Babylon 5 - The Complete Seasons 1-5 (DVD, 2004)

There are TWO types of DVD sets available. The set we bought is not what is pictured here- in five separate black boxes. What we bought is in the purple and white single "gift box"- a set of 30 DVDs. It is a very poor quality copy, although it says it is licensed. That, of course, means nothing. The back of the box that lists copyright info. has terrible misspellings- translated by someone who did not have an understanding of the English language- only an English dictionary.

Example: Supplementaty Materials, Package Arwork, Design & summary c 1999 tumer Entertainment C. And wraaer home Video. Avakiablefrom Wamer home Video, a time Wamer entertainment Comoant,...." etc.

That should have been the first clue. Its hilarious except for the fact that we spent over $100 on this item and should have returned it immediately. I can't imagine that Warner Brothers would allow that, but we were naive to think that all copies are the same and that there would be no such thing as a bootleg (?) available (or Avakiable) on such a well-known outlet as Ebay.

The quality of the DVDs is suspect as well. The video quality is not consistent- at times there is interference or skipping. Also, NONE of the commentary works on any of the disks. Instead, you will get a Chinese voice-over. Also, the episodes are out of order on at least one of the disks.

Had we known all of this, we would have spent another $75 for a good copy, but it was a slow realization after watching all the disks that we did not get everything we were expecting. In spite of it all, we enjoyed the series. We will be wiser next time.

We love the DVDs. We were fans of the show when it originally ran on TV ten years ago; now it is nice to watch the entire five year saga all over again. The nice thing about this science fiction series is that it is not only a five-year story with a beginning and an end, but it is filled with drama and humor. Lots of humor. The special affects are subtle, yet dramatic. The costumes are great, the alien make-up is believable and very well done. All in all, the characters, whether human or alien are well developed and multi-faceted. The acting is also excellent. I give it five stars!

No one has raised this before that I know, but the special effects on Babylon Five and Star Trek-The Next Generation were so good and meshed so well with the story lines that the Star Trek movie franchise was seriously damaged. A movie with the STTNG crew was almost indistinguishable from a TV episode. That said, I despise serial shows because you can never catch all the episodes...but the exception is Babylon Five. I greatly enjoyed the story line which included many stand-alone episodes. I did get a chance to watch it all the way through on TV, and now I have the full series on DVD. Such a great show deserves a permanent existence which TV shows just never had until videotape and later DVD came along.

I use to make time to see this show every week. I missed the fifth season because the TV station in my area stopped running it the last season. I decided to watch it from the beginning to the end. The special effects were ahead of their time especially for a TV series which did not have a large budget. The old theme of the war between good and evil. The hard part to tell is which is which. Many of the character seem to change sides from time to time. The alien customes are convincing. Also a thing that I didn't realize when the show was Billy Muny (the kid from Lost in Space) played one of the characters. I like the extras because it allowed me to see the real faces of the some of the actors. It is always nice to see the shows in order. When it was on TV they were air in a random order. It seems that you always see the same ones and miss others shows completely. This is a great collection to add to your library.

I used to watch Babylon 5 on T V years ago and missed alot of them due to work. Have been wanting to buy the seasons on dvd for some time so I could have and watch them. Found a great buy and couldn't resist so I purchased them. I am on the last season now and I love it just as much now that I have seen all the episodes as I did when it was on TV and missed quite a few episodes. Great show if you like science fiction which I do.