Top Five Favorite Episodes of "BABYLON 5" (Season Three: "Point of No Return")
Below is a list of my top five (5) favorite episodes from Season Three (1995-1996) of "BABYLON 5". Created by J. Michael Straczynski, the series starred Bruce Boxleitner, Claudia Christian, Jerry Doyle and Mira Furlan:
TOP FIVE FAVORITE EPISODES OF "BABYLON 5" (SEASON THREE: "POINT OF NO RETURN")
1. (3.10) "Severed Dreams" - In this outstanding episode, President Clark of Earth Alliance tries to seize control of Babylon 5 by force, forcing station commander Captain John J. Sheridan and the command crew to take arms against their own government and initiating the Earth Civil War. The episode won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation in 1997.
2. (3.15) "Interludes and Examinations" - Captain Sheridan struggles to gather a force against the Shadows, when the Shadow War begins in earnest. Ambassador Londo Mollari looks forward to a reunion with a past lover, and Dr. Franklin falls further into his stims addiction.
3. (3.09) "Point of No Return" - When President Clark declares martial law throughout Earth Alliance, the command crew tries to stop Nightwatch from taking control of the station. Meanwhile, Ambassador Londo Mollari receives a prophecy from Emperor Turhan's widow when she visits the station.
4. (3.16-3.17) "War Without End" - This is a two-part episode in which the station's former commander, Jeffrey Sinclair, returns to participate in a mission vital to the future survival of Babylon 5 - traveling back in time to steal Babylon 4 and send it to the past.
5. (3.05) "Voices of Authority" - Commander Susan Ivanova and Ranger Marcus Cole search for more of the First Ones with the help of Draal, while Sheridan comes under the scrutiny of the Nightwatch and Babylon 5's new "political officer".
Let’s talk more about accents in the Riordanverse!
• Percy with rounded New York vowels and that quick run-together way of saying his sentences. Percy with an accent you can’t quite place until he orders some coffee or water.
• Annabeth with a Virginia drawl and long vowels that don’t quite go away, even after years on Long Island Sound. Annabeth, who will randomly spit out phrases like “nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs”, whose cup always fills with sweet tea in the mess hall/
• Carter with a fairly standard American accent until he pronounces a word so bizarrely it’s clear he must have learned it halfway across the globe. Carter, who gets slightly antsy in the same place for too long and goes to language classes at night just for an excuse to practice.
• Sadie with a London accent that’s begun to fade after years in Brooklyn House, who accidentally says “cheers” when people hold the door for her. Sadie, who skips over her t’s and who drops consonants and, like Carter, isn’t exactly sure where her home is.
• Magnus and Alex with strong Boston accents and nasally a’s that Hearth is glad he can’t hear. Magnus, whose accent gets stronger in battle, who intentionally leans into it when he’s on the West Coast. Alex, who makes people guess where she’s from and tells them something different every time, who argues with Magnus over whose accent is stronger.
• Jason Grace with languid California vowels, who drops the end of every word when he’s relaxed and over-enunciates when he’s in charge. Jason, whose accent is only present when he’s comfortable.
• Leo Valdez with a Texan accent to boot and quick clipping consonants, whose accent sounds nearly the same as Annabeth’s to the untrained ear, but insists that they’re completely different every time someone brings it up.
• Hazel Levesque with a thick New Orleans accent, whose vocabulary is peppered with French and old-fashioned phrases and the occasional Southern saying. Hazel, who sticks to Deep South manners (and passive-aggression, when necessary), who orders in French when she goes to a bakery and watched old black-and-white movies when she feels homesick.
• Frank, who sounds American except for when he says “sorry”, who speaks a bit of Canadian French (which Hazel hates, because she can’t understand it), and gets teased every time he says “about”.
• Piper with a slight valley-girl sound that she’s worked hard to get rid of, but tends to slip into when she’s tired or angry. Piper, whose voice becomes sweet and soothing in charmspeak, who understands every fluctuation and intonation and how to use them to her advantage.
• Nico di Angelo with a seemingly standard American accent, until you pick up on the odd transatlantic pronunciation or Italian rolled “r”. Nico with an arsenal of phrases so jumbled and eclectic that people do a double take when he talks.
Twenty-five years after On the Move, Jason Carter is back with Lowdown Hoedown.
The Del McCoury Band and Travelin’ McCourys fiddler and in-demand session man called in a bunch of friends and favors to make the LP, which is not a fiddle record.
Carter does play, of course, but it’s his sonorous baritone that carries bluegrass covers of Bruce Hornsby’s “King of the Hill,” John Hartford’s “The Six O’Clock Train and a Girl with Green Eyes,” the Eagles’ “Midnight Flyer,” the Grateful Dead’s “Bird Song” and nine additional tracks.
The McCoury family all play and sing along, as do friends including Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Billy Strings, Marty Stuart, Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, Vince Gill, Tim O’Brien, Aoife O’Donovan and Sarah Jarosz among others.
Such large collaborations often become too busy and wind up unfocused on wax. Carter is too adept to let that happen and Lowdown Hoedown makes the case for another solo record before the next 25 years slip away.
Heath Ledger! Joker Ring Gear inspired for OC Jason Carter
¡Yay! First time posting something in this blog after.. after many years (Geez I’m not used to it yet 😅)
Anyways, one of the things that i love to do as an artist it’s drawing clothing and other things that i love is wrestling. Also, i have so many OCs. Some are wrestlers, others are monsters and some are.. fanmade “alter egos”. One of my male OCs (which im working on) it’s Jason Carter who is a wrestler and i made a ring attire for him inspired by The Joker from The Dark Night Trilogy (Aka Heath Ledger! Joker). Honestly, i thought that i almost screwed up with the attire but I’m glad with the result. (Here’s also the Timelapse/Speedpaint video if you want to watch the process)
Oh! I need to clarify something, i use Medibang for the Lineart and i use Procreate for the rest.