So, crowd funded project?
Yeah, same here. I think the last time I rewatched the entire series was back in 2010. And I too remember having to suffer a bit until towards the end of season 2.There's a lot of miss episodes in Babylon 5 - it was trying to be "Edgy Star Trek" at first (kind of like DS9) but when it starts taking off, it really takes off. (also like DS9 hah)
I don't think I've rewatched it in at least a decade - may have to struggle session through the first season to get to my boi Sheridan. I honestly don't remember chunks of the story, but I -do- know that there were hints and specific episodes that were tied into later plotlines and were pretty important. They are just wrapped in silly "Yeah but hookers on the spacestation!" episodes.
He said before its impossible to crowdfund B5.
In the 1990s with a bunch of no name actors and shitty CGI/SFX - it was something like $90M for 5 seasons.
Londo identifies as a Trans Narn woman whose shoes fit just right and he remembers how to dance.
Londo, G'Kar, and Bester are defiantly the best in the show and it will be very difficult for other actors to measure up. I can't say I disliked any character though and would have probably been fine with Sinclair making it through the whole show because I liked the character itself, more, even though Sheridan was a better actor. I attribute the Sinclair idiosyncrasy with the actor fighting off a major mental break, which happened after season one stopped filming.I tried to rewatch season 1 the other day but I had to bail halfway though after that labor union and their strong empowered boss lady episode. Also Sinclair was played by a terrible actor but Londo and Gikar were excellent right from the beginning.