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Message no. 1
From: Paul Chamberlain <junior@*****.NET.AU>
Subject: Re: [OT] I've just seen Sleeping In Light this morning...
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 09:15:19 +0800
>All I can say is.... BRILLIANT >*sniff*< episode....
>
>The scene where Babylon 5 is utterly destroyed brought a tear to my eye...
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>Yes, yes... I know...
>Totally off topic... Slap on wrist... Naughty me....
>:)
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Ummm... Yes it might of been a brilliant episodes. Some of us may not even
known that B5 was going to be blown up. (Where not all in the US or UK you
know) Next time please include spoiler space(I know it doesn't seem
necessary) but some of us aren't up with you.

It's late and I should stop my irritable rambling...

Regards Arkem
Message no. 2
From: Justin Bell <justin@******.NET>
Subject: Re: [OT] I've just seen Sleeping In Light this morning...
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 20:22:42 -0500
B5 finale spoiler space
























At 10:39 PM 1/1/99 +0000, A Halliwell wrote:
on another note.... my spell check wants to change Halliwell to Hallowed

so, Hallowed be thy name?
;)

# All I can say is.... BRILLIANT >*sniff*< episode....
#
# The scene where Babylon 5 is utterly destroyed brought a tear to my eye...

yeah, BUT, wasnt that just a TOTAL waste of resources?
surely it would have been better to dismantle and sell the materials.....
or re-use them.

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Message no. 3
From: Bob Tockley <zzdeden@*******.COM.AU>
Subject: Re: [OT] I've just seen Sleeping In Light this morning...
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 12:30:37 +1000
>All I can say is.... BRILLIANT >*sniff*< episode....
>
>The scene where Babylon 5 is utterly destroyed brought a tear to my eye...

You bastard. I haven't seen that one. Thanks for ruining it for me. =)

[>]ARKHAM
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body... until I realized what was telling me that..."
Message no. 4
From: K in the Shadows <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: Re: [OT] I've just seen Sleeping In Light this morning...
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 10:18:14 EST
In a message dated 1/1/99 8:17:14 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
junior@*****.NET.AU writes:

>
> It's late and I should stop my irritable rambling...
>
I snippedthe B5 commentary.

I agree with "junior" here Spike, you got lucky in seeing that episode, but
the rest of the world didn't. Add to that the fact that *YOU* are one of the
biggest bitching individuals when it comes to Spoilers from time to time, I
was amazed you posted in that manner.

Oh well, I'll live...even if I have NOT seen that episode.

-K
Message no. 5
From: Paul Gettle <RunnerPaul@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: [OT] I've just seen Sleeping In Light this morning...
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 19:03:08 -0500
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At 12:30 PM 10/22/98 +1000, ARKHAM wrote:
>>All I can say is.... BRILLIANT >*sniff*< episode....
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>>The scene where Babylon 5 is utterly destroyed brought a tear to my
eye...
>
>You bastard. I haven't seen that one. Thanks for ruining it for me.
=)

C'mon, like you didn't see it coming? :) After all, the destruction
of the station was prophesied by that one Centauri woman way back in
what, season 1? You know, the same Centauri who predicted that both
Londo and Vir would be Emperors? The destruction of the station is a
non-spoiler IMHO. Now if he'd mentioned that one of the characters had
turned in to a randy little bed-jockey, that would have been a
spoiler.

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Message no. 6
From: David Buehrer <dbuehrer@******.CARL.ORG>
Subject: Re: [OT] I've just seen Sleeping In Light this morning...
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 09:39:12 -0700
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/ At 10:39 PM 1/1/99 +0000, A Halliwell wrote:
/ on another note.... my spell check wants to change Halliwell to Hallowed
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/ so, Hallowed be thy name?
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/ # All I can say is.... BRILLIANT >*sniff*< episode....
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/ # The scene where Babylon 5 is utterly destroyed brought a tear to my eye...
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/ yeah, BUT, wasnt that just a TOTAL waste of resources?
/ surely it would have been better to dismantle and sell the materials.....
/ or re-use them.

My guess would be SOTA. The technology used to create B5 was probably
surpassed to the point that it was economically prohibitive to dismantle it
(it would cost more to take it apart then what you would game from it).
For this same reason decommisioned navel vessles are often sunk instead of
dismantled. Ditto for disposal of old tanks and such. Also, the structure
probably had all sorts of stress fractures which would require that it be
melted down and reforged, which would significantly add to the cost.

Also, when you take something apart you're paying for it twice. The price
to build it, and the price to take it apart and break it down. In private
industry and on a small scale you see this being done. But for something
as large as B5 that's owned by a beaurocracy...

-David B.
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Message no. 7
From: Steve Collins <einan@*********.NET>
Subject: Re: [OT] I've just seen Sleeping In Light this morning...
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 17:57:31 -0500
On 1/2/99 7:03 PM, Paul Gettle said:

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>At 12:30 PM 10/22/98 +1000, ARKHAM wrote:
>>>All I can say is.... BRILLIANT >*sniff*< episode....
>>>
>>>The scene where Babylon 5 is utterly destroyed brought a tear to my
>eye...
>>
>>You bastard. I haven't seen that one. Thanks for ruining it for me.
> =)
>
>C'mon, like you didn't see it coming? :) After all, the destruction
>of the station was prophesied by that one Centauri woman way back in
>what, season 1? You know, the same Centauri who predicted that both
>Londo and Vir would be Emperors? The destruction of the station is a
>non-spoiler IMHO. Now if he'd mentioned that one of the characters had
>turned in to a randy little bed-jockey, that would have been a
>spoiler.
>

Not to mention that JMS has said from day 1 that Babalyon 5 is blown up
in the final episode, he just never mentioned the manner in which it
happened. I believe that it was Lady Ladira, some relative of Lord Kiro's
who forsaw the end of B5 (in the season 2 episode with the Eye where
Morden first appears) Lady Morella was the seeress who prophesied that
both Lando and Vir would be emperor.

Steve

Steve
Message no. 8
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: [OT] I've just seen Sleeping In Light this morning...
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 12:14:09 +0100
According to Steve Collins, at 17:57 on 4 Jan 99, the word on
the street was...

> Lady Morella was the seeress who prophesied that
> both Lando and Vir would be emperor.
^^^^^
Would that be after he blew up the Death Star? ;)

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Message no. 9
From: A Halliwell <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: [OT] I've just seen Sleeping In Light this morning...
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 13:45:49 +0000
And verily, did Steve Collins hastily scribble thusly...
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|On 1/2/99 7:03 PM, Paul Gettle said:
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|>At 12:30 PM 10/22/98 +1000, ARKHAM wrote:
|>>>All I can say is.... BRILLIANT >*sniff*< episode....
|>>>
|>>>The scene where Babylon 5 is utterly destroyed brought a tear to my
|>eye...
|>>
|>>You bastard. I haven't seen that one. Thanks for ruining it for me.
|> =)
|>
|>C'mon, like you didn't see it coming? :) After all, the destruction
|>of the station was prophesied by that one Centauri woman way back in
|>what, season 1?

Yes. We knew it was going to be destroyed.
We didn't know HOW though. Such an ignominious end for such a great
historical monument, don't you think?

I think we'd better be as vague as possible. Some people on the list
(Gurth?) might not have seen it yet....

You know, the same Centauri who predicted that both
|>Londo and Vir would be Emperors? The destruction of the station is a
|>non-spoiler IMHO. Now if he'd mentioned that one of the characters had
|>turned in to a randy little bed-jockey, that would have been a
|>spoiler.
|>

As I said, the prophecy only said it would be destroyed. everyone assumed it
would be.... well...

Gurth... Don't read this....






















Everyone assumed it would be a violent, worthwhile end, in some war or
other.

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|Not to mention that JMS has said from day 1 that Babalyon 5 is blown up
|in the final episode, he just never mentioned the manner in which it
|happened. I believe that it was Lady Ladira, some relative of Lord Kiro's
|who forsaw the end of B5 (in the season 2 episode with the Eye where
|Morden first appears) Lady Morella was the seeress who prophesied that
|both Lando and Vir would be emperor.

I know....
It was still a weepy though....
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Message no. 10
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: [OT] I've just seen Sleeping In Light this morning...
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 19:27:15 +0100
According to A Halliwell, at 13:45 on 5 Jan 99, the word on
the street was...

> I think we'd better be as vague as possible. Some people on the list
> (Gurth?) might not have seen it yet....

Season 4 just started here last Saturday... At least they're still showing
it, that's all that matters to me when it comes to B5 :)

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Message no. 11
From: David Cordy <DCordy@****.COM>
Subject: Re: [OT] I've just seen Sleeping In Light this morning...
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 10:56:50 -0800
> Season 4 just started here last Saturday... At least they're still showing
> it, that's all that matters to me when it comes to B5 :)
>
Just started! Damn, I saw "Sleeping..." on the 24th of November (day before

Thanksgiving). I think I would have gone crazy if I had to wait much
longer.
}=^P

On a somewhat non-[OT] posting... I just received the copy of the Denver
box set I ordered from The Dragon's Trove. I can't wait to get off work so
I
can open it up and take a look. :-)

David

Only four and a half more hours! <groan>

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