Babylon 5 The Minbari War : Battle of the Line speech

[BobaDavis]

2:09 Is that Steven St. Croix?.. I don't think the Battle of the Line is a place for someone like him, lol.

[ShineyEyedNexus6]

@BobaDavis

Holy shit that IS him, lol. And at this point (1998) he was already a well-known porn actor. Did JMS do this on purpose?

[BobaDavis]

@ShineyEyedNexus6 Lol.

[reverendcutterx]

Man, that was so moving I was zipped up and headed for the hanger ...before realising I was just at work in the office, y'know, doing a bit of overtime, like.

[bormos3]

which season is this?

[ArchonSG1]

@bormos3 Its from one of the Stand Alone Babylon 5 movies titled "In the Begining" which details Humanity's discovery of the Minbari, the war that followed, why Sheridan was seen as someone to hate by the Minbari, and a hero to Earth, events that cumulated at the Battle of the Line and why the Minbari's stopped just short of wiping the human race out of existence. If you can only watch ONE stand alone movie, make it this one.

[HenrikFrejasFar]

I Have one single tattoo on my wrist. I't says INF4EVER. That stands for Infantry for ever. I am a healtcare worker, and a soldier in the danish home defence. It might be an fictional story placed in the future, but I say it is a very old story that every living being knows. The fight for survival. When people ask me why I have my tattoo I point them to this very speech. I would be on that line. I am on that line every day in peoples lives. Where do you stand ? Would you be found on the line ?

[ArchonSG1]

@HenrikFrejasFar heh. I'm a Combat Engineer and our Motto is "First in, Last out."

[HenrikFrejasFar]

@ArchonSG1 Thumbs up :-D

[harleykman]

@bormos3 It was filmed just prior to the start of season 5, and used by WB to provide an introduction for the daily reruns of season 1 to 4

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[sparrowlt]

3:59 EAS Hyperion can be seen left of the screen

[Leuthesius]

Scene starting at 0:40 is one of the most beautiful of the entire series.

[shnooky0]

I think this is one of the greatest tv series of all times, truly remarkable to say the least.

[ArchonSG1]

@shnooky0 Agreed. When I saw this first sequence it moved me to tears. Very few tv series has this kind of writing or emotional tweaking "...one last battle to hold the line against the night..."