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We Have Always Been Here
I watched Babylon 5 for the First Time myself back in the 90s as it aired. I followed JMS (the creator) on Usenet week on week as he discussed each episode and with a group of friends, we'd meet for lunch each week after an airing to discuss our theories. Watching these two throwing the same kinds of theories out that we did then brings a level of nostalgia to my favorite show that is indescribable as they are both right on with their theories and predictions and way off. I'm enjoying the ride that is Babylon 5 again through their eyes.
- B2pix
- July 24, 2023
Great Podcast
Love love this podcast back in the 90s really didn’t get. Much into Star Trek you guys made me wanna watch it as adults I get👍👍👍
- ZIMMI_0045
- July 20, 2023
THE Reason to begin listening to Podcasts!
I do not listen to podcasts. I have Never listened to podcasts. I had Absolutely Zero Interest in exploring the podcasting world! But when my dear, dear friend Would Not Shut Up about how Good this podcast was I gave in. I literally had to ask, “So how does one listen to podcasts, anyway?”
I was an Enormous Babylon 5 fan back in the day! LOVED The Show! Thoroughly!
I just finished the podcast recap of Season 1 and am So Excited to relive my 30-year JOY with Jeff and Brent! It’s rekindled my slumbering Love for this show and I’m seeing some the episodes in a new light.
Thank you both for a Fun Journey!
Onward to Season Two!
- Imbri/Diane
- July 18, 2023
Very Good Podcast!
I find this to be a really refreshing podcast. Especially Jeff gives a unique perspective on how well he thinks things work.Even when I disagree, I find him interesting. I'm much more like Brent with how much I like it to just GO! I usually listen while on the YouTube, so I get the special edition. :)
- Good podcast, give it a listen
- July 17, 2023
My Favorite Podcast.
This pod cast takes me back to a happy time in my life. In the late 90’s My good and Dear Friend Josh and I would would eat tater tots, play the Babylon 5 Collectable Card Game and debate what was going to happen next in our favorite show. We would spend hours debating the shows outcome and through our host I can relive that feeling. It is clear that Brent and Jeff enjoy their subject matter. Every week, they are well prepared and professional. They approach every episode with curiosity, excitement and kindness. They may not love every episode, but they always approach the discussion with intelligent debate. Thank you for allowing the rest of us to tag along on your journey through Babylon 5
- Ashtonbm25
- July 12, 2023
Fresh Eyes on a Classic
My mother got me into B5 during its original run. It wasn't on for long locally, so we had to wait for my aunt to record episodes, and mail them to us on a VHS. I got my own DVDs shortly after they came out, and have occasionally binged it over the years. Then HBO Max remastered it, and I had been working through it again, but had petered out.
Then I was reading a review for the new video game Star Trek: Resurgence, and the reviewer mentioned this podcast. I was hooked after the first episode, and started catching up as fast as I could, and watching the show again too. I'd hoped to catch up in time for Shattered Dreams, but didn't quite make it. At least, I'll be there for War Wi..., wait, that might be considered a spoiler; we'll just say s3e16.
Part of what makes this podcast enjoyable is the Trek comparisons, but they keep themselves restrained. It's also both amazing and maddening where some of their predictions go, especially when they get to the right answer for all the wrong reasons...
- N. A. Miller
- July 1, 2023
Wonderful show
I have watched Babylon 5 all the way through at least 5 times and watched most of Star Trek. Seeing one of my favorite shows through the lens of Star Trek is so amazing. I love seeing their journey through the show and their predictions. This is a must listen to. And remember No Spoilers!
- CurNon4
- June 22, 2023
I am not quite a First One, maybe a close second. I was introduced to B5 by a friend in the early 2000s, and now own all five seasons on DVD box sets, plus the TV movies. I have watched multiple times and love the show.
A recently came a cross your podcast, seeing a couple of Trek fans, watching the series for the first time, and I am delighted to be able to follow your journey into the world of B5. Your predictions may not always be quite on the mark, but you have both caught the B5 bug, and I look forward to following your journey as you discover the rest of the story. Your views on B5 are both insightful and entertaining.
By the way, I am also a fan of Star Trek, especially TNG and DS9.
- jnicoll74
- June 8, 2023
🎶Feels like the first time🎶
With the buzz flying around about the new animated series, I decided to seek out Babylon 5 podcasts. Thru the League of non-aligned podcasts, I found this one and it rocks!
It takes a strong will to keep with just one episode a week. I started a rewatch 2 weeks ago and I’m already thru season 3. Look forward to listening to the future episodes, because you have barely scratched the surface of how awesome this series gets.
- Miggymack
- May 18, 2023
Just listened to "Passing through Gethsemane" my favorite episode
I've largely enjoyed your podcast, and am excited for more blind predictions. You just reviewed "Passing through Gethsemane", my favorite episode of the series. As I am sure you have noticed by now, there are several episodes that have religious themes of one stripe or another. Now that you have reviewed this episode, I feel no obligation not to spoil the episode. This episode challenged me in a way that few tv shows did. As a young 20-something Christian, watching this episode made me realize the depth of bravery that would be needed to remain in a place where you knew someone would be coming along to kill you. Some people believe that to be a Christian, you must be a kind of weak person. I began to think of missionaries in countries where it is downright dangerous to share a Christian faith. As missionaries in those countries are regularly beaten and sometimes beheaded, nobody I know would dare to call those missionaries pansies. Brother Theo had the kind of faith that is needed in today's world. To stand strong and not back down from doing the right thing, even unto the point of death. But enough waxing poetic. Love the show and keep going on.
- Bros by
- May 15, 2023
Babylon 5 is the greatest television show of all time. If you’ve seen it you know this, and if you haven’t seen it you will soon know this to be true. I have listened to so many B5 podcasts and most are ok, some are terrible, but this one is near-perfect. It’s not fan service and it’s not another thing telling us what we already know. This is two Star Trek guys watching for the first time. It takes me back to when I first watched this masterpiece. It’s also amazing to hear them learn what I already knew - B5 is the best!
- g.stratguy
- May 5, 2023
Interesting cast for a long-time fan
I discovered Bablyon 5 during its 2nd season and it immediately became one of my most beloved Sci-Fi shows. I have watched the entire series from start to finish several times over the years on reruns, DVD, and now on iTunes.
Jeff and Brent have made re-watching again feel fresh and new. It is so interesting to hear their "first time" take on the show.
- Mobrochu
- May 1, 2023
What a fun ride back down B5 memory lane
First off you two are great and I really enjoy your podcast. I’m actually just started your podcast and I’m already in Season 2. I love how you both try to guess and what will happen. It’s nice to see how you both who are new to the show get more and more into the story. I also love how you search for Trek like related messages.
I love Babylon 5 and also being a hardcore Trek fan I didn’t get into it until after it was in syndication. I have a neat little story I’m going to have to email and share with you guys. Keep it up. I’m on this train for the whole ride! I can’t wait till you guys finish. The surprises keep coming.
- VoodooSan
- May 1, 2023
Sooner or Later, Everyone Comes to Babylon 5 For The First Time
Babylon 5 debuted when I was 8 years old. Having only experienced with TOS and TNG through reruns at the time, it was the first major sci-fi series I got to experience live during its original run. It holds a special place for me as THE formative sci-fi show in my life. I say this to underscore that, when I decided to pick a podcast to accompany one of my regular rewatches of the show, I didn’t do so lightly.
Following Brent and Jeff as they experience B5 for the first time is reigniting my love for the series all over again. Seeing their excitement as the characters, themes, and rhythms of the show’s storytelling click into place brings a fresh perspective that both reinforces what I’ve always loved about the show and challenges things I’ve come to take for granted.
I don’t know what your podcast… pleasure threshold is, but if you want to test that look no further!
- sbab20
- April 27, 2023
What a fun ride back down B5 memory lane
First off you two are great and I really enjoy your podcast. I’m actually just in the first season for the episode Quality of Mercy.
I love how you both try to guess and what will happen. It’s nice to see how you both who are new to the show get more and more into the story. I love Babylon 5 and also being a hardcore Trek fan I didn’t get into it until after it was in syndication.
I have a neat little story I’m going to have to email and share with you guys. Keep it up. I’m on this train for the whole ride!
- VoodooSan
- April 25, 2023
A lot of fun
It’s so much fun to relive the joy of watching Babylon 5 for the first time with these two. Even if you don’t always agree with their assessment of the individual episodes, it’s always fun to play along when they guess what’s going to happen. The hard part is to hold back on spoilers when commenting, but watching them figure out things for themselves makes it all worth it.
- Mg169
- April 10, 2023
Must listen for any Babylon 5 fan, New or experienced
Podcasters Brent Allen and Jeff Akin host a series where they watch, review, and predict what will happen next on Babylon 5, just based on what they experience from the show so far. I love the insight from their years of Star Trek as they apply that to this classic show. Predictions are humorous when totally wrong, with sly smiles on the times when they hit the bulls eye. Duane in Virginia
- Linda Doune
- April 4, 2023
- Troldann
- March 31, 2023
Good pod, clean dialogue, Trek background
I have a whole pile of B5 DVD’s and been a fan since the ‘90’s. After hearing about this podcast from another B5 pod, I decided to check it out.
I’m starting from the first episode of their show so I’m a little behind. Jeff and Brent have interesting observations, even as they bravely slog through season one. They keep it pretty clean (which also makes it unique) so okay to listen to with kids in the room. Let the buzzer go though, guys! I don’t mind the Star Trek references but that thing is distracting.
- John B’s Pod People
- March 30, 2023
Perfect for rewatching with another perspective
With the remade high-def B5 episodes available, this podcast is great for rewatching episodes. They have another perspective of the show that reveals subtle plots that may have been missed the first 5 times I’ve watched the series, and it’s hilarious when they try to predict the next episode, sometimes they nail the plot.
- Corman3000
- March 30, 2023
Logic•Heart•Humor=B51T
Jeff and Brent bring their vast knowledge of the genre and explore the tv series Babylon 5 for the first time. This is a spoiler free podcast and is inviting to both new B5 viewer as well as those who have watched the series 65 times. Using their logic, humor and heart, they break down each episode. Agree or disagree with them, they will give you their honest opinions to the table. Enjoy.
- tired.nate
- March 28, 2023
Babylon 5 outta 5!
I've been listening weekly since Babylon Squared, and your predictions are regularly a delight.The perspectives you each share also expand my own conceptions of episodes outside of my own lived experience. The anticipation of seeing how you gents react is a weekly delight, there are SO many things that I know we all want to discuss with you guys, but we must keep the sanctity of spoilers. G'Kar is absolutely my favorite character, and as of the recent episode (The Long Twilight Struggle) his strength of "character" really shows. Your comments about Vir in (Comes the Inquisitor) further demonstrate B5's ability to develop characters in very surprising ways (and that's all I can say about that.) To quote an infamous Centauri, "Keep it up!"
- dmatiq
- March 27, 2023
My Favorite B5 podcast
I absolutely love this podcast. Jeff and Brent are fantastic, and their guesses are always so spot on, unless they’re not, and then they’re really far off. But I won’t tell you which is which because…well, spoilers. For now, all I will say is Bzzt when Bzzzt comes to Bzzzt, get ready because Bzzzt will reveal that he is bzzzt and you won’t even see it coming. Then bzzzt will bzzt. You’re gonna love it.
- Big Bucs Momma
- March 22, 2023
B5 for the first time? Yes please!!!
Babylon 5 is my all time favorite show. If you’ve never seen it but have been curious about it now is your chance to watch along with a pair of newbies and experience with them. If you are a fan of the show this pod cast gives you a chance to re-live what it was like the first time around with all of the ups and downs along the way. These guys don’t shy away from calling a Duce a duce, and like the show they are covering there are some rough spots along the way. But just like B5 it is well worth the time and investment to listen to the whole thing (especially on YouTube!) These guys are funny, insightful, and very thoughtful in their discussions of each episode and just like watching Babylon 5 back in the day I just can’t wait for the next episode every week.
- Ketzlkat
- March 21, 2023
A new perspective!
I love this fresh perspective on one of my favorite shows! I look forward to the day when blind people around the world can listen to be5 with audio description, and enjoy it as much as you. ‘tis a dream I have.
- ReadTheWorld81
- March 20, 2023
Great for Babylon 5 Fans; Truly Not a Star Trek Podcast
I'm an old Babylon 5 fan. Jeff and Brent bring back the memories of watching for the first time. They are two Star Trek podcasters but if you aren't a Star Trek fan, don't let that turn you off. I grew up with Next Generation on TV but aside from that and the movies I have seen very little Star Trek. I have never seen Deep Space Nine and only one episode of the original series (the Khan one). You, like me, might not get the Star Trek references they mention but they limit it to three per host maximum each episode and even when they do make them the context will convey what they mean. I'm amazed at their deep insights as Babylon newbies and feel like an idiot that I never noticed how much Mass Effect is a Babylon 5 game after putting well over 500 hours into that series. If you are new to Babylon 5 or an old fan, you will love this podcast.
- KishaLivingston
- March 20, 2023
Same perspective!
Started listening to this podcast as I am watching B5 for the first time myself, and am also a Star Trek fan. I really enjoy these takes on the series, as it is so similar to my own perspective!
- I can't find a name!!27
- March 17, 2023
This is Why I Listen
I came to this ‘cast late and ended up binging all of the old episodes in less than a week. There was frustration at first because they were coming from a Star Trek perspective (I do love Trek) and Babylon 5 does not fit in that mold but, I figured that would be the case going in so I just gritted my teeth and endured.
They made me angry and they made me laugh.
And then they showed me something new about the show I had never noticed and I have watched it repeatedly since it first aired. And in that same episode they also showed me so much humanity that I teared up.
It was a spectacular ‘cast and earned 5 stars from me just for that episode alone. I am here until the end guys. Thank you so much.
And Starfuries are indeed a very cool fighter but, why you didn’t use Stations as a ranking choice I will never know.
Much Love Guys!
- roastedsalamander
- March 9, 2023
loving this!
I've had a lot of fun with this, but sometimes it's odd to hear this show compared to DS9. Yes, I know that's been a thing since 1994, but the similarities are few and far between. What confuses me is why more folks aren't comparing B5 to Lord of the Rings.
- Bekkers29
- Feb. 24, 2023
My Favorite B5 podcast
I absolutely love this podcast. Jeff and Brent are fantastic, and their guesses are always so spot on, unless they’re not, and then they’re really far off. But I won’t tell you which is which because…well, spoilers. For now, all I will say is Bzzt when Bzzzt comes to Bzzzt, get ready because Bzzzt will reveal that he is bzzzt and you won’t even see it coming. Then bzzzt will bzzt. You’re gonna love it.
- Big Bucs Momma
- Feb. 22, 2023