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Babylon 5: The Complete Series is on sale for over 50% off at Amazon for Prime Big Deal Days. The Blu-ray field set launched final yr to commemorate the franchise’s thirtieth anniversary. At launch, Babylon 5: The Full Collection value $135, however you may add the set to your private assortment for less than $66.49. This deal is predicted to run out when Massive Deal Days ends tonight, October 9, at 11:59 PM PT.
This Blu-ray assortment options all 110 episodes of the sequence, in addition to the 1993 feature-length pilot, Babylon 5: The Gathering. Should you’re seeking to full the gathering, you can too decide up final yr’s CG-animated function movie, Babylon 5: The Road Home, for $18 at Amazon.
What makes this model of Babylon 5 notable in comparison with different releases through the years is that it is the first time the present has ever been remastered in excessive definition, giving followers a sharper take a look at J. Michael Straczynski’s groundbreaking present. Launched throughout the golden age of ’90s sci-fi, Babylon 5’s use of CG know-how to craft its house station and interstellar dogfights put Star Trek to disgrace, as its rival nonetheless relied closely on sensible results and fashions.
Positive, these particular results would possibly look dated by now, however on the time, CG results like this had been a marvel to behold. What additionally units Babylon 5 aside from its rivals is how all 5 seasons of the present had been plotted out upfront. Straczynski, a veteran of TV, had a long-term plan in thoughts for the present, and this type of TV writing would solely develop into extra commonplace a long time later.
Should you’ve by no means watched it, Babylon 5 is about on the titular house station and includes a melting pot of human and alien cultures striving for intergalactic peace. After all, sinister forces would slightly see conflict eat the galaxy, and every season centered on rising threats to stability throughout the cosmos.
If you would like extra sci-fi Blu-ray offers, Amazon has steep discounts on Star Trek box sets, together with The Complete Original Series with three steelbook circumstances for less than $39 (was $70) and Picard — The Complete Series for $42.75 (was $70).
On the fantasy aspect, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy on 4K Blu-ray is on the market for less than $50 and The Hobbit Trilogy on 4K is $40.
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