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Slice of SciFi“Oddity”: Actors Carolyn Bracken & Gwilym Lee on playing unsettling partsActors Gwilym Lee and Carolyn Bracken stop by to chat about Oddity, the new horror thriller from IFC Films and Shudder, out in theaters July 19. Written & directed by Damian McCarthy, this tense, quiet suspense-horror feature may be the surprise movie of the summer season.
What appeals to you about tales of quiet horror? Let us know! Send Summer an email, or leave a message in the comments below!2024-07-2024 minSlice of SciFi“The Eagle Has Landed”: About the “Space: 1999” DocumentaryWriter-Director Jeffrey Morris of FutureDude Entertainment and Writer-Producer Kevin J. Anderson stop by to talk with Summer and guest host Tim Callender about the Kickstarter for "The Eagle Has Landed", a documentary about the iconic spacecraft from the groundbreaking 1975 science fiction series "Space: 1999"
What memories do you have about SPACE: 1999? When were you first watching the show? Let us know! Send Summer an email, or leave a message in the comments below!2023-10-051h 12Slice of SciFiTV Talk: “Citadel” and the questions we still haveSummer is joined by Slice of SciFi reviewer Louis Howley for a deep dive into Season 1 of Prime Video's newest original series "Citadel", and the questions the series has raised for us.
Are you a fan of the super spy agency adventure stories? Let us know! Send Summer an email, or leave a message in the comments below!2023-05-281h 25Slice of SciFiTV Horror: Discussing “The Reading”Summer joins forces with Noah and Clif to talk about the new BET+ thriller The Reading, starring Mo'nique, written and directed by Courtney Glaudé, and executive produced by Lee Daniels.
Oh, and there will be SPOILERS here, and varied opinions.
Are you a fan of story twists in thrillers and horror movies? Let us know! Send Summer an email, or leave a message in the comments below!2023-02-2556 minSlice of SciFi2022 Roundup: What We WatchedNoah Richman and Clif Jackson join Summer to chat about some of the things we watched in 2022 that made an impression or stood out, including movies both new and old.
What TV shows or movies landed on your favorites lists in 2022? Let us know! Send Summer an email, or leave a message in the comments below!2023-01-0743 minSlice of SciFiCulinary Talk: The Star Trek CookbookNew York Times Bestselling author Chelsea Monroe-Cassell stops by to talk with Summer and Tim Callender about her latest cookbook, the new & newly updated Star Trek Cookbook: Culinary Adventures in the Final Frontier, out this week from Gallery Books.
Do you have a favorite cookbook or recipe from fandom feasts? Let us know! Send Summer an email, or leave a message in the comments below!2022-09-2140 min
Writers, After DarkWriters, After Dark #79: Terry BrooksBest-selling fantasy author Terry Brooks talks about The Last Druid, ending The Shannara Cycle and starting a new tale in a new world.
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The Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #289: Interview with Jane KillickInterview: Tim and Summer chat with author Jane Killick, whose Babylon 5 Season Guides are a vital resource for any fan of the show.
Source2019-12-041h 03The Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #288: Interview with Tracy ScogginsInterview: Tim and Summer welcome Tracy Scoggins, whose command of the station in Season 5 and Crusade was a welcome addition to the field of leading lady military roles in science fiction television.
Source2019-11-211h 19The Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #287: Interview with Mira FurlanInterview: Tim and Summer swoon in the presence of Mira Furlan, whose regal stature on Babylon 5 made an impression to last beyond the end of time.
Source2019-11-161h 19The Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #286: About “Becoming Superman”Discussion: Tim and Summer discuss most of the contents of J. Michael Straczynski's memoir, Becoming Superman.
Source2019-11-0749 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #281: Visiting from The Rim7 years ago, in December 2012, Tim and Summer closed the book on that particular journey, having spent nearly 300 episodes and quite likely well over 500 hours of discussion and more with the many cast, crew, creators and fans on all sorts of topics about and around Babylon 5.
Today, we're back from beyond the rim, for just a little while.
Source2019-10-0315 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #280: Farewell, Old FriendIt's not goodbye, it's farewell... we'll meet again, and if we don't, we will see each other again in the place where no shadows fall.
We've always been here, and so have you all.
Jeffrey returns from his explorations along the Rim to join Tim, Summer and Jeremy for the final official episode of The Babylon Podcast.
Source2012-12-021h 01The Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #276: The Babylon 5 Short StoriesDeep Geeking: This episode, Neil and Edmund join Tim, Summer and Jeremy to talk about the 3 short stories from the Amazing Stories magazines: "Shadow of His Thoughts", "Genius Loci", and "Space, Time and the Incurable Romantic", all three of which were written by J. Michael Straczynski.
Source2012-09-281h 28The Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #272: Red Hypergiant PaloozaWe lament the passing of science fiction master Harry Harrison, recounting some of the classics that he'd written over the years.
Feedbackapalooza: Tim, Summer and Jeremy dive into the messages that you've sent us, and we appreciate your messages to us and for us! We have a lot to go through, so settle in, kids...
Source2012-08-251h 14The Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #264: Babylon 5 Comics ReviewDeep Geeking: This week, both Gary from Jacksonville and Neil from Bowie join Summer and Jeremy to discuss the initial 11-issue run of Babylon 5 comics, published originally by DC Comics, and later collected into graphic novel collections by Titan Books and by DC.
Source2012-04-1154 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #263: Overview of Babylon 5 Comics and other CollectiblesDiscussion: Tim, Summer, Jeremy and guest Gary from Jacksonville discuss the plan for talking about the Babylon 5 comics published by DC Comics and by Titan Books. Many issues surrounded the actual creation, writing and publication of the series, and Gary gives us a little bit of that wacky history.
Source2012-03-2155 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #261: Mondopalooza Part 1The new theme music for Season 7 makes it's official debut, and it's a snippet of the theme created by Stewart Copeland for the original version of "The Gathering" that aired in 1993.
Feedback: Tim, Summer and Jeremy respond to the backlog of voicemails that have come in over the past month or two, and as happens quite often, tangents rule.
Source2012-03-0747 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #260: The Lost Tales, RevisitedWelcome to Show #260, and the start of Season 7 of the Babylon Podcast!
Get ready, Babylon 5 fans... the coverage of the comics, novels, guidebooks, games and collectibles is about to commence. But first, we have to find a way to get copies of some of them into Tim's, Bret's and Jeremy's hands... after we digress into a discussion about physical vs digital books.
Deep Geeking: Tim, Summer, Bret and Jeremy discuss the last officially produced Babylon 5 video content, The Lost Tales.
Source2012-02-221h 23The Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #259: Legend of the Rangers (movie)Deep Geeking: Tim, Summer and Jeremy discuss the last Babylon 5 made-for-TV movie, Legend of the Rangers, which aired in January 2002. Yes, ten years ago, people. A treatment for this movie exists in Scriptbook Volume 10, and the full script is in the TV Movies scriptbook, so compare and contrast at your leisure.
Let the nitpicking begin: there aren't many real issues with the actual story, just some execution miscues.
Source2012-02-151h 13The Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #258: Little Bugs Have Lesser Bugs (Crusade)Deep Geeking: Tim and Summer discuss the unproduced Crusade script, "Little Bugs Have Lesser Bugs", which was written by Peter Woodward and slated to be a Season 2 episode.
The larger implications from the plot of this script are intriguing, given that it revealed a previously unknown vulnerability in the Drakh, and also gives us a storytelling conundrum, trying to obsessively figure out where in Season 2 this episode would have aired.
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The Dragon Page "Cover to Cover"Cover to Cover #461: Building Your AudiencesDiscussion: Mike S talks about the importance of developing a private audience, separate from the groups you're cultivating on Twitter, Google+, Facebook, and other social networks.
What's your favorite site for book reviews? Send them in, or mention them here... we'll collect the info and compile them into a list that we will use later to help publicize the finished stories after the process here.
And yes, Summer is still taking applications for Dragon Page book reviewers. Wanna play? [Read more...]
Source2012-01-3031 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #256: The End of the Line (Crusade)Deep Geeking: Tim, Summer and Jeremy discuss the unproduced Crusade script, "The End of the Line", which was slated to be the Season 1 finale.
As always, Captain Gideon's dogged pursuit of the truth behind the destruction of his old ship leads him and his crew into knowledge that shakes their trust in their superiors, and Gideon himself to a personal crossroads... and a cliffhanger that could have been as intriguing as Z'ha'dum leading into Hour of the Wolf.
Source2011-12-1452 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #255: The Dureena Trilogy (Crusade)Deep Geeking: Tim, Summer and Bret talk about the unproduced Crusade scripts that would have made up the Dureena Trilogy (the stories to explain her absence after her initial contract expired): "War Story", "The Walls of Hell" and an untitled story by JMS.
Also discussed are three spec pitches by Richard Mueller, for "Fire in the Blood", "House Odds", and "Mixed Blessings".
Source2011-11-3052 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #254: Tried and True (Crusade)Deep Geeking: Tim and Summer discuss the unproduced Crusade script for "Tried and True", which can be found in the "Crusade: Other Voices, Vol 2" scriptbook.
This would have been a remarkable Dureena performance, and comparisons can be drawn between this draft and what we saw in Season 4's "Intersections in Real Time", especially given the "one room play" stage-like setting in both stories.
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The Dragon Page "Cover to Cover"Cover to Cover #456: DIY EBooks (We're Not Dead Yet!)Mike M and Mike S jump back in the saddle, chatting about what they did on their extended summer vacations: Stackpole went to a few conventions (Gencon, Origins), and published his first digital original book, Perfectly Invisible, while Mennenga stretched his muscles as a TV show director with the new and improved Slice of SciFi TV.
Starting in January, follow along with the guys as they delve into some "best practices" for writers who want to self-publish and digitally distribute their own works, from preparation to production to marketing and sales. [Read more...]
Source2011-11-1400 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #251: Value Judgments (Crusade)Deep Geeking: Tim, Summer and Bret discuss the unproduced Crusade episode "Value Judgments", written by Fiona Avery. This episode was very close to being shot, with contracts out to Walter Koenig to guest star, and Mike Vejar to direct. That it didn't get produced is our loss.
Source2011-09-2354 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #250: To the Ends of the Earth (Crusade)So, what happens when you have a milestone episode, and everyone forgets to notice? Well, you end up with Tim distracted by shiny toys, with Summer distracted by baseball, and Bret distracted by poking fun at Tim and Summer.
Deep Geeking: This week, Tim, Summer and Bret discuss the unproduced Crusade script "To the Ends of the Earth".
Source2011-09-161h 00The Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #248: Appearances and Other Deceits (Crusade)Deep Geeking: Tim and Summer delve into discussion on "Appearances and Other Deceits", the final produced episode of Crusade.
Source2011-08-2756 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #246: Interview with Tucker SmallwoodTim and Summer enjoy a chat with renowned character actor Tucker Smallwood, who played Mr David Endawi in the S3 episode "Matters of Honor", and Commodore Glen Van Ross in Space: Above and Beyond.
Source2011-07-221h 04The Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #244: War Zone (Crusade)Walter Koenig at last has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame! It's about damned time.
Deep Geeking: Tim, Bret and Summer discuss "War Zone", demonstrating amazing feats of recall, considering that Summer watched the wrong damned episode this week.
Source2011-07-0757 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #242: Rules of the Game (Crusade)Deep Geeking: Tim and Summer get Marjean's thoughts on "Rules of the Game", particularly the development of the relationship between Dr Chambers and Max Eilerson, discovering what and who Max cares about, and of course, Dr Chambers' impeccable fashion sense and combat timing.
And yes, what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.
Once her new project, Three Moon Rising, is ready, we'll be talking with her again about it over at Slice of SciFi!
Source2011-06-2551 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #241: Interview with Peter and Kathleen DavidTim, Summer and Bret chat with Peter David and Kathleen David, with Peter telling us about how he got into writing episodes for the show, how he needed to divert from "writing for Star Trek" in order to get the Babylon 5 feel correct in the episodes and the novels, finding character voices, and more.
Kathleen talks a little about logistics behind getting the Del Rey B5 novels published, from author selection to publishing schedule and more.
Source2011-06-1959 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #240: Interview with Pat TallmanTim, Summer and Bret chat with Pat Tallman, mostly about the Lyta Alexander Favorites Poll, how the poll came about, and maybe even a hint about an upcoming book from our friends at B5Books.com.
Seriously, who doesn't like seeing chicks kicking butt?
Source2011-06-1052 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #239: Interview with Carrie DobroSummer and Gary chat with Carrie Dobro (Dureena Nafeel)!
Carrie talks about how much fun she'd had on the show, the challenges of her costume and her contact lenses, about the possible character development paths that Dureena might have gone on with both Galen and Gideon, and much much more.
Source2011-06-0359 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #237: Ruling From the Tomb (Crusade)Tim, Summer and Bret discuss "Ruling From the Tomb", written by Peter David.
Tim has questions about the execution of this episode's premise. While he's good with the cropping up of doomsday cults, the abundance of coincidental meetings and convergent threads doesn't sit well with him.
There are pieces of this episode that were changed or removed between earlier drafts and the final shooting, and details about those are in Crusade: Other Voices, Vol 2, and we can't wait for Peter David to join us to talk about them.
Source2011-05-1951 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #235: Interview with Marjean HoldenTim and Summer chat with Marjean Holden, our honorary co-host for this episode!
Marjean talks about her ventures into writing for television and film, her love of the science fiction genre, the anticipation of experiencing Crusade's story shift after they'd found the cure but would be chased down to prevent them from distributing it, and the loss of not being able to follow and finish that story.
Let's start the rumor mill ourselves: Marjean Holden is on board for that secret Crusade miniseries project!
Source2011-04-2856 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #234: Feedback From Down the StreetWe have more voicemail from you guys to go through! Tim and Summer also lament the fact that they completely forgot to ask David Allen Brooks about the pak'ma'ra porn gag.
Kudos to Gary's April Fool's Joke that he posted here... but be wary of payback in kind, sweetheart!
Source2011-04-221h 02The Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #233: Interview with David Allen BrooksTim and Summer chat with David Allen Brooks, about how he got into acting, how he approached the character of Max Eilerson, the research into being a scientist and archaeologist, the differences he observed between working on a science fiction drama compared to "just another" police procedural, the fans of Max, where Max's story arc might have taken him, and much more.
Source2011-04-1758 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast SE #7: Crusade: Other Voices, Vol 1The Babylon 5 Scripts Team sent Tim and Summer a surprise this week, and just around the same time that they are releasing this latest scriptbook into the wild, you can hear us give you a sneak peek into the book's contents.
Source2011-04-1310 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #232: The Path of Sorrows (Crusade)Deep Geeking: Tim and Summer are joined by The Jason Davis and Edmund Boys to discuss "The Path of Sorrows".
Questions abound because of this episode, about the pasts of our crew, about how many more secrets may have been revealed to us over time, and much more.
Jason talks about how this episode was one of the points of contention between TNT and JMS because it was character building (just not how they asked for it?), and more.
Source2011-04-071h 03The Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #231: Patterns of the Soul (Crusade)Deep Geeking: Tim and Summer discuss "Patterns of the Soul", an episode that gives us our first glimpse of conspiracies and ulterior motives that may be exploiting opportunities brought about after the introduction of the plague to the human population.
They discuss what types of patterns the episode title might refer to, and how the various secrets being guarded by each party involved in this encounter are related, in how they color everyone's actions.
Source2011-04-0151 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #229: The Palooza of Wine and CandySummer has Stone Levitation, Bret has Jack Daniels and Diet Coke, and Tim is drinking red wine and eating M&Ms. That explains a lot about Tim, doesn't it?
It's Feedback Time
Source2011-03-171h 07The Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #228: Each Night I Dream of Home (Crusade)Deep Geeking: Tim, Summer and Bret chat about "Each Night I Dream of Home", an episode that ties into the importance of Excalibur's mission, and shows us just how complex the task of decoding the Drakh plague virus truly is.
Tim recalls how he originally disliked this episode, because of what he thought was the "stunt casting" of characters from the original series to hook old fans; and Summer disagrees that it was "stunt casting" solely to garner ratings for TNT.
Source2011-03-1056 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #227: The Well of Forever (Crusade)Deep Geeking: Tim, Summer and Bret chat about "The Well of Forever", and there's several points of disagreement on the content of the episode, and it could quite possibly be from either some lack of perception on our parts, or from looking to hard for a complex answer when it's really much more simple than we think.
Source2011-02-2453 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #226: Visitors from Down the Street (Crusade)Deep Geeking: Tim, Summer and Bret chat about "Visitors from Down the Street", an episode filled with snark and more than wink and nod towards The X-Files.
Time has changed Tim's perception of this episode, and now Bret wishes he'd done his homework and watched it!
And where do captains of deep space exploration vessels get their supply of Hawaiian shirts? Inquiring minds want to know...
Source2011-02-1254 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #225: Feedbackapalooza 2: Palooza HarderContinuing the Feedback marathon, Tim, Summer and Bret discuss their alcoholic beverage selections for the evening. And Summer has kettle corn, so between salty, sweet, and hoppy, we're all ready to go.
Listener Voicemails: Despite what you hear, this episode is not the Neilapalooza, and no, we still don't know why Bret became fixated on Corwin having a mullet.
We really should have talked about the Booze of Babylon 5, shouldn't we have?
Source2011-02-031h 01The Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #224: FeedbackapaloozaTim and Summer are growing concerned, because we don't have any solid ideas for our 6th season opening yet.
Hopefully, Gary and Edmund have been plotting mischieviousness on our behalf.
Listener Voicemails: Time to catch up on the voicemails from the end of 2010!! And we are happy to hear the new voices chiming in after all this time!
So how much alcohol will it take to get Bret to sing for us? Do we really want to find out?
Source2011-01-1955 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #223: The Long Road (Crusade)In this episode, Tim and Summer discuss "The Long Road", the games technomages play, whether or not dragons should still invoke a primal fear in space-faring races, and more.
Tim has a different appreciation for this episode when watched in the current order, and Summer likes how much better some of the character relationships have developed in this current viewing order.
Source2011-01-061h 01The Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #222: The Memory of War (Crusade)Deep Geeking: Tim, Summer and Bret discuss "The Memory of War", and this one, in Tim's estimation, disappoints.
Talk ranges from the music matching the dramatic sequences and falling short on the action sequences, the quality of the CG scenes, and throwing the flag on gratuitous use of slow motion effects.
Discussion also touches upon the disappointment at the collapse of the show due to the complex situation surrounding Crusade on TNT and later on SciFi Channel.
Source2010-12-1059 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #221: Music and FeedbackA few weeks back on Twitter via @babylonpodcast, Summer expressed her disappointment at finding dead space where the b5crusade.com website used to be. This happened after 2am, and she happened to notice a tweet from Bear McCreary from earlier that evening expressing his excitement about his Human Target compositions... which led Summer to wonder aloud how cool it could be to have Bear score whatever new B5 project Warner Bros has been having secret talks with JMS about. Ah, to dream a little dream...
Source2010-12-0455 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #219: Racing the Night (Crusade)Tim and Summer are joined by The Jason Davis to talk about the adventure that was the records excavation that became the new volume "Artifacts from Beyond the Rim".
Deep Geeking: The year we really did finally make it to Crusade.
Going by the revised broadcast order, our first Crusade episode to geek on is "Racing the Night", and Jason joins us for the analysis.
Source2010-11-1954 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #217: Our “Best of Babylon 5”Discussion: Tim, Summer and Bret talk about the episodes they consider to be on their personal "best of" lists. It's so hard to stick to a "Top 5", and to make it fair we all intentionally didn't include the obvious episodes, like "Sleeping in Light", "War Without End", and a handful of others.
Source2010-10-281h 01The Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #215: Hair and Styling on Babylon 5Tim, Summer and Bret give their opinions on hairstyles and hair care amongst humans and aliens in space in the 23rd century.
We go through the hair and hair stylings we can think of...
Source2010-10-1555 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #214: Technology and Gadgets in B5Tim and Summer talk about the technology and the everyday gadgets found on the station and in the hands of its command staff, crew and folks just passing through.
On the list this time around: ship behavior in space; handheld weapons and ship-based weapons; medical technologies; personal hygiene (showers and laundry)
Also, Mike sends his heartfelt gratitude to all who have donated to the show, because your generous contributions helped us get the studio back up and running in a moment of crisis.
Source2010-09-3055 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #212: FeedbackapaloozaSummer and Bret wonder if Tim truly saw a scene that he remembers with extra dialogue between Lochley and Garibaldi about the potential of Sheridan losing his grip on reality due to his "condition". Or, Tim could have been tripping, or lucid dreaming... we may never know.
Then, Summer's mind is blown from learning of a previously unknown connection between "Fist of the North Star" and B5, and how that ties into her fanfic vision of Crusade.
Source2010-09-171h 01The Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #211: A Call to Arms (Movie)Tim and Summer delve into "A Call to Arms", and amongst other things, talk about how the movie functions as a standalone movie rather than direct pilot for the new series, argue back and forth about some of the character development and interactions, speculate broadly on newly interpreted happenings and how they might have influenced things during later Crusade episodes that we never got, and much more.
Source2010-09-101h 03The Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #209: What Might Have Been, Part 2Last week, our heroes risked breaching the fabric of the space-time continuum by trying to follow alternate Babylon 5 storylines to parallel universes where they might have been fully played out...
Discussion: Tim, Summer and Bret continue the discussion about alternate story possibilities within the original 5-year arc.
Source2010-08-2858 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #206: Surprises in Babylon 5Tim, Summer and Bret (and the entire B5 fandom) are glad to hear that Jerry Doyle is doing better and recovering well. We also discuss the lingering Hollywood accounting shenanigans, and how after all these years, Babylon 5 is still considered by Warner Bros to still be $80 million in the hole.
The topic this episode is all about the surprises we experienced while watching Babylon 5, both the very first time, and the subtle new things discovered on subsequent viewings.
Source2010-07-221h 04The Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #205: Feedbackapalooza, Second WindIn addition to discussing our varying shower singing talents, Tim, Summer and Bret ponder yet more reasons why that shower curtain was there. The Vorlon encounter suits might have been used as practice rooms for Top 40 pop bands.
We also settle the dispute on which of us right about when it was mentioned in the show when more than just Sinclair had been examined and interrogated by the Grey Council, but that only opens up a whole different can o' worms that bears further scrutiny and over-evaluation in only the way we can do!
Source2010-07-1757 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #204: FeedbackapaloozaTim, Summer and Bret jump back in the saddle in the new-old studio! Tim also reads an announcement about the new Wonder Woman outfit and story that's the result of JMS taking over the reboot of the comic that he'll be writing.
Feedbackapalooza: Summer gets lost in a temporal loop of host love and fan love and fan feedback love. Everything else is dust in the solar winds...
Source2010-07-081h 01The Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #203: Religion in Babylon 5Tim was inspired by our discussion on "River of Souls", which leads to tonight's topic. Tim, Summer and Gary discuss religion, faith and spirituality as portrayed in Babylon 5.
From the premise and purpose of the Soul Hunters, to the clashes between science and faith, to the waning old faiths contrasted with the rise of new ones, there are no simple answers, which is why we keep debating the questions.
Source2010-06-241h 01The Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #202: River of Souls (Movie)Summer wishes that we'd had more of a heads-up about Amazon's $100 sale on all 5 seasons of Babylon 5, so that we could encourage a buying frenzy and start an entirely new round of Deep Geeking on the series. Anything we can do to keep the podcast going.
At a recent Orange County Screenwriters event, JMS stated that both he and WB are interested in doing a 20th anniversary story for 2013... so let the feeding frenzy begin.
Source2010-06-111h 03The Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #200: The Beefcake of Babylon 5Laura from the League of Non-Aligned Knitters and Sandy Bruckner from ISNNews.net join Summer in chatting about the male eye candy (or lack thereof) on Babylon 5.
Tonight's definitely Ladies' Night, but we're still not sure if Bret was more interested in exploring his boundaries, or learning some new things about what women really want from a man.
Source2010-05-201h 01The Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #198: Feedbackapalooza V1Since we are an equal opportunity platform for B5 Geeking, we are planning an all-girls "Men of Babylon 5" (from here on out to be called the B5 Beefcake episode). Well, Bret may join in, too, because he's got an equal opportunity pleasure threshold.
Listener Feedback: Tim, Summer, Jeffrey and Bret lend their expertise and their podcast-juice filled opinions to the many voicemails that have been waiting for us.
Source2010-05-0759 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #197: Day of the Dead SmackdownTim, Summer and Bret and special guest Gary from Jacksonville weigh in from their respective corners for the "Day of the Dead" smackdown you've all been waiting for!
We field questions from the voicemail bucket, and argue amongst ourselves so long that we made Mike squirm, yet in the end, we still didn't manage to do anything beyond continuing to agree to disagree.
But the fact that Tim still thinks that "Day of the Dead" is worse than "Thirdspace" is borderline criminal.
Source2010-04-301h 02The Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #195: Thirdspace (Movie)Tim, Summer and Bret weigh in on "Thirdspace", the good the bad and the ugly of the movie. One of the TNT projects, it was much anticipated, but contained a few more warts than the die-hard B5 fans had become accustomed to over the previous seasons.
Source2010-04-171h 04The Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #194: Favorite and Least Favorite ThingsDeep Geeking: Tim, Summer, Jeffrey and Bret discuss the story they love, in particular the moments or story arcs that they each would have liked to have seen more of (or seen much less of) during the course of the series.
The missteps, the grand designs, the twists that worked and the ones that didn't, we open several cans of worms, and still manage to leave enough material untouched to continue this discussion at a later date.
Source2010-04-091h 00The Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #192: In the Beginning (Movie)Deep Geeking: Tim, Summer, Bret, Jeffrey, and Chuck discuss "In the Beginning", the first of the Babylon 5 TV movies, and how it functions as a vehicle to introduce the series to a brand new audience coming in via TNT, and to the existing fans who may not have been able to see all of the previous four seasons due to inconsistencies in syndicated broadcast times.
Source2010-03-261h 07The Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #191: Sleeping in Light (Season 5)Deep Geeking: Tim, Summer, Jeffrey, and Bret embark on the emotional journey that is "Sleeping In Light".
Even after 12 years, the emotional impact of Sheridan realizing that his time is up, and that he has to say goodbye to Delenn still stings us.
Source2010-03-051h 02The Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #190: Crusade: Behind the ScenesInterview: The Jason Davis, Senior Editor at Synthetic Worlds Publishing, chats with Tim, Summer, and Bret about Crusade: Behind the Scenes, which is available for purchase right now at Babylon 5 Books.
Source2010-02-251h 01The Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #188: Interview with Jerry DoyleInterview: Jerry Doyle stops by to chat with Tim, Summer, and Bret about his time on Babylon 5 and his memories of working on the series, his new career as a talk show host, his observations on the political and financial state of the country, and his new book Have You Seen My Country Lately?
Source2010-02-101h 02The Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #187: Objects at Rest (Season 5)Deep Geeking: Tim, Summer, Bret and Arkle discuss the "Objects at Rest". Depending on how you choose to look at the "novel" structure of Babylon 5, this is the finale, with "Sleeping in Light" acting as the epilogue. Either way, doors are closing, lives are changing, and time is marching on.
Source2010-02-041h 01The Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #186: Objects in Motion (Season 5)Deep Geeking: Tim, Summer and Bret delve deeply into "Objects in Motion".
Source2010-01-301h 04The Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #185: Wheel of Fire (Season 5)Deep Geeking: Tim and Summer discuss "Wheel of Fire", somewhere in there amidst the many game show inspired puns.
While the public reveal and fallout over Garibaldi's drinking will have a farther reaching impact amongst the crew and even out to Mars than initally expected when this episode first aired, was it truly breaking ground in terms of the television portrayal of someone struggling with alcoholism beyond the stereotypes built in previous decades?
Source2010-01-2159 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #184: The Fall of Centauri Prime (Season 5)Tim and Summer discuss "The Fall of Centauri Prime".
Londo's journey into his solitary reign, presiding over a beaten and broken populace, is now complete. And did Delenn do the right thing in trying to ignore Lennier's "dying" declaration -- did her actions help, or make Lennier feel worse?
Source2010-01-141h 10The Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #171: Phoenix Rising (Season 5)Deep Geeking: Tim and Summer discuss "Phoenix Rising", and the beginning of the fallout from Byron's death and the resulting uprising of rogue telepaths against the Psi Corps. The emotional impact of Byron's death on the free telepaths, and the emotional impact of the manner of the rogues' death on Bester are apparent, so Summer likes the payoff much better than some elements of the story leading up to the conclusion.
Source2009-09-1056 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #168: In the Kingdom of the Blind (Season 5)Deep Geeking: Tim and Summer discuss on "In the Kingdom of the Blind", and Summer has a few nits to pick about some of the rash, early actions to force the Alliance member worlds to give telepaths a home of their own.
Source2009-08-2057 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #167: Day of the Dead (Season 5)Deep Geeking: Tim and Summer disagree on "Day of the Dead", and boy, do we chat about THAT difference of opinion! Written by Neil Gaiman, it's the first produced episode not written by JMS since Season 2 (since "Knives"?).
Tim thinks it's a weak effort, and Summer thinks it's one of the better episodes of Season 5 (and everyone knows how Summer feels about most of Season 5).
Source2009-08-1358 min
Charlie Jade VerseCharlie Jade Podcast #06: A Conversation with Robert WertheimerYes, this is the final episode of the Charlie Jade Podcast.
Summer, Richard and Kevin have an entertaining, enlightening, and interestingly long chat with Charlie Jade creator Robert Wertheimer about the creation and development of the show.
Source2009-08-011h 42Charlie Jade VerseCharlie Jade Podcast #05: Discussing the Final Five EpisodesSummer, Richard and Kevin discuss and analyze the developments and the concluding story arc of the series, episodes 16-20.
Source2009-06-131h 06Charlie Jade VerseCharlie Jade Podcast #04: Discussing Episodes 11-15Summer, Richard and Kevin discuss and analyze the developments and story arc of the episodes 11-15.
Source2009-05-3145 minCharlie Jade VerseCharlie Jade Podcast #03: Discussing Episodes 6-10Summer, Richard and Kevin discuss and analyze the developments and story arc of the episodes 6-10.
Source2009-05-0229 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #145: FeedbackapaloozaDiscussion: Tim and Summer revisit the discussion about Ivanova's "I am Death Incarnate" declaration before leading the White Star fleet up against the advanced EA Destroyer fleet. We compare it to President Laura Roslin's speech from the recent BSG Season 4 episode "Blood on the Scales", and Summer amends her previous assessment of Ivanova's speech. She doesn't hate it, like Tim and Mike do, but it definitely doesn't rank as high in her estimation as before.
Source2009-02-181h 02Charlie Jade VerseCharlie Jade Podcast #02: Discussing the First Five EpisodesSummer, Richard and Kevin discuss and analyze the first five episodes... what can be considered the first book or opening arc of the story of Charlie Jade.
Source2009-02-1830 minCharlie Jade VerseCharlie Jade Podcast #01: Intro to Charlie JadeSummer Brooks, Richard Porter and Kevin Bachelder are each known in different circles for their love of good stories and of smart scifi television. Independent of each other, they discovered the series Charlie Jade, and became enamored of the story being told.
Source2008-12-2720 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #140: The Face of the Enemy (Season 4)Deep Geeking: This week, Brad and Mike join Tim, Jeffrey and Summer to discuss “The Face of the Enemy”.
Summer comments on the Clark's propaganda against The Army of Light. Tim talks about how the tension level is very high due to the compressing of the story arc for season four. The gang go on to talk about cult of personality and how Clark assumes Sheridan is the center of the organization, even though he has always made it about the goal, not the man. Jeffrey reminisces on the Harlan Ellison / Walter Koneig scene.
Source2008-12-201h 16The Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #139: The Exercise of Vital Powers (Season 4)Deep Geeking: This week, Tim and Summer discuss "The Exercise of Vital Powers", and Tim continues to exercise his right to vital puns.
Summer's appreciation of this episode comes from the complete break from what had been the traditional storytelling style in the series, and diving into old school hard-boiled pulp detective thriller territory. From Garibaldi's opening monologue, through his working for the power player who's suspiciouly far beyond his usual clientele, to his having to resist the damsel in distress who almost always lures the private eye to his doom... this episode is all pulp, all the...2008-12-0351 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #138: FeedbackapaloozaFeedback: This week, Tim and Summer run the gamut of the rest of the voicemail and email feedback left over from last week, all alone in the night.
Summer is really jonesing for access to the Titan Magazines stash of Babylon 5 pics that they used in creating the now-defunct Babylon 5 Magazine. Yeah, those would be nice to have.
Source2008-11-1937 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #115: FeedbackapaloozaTim, Summer, Jeffrey and Michael are joined by Anna, live in studio (she's in town for a conference), and she's just in time to experience Feedbackapalooza!
But first, Summer gets to ask Jeffrey about the production side of detonating Kosh's helmet in "Falling Towards Apotheosis", and we learn about the dangers of using too much primacord on a television set.
Source2008-06-1259 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #103: Walkabout (Season 3)Deep Geeking: Edmund joins Tim and Summer for episode geeking this week, covering "Walkabout", a bridge episode that packs a lot of punch in some areas and that seems to fall off pace in others (in Summer's opinion, anyway).
We see Dr Franklin, hanging around in Down-Below, searching for something, but not quite sure yet. What he finds for a time could be a reflection of his own situation, or something else entirely.
Source2008-03-1252 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #87: Dust to Dust (Season 3)Deep Geeking: The Deep Geeking this week features Tim, Summer and in-studio guest Philip from Australia talking about "Dust to Dust". Yes, Summer got to the studio, and yes, the geeking runs really long. Enjoy!
Source2007-10-2453 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #86: Voices of Authority (Season 3)Deep Geeking: The Deep Geeking commences again with Tim, Summer and Keith talking about "Voices of Authority", from Season 3.
Listener Feedback: Voicemails, and emails, and riddles... oh my! Summer misses the Haikus.
Source2007-10-1759 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #44: A Distant Star (Season 2)Deep Geeking: Tim and Summer continue episode analysis with "A Distant Star", and given that Russ Tamblyn was featured, Tim and Summer ask Jeff what it was like to work with some high profile guest stars over the years in the show.
Source2006-12-061h 01The Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #22: TKO / Grail (Season 1)First up, episode discussion about "TKO". Tim and Summer struggle to come up with admirable moments and high points in this episode.
Next, Tim and Summer dive into "Grail", and scratch the surface on some of the subtexts found here.
Source2006-06-271h 03The Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #21: By Any Means Necessary / Signs and Portents (Season 1)First up, episode discussion about "By Any Means Necessary". Tim and Summer revel in how well the A and B stories tie in together, and delve into whether or not the B story could have been the better choice for the A story.
Next, Tim, Summer dive into "Signs and Portents", technically the first of the WHAM episodes.
Source2006-06-211h 04The Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #19: Interview with David Eagle / Survivors (Season 1)Interview: First up, Tim, Summer and Jeffrey chat with David J. Eagle, director of 13 episodes from Seasons 2-5, including the Hugo Award winning "Severed Dreams".
Next, Tim and Summer discuss "Survivors", one of the first set-up episodes that has major repercussions throughout the rest of the series.
Source2006-06-0759 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #15: Interview with Walter Koenig / Deathwalker (Season 1)Interview: Walter Koenig ("Alfred Bester") First, Tim, Summer, and Jeffrey talk with Walter Koenig about his time on Babylon 5 and his experiences interacting with the various cast members.
Next, Tim and Summer discuss "Deathwalker".
Source2006-05-1054 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast #10: Julie Caitlin Brown / The Parliament of Dreams (Season 1)Interview: Julie Caitlin Brown ("Na'Toth", "Guinevere Corey")
First, Tim and Summer chat with the energetic Julie Caitlin Brown, who shares her Babylon 5 experience, including memories of working with Andreas Katsulas, and the emotional strain of having to leave the show because of a bad reaction to the makeup glue. Next, Tim and Summer chat about "Parliament of Dreams", picking up off a wonderful lead-in from Julie's first appearance as Na'Toth.
Source2006-04-0558 minThe Babylon PodcastBabylon Podcast: Show #0Welcome to The Babylon Podcast Intro Show!
Tim Callender, Jeffrey Willerth and Summer Brooks are pleased and proud to jump into this project, and we can't wait to bring you more discussion, delving deep into the heart and soul of a show that touched us all.
Source2006-01-1609 min