What did you watch?
On 2/7/25 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
What did you watch?
I had to run errands all yesterday morning, and then much of the day was taken up with "busy work" for the job. So I only ended up getting
through soaps:
soaps: I'm caught up (except with Y&R), so both were Thur's ep's.
DOOL - They literally had forgotten about Joy (I actually blame Abe more than Alex!), but Alex remembers that Joy is probably dead and he
and Stephanie race over to save Joy. Which they do after taking her to
the hospital. But, then at the end, Alex and Stephanie are having a
"kissy" moment, and Joy spies them doing it and looks crushed.
Meanwhile, Sarah yells at NuPhilip about the DiMera takeover scheme, and warns him that it better be above board "or else"! Kate complains to
Philip about the dumpster fire that is the soap-within-a-soap.
GH - Ugh - Willow moves back in with Nina, and immediately invites Drew over, angering Nina (Willow is so pathetic!!)
calls up Carly, saying that have a "mutual problem" that they need to eliminate. Josslyn secretly consults with NuJack Brennan (he's not
Charles Mesure! so he's not Jack Brennan!!) about Cyrus, and NuBrennan
sort of leads Joss to figuring out about Cyrus's hideout. Separately,
Lucas warns Carly not to get involved with Brennan... Meanwhile, Alexis
and the two daughters tell Danny that his mom, Sam, was murdered.
Separately, Chase (unwisely) tells Dante that Cyrus is the prime suspect
in Sam's murder, and Rocco overhears - later, Rocco tells Danny that
Cyrus is the prime suspect... Finally, Lois goes to Martin Gray for
"legal advice", and is caught there by Tracy, but they make up a story.
At the end, Lois admits out load to Martin what we already knew/had
figured out - that Gio is Brook Lynn's and Dante's long-lost son! (Wait
until NuNuLulu finds out!!)
That was it. Otherwise, I mostly left LMN on as background noise, and
did work stuff.
What did you watch?
Babylon 5 (blu-ray) - "Rising Star" Season 4, penultimate episode. With
the liberation of Earth complete, Earth has to decide what to do about >Sheridan. Meanwhile back on B5 the aliens form a new alliance, and it's >going to need a leader. And Ivanova is clumsily written out of the
show. :-/
"The Deconstruction of Falling Stars" - The hastily shot replacement
season 4 finale once season 5 was confirmed. This episode reveals the
future history of B5 and Earth up to a million years in the future. A
bit depressing at times, but OK. I actually like this episode better
than the real finale that was shot and won't be shown until the end of
season 5. Claudia Christian (Ivanova) was missed.
"No Compromises" Season 5, episode 1 - Sheridan tries to get sworn in as
the president of the Interstellar Alliance while dodging an assassin.
B5 also agrees to be a safe haven for telepaths. And B5 has a new
captain from Earth.
After an arduous workout, I watched:
Nothing.
What did you watch?
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After an arduous workout, I watched:
Nothing.
What did you watch?
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
Babylon 5 (blu-ray) - "Rising Star" Season 4, penultimate episode. With
the liberation of Earth complete, Earth has to decide what to do about
Sheridan. Meanwhile back on B5 the aliens form a new alliance, and it's
going to need a leader. And Ivanova is clumsily written out of the
show. :-/
Claudia Christian wouldn't come to terms. She wanted paid time off
during production weeks, which would have forced production to increase
the pay for the other actors with triggers in their contracts to avoid favoritism for specific actors. After she'd rejected the contract, Jeff Conaway tried to talk her into renewing anyway. There was a lot of back
and forth nonsense that the renewal offers didn't give the actors enough
time to reconsider, given that the show had been cancelled but there was still time to offer new contracts to actors if the show were to go back
into production, which is what happened with the TNT 22-episode order.
I wasn't sympathetic toward her position and I have no idea what she
wanted to do that year in preference to Babylon 5.
"The Deconstruction of Falling Stars" - The hastily shot replacement
season 4 finale once season 5 was confirmed. This episode reveals the
future history of B5 and Earth up to a million years in the future. A
bit depressing at times, but OK. I actually like this episode better
than the real finale that was shot and won't be shown until the end of
season 5. Claudia Christian (Ivanova) was missed.
Ahem. This wasn't hastily shot. THe show had resumed production and this
was the episode they made available to fulfill the obligation to PTEN.
Straczynski insisted that this script was intended although it would
have been further back had they gotten the season 5 episode order months earlier.
All Season 5 episodes had a compressed production schedule because they
were shooting one day less per production week.
I didn't care for it. I thought it was largely self indulgent as the fictional critics were representations of critics that Straczynski had
over the years, so the script had a lot of pettiness. He got his dream project into production and broadcast. Don't let critics distract you.
"No Compromises" Season 5, episode 1 - Sheridan tries to get sworn in as
the president of the Interstellar Alliance while dodging an assassin.
B5 also agrees to be a safe haven for telepaths. And B5 has a new
captain from Earth.
I liked the actress. I didn't care for the way she was written in a lot
of episodes.
Do you have enough alchohol to watch the Byron episodes so you don't
have to remember him?
On 2/7/2025 8:58 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
Babylon 5 (blu-ray) - "Rising Star" Season 4, penultimate episode. With >>> the liberation of Earth complete, Earth has to decide what to do about
Sheridan. Meanwhile back on B5 the aliens form a new alliance, and it's >>> going to need a leader. And Ivanova is clumsily written out of the
show. :-/
Claudia Christian wouldn't come to terms. She wanted paid time off
during production weeks, which would have forced production to increase
the pay for the other actors with triggers in their contracts to avoid
favoritism for specific actors. After she'd rejected the contract, Jeff
Conaway tried to talk her into renewing anyway. There was a lot of back
and forth nonsense that the renewal offers didn't give the actors enough
time to reconsider, given that the show had been cancelled but there was
still time to offer new contracts to actors if the show were to go back
into production, which is what happened with the TNT 22-episode order.
I wasn't sympathetic toward her position and I have no idea what she
wanted to do that year in preference to Babylon 5.
I don't remember the specifics, but I do remember the controversy at the
time with her wanting time off to film something else. The way I recall
it he offered her his word that he wouldn't write her into the episodes,
but she wanted something in writing which he couldn't do for contractual >reasons. It's all a bit fuzzy, but I *think* I sided with her at the
time, although obviously bummed she didn't come back.
"The Deconstruction of Falling Stars" - The hastily shot replacement
season 4 finale once season 5 was confirmed. This episode reveals the
future history of B5 and Earth up to a million years in the future. A
bit depressing at times, but OK. I actually like this episode better
than the real finale that was shot and won't be shown until the end of
season 5. Claudia Christian (Ivanova) was missed.
Ahem. This wasn't hastily shot. THe show had resumed production and this
was the episode they made available to fulfill the obligation to PTEN.
Thanks for clearing that up.
Straczynski insisted that this script was intended although it would
have been further back had they gotten the season 5 episode order months
earlier.
All Season 5 episodes had a compressed production schedule because they
were shooting one day less per production week.
I didn't care for it. I thought it was largely self indulgent as the
fictional critics were representations of critics that Straczynski had
over the years, so the script had a lot of pettiness. He got his dream
project into production and broadcast. Don't let critics distract you.
It took me a minute to figure out which fictional critics you were
talking about. I think I liked the episode a lot more when I first saw
it. This time it was just OK.
"No Compromises" Season 5, episode 1 - Sheridan tries to get sworn in as >>> the president of the Interstellar Alliance while dodging an assassin.
B5 also agrees to be a safe haven for telepaths. And B5 has a new
captain from Earth.
I liked the actress. I didn't care for the way she was written in a lot
of episodes.
Do you have enough alchohol to watch the Byron episodes so you don't
have to remember him?
I won't be using the "play all" button for season 5. That's for sure!
I had no intention of watching so many season 3 and 4 episodes, but once
they got going, season 4 in particular, it was hard to skip any.
On 2/7/2025 8:58 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
Babylon 5 (blu-ray) - "Rising Star" Season 4, penultimate episode. With >>> the liberation of Earth complete, Earth has to decide what to do about
Sheridan. Meanwhile back on B5 the aliens form a new alliance, and it's >>> going to need a leader. And Ivanova is clumsily written out of the
show. :-/
Claudia Christian wouldn't come to terms. She wanted paid time off
during production weeks, which would have forced production to increase
the pay for the other actors with triggers in their contracts to avoid
favoritism for specific actors. After she'd rejected the contract, Jeff
Conaway tried to talk her into renewing anyway. There was a lot of back
and forth nonsense that the renewal offers didn't give the actors enough
time to reconsider, given that the show had been cancelled but there was
still time to offer new contracts to actors if the show were to go back
into production, which is what happened with the TNT 22-episode order.
I wasn't sympathetic toward her position and I have no idea what she
wanted to do that year in preference to Babylon 5.
I don't remember the specifics, but I do remember the controversy at the
time with her wanting time off to film something else. The way I recall
it he offered her his word that he wouldn't write her into the episodes,
but she wanted something in writing which he couldn't do for contractual reasons. It's all a bit fuzzy, but I *think* I sided with her at the
time, although obviously bummed she didn't come back.
"The Deconstruction of Falling Stars" - The hastily shot replacement
season 4 finale once season 5 was confirmed. This episode reveals the
future history of B5 and Earth up to a million years in the future. A
bit depressing at times, but OK. I actually like this episode better
than the real finale that was shot and won't be shown until the end of
season 5. Claudia Christian (Ivanova) was missed.
Ahem. This wasn't hastily shot. THe show had resumed production and this
was the episode they made available to fulfill the obligation to PTEN.
Thanks for clearing that up.
Straczynski insisted that this script was intended although it would
have been further back had they gotten the season 5 episode order months
earlier.
All Season 5 episodes had a compressed production schedule because they
were shooting one day less per production week.
I didn't care for it. I thought it was largely self indulgent as the
fictional critics were representations of critics that Straczynski had
over the years, so the script had a lot of pettiness. He got his dream
project into production and broadcast. Don't let critics distract you.
It took me a minute to figure out which fictional critics you were
talking about. I think I liked the episode a lot more when I first saw
it. This time it was just OK.
"No Compromises" Season 5, episode 1 - Sheridan tries to get sworn in as >>> the president of the Interstellar Alliance while dodging an assassin.
B5 also agrees to be a safe haven for telepaths. And B5 has a new
captain from Earth.
I liked the actress. I didn't care for the way she was written in a lot
of episodes.
Do you have enough alchohol to watch the Byron episodes so you don't
have to remember him?
I won't be using the "play all" button for season 5. That's for sure!
I had no intention of watching so many season 3 and 4 episodes, but once
they got going, season 4 in particular, it was hard to skip any.
On 2/7/2025 8:58 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
Babylon 5 (blu-ray) - "Rising Star" Season 4, penultimate episode. With >>>the liberation of Earth complete, Earth has to decide what to do about >>>Sheridan. Meanwhile back on B5 the aliens form a new alliance, and it's >>>going to need a leader. And Ivanova is clumsily written out of the
show. :-/
Claudia Christian wouldn't come to terms. She wanted paid time off
during production weeks, which would have forced production to increase
the pay for the other actors with triggers in their contracts to avoid >>favoritism for specific actors. After she'd rejected the contract, Jeff >>Conaway tried to talk her into renewing anyway. There was a lot of back
and forth nonsense that the renewal offers didn't give the actors enough >>time to reconsider, given that the show had been cancelled but there was >>still time to offer new contracts to actors if the show were to go back >>into production, which is what happened with the TNT 22-episode order.
I wasn't sympathetic toward her position and I have no idea what she
wanted to do that year in preference to Babylon 5.
I don't remember the specifics, but I do remember the controversy at the
time with her wanting time off to film something else. The way I recall
it he offered her his word that he wouldn't write her into the episodes,
but she wanted something in writing which he couldn't do for contractual >reasons. It's all a bit fuzzy, but I *think* I sided with her at the
time, although obviously bummed she didn't come back.
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