The reason I’m asking is instead of just giving it a go is it isn’t available to stream in my region. So I would have to acquire it in some other way if I give it a go.
I have never seen it before. I’m not a huge sci-fi fan or anything. I watched some Star Trek: TNG and liked it just fine. Do not like OG Star Trek at all.
I just landed on the B5 wikipedia page and the synopsis intrigued me.
Has it aged ok or does it feel like old? I don’t care all that much if the effects or make up is a bit dated. It’s more that the acting and storylines in 90’s tv shows isn’t always the greatest.
Is it heavy handed with trying to give the viewer moral lessons like some older shows tend to?
Also not looking for a action show nor do I care all that much about shocking story twists that newer media tends to lean on.
So TLDR I guess: Is the story and acting good?
I know it’s hard to recommend things to people you don’t know so any kind of input would be appreciated.
Woah, did not expect such thorough answer, thanks for taking the time!
And your last paragraph definitely convinced me to give it a chance. No “good guys” and not set in a utopia is right up my alley.
Also had no idea about the DS9 connection. I have heard the name before but had no idea it took place on a space station. Kinda crazy that there is a post about that show on this tiny community from just a few hours ago.
DS9 is also really good, and I think pretty much everyone that’s a B5 fan is also a DS9 fan. They have a lot in common. I also think DS9 is good in a lot of ways that earlier Star Trek were bad, so I wouldn’t let feelings about ST:TOS turn you off of it. It’s a lot “grittier,” I guess is the term we’d use today, and feels like it exists more in the real world than the idealized Federation of TNG. It also has some extremely dorky Star Trek aspects, but I think even those are often done better, probably because of DS9’s extremely strong cast making the bit-piece aliens a lot more real (and DS9 has a lot more alien recurring characters than earlier series). My recollection is that it gets off to a way better start than TNG too, those first couple seasons of TNG were really rough!