Originally posted by ZylonBane
Babylon 5 merely had pretensions of continuity. Yes, it had this oppressively massive story arc (that got screwed up every time an actor left), but that was pretty much it. Episode-specific stuff that didn't have anything to do with the Great Arc tended to be forgotten. The only exception I can think of is the alien healing machine.
Effects were good for the time (if overly colorful), but to claim that they're better than SG-1, which benefits from several years of advances in CGI, is nothing short of absurd.
Another thing I like about SG-1 is that it can be funny within the context of the series. B5's attempts at humor were more often than not painfully hamfisted. I almost never felt I was watching a B5 character say something funny-- I felt like I was watching a B5 character deliver a line which JMS thought would be funny.
First of all, there was about 20 standalones total, half of them in the first season.
And I can think of (with slight help from lurkers):
Adira Tyree
The Alien Healing Device
Draal
The Soul Hunters
The Parliament of Dreams
The Technomages
The Streib
Lyta Alexander (duh)
The Underground Railroad of Telepaths
The Undergrond Railroad of Narns
and others.
As for the humor, yeah, it fell flat on face sometimes, sometimes it was hilarious ("Woohoo?"), sometimes it was
intentionally stupid.
Kinda like life, no?
So, if that's all you can put up, then I'm not impressed.
