It was excellent for the time and budget. One of the best science fiction series ever.
The incidental music is mostly unobtrusive... It's marmite, I've never been enthusiastic about it, but I've met fans who absolutely love it and seek out every CD. I never paid much attention to it at the time. The main theme is fine, the establishing shot stings are good, the rest is quite unmemorable.
As others have said, S1 is slow (and a bit stiff in a militaristic way), 2, 3 and 4 are great, 5 is not so good (the network cancelled season 5 forcing the writer to compress everything into season 4, then they were so impressed with season 4 that they uncancelled season 5, but there were only subplots left to tie up by that point).
The aborted 'Excalibur' spinoff is not quite as bad as Lexx. It's interesting to watch as you can practically see the executive interference ruining the show in real time. The various straight to video movies are okay, but not essential viewing.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Fri 5 May 2023, 15:13,
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Worth watching just for Bester, G’Kar and Londo.
But I’m obviously preaching to the choir here.
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jonbob loves you, Fri 5 May 2023, 22:18,
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Damn right.
Have you ever read The Demolished Man?
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Fri 5 May 2023, 22:23,
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No, but would like to.
I doubt I could get a decent kindle version though, what with the way telepathy is represented.
Isn't that the one that calls earworms "pepsi's"?
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jonbob loves you, Fri 5 May 2023, 23:12,
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I don't recall, soz.
2nd hand paperback is only a few quid!
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Fri 5 May 2023, 23:35,
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