In about half a minute, we learn some essentials: he's a telepath, he's a Psi Cop, and he's probably something of an elitist, since, while telepathy is demonstrably efficient here, it's also kind of a dick way to interact with normals. He also seems annoyed at having to interact with the guard at all (ironic, considering what we later learn about that guard).

And you gotta love that animated business card.

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Many wonderful remembrances and thoughts from JMS, praising Walter Koenig. Here’s an excerpt:

When it was announced that Walter was going to appear in Babylon 5, the usual online asshats did their usual online asshatting. "How many times are they going to have him ask about the nuclear wessels? He's such a one note actor. This is embarrassing."

Chekov was (to a degree) a one-note character because he was written that way.

But that wasn't Walter.

Walter was an entire symphony.

And when Mind War aired, the asshats got real quiet really goddamned fast.

For reasons beyond my memories, I've had this clip on my last 3 phones. Always made me laugh - I've told the joke and, when I do it, nobody else does. Obviously my delivery doesn't live up to Walter. A great performance by an underrated actor. RIP.

It wasn’t nearly like it was now but the internet did EXIST in the 90s so why was there no incorporation into a show about the future? They have 90s watershed journalism in the form of ISN but then get all their current evens from a newspaper.

The man was a legend across the genre and I feel like I've lost an uncle...

Walter Koenig played Pavel Chekov for more than half a century, and he played every joke completely straight.

This tribute follows Chekov’s rise through Starfleet: ensign at the Enterprise’s navigation console, security chief, first officer of the Reliant, and a commander on the bridge at Khitomer. He never got his own command, but he was there for nearly every turning point in the original crew’s history. We also look at Bester on Babylon 5 and Koenig’s final return to Star Trek as President Anton Chekov in Picard.

Episodes and films referenced: Amok Time, The Trouble with Tribbles, The Motion Picture, The Wrath of Khan, The Voyage Home, The Undiscovered Country, Generations, Babylon 5 “Mind War,” Picard “The Last Generation.”

When you want to fly a Starfury in No Man's Sky.. you just gotta build it yourself ☺️

Another beloved cast member has passed away 😥

Tuesday night is random movie night in our household, but for tonight I’ve chosen to have two TV appearances of Walter Koenig.

I’ve discovered one on the Alfred Hitchcock Hour (on Amazon Prime in the US), “Memo from Purgatory”, an episode written by Harlan Ellison and directed by Joseph Pevney (who directed 14 episodes of TOS), with Koenig as the lead antagonist (as near as I can tell; I haven’t watched it yet), with James Caan as the protagonist. **

I haven't decided on the second hour yet. Possibly B5's "Ship of Tears", though I'd appreciate other suggestions. Koenig has an amazingly large list of credits on imdb, but I'm unfamiliar with all except the B5 and Trek episodes. We’ll finish up with his Futurama episode.

My best friend wants to get into Babylon 5 and is insane about watching everything. What order would you recommend someone watch the series with the movies included?

I usually forget about them when I do a rewatch, haha.

Yesterday apparently. 90 so he didn't do bad.

I am looking forward to this so much, I don't remember everything from the first time most because I was an impossibly heavy drinker, (sober now six years) , , except that the finale emotionally destroyed me.

and I'm looking forward to diving back into such a vast and all encompassing world !

I've been playing the space game X4 for ages and now someone posted a mod where you can fly the Starfury and the Omega-class destroyer. I really liked the game and I thought that some of you might also give it a shot, as it is one of the best space sims out there. I hope they follow through with their idea and can create a full conversion mod. Further reading: https://biscuittin.games/projects/babylon-5/

Sheridan's shit-eating grin here was always the best.

"Dust to Dust" (s3e6)

As the title states. This is my attempt at recreating the battle sequence. I tried to keep it as close to the original art direction as possible, just with updated modern looks. So the camera angles and ship movements are pretty much identical. But the planet and nebula backgrounds are updated, as is the rendering of the ship hulls, post processing, weapons fire, debris and explosions etc. Some textures have been upscaled, and some models slightly modified. Blender was used.

Credits:
Omega Destroyer Model - Chris Clark
Starfury Model - Hangar.b.productions
Whitestar Model - bcelestia

A new Babylon 5 fan animation is coming 👀

Across the stars, the story continues.

The countdown begins.

More soon. 🚀
#Babylon5 #SciFi #DigitalEraStudios #BringBabylon5Back

This is a fan made project!

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