I think it telling of great story-telling as well as acting that the characters and relationships I liked most were between G'Kar and Londo. Those were two high-caliber actors, and maybe they got the better dialogue, or maybe they transcended it, I don't know, but those two especially ruled. Or maybe it was, yes, the given alien-ness of their costume that made what they had to say that much more acceptable.

What I'm not liking about Jeremiah is descending from disdain of a great idea poorly executed to sheer apathy (the second episode especially). There were seeds of a great story, and within an hour and thirtyone minutes settled into a tired rut of "and these are their many adventures based out of Thundermountain". C'mon, Perry! Priestly just out-acted you!

pecan waffles.

I'm watching Bright Young Things, and who do I see? The actress who played Agatha Christie on DW (Fenella Woolgar). And what is her name on BYT? Agatha! /random

When I watched through B5 again, I particularly noticed how much G'Kar and Londo changed over the five years. When you go back to the beginning, they seem so innocent compared with what they became. Whatever its faults, I love my B5. I got the internet and cable because of B5.

I loved B5, and it's fun to watch it again, but my god, the dialogue is painful. I'm on a ritual rewatch with a couple of friends, and despite not having seen most of it in ten years, I can predict many many of the lines, because JMS never met a cliche he didn't love. Argh.

Really, the man should just be a show-runner and leave the actual scripts to someone else.

I'm watching Bright Young Things, and who do I see? The actress who played Agatha Christie on DW (Fenella Woolgar). And what is her name on BYT? Agatha! /random

David Tennant was also in BYT, and they've worked together on a couple of other things too. He recommended her for the part of Agatha Christie.

David Tennant was also in BYT

Yup! Saw him and his horrendous mustache.

I think it telling of great story-telling as well as acting that the characters and relationships I liked most were between G'Kar and Londo. Those were two high-caliber actors, and maybe they got the better dialogue, or maybe they transcended it, I don't know, but those two especially ruled. Or maybe it was, yes, the given alien-ness of their costume that made what they had to say that much more acceptable.

Wordy McWordenstein.

...I was always a wee bit creeped out by Delenn's decision to have surgery (or whatever) in order to look more human. It made her look kind of freaky to me, when she acquired hair.

sigh ... I had a real affection for B5. I think the two (G'kar and Londo, Katsulas and Jurasik) worked so well because they had each other to play off - they were well matched in their skill and experience, so each could work with the other's strength.

And the whole Delenn thing struck me as dumb and kind of pointless. I assumed it was because they wanted some kind of romantic storyline for her and how could a human feel love for a bald chick?

I think it was more about biology than hair -- so they could have a child together. Which was probably more crucial in the original plan than it ended up being on the show, but so it goes. I'm almost positive that up until shooting she was going to be a male character and change sexes as well.

...I need to borrow the scriptbooks from my brother.

Strega, I think you're right. From what I've read Delenn was supposed to start out as male. They tried to do something with the voice in the pilot that didn't work so well, so when the series started the character was female.