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Babylon 5: Infection
Mar. 23rd, 2006 05:51 pmI know a lot of guys who came out of the war changed.
Some came out better, some came out worse.
A lot of them have this problem.
The war gave them definition, direction, purpose.
Without it they don't know how to fit in anymore so they keep looking for ways to go out in a blaze of glory.
Some people call that being a hero. Maybe so.
I don't know, I've never been one.
Me, I think they're looking for something worth dying for because it's easier than finding something worth living for.
One of the moments that made me love Garibaldi.
That whole speech? Is what I think of about the end of Angel season 5. Dying is *easier*.
Plus there's the line
Sinclair: "When you become obsessed with the enemy, you become the enemy."
I don't much like the plot in this ep, the speeches about pure are a bit too anvil. And its really annoying that it just got *more* relevant.
But there are moments. Always great moments.
Franklin: I'm starting to wonder if what we just saw is a preview of things to come.
Ivanova: I can't believe we'd be that foolish. Santayanna: "Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
[interrupted by Earthforce Bioweapons, confiscating the doomsday suit]
Ivanova: It seems no one reads Santayana anymore.
You'll excuse me. If you need me, I'll be over there. Getting drunk, with the rest of the aliens.
I love Ivanova calling herself an alien.
I'm less sure on how she got to being the optimistic one. Maybe some of that conversation needed to be flipped?
Anyways, clunky episode, great character stuff after the (not terribly good) plot got done.
Reporter: "After all that you've just gone through, I have to ask you the same question a lot of people back home are asking about space these days. Is it worth it? Should we just pull back, forget the whole thing as a bad idea, and take care of our own problems, at home?"
Sinclair: "No. We have to stay here, and there's a simple reason why. Ask ten different scientists about the environment, population control, genetics - and you'll get ten different answers. But there's one thing every scientist on the planet agrees on: whether it happens in a hundred years, or a thousand years, or a million years, eventually our sun will grow cold, and go out. When that happens, it won't just take us, it'll take Marilyn Monroe, and Lao-tsu, Einstein, Maruputo, Buddy Holly, Aristophanes - all of this. All of this was for nothing, unless we go to the stars."
Some came out better, some came out worse.
A lot of them have this problem.
The war gave them definition, direction, purpose.
Without it they don't know how to fit in anymore so they keep looking for ways to go out in a blaze of glory.
Some people call that being a hero. Maybe so.
I don't know, I've never been one.
Me, I think they're looking for something worth dying for because it's easier than finding something worth living for.
One of the moments that made me love Garibaldi.
That whole speech? Is what I think of about the end of Angel season 5. Dying is *easier*.
Plus there's the line
Sinclair: "When you become obsessed with the enemy, you become the enemy."
I don't much like the plot in this ep, the speeches about pure are a bit too anvil. And its really annoying that it just got *more* relevant.
But there are moments. Always great moments.
Franklin: I'm starting to wonder if what we just saw is a preview of things to come.
Ivanova: I can't believe we'd be that foolish. Santayanna: "Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
[interrupted by Earthforce Bioweapons, confiscating the doomsday suit]
Ivanova: It seems no one reads Santayana anymore.
You'll excuse me. If you need me, I'll be over there. Getting drunk, with the rest of the aliens.
I love Ivanova calling herself an alien.
I'm less sure on how she got to being the optimistic one. Maybe some of that conversation needed to be flipped?
Anyways, clunky episode, great character stuff after the (not terribly good) plot got done.
Reporter: "After all that you've just gone through, I have to ask you the same question a lot of people back home are asking about space these days. Is it worth it? Should we just pull back, forget the whole thing as a bad idea, and take care of our own problems, at home?"
Sinclair: "No. We have to stay here, and there's a simple reason why. Ask ten different scientists about the environment, population control, genetics - and you'll get ten different answers. But there's one thing every scientist on the planet agrees on: whether it happens in a hundred years, or a thousand years, or a million years, eventually our sun will grow cold, and go out. When that happens, it won't just take us, it'll take Marilyn Monroe, and Lao-tsu, Einstein, Maruputo, Buddy Holly, Aristophanes - all of this. All of this was for nothing, unless we go to the stars."