Sci-Fi Night

Dudes, lets be a little more organised and write down the when/where/what/how of our regular sci-fi nights.

Next Night

Babylon 5

Date

TBD

Location

TBD

Confirmed Attendees (please add yourself)

Agenda

• Babylon 5 EP 1-17 Legacies
• Babylon 5 EP 1-18 & 1-19 A Voice in the Wilderness

• There's been some QQing about wanting to go back and watch the pilot. Personally I'd rather keep moving forward since we have a lot of episodes to get through, and we are about to hit the really awesome ones for the season. Perhaps people can vote here?

Previous Nights

1st February 2008

• Babylon 5 EP 1-15 Grail

Some religious nutter seeking the Holy Grail comes to Bab 5, and hooks up with an emo engineer who worked on all the Babylon stations. Apparently, after leaving each station for leave or upon finishing the work, the station asplodey. Interestingly he points out that Babylon 4 didn't explode, but rather 'wrinkled up and disappeared'.

• Babylon 5 EP 1-16 Eyes

Overacting British Throw-My-Toys General guy conducts an investigation of Sinclair about his recent command decisions. Ivanova confronts a member of Psi-Corps (The freaky guy from The Frighteners!) when told to submit to a scan. When Vorlon ambassador Kosh is told the Na'ka'leen feeder was disguised in a Vorlon encounter suit, he is pleased that his appearance makes people feel uneasy. Leneer helps Garibaldi finish his antique Kawazaki motorbike.

25th January 2008

• Babylon 5 EP 1-13 Signs and Portents

We get to meet Morden, who simply asks "What do you want" to the main ambassadors. Why does Delenn get a freaky triangle on her head when he talks to her? And whats the dealio with Kosh breaking his suit. G'Kar and Londo get mad at each other. And at the end a giant spidery ship 'uncloaks' and kicks some ass. Seemingly related to Mr Morden.

• Babylon 5 EP 1-14 TKO

It's a real "hose down" of an episode, with a Russian-Jewish Rabbi and a tough talkin' boxer friend of Garabaldi who likes to "stroke off".

Some time earlier

• Babylon 5 EP 1-12 By Any Means Necessary

The docking worker strike, which Sinclair resolves fairly, which annoys Earth government. Londo hoards a special plant required in an important Narn religious observation, which leads to a confrontation.

• Babylon 5 EP 1-11 Survivors

We get a peek at Garibaldi's alcoholic past. He's blamed for an accident aboard B5, which leads to hitting the bottle again after a prolonged abstinence.

• Babylon 5 EP 1-10 Believers

Believers

Lame morality tale about medical intervention versus fundy religious beliefs.

Kosh: "The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote."

• Babylon 5 EP 1-09 Deathwalker

Deathwalker

Notorious war criminal scientist chick invents an immortality serum. Vorlon Ambassador Kosh intervenes with "You are not ready". He also hires telepath Talia Winters to oversee a very unusual negotiation with crazy exposed brain under his hat guy.

Minbari warrior, to Sinclair: "There is a hole in your mind!"

• Babylon 5 EP 1-08 And The Sky Full Of Stars

Sinclair is kidnapped and interrogated by members of a pro-Earth (i.e. anti-aliens) group, determined to find out what transpired when the commander was briefly missing in action during the final battle of the Earth/Minbari war, something Sinclair himself has never been able to remember. What is it that the Minbari don't want Sinclair to remember about his experience on the Line?

After his squad was shot down at the Line, Sinclair's ship was disabled and taken aboard a Minbari cruiser. He was tortured and examined, and at one point stood unfettered within the circle of the grey council itself. When they didn't respond to his questions, Sinclair suddenly walked up to one of them and pulled back the hood, revealing the face of Delenn. He was then knocked out again, and some time later returned to his ship with no memory of the experience.

• Babylon 5 EP 1-07 The War Prayer

A Minbari poet is attacked by a vicious pro-Earth group. Two young Centauri lovers seek Londo's protection. Londo's shoes are too tight, and he has forgotten how to dance.

• Babylon 5 EP 1-06 Mind War

We meet Bester, a high-up Psi-Corps agent, played by our favourite Star Trek officer, Walter "Nuclear Wessels" Koenig when they're trying to hunt down escaped freaky experimented-on mind-quake guy Jason Ironheart, who gives Babylon 5 resident Psi-Corps agent Talia Winters a "gift" - telekinesis.

• Babylon 5 EP 1-05 The Parliament Of Dreams

Sinclair's annoying old flame, Catherine "Don't Touch Me Unless You Mean It" Sakai, arrives during a weeklong festival when humans and aliens demonstrate their religious beliefs. An old enemy sends an assassin to kill G'Kar.

Future Nights

• Babylon 5
  • Seriously, the Pilot and Episode 1.01 are quite good.
  • Even 1.02 Soul Hunter has some stuff about Minbari beliefs.
• Battlestar Galactica when it returns - and may it return quickly... SO SAY WE ALLLL!!!!
• Doctor Who - the last ones we saw were the Daleks in the Empire State Building
• Torchwood
• Farscape
• The Man From Earth - Indie movie, that's apparently really good! Someone should 'obtain' this... (31/01/2008 - Consider this "obtained" - Griff)
• I have the retouched and remastered film Metropolis on DVD
• We have some Rifftrax of The Matrix, Fellowship Of The Ring and some Star Trek movies we haven't watched yet
• Enterprise? At least from Season 4, right through Season 4 would be Gravy!!!