The main thing I loved about this episode after I saw it the first time (which was well into season 3, if not season 4...I was a latecomer) was the political asides.
It was rather nice to see that there were elections going on, and people were talking about them. It made the world feel more real, right there in the first episode.
Also they set up the Londo/G'kar stuff immediately. Because, hands down, the two best actors on the show.
Other than that, I was meh to the episode for the most part, and still am. Season 1 was rather clunky, but had a few really decent points. JMS was still trying to find his legs, and of course, other people were still writing episodes. (He later becomes a control freak and writes all of season 3, 4 and most of 5 excepting a Gaiman-penned episode).
Also I so need to check my dreamwidth account more often. Totally forgot about this until just now, eep.
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Date: 2010-06-20 10:25 am (UTC)It was rather nice to see that there were elections going on, and people were talking about them. It made the world feel more real, right there in the first episode.
Also they set up the Londo/G'kar stuff immediately. Because, hands down, the two best actors on the show.
Other than that, I was meh to the episode for the most part, and still am. Season 1 was rather clunky, but had a few really decent points. JMS was still trying to find his legs, and of course, other people were still writing episodes. (He later becomes a control freak and writes all of season 3, 4 and most of 5 excepting a Gaiman-penned episode).
Also I so need to check my dreamwidth account more often. Totally forgot about this until just now, eep.