Jon AS

Basically I think people care when it serves their interests to do so. The president said something you agree with? Great, here's the head of state making a good point why everybody should do as you say! The president said something you disagree with? Who cares, it's just a symbolic office with no real power anyway. In that respect I believe Joanna's right in that it will embolden those opposed to further aid to Ukraine or harsher sanctions.

Oddly I'm in the middle of a B5 rewatch right now. Not sure if this can significantly improve on the original. Sure, there was some awkward filler, particularly early on, and the budget was tiny even by 90ies standards, but the things that made the show great are still damn good. I have a hard time imagining any two actors repeating Jurasik's and Katsulas' performances and dynamic. On the other hand, given that none of the spin-offs panned out it seems as good an idea as anything if one is set on creating more B5.

That's because it's one of those Amazon affiliates links. This one should work. If not search for "Babylon 5: The 22 Volume Collector's Set - Scripts of J. Michael Straczynski." Finding these translation errors could be fun. Like how the translators for The Simpsons clearly had no idea what "Dungeons and Dragons" was.

Ten years ago, humanity faced extinction. The Minbari weren't messing around, they were out to wipe out every human they could find, completely ignoring all offers of surrender. The Babylon project was not just an idealistic pipedream, it was considered vital to ensure the survival of the species. And after four attempts costs were definitely becoming an issue, which is why B5 was significantly smaller than B4 and Earthgov accepted backing from the Minbari at the cost of giving them veto rights when it came to naming the station commander.

So the Swedish Academy is like the Mafia? I guess that makes sense.