Name the episode

[NotKosh]

"Marcus, this is the kind of conversation that can only end in a gunshot."

[Natxomann]

Racing Mars?
THe same one in which we can also hear "no , no , no , no , I can´t do it if someone is looking"?

[NotKosh]

nope.

[Radhil]

It's Atonement, right before Racing Mars.

I'm vainly trying to memorize the song that Marcus sings, in the hopes I too can drive someone stark raving bonkers with it. :D

[NotKosh]

During the credits, Marcus sings a good bit more of it. They should have had a PPG blast effect right after the end of the song.

[Radhil]

Originally posted by NotKosh
During the credits, Marcus sings a good bit more of it. They should have had a PPG blast effect right after the end of the song.

Indeed he does. But The Whole Thing (http://diamond.boisestate.edu/gas/pirates/html/p13.html) is far far more effective, and may in fact cause real-life gunshots.

[Ben-Thayer Dunnthaedt]

Drat! Just about to post and Rad beat me to it!:mad:To heck with it, it took me so long to type it out I'm posting it anyway! :D

The song? From Gilbert and Sullivan's the Pirates of Penzance. Marcus sang the first verse, which I've reprinted here. Please excuse any mispellings or incorrect words, I did this from memory. When I saw the episode back in the first run of the series I went out and found the song and learned it. It's DIFFICULT. Especially the third verse, which one sings almost twice as fast. Even after years of practice I still struggle with the darn thing. Here we go:

I am the very model of the modern major general,
I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral.
I know the kings of England and I quote the fights historical
from Marathon to Waterloo in order categorical.
I'm very well acquainted with all matters mathematical,
I understand equations both the simple and quadratical.
About binomial theory I'm teeming with a lot'a news,
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse

(chorus)
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse

I'm very good at integral and differential calculus,
I know the scientific names of beings animalgulus,
In short in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of the modern major general!

Franklin: "And that's when I shot him, your honor."

[NotKosh]

OK who's next?

[Stunaep]

"Landing thrusters, hmm... Now if I were a landing thruster, which one of those would I be?"

[chaostaenzer]

A voice in the wilderness, part II

Ok, got another one.

"As my great-grandfather used to say, "cool"."

[jcbatz]

"Messages from Earth" right?

[chaostaenzer]

Nope...guess again.

[WorkerCaste]

Wouldn't it be "Matters of Honor?"

[AmyG]

The song? From Gilbert and Sullivan's the Pirates of Penzance. Marcus sang the first verse, which I've reprinted here. Please excuse any mispellings or incorrect words, I did this from memory. When I saw the episode back in the first run of the series I went out and found the song and learned it. It's DIFFICULT. Especially the third verse, which one sings almost twice as fast.

It's called a "patter song," which G&S wrote almost exclusively for their comic baritone roles (this one is sung by Major-General Stanley in "The Pirates of Penzance (or The Slave of Duty)." They are _all_ loaded with many words and many syllables, and meant to be sung quickly. You could almost think of the comic baritone from Gilbert & Sullivan's original opera company as the Fed Ex guy of his time. (Remember the guy from the Fed Ex commercials who spoke very fast? That's who I mean.)

As for the lyrics, you were very close, but here's the correct set:

I am the very model of a modern Major-General,
I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I know the kings of England and I quote the fights historical,
From Marathon to Waterloo in order categorical;
I'm very well acquainted too with matters mathematical,
I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical,
About binomial theorem I'm teeming with a lot o'news,
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse

(chorus)
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypote-pote-nuse

I'm very good at integral and differential calculus,
I know the scientific names of beings animalculous;
In short in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a modern Major-General.

(chorus)
In short in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
He is the very model of a modern Major-General.

(And the rest:)

I know our mythic history, King Arthur's and Sir Caradoc's,
I answer hard acrostics, I've a pretty taste for paradox,
I quote in elegiacs all the crims of Heliogabalus,
In conics I can floor peculiarities parabolous.
I can tell undoubted Raphaels from Gerard Dows and Zoffanies,
I know the croaking chorus from the Frogs of Aristonphanes,
Then I can hum a fugue of which I've heard the music's din afore,
(And here the baritone pauses comically, pretending to be stumped for a rhyme to "din afore" - and eventually coming up with "Pinafore," another opera by Gilbert & Sullivan)
And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense Pinafore.

(chorus)
And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense Pinafore,
And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense Pinafore,
And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense Pina-pina-fore!

Then I can write a washing bill in Babylonic cuneiform,
And tell you every detail of Caractacus's uniform;
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I am the very model of a modern Major-General.

(chorus)
In short in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
He is the very model of a modern Major-General.

In fact, when I know what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin,"
When I can tell at sight a chassepot rifle from a javelin,
When such affairs as sorties and surprises I'm more wary at,
And when I know precisely what is meant by "commissariat,"
When I have learned what progress has been made in modern gunnery,
When I know more of tactics than a novice in a nunnery:
In short, when I've a smattering of elemental strategy,
You'll say a better Major-General has never sat a gee.

(chorus)
You'll say a better Major-General has never sat a gee,
You'll say a better Major-General has never sat a gee,
You'll say a better Major-General has never sat a, sat a gee.

For my military knowledge, though I'm plucky and adventury,
Has only been brought down to the beginning of the century;
But still in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I am the very model of a modern Major-General.

(chorus)
But still in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
He is the very model of a modern Major-General!

Aisling (comic mezzo)

[Ben-Thayer Dunnthaedt]

Way cool! :D I was going to run a spell check but when I saw Rad had posted a link to the song I got careless. Ah well. :)When I can tell at sight a chassepot rifle from a javelinInteresting. The version I downloaded used "Mauser Rifle" instead of chassepot.

BTW Aisling, just took a look at your photo page...OMG! :D :cool: :D Outrageous! How long did you keep the graphics? Very impressive! And so geeky-cool too......:)

[Ben-Thayer Dunnthaedt]

May I post a quote for guessing? This is fun! :D

"It proves that if you confont the universe with good intentions in your heart it will reflect that, and reward your intent.....usually. It just doesn't always do it in the way you expect."

Should be an easy one! :D:confused:

Wait just a minute! :eek: Chaos posted one we haven't guessed: "As my great-grandfather used to say, "cool"."

I'm thinking it was when Lennier reminds Sheridan that the White Star is based on Vorlon tech, and it learns. Would it be, War Without End Pt 1?

Then we can look at mine! :)

[chaostaenzer]

I'm thinking it was when Lennier reminds Sheridan that the White Star is based on Vorlon tech, and it learns. Would it be, War Without End Pt 1?

yep :)

[Stunaep]

Originally posted by Ben-Thayer Dunnthaedt

"It proves that if you confont the universe with good intentions in your heart it will reflect that, and reward your intent.....usually. It just doesn't always do it in the way you expect."


Epiphanies, G'Kar to Garibaldi, right?

[Ben-Thayer Dunnthaedt]

Got it in ONE, Mr. Gari- I mean, Stunaep! :D

[WorkerCaste]

How about...

"No moral ambiguity, no hopeless battle against ancient and overwhelming forces. They were the bad guys, as you say, we were the good guys. "

:)

[Ben-Thayer Dunnthaedt]

G'Kar to "Arthur", A Late Delivery from Avalon. :)

[WorkerCaste]

Absolutely right!

And they made a very satisfying thump when they hit the floor.

:D

[NotKosh]

I may get this one wrong:

"You can get more with a kind word and a 2x4 than you can with a kind word alone"

[Jan]

Originally posted by NotKosh
I may get this one wrong:

"You can get more with a kind word and a 2x4 than you can with a kind word alone"

Marcus in 'Ceremonies of Light & Dark'

How about...

"Your war...is now my war."

Jan

[chaostaenzer]

Easy one. Bester in "Ship of Tears"

"The sound you were making is part of human medition?"

[Stunaep]

Lennier in.... Confessions and Lamentations, no?

[WorkerCaste]

Originally posted by chaostaenzer
"The sound you were making is part of human medition?"

Add to that...
"Captain, either you snore or last night we had a hell of a breach in the hull."

and you get an interesting picture of Shridan :)

[chaostaenzer]

Confessions and Lamentations, no?

right.

WorkerCaste: Yours is from "A Race through Dark Places" isn't it?

[WorkerCaste]

Originally posted by chaostaenzer
WorkerCaste: Yours is from "A Race through Dark Places" isn't it?

Ineed! After Ivanova and Sheridan sleep together... um... well... you know what I mean! I always like the way JMS could put those comic touches into otherwise serious episodes.

[NotKosh]

"We are not having this conversation"

[Atanvarno]

Babylon Squared.

[Psi]

“At an early age someone should have told u that u will attract a lot more flys with honey than with vinegar”

[chaostaenzer]

"Hunter, Prey"?

[NotKosh]

Yup, that was Ivanova to the EarthForce security bozo.


"Anything you need?"

"A glass of whiskey, two bullets and a gun."

[Kizarvexis]

Voices of Authority.

Ivanova: You are going where EVERYONE has gone before. :)

Kizarvexis

[Psi]

"I like gardens, and big 4 poster beds"

[CRONAN]

Shadow Dancing

With little else to offer in terms of glorious, epic battles in space in season 3, I find myself watching that episode again and again.

Feels like I just smoked 100 cigars : P

Q : Ivanova is always right. I will listen to Ivanova. I will not ignore Ivanovas recommendations. Ivanova, is God. And, if this ever happens again, Ivanova will personally rip your heart out! Babylon 5 out.

(Sighs) Civilians. (Looks up) Just kidding about that God part. No offense.

[chaostaenzer]

And once again "A Voice in the Wilderness"(part I).

"I thought the purpose of filling these reports was to provide accurate intelligence."
"Vir, intelligence has nothing to do with politics!"

[The One to come]

"I guess there's going to be a war now hmm...., All that running around and shooting at one another, you'd think it would have gone out of style by now"

(I hope that right can't remeber for sure)

[NotKosh]

Originally posted by The One to come
"I guess there's going to be a war now hmm...., All that running around and shooting at one another, you'd think it would have gone out of style by now"

(I hope that right can't remeber for sure)

Ackk. That has to be Londo, but I can't remember the episode.

[AmyG]

When I can tell at sight a chassepot rifle from a javelin

Interesting. The version I downloaded used "Mauser Rifle" instead of chassepot.


Ben-Thayer, my source (and I have G&S all over the house, in scripts, books, CD liner notes, etc. etc.) was the beautiful, big hardcover book that Doubleday put out when I was still working there: Isaac Asimov's Annotated Gilbert & Sullivan. It has all of the libretti, and notes. In most cases, he explains where (and why) changes were made in the lyrics. For instance, there's a famous snippet of lyric in The Mikado which is _never_ performed as written by Gilbert anymore, because it contains a horribly derogatory and racist term.

Anyway, for this one, Gilbert did indeed write "chassepot rifle," after a new (in Gilbert's time) musket that the French Army had adopted in 1866. The mauser was invented in 1871, plenty of time to be included in the lyrics of "Pirates of Penzance" (which was first performed in 1880), however, it's not what Gilbert wrote. The reason it gets substituted often in performance is that it's easier to pronounce. Nonetheless, written versions will always have it as "chassepot."

BTW Aisling, just took a look at your photo page...OMG! Outrageous! How long did you keep the graphics? Very impressive! And so geeky-cool too......

Thanks. You're talking about the car, I take it? Well, SciFi had some guys come to strip the car _right_ after LotR aired, however, I convinced them to let me keep G'Kar on the back window. He's still there, two and a half years later! You can see him in the pictures from the Hawthorne convention:
www.fjordstone.com/jmscon (http://www.fjordstone.com/jmscon)

Look for the picture where JMS is leaning against the car.

Anyway, yeah, it's fun to have him there - G'Kar, I mean - and sometimes people can even properly identify him!

Aisling

[WorkerCaste]

Originally posted by The One to come
"I guess there's going to be a war now hmm...., All that running around and shooting at one another, you'd think it would have gone out of style by now"

(I hope that right can't remeber for sure)
That had to be Londo talking to Garibaldi in the pilot. One of the remarks that really led people to believe that he was the comic relief.

[The One to come]

ya that's right, one funny line (he has so many), hmm.... let me think of one more.

"your mommy dreses you funny"

[WorkerCaste]

Originally posted by The One to come
"your mommy dreses you funny"
I'm by no means sure of this, but is it Matt Stoner in "Soul Mates?" It seems like something he would have tossed out.

[chaostaenzer]

I'm by no means sure of this, but is it Matt Stoner in "Soul Mates?" It seems like something he would have tossed out.

I think its Lochley in "River of Souls".

[Jan]

Originally posted by chaostaenzer
I think its Lochley in "River of Souls".

The Love Bat maybe? ;-)

Jan

[Ben-Thayer Dunnthaedt]

Was the last one guessed? Here's another: (not EXACTLY, but close)

"I'm betting it has something to do with three goats and a jug of wine."

Ailing:Thanks. You're talking about the car, I take it?Of course! ;) Those are terrific pictures, especially the one with the hair flip :D

On the mauser/chassepot issue, I downloaded a copy of the lyrics way back in the 90's during the first run of the series. Not sure where I got them, but they used mauser. I'll go with chassepot from now on........is it pronounced chaz-pot?

I always struggle with: "I quote in Elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalous, in conics I can floor peculiarities parabolous" Difficult to recite as well as understand. After looking up elegiacs (mournful sorrow for things long lost) and Heliogabalous (controversial Roman emperor) that one was done, but the verb "floor" was tricky. I finally found an archaic definition: To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college examination. Still bloody difficult to recite quickly!

[bakana]

> Still bloody difficult to recite quickly!

I always figured G&S got a kick out of torturing actors.


Back on topic. Try This conversation:

"I have always been here."
"Oh yeah, you said that about me too."
"Yes."
"I really hate it when you do that."
"Good."

Identify Epidode and Characters. <EG>

[Atanvarno]

First episode, season three. The name escapes me at present, due to the vast quantity of vodka. Ah well:rolleyes:

[Jan]

Originally posted by bakana
[BBack on topic. Try This conversation:

"I have always been here."
"Oh yeah, you said that about me too."
"Yes."
"I really hate it when you do that."
"Good."

Identify Epidode and Characters. <EG> [/B]

Kosh and Sheridan, Matters of Honor.

This is one of my faves:

"You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe."

Jan

[PhobosFly]

Sounds like Marcus, thou cant pin down the ep... ;)

Oh and BTW im new here. :)

[The One to come]

No no that has to Ivanova, she always has those depressing yet insightful lines that make us grin and think about how philisoohical Russains can be.

I don't know the ep. whish I did

[chaostaenzer]

No, i'm pretty sure it is Marcus...and i think its from "Exogenisis".

[NotKosh]

Originally posted by Ben-Thayer Dunnthaedt
Was the last one guessed? Here's another: (not EXACTLY, but close)

"I'm betting it has something to do with three goats and a jug of wine."


Garibaldi to Edgars, "The Exercise of Vital Powers"


I just watched Knives. The guy who plays Londo's dueling society friend is also Jacob Carter/Selmak on SG1.

[Jan]

Originally posted by PhobosFly
Sounds like Marcus, thou cant pin down the ep... ;)

Oh and BTW im new here. :)

Definitely Marcus. I'll wait to see if somebody can pin down the episode.

And welcome!

Jan

[Atanvarno]

It was when Marcus and Fraklin were talking after Marcus spotted the fermented Drazi and Human foods... probably early season 3, establishing Marcus's character.

My gut says Late Delivery From Avalon, but I'm not sure.

[Jan]

Originally posted by Atanvarno
It was when Marcus and Fraklin were talking after Marcus spotted the fermented Drazi and Human foods... probably early season 3, establishing Marcus's character.

My gut says Late Delivery From Avalon, but I'm not sure.

Your gut is absolutely correct! :)

Jan

[Voranek]

Originally posted by Jan
Kosh and Sheridan, Matters of Honor.

This is one of my faves:

"You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe."

Jan Are you sure it wasnt "All alone In the Night? I havent had a chance to double check.... but I thought it happened when he spoke to Kosh about the weird visions he was having...

[bakana]

"You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe."

That's pure Marcus.

It makes a lot more sense after you read "To Dream in the City of Sorrows" and find out How/Why Marcus came to join the Rangers.

You know the old saying, "Once you've started the timer, Mr. Nuclear Bomb is no longer your friend." ??

Let's just say Mr. Universe was Not Marcus Friend either. <G>

[Jan]

Originally posted by Voranek
Are you sure it wasnt "All alone In the Night? I havent had a chance to double check.... but I thought it happened when he spoke to Kosh about the weird visions he was having...

No, that particular conversaion was in "Matters of Honor" after Sheridan thanked Kosh for saving his life and Kosh mentions what a strain it was to be seen by so many.

In "All Alone in the Night" Kosh uses the "You have always been here" line twice. Once in Sheridan's dream/vision when Kosh tells him that his mind had never been quiet enough to hear him, and later as Sheridan leaves Medlab.

Jan
endless font of useless knowledge <g>

[Ranger 6 and 7/8]

what was this one from--i can't even remember the epi name, though i can remember the whole episode...

Performing 'Get the Hell out of here" manuever'

[NotKosh]

Originally posted by Ranger 6 and 7/8
what was this one from--i can't even remember the epi name, though i can remember the whole episode...

Performing 'Get the Hell out of here" manuever'

Lennier to Sheridan "Voices from Earth"?

"I have an idea" followed by really goofy looking expression on speaker's face :D

[Dr Maturin]

<<"I have an idea" followed by really goofy looking expression on speaker's face >>

Han Solo in Return of the Jedi?!?!

[NotKosh]

Wrong Forum.

[jal]

"I have an idea"

G`Quan speaking to Ivanova in "Point Of No Return". :D

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"Tell me, is this how you treat all your former lovers?"

[Jan]

Originally posted by jal
G`Quan speaking to Ivanova in "Point Of No Return". :D

Nah, G'Quan's long dead. G'Kar maybe? :p

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"Tell me, is this how you treat all your former lovers?"

Number One on Mars to Number Two. Racing Mars.

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"I don't watch TV. It's a cultural wasteland filled with inappropriate metaphors and an unrealistic portrayal of life created by the liberal media elite."

Jan

[jal]

Nah, G'Quan's long dead. G'Kar maybe?

Number One on Mars to Number Two. Racing Mars.

well spotted on G`Kar, wrong on the quote.

it was Phillipe talking to #1 and the episode was "Lines Of Communication". :p

here`s another: "It`s been a hell of a five years."

[Jan]

Originally posted by jal
well spotted on G`Kar, wrong on the quote.

it was Phillipe talking to #1 and the episode was "Lines Of Communication". :p

Oops. For some reason I thought Phillipe was #2. That's what I get for not checking...<g>


here`s another: "It`s been a hell of a five years."

I know it's Lennier and Vir talking in the Zocalo bar but I'm drawing a blank on the episode. I think Vir says that line and Lennier says "You win".

Jan

[jal]

forcot who he said it to, but it was Lennier saying it in the episode "The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari." :)


this one could be tricky: "Respect? From whom?"

:)

[Atanvarno]

The second Kosh in Falling Towards Apotheosis.

[jal]

very close..... right Kosh, wrong episode. ;)

the episode was "The Summoning".

i don`t want to monopolise a thread as good as this, so that`s enough from me for now. :) :) :)

[Psi]

ok, how about..

Which ep is this Picture (http://homepages.win.co.nz/alwilson/Psi/worker.jpg) from and whats special about it?

[NotKosh]

The episode is Sleeping in Light.

What is special is that JMS is using the wrong panel to shut down the main breakers :D


"I think, that we have a great deal of work ahead of us"

[chaostaenzer]

Sinclair/Valen in "War without End. part II".

[NotKosh]

Originally posted by chaostaenzer
Sinclair/Valen in "War without End. part II".

Nope. It might be close, but that isn't it. Wrong Season.

[Ben-Thayer Dunnthaedt]

"I don't watch TV. It's a cultural wasteland filled with inappropriate metaphors and an unrealistic portrayal of life created by the liberal media elite."Sheridan's guard to Garibaldi, Between the Darkness and the Light.

[Ben-Thayer Dunnthaedt]

Here's another that's not exact, but close:

"It's one of the great mysteries of the universe that will never be solved, or it would drive you mad if you ever discovered the truth."

[WorkerCaste]

Originally posted by Ben-Thayer Dunnthaedt
Here's another that's not exact, but close:

"It's one of the great mysteries of the universe that will never be solved, or it would drive you mad if you ever discovered the truth."
Wasn't that G'kar and the commander of the Narn cruiser discussing breen, or Swedish meatballs if you prefer? "Walkabout" was the episode, I think.

[Ben-Thayer Dunnthaedt]

Right-o! WC, you probably figured this guy out in a couple of seconds :)......me, I spent twenty minutes looking up the correct episode.

How about:

"I've seen a lot of reflections of God lately" - Nope, too easy.
then
"Mars. Three times it almost killed me" - Nope, still too easy.
then
"You cannot harm one who has been touched by the Vorlons" - Still too easy.
then
I cannot have an assistant who only looks down, you will be forever walking into walls" - Still too easy.
then
"God sent me" - Still too easy.
then
"You have taken from me that which I loved" - Still too easy.

Aw rats! :eek: I seem to be suffering from 'quote-brain overload' :D

Aha, got it! And the quote is: "Will do."
Now that shouldn't be a dead giveaway! The exact episode! And the exact character, and the exact scene! C'mon! :p

OK OK, just playing around....! :) Like Fat Bastard says, "Ar, feelin' a little FRISKY, are ya?";)

[Ranger 6 and 7/8]

ba-da--bum- ching!

-BDT-- for guotes as cheesy i reccomend a sentence of no less than 3 Lon Island Ice Teas. folowed by an uninterrupted viewing of the entire 3rd season of ST:Voyager...unless everyone feels that is too harsh...


I got another quest:
in "Late Delivery from Avalon" at then end, Marcus is talking to Ivanova I believe..anyway..
"If Sheridan is Arthur, and Delenn is ovisously Gueniviere....."
how does the rest go? I know he left an important character open wasn't it Arthur's son? and was it ever revealed?
tks
Ranger 6 and 7/8---hoping to be a full fledged 7 anyday now.. "I been waiting for my pike for 6 years now..how long i gotta wait?

[AmyG]

Thanks be to Google. The Zocalo #60 had a synopsis that gives you the general gist of what Marcus says at the end. It's a paraphrase, but it's close enough and I don't feel like going and getting the season 3 DVDs right now.

So, Kosh is Merlin, Franklin is Percival, Marcus is Galahad ("...me being sinless and all..."), Sheridan is Arthur, Ivanova is perhaps Gawain. They
both know who Mordred is. And that only leaves..."who is Morgana le Fay?" Which is revealed very shortly after that episode.

Aisling

[Dr Maturin]

<<Aha, got it! And the quote is: "Will do."
Now that shouldn't be a dead giveaway! The exact episode! And the exact character, and the exact scene! C'mon!>>

Garibaldi to Sheridan when Sheridan tells him to keep Endawi busy in Matters of Honor.

Whoooooo's the maaaaan?

[Psi]

"about an hour and ten minutes"

[jal]

"about an hour and ten minutes"

just guessing;

Garibaldi to Sinclair, when they are in the shuttle en route to Babylon 4 in the episode "Babylon Squared". :)


who said? "The report of my death was an exaggeration"

[Capt.Montoya]

who said? "The report of my death was an exaggeration"

"The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated."
Mark Twain

Or do you mean in B5?
I'd suspect it was Sheridan...

[jal]

Or do you mean in B5?

yes, i meant B5.

any idea who said it & the episode? :)

and it wasn`t Sheridan. :D

[NotKosh]

Originally posted by NotKosh
The episode is Sleeping in Light.

What is special is that JMS is using the wrong panel to shut down the main breakers :D


"I think, that we have a great deal of work ahead of us"

That was Londo to Refa, after he accepts Refas offer to shape the future of the Centauri. Geometry of Shadows

[Ranger 6 and 7/8]

Originally posted by Capt.Montoya
"The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated."

ohhhh.. shoot. That was Sir "What's his name". Delenn's mentor from ...ohh...The episode that they discover the Great Machine.

I remember he says something behind her and she in the course of the conversation says "I heard you had died". Which he responds above..

for extra trive you do know what his character was the first Minbari to have don't you and what JMS decided to use it to represent...


time for my quote: well not really a quote so mush as a message...

"Next time my way..."

[Dr Maturin]

<<"Next time my way...">>

The Lumati ambassador.

[Psi]

"about an hour and ten minutes"

Originally posted by jal
just guessing;

Garibaldi to Sinclair, when they are in the shuttle en route to Babylon 4 in the episode "Babylon Squared". :)



Nope your thinking of when Garibaldi says "two hours 3 minutes" and then a bit later "1 hour 57 minutes"


This is said by Dr. Franklin
Anyone else care to guess?

[jal]

Ranger 6 and 7/8 wrote:

ohhhh.. shoot. That was Sir "What's his name". Delenn's mentor from ...ohh...The episode that they discover the Great Machine.

nope, i`ll put you out of your misery, it was the dead marine called Dodger, in "Day of the Dead." :D


Psi wrote:
"about an hour and ten minutes"

no idea mate, time to put me out of MY misery. ;)

[Psi]

It’s from Objects in Motion

Between Franklin and Number 1 at dinner.


[Number 1] So, it, really couldn’t
[Franklin ] No, you’re right, it, it couldn’t,
[Number 1] So there we are
[Franklin ] There ya go
[Franklin ] You know I do have about an hour before my next shift starts encase u wanted to celebrate your knew job
[Number 1] More than an hour or less than an hour
[Franklin ] About an hour and ten minutes
[Number 1] You go on ahead u know how I like the lights, I’ll take care of this
[Number 1] Check, Check please.

[jal]

ahhhhh..... nice one! :D


"I`m glad i won`t live to see what follows.":

[Jan]

Originally posted by jal

"I`m glad i won`t live to see what follows.":

The Prime Minister to Londo in 'The Fall of Centauri Prime'? Isn't it amazing how fond we became of that character?

Jan

[The One to come]

here's another one

"woo-hoo?"

[bakana]

For the people who were speculating about which characters were who in the King Arthur mythos, here's what JMS said back in 1996:


RE: "B5 is really X in disguise" You're all right, and you're all wrong.
Is it Lord of the Rings? Dune? The Kennedy story? The saga of Camelot? The
Foundation? A brief history of World War II? The Bible? All these and
others have been broached to me by people absolutely sure that this was the
model for the series. (And, as an aside, this kind of discussion generally
happens only to TV writers; nobody here is doing a panel called "Is Startide
Rising Really X in disguise?" This happens to TV writers because somehow it
gets assumed that we haven't got an idea in our heads that we didn't swipe
from somebody's book. But that's another topic for another time.)

Babylon 5...is a Rohrsharch test. An ink blot created by smashing
actors, archetypes, saga-structure, myth and language against a sheet of
paper, folding it, and bashing it a few times. When you open it up and look
inside, what you see is the saga closest to your heart and your experience.
Because like all the works mentioned a moment ago, B5 draws upon the same
wellspring of myth, archetype, symbology, and dime store sociology that feeds
all sagas, from the Illiad on through to the present.

Writers, science fiction writers in particular, are like the beggar in
Alladin, who offered new lamps for old...we seize myths that have fallen out
of currency and recast them in newer guise, dust them off and hope a genie
emerges. Our myths, the myths of Tolkien and Homer, of Heinlein and Mallory,
are eternal; they exchange one name for another, cast off one mask and assume
the next. If you perceive their presence in Babylon 5, it is because we have
courted the myth, not because we have echoed one of their names from another
place. King Lear vanishes into Londo, Cassandra peers out from behind the
eyes of G'Kar, Galahad answers to the name Ivanova, the Oracle at Delphi is
now wearing an encounter suit, and Sir Bedevere is...well, that would be
telling.

So you're all right. And you're all wrong. Because it's all ACTUALLY
based on the 1967 Young Juveniles novel "The Mad Scientists' Club." And I'm
actually channeling Eleanor Roosevelt. (Fortunately, I already have the
wardrobe.) Oh, yes...and I am the walrus, coo-coo ka choo....

jms

Now, who said This:

... even for people like us.

[Jan]

Originally posted by bakana
Now, who said This:

Ivanova in Sleeping in Light.

Jan

[NotKosh]

n/m

[NotKosh]

Originally posted by The One to come
here's another one

"woo-hoo?"


Lennier to Sheridan in the elevator.

This was after the night Sheridan spent with Delenn, discovering each others pleasure centers while there were 1/2 dozen Minbari outside the bedroom.

I can't remember the episode.

Next one.

"And please, write your sisters more often!"

[Jan]

Originally posted by NotKosh
Next one.

"And please, write your sisters more often!"

General Franklin to Stephen Franklin in Gropos.

Jan

[Jan]

How about:

"I never knew you!"

Jan

[jahkneebee]

Originally posted by Jan
How about:

"I never knew you!"

Jan

Ivanova to her old boyfriend/jerk who was behind the alien-bashings.

Sorry cannot remember ep name, I'm just happy to get in the action... cheers to all.

[Jan]

Originally posted by jahkneebee
Ivanova to her old boyfriend/jerk who was behind the alien-bashings.

Sorry cannot remember ep name, I'm just happy to get in the action... cheers to all.

Right! The episode was 'The War Prayer'

Jan

[Ranger 6 and 7/8]

"Who do you serve?"

[Jan]

Originally posted by Ranger 6 and 7/8
"Who do you serve?"

Galen to Gideon. Opening sequence to Crusade but I can't remember what episode it might have been in...

Jan

[Ranger 6 and 7/8]

Jan, he asked Sheridan during "A Call to Arms"

next quote:

"Mary had a little lamb"

[Dr Maturin]

<<Galen to Gideon. Opening sequence to Crusade but I can't remember what episode it might have been in...>>

Wasn't it War Zone?

[Dr Maturin]

BTW, where is BTD? Are you lurking out there somewhere?

[WorkerCaste]

Originally posted by Ranger 6 and 7/8
next quote:

"Mary had a little lamb" That would be a number of Telepaths talking to themselves in "A Race Through Dark Places." Btw way, what a great scene for WK when the teep dies in the beginning and Bester comments on his death something like "Doesn't matter. I caught it. Betrayed by his final thoughts." Massive indifference to a tortured death. :eek:

[Ben-Thayer Dunnthaedt]

BTW, where is BTD? Are you lurking out there somewhere?Present! Took a couple of days off, just now returning. :)Garibaldi to Sheridan when Sheridan tells him to keep Endawi busy in Matters of Honor. Whoooooo's the maaaaan?Z'ha, YOU da man!!! MAJOR kudos! :D

Honorable mention would also come in the form of Zack to Sheridan when told to follow the Minbari witness, There All Honor Lies. And probably two dozen others.

[Dr Maturin]

<<Z'ha, YOU da man!!! MAJOR kudos!

Honorable mention would also come in the form of Zack to Sheridan when told to follow the Minbari witness, There All Honor Lies. And probably two dozen others.>>

Well, to be fair, I am currently watching every ep of B5 and when I answered, I was on Dust to Dust, so I had just passed it.

But yes,

Adam Sandler on The Denise Show: I AM the man.

[Dr Maturin]

"Intelligence has nothing to do with politics!"

[Towelmaster]

Londo to Vir when Vir visits Babylon-5 after being stationed as the Ambassador to Minbar. Now what the *** is the name of the ep....? Dust to dust?

TM.

BTW : I'm new here. How do you do? :)

[Jan]

Originally posted by Towelmaster
Londo to Vir when Vir visits Babylon-5 after being stationed as the Ambassador to Minbar. Now what the *** is the name of the ep....? Dust to dust?

TM.

BTW : I'm new here. How do you do? :)

Hi, TM!

The episode was 'Point of No Return'.

Jan

[NotKosh]

"Yes, we have had our, our little fun with Londo Mollari for now... Perhaps it is time to move on and find someone else to play with."

or

"If Vir can be emperor, then a small Earth cat can be emperor."

[PhobosFly]

Originally posted by NotKosh
"Yes, we have had our, our little fun with Londo Mollari for now... Perhaps it is time to move on and find someone else to play with."


Lets see me thinks that was "A View From the Gallery".
It was at least in the first 4 eps of season5
Londo was talking to G'kar in the shelter when B5 was under attack. Btw I love that ep especially when the maintence workers come across the Red Helmet breaching party.
Huzahh!

[PhobosFly]

How bout this..."My shoes are too tight"?

[Jan]

Originally posted by PhobosFly
How bout this..."My shoes are too tight"?

"but it doesn't matter because I've forgotten how to dance"

Londo quoting his father in 'The War Prayer'.

Here's one:

"To the death. And death there was."

Jan

[Dr Maturin]

"Send or no send?"

[Jan]

Originally posted by Z'ha'dumDweller
"Send or no send?"

Ivanova to Sheridan in 'A Day in the Strife'.

Jan

[NotKosh]

OK.


"If Vir can be emperor, then a small Earth cat can be emperor."

[Ranger 6 and 7/8]

That would be Londo when the the Emperor's wife said both of them would be emperor.

[PhobosFly]

Hehe I love this thread.
How bout this one.
"Well that'll cut down on tourisim."

[NotKosh]

Originally posted by Ranger 6 and 7/8
That would be Londo when the the Emperor's wife said both of them would be emperor.

Nope, Londo talking to some other Emperor's picture in Day of the Dead.

[WorkerCaste]

Originally posted by Jan
Here's one:

"To the death. And death there was."

Jan
Neroon to Marcus in the Medlab in "Grey 17 is Missing"

[Towelmaster]

How about :

"You were right son." ?

[PhobosFly]

Originally posted by Towelmaster
How about :

"You were right son." ?

Is that Kosh to sheridan in Interludes and Examinations?

[Towelmaster]

Yup!

[Starkiller]

How about this, " Perhaps you do not understand the nature of my concern captain, when i said my quarters were cold i didnt mean, oh its a little chilly in here perhaps i will throw an extra blanket on the bed, no i mean COLD, as in look my left arm has just snapped off and shattered on the floor, this is highly innapropriate captian!"

[PhobosFly]

Originally posted by Starkiller
How about this, " Perhaps you do not understand the nature of my concern captain, when i said my quarters were cold i didnt mean, oh its a little chilly in here perhaps i will throw an extra blanket on the bed, no i mean COLD, as in look my left arm has just snapped off and shattered on the floor, this is highly innapropriate captian!"

Hehe thats from Illusions of truth.
Londo to Sheridan.

[Starkiller]

Hehe thats from Illusions of truth.

Yep, and i like sheridans reply "youre absolutely right ambassador, theres plenty of other parts of you id rather see snapped off."

i got another one "Of course we know, the maker has gifted us with great big eyes and great big scanners and great big....well thats none of your concern, "

[PhobosFly]

Originally posted by Starkiller

i got another one "Of course we know, the maker has gifted us with great big eyes and great big scanners and great big....well thats none of your concern, "

Lets see that one is Londo speaking again. I can picture the conversation but...Some one help me out.

[Atanvarno]

That'd be Londo to the Drazi ambasador in Rumours, Bargins and Lies.

[Ranger 6 and 7/8]

"A pediatrician, pathologist, and a surgeon are hunting ducks"

[bakana]

Moose and Squirrel


Grin, Duck & Run.... :D :p :cool:

[Jan]

Bakana wrote:




quote:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Moose and Squirrel
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That would be Mollari to Garibaldi in Gut Reactions. :D :D :D


Grin, Duck & Run....

Gee, I dunno, who said that???

Jan

[NotKosh]

Something close to:

"There are enough unfounded assumptions to wrap around the station three times, and leave enough for a knot!"

[bakana]

Moose and Squirrel
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

That would be Mollari to Garibaldi in Gut Reactions.

Jan,

I'm surprized a knowlegable Fan like yourself didn't know: That's one of the most frequent "questions" asked of Mira Furlan at conventions:

Mira, can you please say "Moose and Squirrel" ??

I can't remember if it originated with Jerry Doyle or not... :p

[Jan]

Bakana teased:

I'm surprized a knowlegable Fan like yourself didn't know: That's one of the most frequent "questions" asked of Mira Furlan at conventions:

Mira, can you please say "Moose and Squirrel" ??

I can't remember if it originated with Jerry Doyle or not...

Ah, you do have me there... BUT the thread is named "Name the Episode" and that particular saying *is* part of the unproduced season 5 script by Peter David and Bill Mumy.

<bratty voice> So there! :p </bratty voice>

The part I didn't know is which episode "Grin, duck and run" was....;-)

Jan

[Dr Maturin]

"Because if you don't , in five minutes I will be the only person at this table still standing."

[Starkiller]

Because if you don't , in five minutes I will be the only person at this table still standing

that would be Marcus talking to a crime sydicate in downbelow
in "Ceremonies of Light and Dark"

I got one

"Ivonova sent me to find you, she said you havent been sleeping that youve barely been eating and youve been in her words, carrying on cranky."

[Towelmaster]

Originally posted by Starkiller
"Ivonova sent me to find you, she said you havent been sleeping that youve barely been eating and youve been in her words, carrying on cranky." [/B]

That's Delenn to Sheridan in C & C. Third season.

Kosh! I wish my memory for episodes was as good as my memory for imagery... ;-)

Just a simple question : how many times have you all watched the series?

[Jan]

Originally posted by Towelmaster
That's Delenn to Sheridan in C & C. Third season.

Kosh! I wish my memory for episodes was as good as my memory for imagery... ;-).

It was in the War Room. The episode was And the Rock Cried out, No Hiding Place.


Just a simple question : how many times have you all watched the series?

Entire thing beginning to end? Probably 5, maybe 6. Counting interminable reruns waiting for new episodes? Many more, I'm sure. <g> Except for Comes the Inquisitor. I managed to miss that one multiple times which drove me nuts. It was worth waiting for, though.

Jan

[Towelmaster]

Originally posted by Jan
Entire thing beginning to end? Probably 5, maybe 6. Counting interminable reruns waiting for new episodes? Many more, I'm sure. <g> Except for Comes the Inquisitor. I managed to miss that one multiple times which drove me nuts. It was worth waiting for, though.
Jan

Thing is; I must have seen the first 4 seasons at least 15 to 20 times now. I'm waiting for the season 5 DVD because I couldn't get all the episodes on tape, so I'm not watching them anymore for now.
And although I can locate the season, characters, that kind of thing, I can hardly ever remember the exact episode...

O.K. How about :

"Knock, knock."
"Who's there?"
"Kosh."
"Kosh who?"
"Gesundheit."

[chaostaenzer]

A Race Through Dark Places


"Do you know where you are?"
"Either in hell or in medlab. either way, the decor needs work."

[jamielynn]

"Do you know where you are?"
"Either in hell or in medlab. either way, the decor needs work."

That sounds like Doctor Franklin talking with Londo after Londo was poisond when his 3 wives showed up. Unfortunately I can't remember the episode name. I may be wrong, though.

[Capt.Montoya]

Sounds more like what Londo said on "The Long Night of Londo Mollari" to me...
but I may be wrong too.

[chaostaenzer]

Jamielynn is right. The episode title is "Soul Mates".

Excuse me now. I have to think about quotes that aren't that easy to figure out.

;)

[Ranger_one]

how about...

I must kill it before it develps language skills.

[bakana]

I must kill it before it develops language skills

Londo, when the insects got into his quarters.

Same episode where Vir's wife shoed up, if I remember right.


How about this one:

"For them it's all the same thing."

[Starkiller]

Londo, when the insects got into his quarters.Same episode where Vir's wife shoed up, if I remember right.


the name of that episode would be Sic Transit Vir.

[Ben-Thayer Dunnthaedt]

Another one:

"It was an unfortunate choice of words"

[bakana]

"It was an unfortunate choice of words"

Lord Refa, I think. Can't quite place it.

[bakana]

Nobody bit on "for them its all the same thing, so here's the context:



"You seem to be pretty fluent in Minbari."

"You can't finish your training until you can speak and think in their language."

"I'm surprised. When they were training the Rangers I figured they would emphasize infiltration and combat techniques, not language skills."

"For them it's all the same thing."

Ivanova and Marcus in Babylon 5:"Shadow Dancing"

[Ben-Thayer Dunnthaedt]

bakana,

Nope, not Refa......next up? :)

[Dr Maturin]

"That's a hell of a thing to tell someone. No pressure!"

[Towelmaster]

I don't know. I had a drink too many atm... :) Sounds like Ivanova... Get back to you later.

But I just found this one so consider it the next question :

"Besides, it IS mine".

[Andrew_Swallow]

Originally posted by Ben-Thayer Dunnthaedt
Another one:

"It was an unfortunate choice of words"

It was Delenn that said it but I cannot remember when. I think G'Kar was getting on his high horse.

[Starkiller]

"Besides, it IS mine".


that would be Sheridan talking to Delenn in Thirdspace.

[chaostaenzer]

"It was an unfortunate choice of words"

I think it was Na'Far, the Narn that should replace G'kar in "A Day in the Strife"

[cruiser]

I have no idea but, this thread is great...Babylon 5's Greatest Quips!!!

[Towelmaster]

Originally posted by Starkiller
that would be Sheridan talking to Delenn in Thirdspace.

Yup. Although it was actually Sheridan talking after Delenn had left the room... ;-)

[Jan]

Originally posted by cruiser
I have no idea but, this thread is great...Babylon 5's Greatest Quips!!!

I can't wait for the B5 quote book to come out! For those who missed it, JMS said at the Hawthorne con that "But In Purple, I'm Stunning" should be out around Christmas from Simon & Schuster.

You know how JMS said in the Severed Dreams commentary that Delenn's line warning off the EA ships off was hands down the favorite line of the entire series? That's because when the idea of the quote book was hatching, there was a site where fans could post fave quotes and stories of what various quotes meant to them. I'm looking forward to seeing the result.

Jan

[Ben-Thayer Dunnthaedt]

chaostaenzer:I think it was Na'Far, the Narn that should replace G'kar in "A Day in the Strife"Correct-a-mundo! :D

I can't remember the exact exchange, but it was after Na'Far said that G'Kar's resistance was causing huge problems. A furious G'Kar replied that he didn't bomb their cities into rubble and murder their people. At that point Na'Far apologizes with the quote.

[bakana]

the Narn that should replace G'kar

Sounds like a Kipling joke...

The Man Who Would Be G'King

[WorkerCaste]

What great fun. :D I think most of the outstanding quotes have been resolved, so how about...

"Temporary? Nice word, isn't it?"

[Ben-Thayer Dunnthaedt]

"Temporary? Nice word, isn't it?"Let me see......Lochley to Garibaldi, from No Compromises?

[Atanvarno]

Nah, that's Brother Theo in Rock.

Am I the only one who missed Brother Theo in the last two seasons?

[Milkman]

Great thread!

Here is a good one.. although im not sure if it is word for word or not.

"Whose side are you on?"
"We are on the side of the truth. Is there another?"

[WorkerCaste]

Originally posted by Atanvarno
Nah, that's Brother Theo in Rock.

Am I the only one who missed Brother Theo in the last two seasons? Got it in one, Mr. Atanvarno! And, I choose the quote because I liked brother Theo, so, no, you aren't the only one to miss him. ;)

[bakana]

"Then, if you will excuse me, but I'm in the middle of 15 different things, all of them annoying. Thank you for coming by."

[chaostaenzer]

Ben-Thayer Dunnthaedt:

I can't remember the exact exchange

here it is:
Na'far: You don't appreciate the damage you're causing by
leading this resistance!
G'kar: Damage i'm...
Damage i'm causing? I didn't invade Narn! I didn't bomb
our world with asteroids, level our cities! I didn't....
Na'Far: All Right.
I'm sorry G'Kar.
The choice of my words was unfortunate.

[Jan]

Originally posted by bakana
"Then, if you will excuse me, but I'm in the middle of 15 different things, all of them annoying. Thank you for coming by."


Ivanova to Talia in 'Midnight on the Firing Line. *Love* that one and use it in real life regularly! <g>

Jan

[NotKosh]

Originally posted by Milkman
Great thread!

Here is a good one.. although im not sure if it is word for word or not.

"Whose side are you on?"
"We are on the side of the truth. Is there another?"

Is that Into the Fire, Sheridan talking to the Vorlons?

[Atanvarno]

Nah, it's Lennier in There All the Honour Lies. Cracking episode, it's the one that got me into B5 back when I was a nipper.

[Laiden]

Originally posted by Milkman
Great thread!

Here is a good one.. although im not sure if it is word for word or not.

"Whose side are you on?"
"We are on the side of the truth. Is there another?"

yeah your right its Ashan and Lennier in "There All the Honor Lies"

TRY THIS ONE! ". . . is this god?"

[bakana]

an outpost so far off the starmaps you couldn't find it with a hunting dog and an ouiji board."

[Milkman]

Originally posted by Laiden
yeah your right its Ashan and Lennier in "There All the Honor Lies"

TRY THIS ONE! ". . . is this god?"

I think that was Rising Star? Ivanova said something to that effect... also with a comment about him having a english accent. Just before the famous bof(sp) comment.

[Milkman]

Originally posted by bakana
an outpost so far off the starmaps you couldn't find it with a hunting dog and an ouiji board."

Hmm... Sinclair said that.. but i don't rememer what episode... something with a debriefing or interview or something... its been a while since i have watched the first season....

[Atanvarno]

Infection. Don't actually remember, but you can work it out: it's the only episode in season one with a reporter, and you mentioned an interview.

[LytaaaarGh]

wow - 12 pages eeek! so here we go: 2 people said this...

the part of me that is going will very much miss the part of you all that is staying.

[WorkerCaste]

Originally posted by LytaaaarGh
wow - 12 pages eeek! so here we go: 2 people said this... OK. I can hear in my mind the voice of G'Kar saying this about pieces of people being left behind in the places the have occupied. That would make it "Objects in Motion." But, 2 people?!?! I'm stumped on the other.

[NotKosh]

That's G'Kar to Sheridan. End of Objects in Motion.

JMS used that concept in Sleeping in Light, when Sheridan returned to the empty B5.

Also in the episode was the lousy intel of the Rangers, they couldn't deliver Zack's invite because they couldn't find him on Earth. How could they not get simple info like that about routine Earthforce assignments?

[AmyG]

It's interesting that you say "two people said this," because in reviewing the series for the seventh or eighth time straight through (not sure which it is!), I'm noticing more and more how JMS reuses lines. Not in a "I'm a lazy writer" way; but more as leitmotifs. I really like it. Just last night I watched "Soul Hunter," and the Soul Hunter says to Delenn, as he has her tied down and is about to extract her soul, that she isn't to worry, because "if you fall, I will be there to catch you." This has echoes in Delenn's line to Sheridan when they're in the White Star and she turns on the rain sound effect ("I will watch - I will catch you if you should fall"), and Lorien's line to Sheridan in whatever episode that is (can't pull it out of my head right now - Jan? Anyone?).

Anyway, this would make a good thread, I think!

Aisling

[Laiden]

in response to my Quote . . . I was reffering to episode 21 of season four "Rising Star" so hats off to ya Milkman!!!

[bakana]

"The last time I gave an interview they told me to just relax and say what I really felt.
Ten minutes after the broadcast I got transferred to an outpost so far off the starmaps you couldn't find it with a hunting dog and an ouiji board."

"Don't sweat it. Just be that charming, efflorescent commander we've all come to know and love.
What's the worst that could happen?
They fire you, ship you off to the Rim and I get promoted to Commander.
I don't see a problem here."

Sinclair and Garibaldi in Babylon 5:"Infection"



there was a .. tear running down his face.

[Starkiller]

It's interesting that you say "two people said this," because in reviewing the series for the seventh or eighth time straight through (not sure which it is!), I'm noticing more and more how JMS reuses lines. Not in a "I'm a lazy writer" way; but more as leitmotifs. I really like it. Just last night I watched "Soul Hunter," and the Soul Hunter says to Delenn, as he has her tied down and is about to extract her soul, that she isn't to worry, because "if you fall, I will be there to catch you." This has echoes in Delenn's line to Sheridan when they're in the White Star and she turns on the rain sound effect ("I will watch - I will catch you if you should fall"), and Lorien's line to Sheridan in whatever episode that is (can't pull it out of my head right now - Jan? Anyone?).


"What if i fall? how will i know you'll catch me?"

"I caught you before."

"what if i die?"

"I cannot create life, but i can breathe on the remaining embers, it may not work."


"but i can hope."

"Hope, is all we have"

Sheridan and Lorien in one my favorite episodes "Whatever happened to Mr Garibaldi?"

[grumbler]

And of course all the guys will remember the episode where we find out Lyta doesn't use underwear! :D

[WorkerCaste]

there was a .. tear running down his face. Vir, recounting his Londo story in "Sleeping in Light." It was Londo's reaction to the Pak'ma'ra singing.

I still am stumped on the second person to say LytaaaarGh's quote "the part of me that is going will very much miss the part of you all that is staying", and I haven't seen anyone else come up with it. Now, that one's been a challenge!

[AmyG]

I still am stumped on the second person to say LytaaaarGh's quote "the part of me that is going will very much miss the part of you all that is staying", and I haven't seen anyone else come up with it. Now, that one's been a challenge!

G'Kar to Sheridan, and I think it has to be in "Objects in Motion."

Aisling

[NotKosh]

That is the only incident named so far.

Although, what did Delenn say to Drahl in Voice in The Wilderness?

[WorkerCaste]

Yep, Aisling, that's definitely one. It's the other that's perplexing me. NotKosh, was that a hint because you know the answer, or a true question. I haven't seen "Voice in the WIlderness" in a while, but, but I don't remember a Draal/Delenn exchange in quite that shape. Then again, they say with age, the memory is the second thing to go. I can't quite seem to remember the first, though...

[bakana]

what did Delenn say to Drahl in Voice in The Wilderness?


"I rather enjoyed the song."
"Don't tell him."
"You're sure?"
"Trust me."

Draal and Delenn in Babylon 5:"A Voice in the Wilderness #1"

Is this what you were thinking of?


There is no other way. Please believe me.
All my life I've searched for a way to serve others. To me there is no higher calling, no greater destiny than to live for another, and if necessary, to die for another.
To somehow make the world a better place. I've done all I could on my world.
I came looking for a reason, a way to live out my remaining years with direction and purpose.
Here I've found it. I will save lives."

Draal to Garibaldi in Babylon 5:"A Voice in the Wilderness #2"

[NotKosh]

I wasn't trying to be mysterious, I was thinking of the scene at the end, I think Delenn tells Sinclair to go on ahead and she'll join him.

Those lines sound like the kind of thing Delenn might say.

[Towelmaster]

Originally posted by NotKosh
I wasn't trying to be mysterious, I was thinking of the scene at the end, I think Delenn tells Sinclair to go on ahead and she'll join him.

Yup, that was Delenn to Sheridan. She stayed behind to talk to Draal for a moment.

[Qsilver]

One of my favorite quotes....just emblematic of how JMS uses brilliant writing translated onto film:


"Once I would have thought, pastels for the curtains!.....but I think we're well beyond pastels now. No....no more bright colors anymore.....just darkness!"

[DGTWoodward]

Has anybody done my personal fave...?

"....my buttons are melting!":D

[bakana]

"I'm thinking .. pastels!"

Centauri Regent to his court in Babylon 5:"Epiphanies"


"Once I would've thought pastels for the curtains, but I think we are well beyond pastels now.
No, no bright colors anymore, just darkness."

Regent to Lord Jano in Babylon 5:"In the Kingdom of the Blind"


"Humans have got no business being here. No business at all."

[NotKosh]

Originally posted by bakana


Garibaldi "The Exercise of Vital Powers"

[Stunaep]

"Initiating the 'getting the hell out of here' maneuvre".

[CRONAN]

Damn, this thread is dangerous. Get careless for one second and you've potentially ruined some of the best moments of the show. Damn you season 4!

[grumbler]

Originally posted by LightStorm
Has anybody done my personal fave...?

"....my buttons are melting!":D Don't remember the ep, but that was Londo after G'Kar got him sprung from the dungeon by barfing. You are right, it is a great line. I always wondered if it was an ad-lib.

[Starkiller]

"Initiating the 'getting the hell out of here' maneuvre".

that was Lennier to Ivanova in "The hour of the Wolf"

[Ben-Thayer Dunnthaedt]

Here's another that's not quite exact, but should be close enough for the guessing game:

"I was told the people running that way that I could find you here"

I suppose I should check for the exact quote, unless of course some generous member would care to contribute :)

[Andrew_Swallow]

Originally posted by Ben-Thayer Dunnthaedt
"I was told the people running that way that I could find you here"


'The Geometry of Shadows', said by Vir to the Techno-mages.

You left the word "by" out of the quotation.

"Pleased to meet you Mr Garibaldi."

[WorkerCaste]

Originally posted by Ben-Thayer Dunnthaedt "I was told the people running that way that I could find you here"

I don't recall the exact quote either, but I'm pretty sure that's Vir speaking to the (disembodied) technomages in "The Geometry of Shadows."

[Ben-Thayer Dunnthaedt]

AS & WC - Right-O!You left the word "by" out of the quotation.(BTD winces in pain) One of these days I'll learn how to proofread my own work...........:rolleyes:"Pleased to meet you Mr Garibaldi."Would that be Lyta, when revealed that she was the Vorlons' super weapon?

[WorkerCaste]

In celebration of the fact that Andrew_Swallow posted just minutes ahead of me on the GOS quote, how about this one...

"You couldn't have gotten here two minutes earlier."

[Ben-Thayer Dunnthaedt]

"You couldn't have gotten here two minutes earlier."Let me see.....that would be Dust to Dust, Bester to the female Psi-Cop, musing over the fact that his psi powers were chemically repressed and if she'd shown up a couple of minutes ealier they may have been able to learn a few secrets.

Allright, next one: "In English, Doc"

[WorkerCaste]

Originally posted by Ben-Thayer Dunnthaedt
Let me see.....that would be Dust to Dust, Bester to the female Psi-Cop, musing over the fact that his psi powers were chemically repressed and if she'd shown up a couple of minutes ealier they may have been able to learn a few secrets. Got it in one, BTD!

[Andrew_Swallow]

Originally posted by Ben-Thayer Dunnthaedt
Would that be Lyta, when revealed that she was the Vorlons' super weapon?
Yes.

[Dr Maturin]

"All rise."

[Ben-Thayer Dunnthaedt]

"All rise"Would it be the bailiff in Quality of Mercy? Or the bailiff in Dust to Dust?

Any takers for "In English, Doc" ?

[bakana]

perhaps we should learn to use them for what they are.

[Ben-Thayer Dunnthaedt]

perhaps we should learn to use them for what they are.Man this one's got me. Now, this IS from B5, yes? And not from a script we haven't seen? :D:confused::D Wow.....don't have a clue! :)

What about "all rise"? Correct guesses or not?

And still no takers for "In English, Doc"?

[WorkerCaste]

perhaps we should learn to use them for what they are. I'm thinking Delenn in "Learning Curve" when talking about other races in the Rangers.

[Radhil]

"All Rise" is from the jive preacher, just before the intercut where Refa gets his lifespan shortened set to a jaunty tune, in "And The Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place"

EDIT - And still no takers for "In English, Doc"?
It's obviously Garibaldi to Franklin, I just can't place it. Hundred different potential situations for that line, I can't hit the one it actually happened in. :rolleyes:

[bakana]

I'm thinking Delenn

Correct

"Our training methods were created by Minbari to serve Minbari. But if there is any lesson to be learned from the humans, it is that we are made stronger by our differences, not weaker.
If the Pak'ma'ra cannot learn to be what we think they should be, then perhaps we should learn to use them for what they are."

Delenn, Learning Curve

Recognizing that the perfect spy is someone the whole world likes to pretend doesn't Exist...

"Hey, it';s Your turn to frisk the Pak'ma'ra. I did it the last 3 times. I can't afford to burn another uniform this month."

How about:

Feel like playing the odds?
or
I become nauseous.

[Ben-Thayer Dunnthaedt]

Rad-

Drat! Ya got me with "all rise"! :DIt's obviously Garibaldi to Franklin, Well I'd have to say you're HALF correct.....;) Now which half would that be? :D:D Yep, it is to Franklin........but not Garibaldi, at least not for this one. Although I'd bet you are correct anyway, I seem to recall Garibaldi saying that somewhere along the line.:)

[Jan]

Well I'd have to say you're HALF correct..... Now which half would that be? Yep, it is to Franklin........but not Garibaldi, at least not for this one. Although I'd bet you are correct anyway, I seem to recall Garibaldi saying that somewhere along the line.

Got it! Number 2 (or one of the resistance guys, anyway) to Franklin when he was explaining about the Keeper they'd shot off of Cap'n Jack. Episode: Racing Mars.

Jan

[Dr Maturin]

<<"All Rise" is from the jive preacher, just before the intercut where Refa gets his lifespan shortened set to a jaunty tune, in "And The Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place">>

Mike: And the crowd goes...

Crow and Tom Servo: Rah.

[chaostaenzer]

Another nice one:

I do not like anything with eight legs. Well, except for the Vinzini...but only because they are terrible at cards.Somthing to do with compound eyes, i think.

[Ben-Thayer Dunnthaedt]

Jan-Got it! Number 2Yes! I grovel before your brilliance! :D
And:I do not like anything with eight legs. Well, except for the Vinzini...but only because they are terrible at cards.Somthing to do with compound eyes, i think.This sounds like Londo......would it be Grail?

[chaostaenzer]

Yes, it sounds like Londo.
And no, it is not Grail.

[Jan]

Originally posted by chaostaenzer
Yes, it sounds like Londo.
And no, it is not Grail.

Sic Transit Vir. :D

Jan

[chaostaenzer]

Sic Transit Vir. :D

Yes


And don't hang up on me!
.
.
.
He hang up on me.

:D

[Jan]

Originally posted by chaostaenzer

And don't hang up on me!
.
.
.
He hung up on me.

:D

Hmmm...in fairness to other posters perhaps I should sit this one out. (read: I don't have a clue! <g>)

Jan

[chaostaenzer]

Hmmm...in fairness to other posters perhaps I should sit this one out. (read: I don't have a clue! <g> )

Oh c'mon Jan, this is far more easier than you may think...
The actual quote is: "Now don't hang up on me! Don't hang up on me!.....He hung up on me."

[Dipper]

Still Sic Transit Vir. Londo talking to maintenance. I found the whole bug-scene quite funny, especially the evolution part :o)


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"Hey you pays your money, you takes your chances"

[Jan]

Originally posted by Dipper
"Hey you pays your money, you takes your chances"

Sheridan in Severed Dreams. "...but it's not just us..."

Jan

[Capt.Montoya]

"it's good to have friends... even if only for a little while..."

(hope I remembered the line well enough)

[chaostaenzer]

"it's good to have friends... even if only for a little while..."

That should be "Acts of Sacrifice" even though i'm not entirely sure.

[WorkerCaste]

Originally posted by chaostaenzer
That should be "Acts of Sacrifice" even though i'm not entirely sure. It is "Acts of Sacrifice" when Londo wants to buy Giraldi a non-alcoholic drink. He's feeling cut off from people because of his and the Empire's actions. Great set of scenes around the drink. I think the actual quote (which would've been more of a givaway :) ) was something like...

"It is good to have friends, is it not, Mr. Garibaldi? Even if only for a little while."

[Ben-Thayer Dunnthaedt]

I've been considering bakana's quotes:

"Feel like playing the odds?" and "I become nauseous."

The fist one sounds like Garibaldi, would it be from Hunter, Prey?

But the second one, ain't got a clue. :confused:

[Jan]

Originally posted by Ben-Thayer Dunnthaedt
I've been considering bakana's quotes:

"Feel like playing the odds?" and "I become nauseous."

The fist one sounds like Garibaldi, would it be from Hunter, Prey?

But the second one, ain't got a clue. :confused:

I'm almost certain that "Feel like playing the odds" was Lyta to Bester when she was talking to him in downbelow as he hunted the rogue teeps. Not sure of the episode.

Jan

[bakana]

"Not bad.
Tell me, is that really telekinesis, or are you just pushing the nerve endings, making them feel as if they've been slapped?
Either way, it's taken a lot out of you, Lyta. You're sweating, flushed.
How many times can you do that, Lyta?
Can you do just one at a time? Maybe two?
How about three? How about a half dozen of us?"

"I don't know. Like you said, I'm new at this.
I could even make a mistake.
Maybe even pop a blood vessel in someone's head by accident by pushing too hard.
Feel like playing the odds, Mr. Bester?"

Bester and Lyta, Strange Relations

:)

"Yeah, well, maybe that's true. But talk is cheap

[Jan]

Originally posted by bakana
quote:
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"Yeah, well, maybe that's true. But talk is cheap
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Lyta to Zack in....Secrets of the Soul?

Jan

[NotKosh]

I don't think so.

Zack to Garibaldi.
Point of No Return?

[grumbler]

My mind's ear hears Zack saying "I become nauseous" but I cannot place the episode.

[nanorc]

-Three guards. All we have to do is get one of them out of the room, and then we'll only have one guard to worry about.

-!? Where I come from, one from three leaves two.

-Where I come from is a far more interesting place.

[Dr Maturin]

Originally posted by nanorc
-Three guards. All we have to do is get one of them out of the room, and then we'll only have one guard to worry about.

-!? Where I come from, one from three leaves two.

-Where I come from is a far more interesting place.

Stephen and Marcus, Ceremonies of Light and Dark.

[Dipper]

Originally posted by Z'ha'dumDweller
Stephen and Marcus, Ceremonies of Light and Dark.


I think it's in Exogenesis. The episode where Marcus' friend Duncan takes one of these Vinzini (or something) into him and so on and so on.


-Dip

[Dr Maturin]

<<I think it's in Exogenesis. The episode where Marcus' friend Duncan takes one of these Vinzini (or something) into him and so on and so on.>>

Ah yes. I knew it had something to do with prisoners of an unorthodox group.

[chaostaenzer]

"I mean, no offense, but i have seen Vorlons with more fashion sense."

[bakana]

"I care what happens to you, Lyta."

"Yeah, well, maybe that's true. But talk is cheap, Zack.
Byron is putting his life on the line to create something for his people.
And I'm one of them.
He's given us back a sense of dignity and community.
I'm proud of that, and I'm proud of him."

Zack and Lyta, Secrets of the Soul

Poor Zack. He never understood. Anything.

My mind's ear hears Zack saying "I become nauseous" but I cannot place the episode.

Nope. Funnier. Much funnier than Zack...

[Starkiller]

I mean, no offense, but i have seen Vorlons with more fashion sense


Thats Zack in Atonement i think, where the Minbari were making a new uniform for him, it was great when one of them poked him with that huge needle.

[chaostaenzer]

Damn, that was too easy...
:)

[Starkiller]

Im not sure if this was done before but try this one


"I will sign my name, but not on the same page, do you understand?"

[chaostaenzer]

No surrender, no retreat. G'kar to Londo.

[grumbler]

Originally posted by bakana
Nope. Funnier. Much funnier than Zack... Well, Vir is the only other one I can wrap my brain around.