Babylon 5 - The Complete Fourth Season
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: BABYLON 5
EAN: 9780790780467
Feature: The future begins - or ends - here and now.
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0790780461
Item Dimensions: 25
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 5.1EnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchSubtitled
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: 6294
Number Of Items: 6
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 06, 2004
Running Time: 966 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: January 26, 1994
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Editorial Review:Product Description:The future begins - or ends - here and now.
Amazon.com:Season 4 began on a high point with the Centauri Prime in the grip of the insane Emperor Cartagia (Wortham Krimmer) and a run of six shows leading to the climax of the war against the Shadows in "Into the Fire." If this colossal narrative was resolved a little too easily and the ultimate aim of the Shadows turned out to be a tad disappointing, it still proved to be the most powerful slice of space opera to ever grace the small screen. In the aftermath the sheer scale dropped back a little but the pace never slowed as the rest of the season played out in one relentless cycle of conspiracy, betrayal and conflict,
Babylon 5 siding with the rebel Mars colony against the totalitarian Earth.
Meanwhile Delenn came increasingly into conflict with her own people and, paralleling her relationship with Sheridan, Garibaldi became involved with his ex-fiancée Lise Hampton (Denise Gentile), while an intense platonic love grew between Ivanova and Marcus Cole. On an unstoppable wave fuelled by roller-coaster plot twists and spectacular action shows from "No Surrender, No Retreat"--when Sheridan avows to overthrow EarthGov--to "Rising Star"--when the aim is realized--
Babylon 5 achieved a consistent excellence rare in television. Yet within that run "Intersections in Real Time" stood out as a bold experiment; essentially a two-hand drama taking place entirely within one dimly lit room. Beyond this a major character died and Sheridan and Delenn married before the season finale again broke with expectation. In "The Deconstruction of Falling Stars," a future descendant of humanity one million years hence reviews excerpts from the history of
Babylon 5. In one sequence set in 2762, a Brother is devoted to the preserving of history some time after the "Big Burn." A homage to Walter M. Miller's classic
A Canticle for Leibowitz, Sheridan and Delenn have themselves become the stuff of legend.
--Gary S. Dalkin
Average Rating:
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I still love this series, but this copy was for the birds! Half of them wouldn't play without a fight. If the seller hadn't labeled them "viewed once" I might be happier, but it was viewed a lot more than that!!
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Nothing much to say I'm a fan. The disk were in great shape. The played beautifully and I now have a whole collection of the show.
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The continuing saga of Babylon 5 continues in this most exciting season thus far! The final battles with the Vorlon, Shadow, the Alliance fleet and the Old Ones and how the battle is decided is some of the finest writing in the series, and that is saying alot! There is also a fantastic sub plot which carries on with 2 main characters and how it ends will shock you and leave you saying "OH NO!"
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Babylon 5 is truly one of the most enjoyable and intelligent Sci-Fi series and we have enjoyed watching it with our whole family. Season 4 of B5 was very good and brought most of the outstanding plot lines from the previous seasons to a close. It seemed that things were very rushed to wrap up the Shadow War and the conflict with EarthGov, but as I understand it this was going to be the final season before it was unexpectedly extended for an additional season.
This season follows the excellent season 3 and only falls a little short because of the rushed pace. There are some great (and frustrating) character developments that has the B5 command staff and the various Ambassadors split up a lot of the time performing various missions. There are also a lot of well thought out ship-to-ship battles that work to show how much thought went into making this series believable.
Highly recommended for fans of the series!
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Babylon 5 is Babylon 5 and even a slightly off season is better then most anything you are going find on the air these days. My problem with this season is not that the characters are growing thin or episodes are bad but my problem is one of plot. One issue in particular the final outcome of the Shadow War. Ultimately instead of the knock-down drag out we were expecting we get one of the most notorious cop-outs in recent television history. As a consequence the final resolution of the Clark Administration while it is satisfactory happens much too quickly.
Overall-There is still plenty of good to be found in this season my favorite episode is probably "Racing Mars" but the ultimate revelation of what happened to Mr. Garibaldi should not be missed. Also don't miss any episode where Alfred Bester shows up, they are important.
Copyright ©2003, Mark Carey.
