tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post1830960920380224644..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: Babylon 5 #8: The War PrayerSiskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-5320199694627938112014-07-18T07:11:40.551-03:002014-07-18T07:11:40.551-03:00OhEmGee I've always loved the "famine, pe...OhEmGee I've always loved the "famine, pestilence, death" line but I always wondered about the fourth horseman, to the point that I started reading this very article still wondered about it. All these years, I never twigged Londo was War!<br /><br />That's made my day, thanks Ryan. God, a twenty year mystery solved.Madeleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-16338187438233665912014-07-15T17:20:04.479-03:002014-07-15T17:20:04.479-03:00I wish I could take credit for it, but quite a few...I wish I could take credit for it, but quite a few fans even at the time pointed it out, and I'm just piggybacking off those posts.Ryan Lohnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-43138038242145226932014-07-15T12:49:44.736-03:002014-07-15T12:49:44.736-03:00Great observation on the "fourth horseman&quo...Great observation on the "fourth horseman"!Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-31047421906481439562014-07-15T09:40:37.569-03:002014-07-15T09:40:37.569-03:00The first of two episodes written by DC Fontana, w...The first of two episodes written by DC Fontana, who gave us several classic Trek episodes and is one of the few sci-fi writers of that era who is still alive and working. Unfortunately, this really isn't the best display of her talents given that the show is still fully in set-up mode, with the episode's own main story nothing but an excuse to introduce the idea of anti-alien prejudice among humans.<br /><br />The B-plot about the Centauri Romeo and Juliet was entirely Fontana's invention, and JMS was adamantly against it at first, seeing it as sappy and cliched. Fontana changed his mind by convincing him it wasn't really about the couple themselves, but their effect on Londo. It also features the neat dramatic irony hidden inside a joke where Londo describes his three wives as Famine, Pestilence, and Death. What does that make Londo himself but War?<br /><br />JMS has described the cast changes after The Gathering as featuring the happy coincidence of getting rid of everyone who'd seen Kosh, allowing him to build up more mystery around the Vorlons. Though I still think it wasn't quite worth losing that future story point I've hinted at before.Ryan Lohnernoreply@blogger.com