Babylon 5/Expert Profile

Expertise

I have extensive knowledge in the area of the central five seasons, and I am also proficent in all other canon materials (save the 'Legend of the Rangers' pilot/made-for-tv-movie).

Experience in the area

I have seen the 'Babylon 5 Experience' (the pilot, all 5 seasons, the made-for-tv-movies, Crusade, and The Lost Tales [discounting 'LotR', as above]) so many times I have lost count, though I may be in double digits. I have read all three book trilogies (Psi-Corps, Technomage, Centauri) multiple times, the novel "The Shadow Within" and the novel 'To Dream in the City of Sorrows' twice. I have read the first of the three comic-book storylines multiple times, as well as "In Valen's Name". When I was a kid I had The Lurker's Guide & Voltayre's Encyclopedia Xenobiologica websites printed out and put in large binders and I would read them every night.

What do you like about this subject?

Any true B5 fan knows the multitude of answers. In quick form: Character depth/developement, Single plot, humour/drama, best TV-SF action, dialogue, acting, sets, makeup, music, lighting... I'm missing something...

What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?

My only missing areas (and I'm working on them) are 'LotR', and the last two comic-book storylines. I continue watching/reading the series finding deeper layers and finer details.

Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:

New fans may not be aware that, with the exception of a handful of episodes written almost entirely during the first two seasons, Joe Michael Straczynski wrote every script and took it through every draft HIMSELF, as well as co-producing the series, directing one episode, writing comics, and overseeing some novel projects (but unfortunately not others). The man aged 20 years in 5.