Nicron #43 17 июля 1997

Information - The TV-6 in the autumn will continue to show "Babylon" as well. On the series.

                "Babel": to be continued ...


(C) RUSSOS


   Hurrah! Radutes fans of "Babylon 5"! TV-6 is not such a SHIT.
Now poponyatney: a couple of months ago I read in "TV-Park"
petselnuyu note that under the influence of the fans, "Babylon 
5" TV-6 will continue to fall show "Babylon" and! But now there 
are more intelligible information: in the TV supplement to

"Komsomolskaya Pravda" for Moscow and Moscow region "of 11
July 1997 an article entitled "Babylon 5" does not
de-orbit "about the fate of the TV series. We offer you a 
reprint of this article. 

(C) Stas Geysers
(C) Diana Starobinsky
(R) RUSSOS

            "Babylon 5"
            NOT decayed

     The company TNT has decided not to spoil the TV series
     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


  Funny thing - the TV series: the development of the plot it 
does not depend on the author's will, but from a changing 
rating. The series can go a few years and suddenly shut down, 
hastily and carelessly tied story line, leaving in doubt fooled 
a lot of viewers. Here is the latest example. 

  In May this year the company Warner Bros. tired of 4 seasons 
in a row suffer losses from the series "Babylon 5" and she sold 
the rights to the cable channel TNT. Cable decided to show to 
all 86 new series have already passed, remove the two films and 
in this complete the series.


  Fans expressed their displeasure aktivnoe. The fact that the 
screenwriter Joe Michael Straczynski at the outset planned 
series for 5 seasons and the finale did not crumple sobitalsya. 
In this way, may have been the cause rather low ratings of 
"Babylon 5" in America: the story of the product through, and 
if you look not to First, it is not all clear (with this I 
totally disagree - R.). 

            For those who do not know
            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


   What is "Babylon 5"?
Space station 5 miles in length, located 25 light
years from Earth, designed to receive 250 thousand beings.


   What's actually happening?
World on the brink of collapse. The station was to be communal
Headquarters for the earthlings and the inhabitants of other 
planets, where all the conflicts they try to settle without a 
weapon. 


   Who's there main characters?
Five people: Earthlings, Minbari, Centauri inhabitants, Vorlon,
Narnia and their possible opponents - Shadows.


   Which actors play there?
Their names are all the same You do not say: to "Babylon 5" is 
almost none of them was even a little is known. Captain John

Sheridan plays Bruce Bohleytner, Commander Susan Ivanova (!) -
Klaudia Christian, Michael Garibaldi - Jerry Doyle.


   Getting ripped off, "Babylon 5"?
On aesthetics, he is very similar to the movie series "Star 
Trek". Except addition, fans of "Babylon 5" and "Deep Space-9" 
long argued, What came first, the product and, therefore, 
someone who stole the idea. The armistice signed at the 
following: even though "Babel" has appeared on screens in the 
93-year, and "Cosmos" - 91 th, but the idea of ​​"Babylon" was 
proposed Paramount'y back in the 89 th. 

                *


   Recently, it was officially announced that TNT will still 
shoot all 22 series fifth season. In January 98'go year in AMEC 
will repeat the last series, then show the final two episode 
fourth season, which has not even taken off, and then - - 
Spring - will last, fifth season. Initially, the final four was 
tragic: if you break the structure, then abruptly decided to 
author the script and was about to be destroyed, "Babylon 5". 
Its time to stop, now urgently composes a new twist plot.


   More Straczynski announced that this was not the end: he
came up with an offshoot of the plot, which will be a separate 
show, - "Babylon 5: Crusade." If all goes well, shooting will 
begin next year. 

            "Babylon 5"
            on our TV
            ~~~~~~~~~~~


   1964 series "Babylon 5" TV-6 showed less than a year. And 
then on the channel used the same technique "retention" of 
spectator interest, which in America: The broadcast was 
interrupted at the dramatic moment in the third season. The 
channel was a "must" viewers two more series. At the time of 
termination traslyatsii fourth season has not yet been 
purchased. 

   Some (a fig itself "nokotoroe"! - R.) disturbance of 
domestic fans, as they are now assured of TV-6, was 
superfluous: in fact the channel is not going to cancel the 
show "Babylon 5". Autumn show promise in a row: first three 
seasons (RULEZ-Zzz!!! - R.), two "forgotten the series and all 
series of the fourth season. 

   If Americans did withdraw its fifth season, TV-6 promises to 
make every effort to buy as well. 

   Incidentally, on August 30 channel TV-6 will transfer 
"Kinopodrobno, which will be devoted entirely to" Babylon 5 ". 

             Look into the future
             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


   Natural badness makes us tell what will happen in
in yet otsmotrennyh our final series of the third season.

   Captain Sheridan discovers that shadows gather thousands of 
ships and prepare for an attack. He appealed to the League of 
Worlds with prozyvom unite. Aid he was promised. Meanwhile, 
Commander Ivanov ship "White Star" will be on exploration, will 
clash with the enemy, after which the ship will lose its 
energy. "Babylon 5" otobet attack Shadow, but the victory cost 
him dearly. 

   The fourth season opens polylogue heroes and ambassadors of 
different People:


   It was the year of fire.

   Year of destruction.

   Year, when we regained what was ours.

   Year renewal.

   Year of great sadness.

   Year of pain.

   And a year of joy.

   This was a new era.

   It was the year in 2261 th.

   And the place was - "Babylon 5".

   The main event of the first series of the fourth season - 
the heroes lose Captain Sheridan.