Our Babylon 5 Connection
August 14th, 2008 by Editor BQuick quiz: What’s the connection between my beautiful wife and the science fiction television series Babylon 5?
I’ll give you a hint: It’s an object shown in the following two pictures.
Spotted it, right? The peacock. Xy inherited that from her grandmother’s antique shop, I think. We’ve displayed it proudly everywhere we’ve lived. It’s not exactly the kind of thing that screams out “spaceship” though, is it? So obviously someone has an unusual flare for set design. And probably a tight budget.
August 14th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
(With a heavy german accent) Very Interesting…………..
August 14th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
You have Londo Mollari’s peacock? OMG, that’s awesome! (Straczynski was no high-flyer.)
If anyone is interested in a Bab5 marathon, let me know, I have almost all the DVDs.
August 14th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
I can’t believe you’re watching that and still haven’t watched Battlestar Galactica.
August 14th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
David: Well, we are going in alphabetical order, and Babylon comes before Battlestar. I’ve heard so many good things about Battlestar that I do want to check it out eventually, but there’s only so much science fiction TV a man can take.
August 15th, 2008 at 5:03 am
Totally off-subject, but I’m glad you enjoyed my review!
August 16th, 2008 at 8:38 am
What would be more interesting is to find out if these are the only two wall hangings in existence.
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:01 pm
[...] sheer camp value, like the occasional snippet of corny dialog, for example. It was a hoot spotting furniture from our living room in the show. The long story arcs were not without some intrigue. And certainly it seems like the most ambitious [...]