Babylon 5 - Tribute

Fourteen videos and still going strong!
A while back, ever since my husband actually got me into BABYLON 5, I'd wanted to do a video to it, but had no idea how to go about it. I really wanted to convey that sense of wonder I'd had when I first started watching it, but couldn't think of music to do it justice.
Then I tripped over a piece of music I hadn't heard in YEARS, and realized that "Eric's Theme" from the film CHARIOTS OF FIRE worked absolutely MARVELOUSLY for B5.
To help narrow down which clips I should use, I turned to the Babylon5 LiveJournal community and asked their advice; they rose magnificently to the occasion with suggestions, and a few weeks later, this was the result. I took great pride in their responses afterwards - apparently I had some of them sobbing their eyes out, while the rest couldn't wait to go back and rewatch the whole series.
To warn you, the intro of the video deals with how I was introduced to B5. You might relate... then again, you might not.
Like my other videos, this one is tagged as Samuraiko Productions, for those who follow my work. Enjoy!
(If you like my stuff, swing by the SAMURAIKOPRODUCTIONS.COM website for more videos that KZbin doesn't control.)
Footage from the TV series BABYLON 5; music is "Eric's Theme" by Vangelis from CHARIOTS OF FIRE. All rights reserved by their respective owners.

[@SlipFighter]

*crys* "the crowd rises to its feet & screams bravo" Outstanding work,makes me wanna go watch it all over again

[@samuraiko]

I'm glad you liked it! Like you, I went forever without watching it and now it's just a staple of my life. Which my husband delights in ragging me about. I hope you like my other work as well!

[@FirstLordAngelus]

Love the introduction. I wonder why so many people, including myself, almost get forced to watch B5 and end up loving it. I heared similar storys from a lot of people....

[@JelloDVDs]

I can say nothing except that this video is the most hilarious, moving and well thought out Babylon 5 tribute I have ever seen. You managed to capture the essence on each season and each character with flawless accuracy in less than six minutes! I only started watching Babylon 5 because I had nothing better to watch in morning before school, but before long I had watched them all five times all the way though and have make all of my friends watch them too. rest of comment is a reply to this one

[@Druiduk1973]

" I hate it when my husband is right" Has to tbe best line in a long time :)

[@uberlutra]

Yeah, my dad bugged me for years about watching this show and I too kept resisting. Finally this summer, I'm home from college and at television mercy of my dad and he makes me watch it. And he was right, I absolutely love it and it is my favorite show of all time. He was wrong about my favorite, though...he said I'd like Delenn, but my favorite ended up being Lennier. Beautiful vid. You really did find the perfect music.

[@JelloDVDs]

It is truly the novel of television and thus has a beauty to it that no other television show has managed to achieve since. You can watch them again and again and yet they never seem old or boring. They are a masterpiece.

[@againstthetimes]

Really really really good. Faith really does manage. I can almost name where all of those clips came from. This was an awesome tribute, really good. Great job.

[@delenn5]

You have my sincerest appreciation for this tribute. I have never been so devoted and engrossed in a series as I was to Babylon 5. Just as there is no other Superman for me than Christopher Reeves, there is no other show like Babylon 5 for me.

[@Yesica1993]

I am so happy to have stumbled upon this. (And I'm not one for fan vids in general.) I started watching the show only last year, after much prodding from friends. I was hooked immediately, raced through the series and then... started it all over again. My only regret is that I did not know about it when it first aired. How I lived so many years without this show is a mystery. I cannot imagine my life without it now. Thanks again, and I will have to check out your other work!

[@mayra3277]

One of my favourite B5 tributes out there. The song is beautiful, and you give everyone and every season their time. I've watched this more times than I can count and still love it. A work of art, truly. Also, as a pretty new fan (came across the show in early 2020) it always slightly spooks me out when these older videos so prominently quote "to absent friends, in memory still bright" - that must hit harder every time... but Babylon 5 endures.

[@rljones8705]

This was positively gorgeous. B5 fans are much too few and far between in my opinion. And the whole thing between you and your husband reminded me of one of my friends. I introduced him to the show, and told him he would love it. He still does.

[@samuraiko]

Of the whole "Chariots of Fire" score, "Eric's Theme" remains one of my two favorite pieces (the other is "Five Rings"). Glad I was able to help you find a piece of your past again! :)

[@WeHaveExplosive]

Vangelis and B5 - great combination! Loved the video. I'm currently re-watching all my boxsets from season 1 again, still think it's the best thing I ever saw on TV.

[@samuraiko]

Yes - "In the Beginning" is a great way to get folks started...

[@fldhckymom]

Without question the best show ever! Like a great novel, you hate to put it down. Thanks for your work and enjoyable tributes.

[@do5708]

Excellent tribute to an excellent adventure. Good call for your husband and gratitude to you.

[@Hajadra]

Excellent video, congratulations! I've also taken the task to introduce B5 to a close friend. He is loving it. Last thursday he watched that double episode of B4 (3rd season) right after watching Babylon Squared (1st season) again. The look on his face was priceless =)

[@do5708]

It kind of happened this way with my wife as well. Of the Babylon 5 series all i can say is...Thank you. Shock, awe & emotion all in one

[@samuraiko]

War Without End (1 & 2) are great episodes. And thanks for the compliment!

[@gregoryvn3]

Just a wonderful tribute. Makes me wish I owned the series, so I could start rewatching and fill in the gaps from the first time.

[@samuraiko]

Thank you... and yes, I still love B5. And I have another video for it in the storyboarding stage, so stay tuned!

[@verteuil]

I never thought Eric's theme would make Babylon 5 so moving great vid thanx

[@SnapeLover411]

This is an aewsome video. You are brilliant. Marcus was my favorite character and I cried when he died.

[@cupatea543]

Well done tribute!!! I had the dubious fortune to watch the series as it played on t.v. Severed Dreams was delayed for 2 weeks. Could anyone wait 2 weeks for that one? But I survived the suspense, my nails grew back, it was all good :-)

[@Tayoraf]

Your intro makes me laugh because I can totally relate except it was the other way around... We both loved babylon 5 but he wouldn't watch Doctor Who! After a little more than a year he gave in and now he's a very big fan. Thank you for the beautiful tribute for this awesome television series!

[@SlipFighter]

my girlfriend is sat behind my comp screen as i watch this..shes filling in an Aplication form..im sat here...watching this...trying not to cry as she just would not understand..and hell...when was the last time you saw your boyfriend cry? well done samuraiko

[@AlatarMorinehtar]

I found Babylon 5 in a very different way I saw a lone video cassette of it on a bottom shelf of a video store in 1993, it was the pilot movie the Gathering, I enjoyed it, but didn't know it had also begun as a t.v series in the U.S until 6 months later when it began to run here in Australia and I have been a fan since, following it around in the changing time slots and from one t.v chanel to another, but like your husband I have been introducing it to as many people as I can, very good video :)

[@pimpjuice739]

Very nicely done, it was and still is the best Sci-Fi Show EVER

[@JelloDVDs]

I loved the way they ended G'Kar's storyline. They whole show had such a novel quality that it's all so beautiful.

[@samuraiko]

Thank you - I loved making this video, and have been gratified at people's responses to it! :)

[@greatbigsword8138]

Great Maker....

[@samuraiko]

Thank you very much - I'll be sure to tell him you said that. One more thing for him to be smug about.

[@SlipFighter]

so i saw this AGAIN the other day...& of course came the tears..again...this video just doesnt get old..so i went on my own crusade & started re-watching B5...in the space of 1 week..im on season 4 ep 2..i think my girlfriend is gonna go nuts on me soon hehe

[@JelloDVDs]

So who are your favorite Characters? Oh and the being bit about you and you husband is hilarious. Realy an exallent way to introduce the video. :)

[@evyraymond5062]

Great Video for the best sci fi show ever.

[@raz1980.]

Best Tv series ever made

[@samuraiko]

Thank you - I could not have asked for a better response. :)

[@samuraiko]

Thank you - that's one of the cooler compliments I could hope to get. :D

[@samuraiko]

Wow, how time passes...

[@marcusanton95]

It really is the best Sci Fi drama ever made. I still watch it online, I've read all the books and have dozens of favorite fanfic writers i follow to this day. If your really into the John and Delenn love story reply to this message and I'll post a link to the best I know about them, shes a fanfic writer but most of it is canon based.

[@samuraiko]

Thank you very much!

[@samuraiko]

Marcus, Ivanova, and Vir. Hands down. :)

[@samuraiko]

Thank you so much!

[@samuraiko]

Thanks very much!

[@6661313]

great vid and a great show !

[@6661313]

i remember watching the pilot movie when it first aired before the seris and was hooked and waiting hopping they actually would make a seris Garabaldi was one of my faves but who can pick? liked that Bill Mumey was in it too (he played the kid on the old "lost in space" seris)

[@samuraiko]

The box sets are now actually rather affordable, so if you can find them, nab 'em! :)

[@samuraiko]

Thank you very much! :)

[@shadowflame82]

WOW THIS VIDEO IS AWESOME......

[@kitchenaut]

those who haven't seen it don't know what they're missing and those who have seen it tend to love it. Yu kind hide good storytelling and characters. I bought the box set after being missing season 5 in the UK. I lend people 'In The Beginning' to gauge if people will take to it.

[@samuraiko]

*laugh* Funny how that works, huh? And thanks for the compliment!

[@samuraiko]

I like DS9, but unfortunately I don't own the series. It'd be amusing to make a similar vid for it, though - but it'd be longer coz DS9 ran for, what, seven seasons, and B5 only ran for five. :)

[@samuraiko]

Thank you! :)

[@samuraiko]

Thanks very much! :D

[@samuraiko]

Thank you. :)

[@JelloDVDs]

They are amzing. I love how Vir manags to stay inoccent though out everything. He is just or cool. I wish marcus and Ivanova had been together and that he hadn't died. They were so cute. Marcus, Ivanova, Franklin, G'Kar, Delenn, Vir, Zach; Okay I can't pick. They are all my Favorite. That show is my Favorite. Best Ivanova Quote Ever "Ivanova is always right; You will listen to Ivanova; Ivanova is God." Season 1

[@pimpjuice739]

did you hear that Michael O'Hare died recently, he played Jeffery Sinclair ;(

[@ZlothZloth]

Awesome video for an awesome.... hey, wait a minute, what's wrong with Godzilla movies!? You DID see the one with Mecha-Godzilla, right? ;)

[@newworld75]

Can you make one for DS9, too. Feel free to use Eric's Theme again :D. (yeah, yeah, I know Paramount may have ripped off B5, etc). I need to get the pilot for this; seems interesting

[@DarkWing494]

heh i made my sister watch it few years back and i remember she saying do i have to watch this at start. right now we are trying to convince others to watch it XD

[@samuraiko]

Yes, I had. :( In the words of JMS to God, "Go pick on someone else's cast."

[@samuraiko]

@lordchaos3819 No idea what to tell you if your GF likes Godzilla films... :) Good luck getting her into B5! (And hubby and I are both already DW fans, both old and new.)

[@samuraiko]

@SlipFighter Ahhhh... :D Enjoy them! :D

[@samuraiko]

:D Make them watch this!

[@samuraiko]

Not sure what music I'd use for that, to be honest...

[@1942PANTHERV]

NEVER FIGHT A SCI FI GEEK

[@samuraiko]

@ZlothZloth Actually, no, I have managed to avoid watching Godzilla films (although I have HEARD most of them). :) Hubby has said he wants to do a tribute video for Godzilla to Rob Zombie's "Superbeast."

[@JelloDVDs]

You are very Welcome! ^_^

[@samuraiko]

@lordchaos3819 Actually, I just checked your page and your favorites list - it's there, between Rytteriet - Den lille Gombas opfølger #1 and Captain Power Episode 22 -part 1/2- (Final Episode).

[@SlipFighter]

Well...xmas came and went...and i was right...ma mrs bought me them...ALL 5 seasons... we on season 4 episode 6...

[@samuraiko]

Thank you - if you swing by my website, you'll find the video I did for Marcus and Ivanova. :)

[@SlipFighter]

@samuraiko very seriously low.. in my money (£)..i can now buy ALL boxsets 2nd hand for around £5 per season @ CEX Trade shop in uk ...which is probably why my mrs is finaly gonna buy them for me for xmas... she has no idea what shes about to do lol :D

[@SlipFighter]

update to my comment 4years ago :D took me 4years of blah blah blah before she finally caved but guess who else likes it now :D lol

[@lordchaos3819]

Heh, Hopefully I can reel her in, B5 is also my favorite show next to Doctor Who...she's watching the old series now after having watched the entire new series. But B5 will always have a special place in my heart, its such an awesome story.

[@samuraiko]

Thank you! :)

[@samuraiko]

Thanks very much! :D

[@samuraiko]

Thank you. :)