Not much to say about this one as almost nothing of importance happened. The best that can be said is this underscores the friction between Marcus and Ivanova. Ugh, lets move on to better episodes.
Do the ends justify the means. The end in this one is good by trying to stop the cycle of violence. But, the means definitely feel shady with Kosh manipulating G'kar through his religion, and knowing that this is not the first time to happen, it sure lends to the belief that they are manipulating the Narn (and most likely any race that saw them as angles). Right now I feel like the Vorlon are acting like the parents of the younger races and using whatever carrot/stick they have to get them to behave.
Ohg sbe gubfr gung unir frra gur jubyr fubj, jr xabj gurer vf n zber fvavfgre fvqr gur Ibeyba. Gurl pner nobhg beqre naq qb abg pner jub vf fjnfurq gb znvagnva vg. Gb tb onpx gb gur nag fcrrpu bs T'Xne, gur Ibeybaf unir chg gur lbhatre enprf vagb tynff nag snezf naq unf ab ceboyrz fdhnfuvat gur nag gung ner yrg ybbfr ol gur Funqbj.
I do not get this. Dead is dead. Once I am no more, I could care less what is done with my body. Now, for the real world that is buried, cremated, etc. But I would not care if my body was reanimated and put to good use, I am still dead.
I still think it comes back to people thinking there is something left of the real person in the body that bugs them.
James K, I think there are plenty of things in B5 that would scare me for a totalitarian government to misuse. Mind wiping would just be one arrow in that quiver.
My favorite scene in this episode is when Brother Edward's killer is shown to Sheridan after the Death of Personality. Sheridan has this look of both revulsion and horror. Repulsed because he knows what this slime did and is not walking around free and then horrified because the guy is completely different from what he was.
I also have multiple feelings about the death of personality, but I think it comes mostly from believing that you can never really get rid of the original personality. I would be afraid of it resurfacing. As for which is worse, death or DoP, I think it is about the same. If the old personality cannot come back then that person IS as dead as if they put him in the chair and flipped the switch. I think people get hung up on the whole soul/spirit aspect with this and that DoP is messing with it.
I hear you Burt. While my record is good, I feel like most of my players under perform every week and feel like the paper-thin team Jaybird says the Broncos are.
I also agree that this feels like a weird year in the NFL. No one seems dominant. The Broncos did until the shellacking they just took. The Patriots are only a couple games away for the KC debacle. Seattle is barely losing the games they barely won last year. And the best record in the league goes to the Cardinals?!? I do wonder if they will be the KC team of last year by the time this season ends.
It was a crazy week for scoring. Normally there are at least two people not scoring above 100 and only half score 120+. This week, wow. People's teams were on fire.
I will take Antonio Gates, Alfred Morris and the dark horse Wes Welker (I know he is on bye, bye he will most likely sneeze hard enough to give himself a concussion).
Yeah, in one league I benched Brandon Marshall because of his injury (Brian did the same thing in our league) and then he goes and has a monster game. Sigh.
Ugh, I hate it when I have a MASH unit team. And this year it feels worse with Rice, Peterson, Martin, Tate, and Jamal Charles out. So many starting RB, just gone for a while (or forever).
Non-Peyton had a rough year last year and has not made anyone confident in the pre-season this year. Not a surprise there. If this league had a few more people Big Ben would have been picked up. He actually might be very good this year. Not trusting him yet though.
I agree that the machine does not know what it is talking about for most of it. It just has set parameters and then spits out crud. Still, it is fun to talk about.
V fgvyy svaq gurz vagrerfgvat orpnhfr bs gur jubyr Pbageby if Punbf gung vf tbvat ba jvgu gur Ibeybaf naq Funqbjf. V yvxr ubj rira gur Pbageby pna or nf rivy naq fpnel nf Punbf.
"As much as the Shadows have been painted the Bad Guys here, Sebastian is at least as bad as Mordin is."
Guvf vf gur xrl gb zr. Onpx jura V jngpurq guvf gur svefg gvzr, vg jnf gur svefg puvax va gur natryvp nezbe bs gur Ibeybaf. Vs gurl jbhyq hfr Wnpx gur Evccre nf na ntrag, ubj tbbq ner gurl ernyyl? Guvf bs pbhefr vf cebirq bhg bire gur frevrf, ohg V nyjnlf ybbx ng guvf rcvfbqr nf gur svefg fgrc va gung qverpgvba. V xabj fbzr gnyx nobhg Qrngujnyxre orvat gur svefg, ohg V ivrj gung bar qvssreragyl.
On “Babylonia!”
Not much to say about this one as almost nothing of importance happened. The best that can be said is this underscores the friction between Marcus and Ivanova. Ugh, lets move on to better episodes.
On “Babylonia!”
Do the ends justify the means. The end in this one is good by trying to stop the cycle of violence. But, the means definitely feel shady with Kosh manipulating G'kar through his religion, and knowing that this is not the first time to happen, it sure lends to the belief that they are manipulating the Narn (and most likely any race that saw them as angles). Right now I feel like the Vorlon are acting like the parents of the younger races and using whatever carrot/stick they have to get them to behave.
Ohg sbe gubfr gung unir frra gur jubyr fubj, jr xabj gurer vf n zber fvavfgre fvqr gur Ibeyba. Gurl pner nobhg beqre naq qb abg pner jub vf fjnfurq gb znvagnva vg. Gb tb onpx gb gur nag fcrrpu bs T'Xne, gur Ibeybaf unir chg gur lbhatre enprf vagb tynff nag snezf naq unf ab ceboyrz fdhnfuvat gur nag gung ner yrg ybbfr ol gur Funqbj.
On “Fantasy Football Week 15 In Review And NFL Open Thread”
I did think it interesting that there were no upsets. 1-4 moved on.
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I join you on the sidelines too. Too many bad decisions with WRs to be in it.
On “Fantasy Football Week 11 In Review And NFL Open Thread”
How in the world did the Raiders win last night?
On “Babylon!”
I do not get this. Dead is dead. Once I am no more, I could care less what is done with my body. Now, for the real world that is buried, cremated, etc. But I would not care if my body was reanimated and put to good use, I am still dead.
I still think it comes back to people thinking there is something left of the real person in the body that bugs them.
James K, I think there are plenty of things in B5 that would scare me for a totalitarian government to misuse. Mind wiping would just be one arrow in that quiver.
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My favorite scene in this episode is when Brother Edward's killer is shown to Sheridan after the Death of Personality. Sheridan has this look of both revulsion and horror. Repulsed because he knows what this slime did and is not walking around free and then horrified because the guy is completely different from what he was.
I also have multiple feelings about the death of personality, but I think it comes mostly from believing that you can never really get rid of the original personality. I would be afraid of it resurfacing. As for which is worse, death or DoP, I think it is about the same. If the old personality cannot come back then that person IS as dead as if they put him in the chair and flipped the switch. I think people get hung up on the whole soul/spirit aspect with this and that DoP is messing with it.
On “Sunday!”
Reading book five in the Spellmonger series.
Saw John Wick and thought it was a fun, brainless, action movie. For TV, I am watching B5, season 3 and Fringe season 4.
On “Fantasy Football Week 9 In Review And NFL Open Thread”
I hear you Burt. While my record is good, I feel like most of my players under perform every week and feel like the paper-thin team Jaybird says the Broncos are.
I also agree that this feels like a weird year in the NFL. No one seems dominant. The Broncos did until the shellacking they just took. The Patriots are only a couple games away for the KC debacle. Seattle is barely losing the games they barely won last year. And the best record in the league goes to the Cardinals?!? I do wonder if they will be the KC team of last year by the time this season ends.
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Yes, you have been on a roll recently.
On “Fantasy Football Week 8 In Review And NFL Open Thread”
It was a crazy week for scoring. Normally there are at least two people not scoring above 100 and only half score 120+. This week, wow. People's teams were on fire.
On “Fantasy Football Week 7 In Review And NFL Open Thread”
Dang, Jaybird. Bringing Cyberball into this....
That was a great game.
On “Fantasy Football Week 4 In Review And NFL Open Thread”
Oh, yeah! You are going down!!!! Jordy Nelson will have a monster game and..... wait..... ah crap.....
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I feel the same way, but Tu gives me grief if is not a solid win. Who am I kidding, Tu gives me grief then too.
On “Fantasy Football Week Three In Review And NFL Open Thread”
I will take Antonio Gates, Alfred Morris and the dark horse Wes Welker (I know he is on bye, bye he will most likely sneeze hard enough to give himself a concussion).
On “Fantasy Football Week In Review And NFL Open Thread (If We Need One)”
Thank goodness I did not play the guy with Julio Jones. Sucks that I played the guy with Mat Ryan....
Who switched the Bucs with the JV team from Air Academy????
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Yeah, in one league I benched Brandon Marshall because of his injury (Brian did the same thing in our league) and then he goes and has a monster game. Sigh.
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Yeah, I have no clue what happened to Colston. Who would have guessed that?
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Ugh, I hate it when I have a MASH unit team. And this year it feels worse with Rice, Peterson, Martin, Tate, and Jamal Charles out. So many starting RB, just gone for a while (or forever).
On “Are You Ready For Some Football?”
Non-Peyton had a rough year last year and has not made anyone confident in the pre-season this year. Not a surprise there. If this league had a few more people Big Ben would have been picked up. He actually might be very good this year. Not trusting him yet though.
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I agree that the machine does not know what it is talking about for most of it. It just has set parameters and then spits out crud. Still, it is fun to talk about.
On “Babylonia!”
I like the Night Watch arc. Yes, it is obvious, but you want this to be obviously sinister/evil, so everyone that watches gets it.
On “Babylonia!”
V fgvyy svaq gurz vagrerfgvat orpnhfr bs gur jubyr Pbageby if Punbf gung vf tbvat ba jvgu gur Ibeybaf naq Funqbjf. V yvxr ubj rira gur Pbageby pna or nf rivy naq fpnel nf Punbf.
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"As much as the Shadows have been painted the Bad Guys here, Sebastian is at least as bad as Mordin is."
Guvf vf gur xrl gb zr. Onpx jura V jngpurq guvf gur svefg gvzr, vg jnf gur svefg puvax va gur natryvp nezbe bs gur Ibeybaf. Vs gurl jbhyq hfr Wnpx gur Evccre nf na ntrag, ubj tbbq ner gurl ernyyl? Guvf bs pbhefr vf cebirq bhg bire gur frevrf, ohg V nyjnlf ybbx ng guvf rcvfbqr nf gur svefg fgrc va gung qverpgvba. V xabj fbzr gnyx nobhg Qrngujnyxre orvat gur svefg, ohg V ivrj gung bar qvssreragyl.
On “Babylonia!”
I also wonder if Londo is thinking a little along that lines. He should see how he is the architect of what is happening.
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