@JonasKyratzes So, the Babylon 5 where each alien race has their religious ceremony... at the end, when they close with humanity's, that was probably the most brilliant shot I've ever seen in a Sci-fi TV show. So simple but I've never seen anything like it.
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I've seen it many times and I never stop getting goosebumps. It is intensenly beautiful.
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(Or even intensely). And it's a significant choice, I think, to show this as a positive. Our yearning for answers, our multiplicity of opinions, isn't the thing that leads to conflict and makes us stupid and bad, but something beautiful and valuable.
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I feel like it also commented on our portrayals of aliens in science fiction, so it kind of commented on the real world _and_ the fiction at the same time. I really can't stop gushing about this scene.
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Like the fact that the majority of science fiction writing writes each alien race as if they were a single _human_ culture, with one religion, one government, etc... it's just very telling about the way we think of our own society and our own world.
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It's the first time I've really seen sci-fi TV acknowledge that, and say actually, we're going to make that intentional, and we're going to use that to show there's something special about humanity. Just fantastic. I'm just so impressed. That's all I can say :)
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Since the last sci-fi show I watched was "Star Trek: Picard", I just can't help but reel from the difference. I mean Picard was just the most relentless, blatant, hamfisted overt message that didn't really make any sense, and it was just disgusting for 8 hours.
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You look at this and they took 30 seconds and said something about humanity and religion that I literally never thought about. It's just amazing. The difference between bad writing and great writing is immense. It's like a child learning to play the violin vs. Itzhak Perlman.
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OK I'll shut up about this scene now, but I could go on for a very long time :)
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We have to sit down and have a chat one day because yeah, I could also go on and on about this. :)
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If you want to start the "Rediscovering Babylon 5" podcast, sign me up :)
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