Babylon 5, The Complete Series English Subtitles

I loved this show when it originally aired and I still love it to this day. Sure the (then) groundbreaking graphics and live action scenes coupled to the now standard today’s digital widescreen framing to 5.1 sounds...may not hold up to what we have come to expect but I would argue this was the first breed of “originals”. This show epitomises what good story telling is about and how you map out story arcs across all seasons. The beautifully crafted character arcs, coupled to ever relevant themes of today, endear this show and engender a fierce loyalty (love) of this show in its fans. This is everything the various Star Trek spin offs from that time wish/hoped they could be and were not. I assure you, if you persevere through the first season it gets better and I challenge anyone, anyone, not to have those jaw dropping moments as the show so skilfully reveals all and the dots connect for the viewer so majestically. I loved it then, I loved it on reruns and I love it now/still. One of the greatest stories of all TV time - give it a chance, you won’t regret it!

One of the best sci fi shows of the 90s.

I love this show. It is without question one of the great achievements in long form story telling ever seen on television. I was excited to purchase it for my iTunes collection. Unfortunately the show on iTunes is unwatchable with its current video transfer. The video is dark, blurry, and pixelated. I own it digitally on another service and it’s not this bad. I don’t understand why this iTunes transfer is so bad. Very disappointed with this purchase.

One of the first scifi shows to have a storyline span seasons, the story arc for this show is a very fun watch. Season one, as with many sci fi shows, is over the top in terms of acting and attempts to create drama, but the show settles down quickly to some really good storylines.

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Buyers beware. These episodes are widescreen. iTunes achieved this by blowing up and cropping part of the picture. If you're a huge babylon 5 fan it's worth buying the actual DVD's.

Before 24. Before Lost. Before binge TV became the way we watch shows, there was Babylon 5. A five year “novel for television.” When the show premiered, everyone thought it was a Star Trek knock-off, but they couldn’t have been more wrong. This is a story of the rising and falling of galactic empires, and how the people in Babylon 5 landed at the center of the conflict. Season One is a more traditional episodic show, but it plants the seeds for great things in S2-S5. The CGI now looks dated, but the story is what you are coming for! Enjoy a really great science fiction epic!

This is one of my favorite tv series. This is one show that discovering new planets, and going where no man has before is almost no where to be found. Rather it’s discovering how to maintain a fragile and teetering peace amongst a huge area of space.