, then there is really nothing to compare with Babylon 5.
This set is powerfully recommended.
2008 just got better!!!
Review date: 2008-02-20 Rating: 10 out of 10
babylon 5 is supreme sci fi stuff the very best so far of any star whatever series, and i love stargate etc. do not delay buy this total boxset without delay, the cosmos is changing all the time ha ha ha ...
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Jerry Doyle
Claudia Christian
Bruce Boxleitner
Michael O'Hare
Recording label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
EAN: 7321902209159
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 42
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2007-11-05
Audience rating: To Be Announced
Region code: 2
Language: English (Unknown)