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Babylon 5 - The Lost Tales

Part 1 - Ok... if this had been Ivanova, I might have really loved it. As it was, I felt that the religiosity was a little overdone. But then, there were heavily religios episodes in the series, and as one of those, it really wasn't bad. An interesting perspective... just... a little too absolute in the existence of the supernatural. Anyway. Yeah. Ok, but not great.

Part 2 - Oh, Babylon 5 costume designers.... did you always shop at Jo-Ann? Prince Vintari's jacket and sash are absolutely our brocades. Sheriden's shirt is casa satin. Looking back, the piping on Lockley's uniform is almost certainly the standard issue wrights stuff. Maybe I never noticed these things before because I've never seen the show in HD before. Maybe I'm just that much of a geek now. Who knows.
The plot of the second part was much better for me than the first bit. Partially because I don't hate Sheriden as much as I hate Lochley. It was actually really painful to hear them discuss everyone else who couldn't be there... especially knowing that Andreas Katsulas died the year before. The overall message and events of this story worked for me, they felt very much like Babylon 5. I'm not sure about taking a Centauri prince to Minbar (and yes, even without physically seeing her I have Russeau/Delenn visualization issues now, damn you Lost), but it is an idea... and I guess if John has the whole damn planet that wrapped around his finger then maybe it will work out.
In any case. It was the first new B5 I've seen since the end of the series in .... 1998. Wow. Twelve Years. I think I'm going to go cry myself to sleep now.
(Ok, it's not really that bad... though I will admit to tearing up when I realized that The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5 is still up and functional. The internet was a much smaller place back in 1996, and the Lurker's Guide was one of the places that I always visited when I had time or ability to access the 'net. It's a piece of nostalgia I hope I'll never lose.)


I actually visited a couple of other stories today that I hadn't touched in over a decade:
( 2/3 of the old WB Thursday Lineup )

The back applique on Kagetoki is done. I think the last detailing I did looks bad and Ireally don't like it. But then... I think I said this about Akram too. I'm folding it up and putting it away for a day. I'm already 3/4 of the way through my thread spool... and Maybe 1/2 way done with the applique. Probably less since there's more detail on the front panels.

Meanwhile, I'm watching B5.
( 'Mind War' and 'The War Prayer' )

Give me time to do things apparently.
Kagetoki's base coat is cut out, but will only be temporarily assembled and then taken apart to applique. Got a new bobbin case (used the one I bought for Carol actually, but I'll get her another), which seems to have fixed my thread tension issues. So far. Also cleaned and reassembled my tension discs, hopefully this will help.

I've also been watching Babylon 5 while I work on Kagetoki the past couple of days.
( this rant will get longer when I have more time )

ACK~! WORK! FLEEE~!