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- Pioneering in its approach, “Babylon 5” wasn’t just another entry in the space opera genre; it charted a predetermined, intricate course over its five-year run, a feat seldom seen before in televised science fiction.
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Apparently, writer J. Michael Straczynski released a number of Babylon 5 script-books a few years back, one of which featured his original five-year plan for the series arc. I've come across a description of it online, and it's very different to what ended up being in the show.
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- Every Character in The Series Had A "Trap-Door"
- Stephen Furst Was Cast as Vir Because of A Botched Audition
- Jeff Conaway's Addictions
- There Is A Not-So-Friendly Rivalry Between B5 Fans and Trekkies
- J. Michael Straczynski Crossed The Workplace Line with Claudia Christian
- Canceled Romance Between Two Women
- Why Claudia Christian Left The Show
- Network Meddling Hindered Casting
- Garibaldi's Season 5 Plot Was Inspired by Jerry Doyle's Alcoholism
- Claudia Christian Was Shot by A Fan at A Convention
Real life has a way of getting in the way of things and that's especially true in the world of television. "Actors," as show creator J. Michael Straczynski once noted, "can get sick, they can get into contract disputes, they can get hit by meteors..." With that in mind, Straczynski purposely wrote several "trap doors" into the series that could be ...
The role of the nebbish Vir Cotto was seemingly written for Stephen Furst - most famous for his performance as the similarly awkward Flounder in Animal House. Shockingly this was not the case, but Furst won the role after an audition so weirdly disastrous that it played like something out of a Harold Ramis comedy. Arriving at the audition to discov...
Despite a long and distinguished career, actor/singer Jeff Conaway is probably best remembered today for his slow decline and appearances on Celebrity Fit Club and Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew. Indeed, it was wrongly reported at first that Conway had died of a drug overdose when the real cause of his death was severe pneumonia. Despite Conway rela...
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Babylon 5 have drawn frequent comparison. It is logical, as Mr. Spock might say, given that both shows are based around a space station. Some, including J. Michael Straczynski himself, have wondered if the connection is more than coincidence. Straczynski first approached Paramount with the idea for Babylon 5, hoping t...
Workplace romances rarely work out and even attempting one can lead to awkwardness for everyone involved. This was certainly the case on Babylon 5, when show creator J. Michael Straczynski tried to make a love connection with actress Claudia Christian. Christian discussed the incident in her autobiography, Babylon Confidential. Following a bad brea...
Despite the overall story of Babylon 5being heavily mapped, J. Michael Straczynski did allow himself some room for adding new subplots should the mood take him. Inspiration struck one day, when he spotted Andrea Thompson and Claudia Christian pretending to make-out on-set as a joke. Thus was born the idea to develop a romantic relationship between ...
The decision to renew Babylon 5for a fifth season on another network came so late that most of the cast had already found work elsewhere. This left the studio brass in quite a pickle, as they could hardly produce a new season without the established cast, now that they had moved past all of the "trap doors" J. Michael Straczynski had planned for th...
While Babylon 5was largely free of editorial interference, the network did step in regarding several key casting decisions. One of these involved Lyta Alexander - the station's resident telepath in the pilot movie. The role was written for Patricia Tillman, whose performance in the 1990 Night Of The Living Dead remake had greatly impressed J. Micha...
When Babylon 5was unexpectedly renewed for a fifth season, J. Michael Straczynski was stuck scrambling for subplots to occupy the cast. In the case of Michael Garibaldi, Straczynski turned to the life of actor Jerry Doyle and past complaints about how the show had depicted alcoholism. Doyle, who played the part of Michael Garibaldi, was a recoverin...
Most actresses have to deal with crazed fans. Many of them are even subjected to threats of violence. Thankfully, few of them have to deal with someone following through on those threats. Claudia Christian is one of those few who did and one of the lucky fewer who survived the encounter. Christian detailed the incident, which occurred at a New York...
There has always been a plan for a series to follow. If anything, that was the point of the entire exercise...to tell a story. To create a novel for TV that would span five years, for which the pilot is the opening chapter.
Dec 14, 2017 · Not only did the departure have to be written around, but his eventual fate turned into one of the best plot twists in television science fiction history. An amazing twist. And I don't think any of that was planned, not originally.
By the end of S4, B5 is finally renewed by TNT for a S5 and a second 5 years show : Plan 5 : Since most of the story has been told in a compressed way; S5 is to be the bridge between B5 and the second show. The second show will now be about the rangers travelling space to stabilize and expand the interstellar alliance. Season 5 :
There was a 5-year plan written before a single frame was shot. It's debatable how much that plan had to flex (season 5 nearly didn't happen) but THERE WAS A PLAN. Michael O'Hare, due to mental health issues, had to dropout.
Oct 14, 2021 · The Untold Truth Of Babylon 5. In 1993, the fledgling Prime Time Entertainment Network debuted the pilot movie for " Babylon 5," a sci-fi television series of unprecedented scale and scope. The...
