The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5
You can not select more than 25 topics Topics must start with a letter or number, can include dashes ('-') and can be up to 35 characters long.
 
 
 
 

267 lines
9.4 KiB

<html>
<head>
<title>Lost Scenes from Babylon 5</title>
<map name="toplevel">
<area shape="RECT" coords="0,0,99,23" href="/lurk/universe/intro.html" alt="Universe">
<area shape="RECT" coords="100,0,199,23" href="/lurk/episodes.php" alt="Episodes">
<area shape="RECT" coords="200,0,299,23" href="/lurk/making/creators.html" alt="People">
<area shape="RECT" coords="300,0,399,23" href="/lurk/resources/online.html" alt="Resources">
<area shape="RECT" coords="400,0,499,23" href="/lurk/reference/episodes.html" alt="Encyclopedia">
<area shape="RECT" coords="0,24,499,31" nohref>
</map>
<map name="titlebar">
<area shape="RECT" coords="0,0,370,31" href="/lurk/lurker.html" alt="Home">
<area shape="RECT" coords="371,0,412,31" href="/lurk/search.html" alt="Find">
<area shape="RECT" coords="413,0,454,31" href="/lurk/toc.html" alt="Index">
<area shape="RECT" coords="455,0,499,31" href="/lurk/help.html" alt="Help">
</map>
<link rev=made href="mailto:koreth@midwinter.com">
<link rel=parent href="../guide/000.html">
</head>
<body>
<p align=center nowrap><nobr><img
align=middle border=0 usemap="#titlebar"
src="/lurk/nav/titlebar.gif" width=500 height=32
alt="[Home]">
<br><img
align=top border=0
src="/lurk/nav/bar-none.gif" width=500 height=24
alt="" usemap="#toplevel">
</nobr>
<h1>Lost Scenes from Babylon 5</h1>
<h3>As written by J. Michael Straczynski</h3>
<p>
Here's another scene, which was filmed for the pilot movie, but
cut when the pilot ran long. It takes place at the top of the
movie, in the teaser.
<pre>
INT. OBSERVATION DOME
One of the consoles BREEPS and Laurel goes to it. With a push
of a button, the slender glass panel in front of her fills with
the image of SECURITY CHIEF MICHAEL GARIBALDI, early forties,
dark haired, hard-edged.
LAUREL
Garibaldi, what's up?
GARIBALDI
Looking for the Commander. We've got
someone down in Bay 12 needs his
personal clearance to come aboard.
LAUREL
He just linked in a few minutes ago,
said he was on his way. Had to take
care of a "tourist problem" first.
And no, I don't know what he meant,
so don't ask. I just hope it works
out better than the last one.
And with that, we go to
INT. CASINO
where we PAN the surroundings, revealing a mix of alien and
human life forms. There's smoke, music, dancers, and a colorful
blend of costumes and strange drinks on the bar. We FIND COMMANDER
JEFFREY SINCLAIR moving slowly through the crowd, keeping a close
eye on
A COUPLE
male and female from the look of it. He's human, she's alien,
and there's something vaguely chitinous about her skin, something
both exotic and forbidding. He's clearly coming on to her. He
surreptitiously hand her a credit chit. She smiles and moves away
from the bar, taking his hand as suddenly Sinclair is behind her.
He takes the chit from her and hands it back to the human.
SINCLAIR
I wouldn't.
(to the alien woman)
You know the rules about crossing
species. Stick with the list.
HUMAN "JOHN"
What're you, a bigot or something?
SINCLAIR
No. But obviously you've never me
an Arnassian before. After they
finish, they eat their mate.
With that, Sinclair heads away. The human looks back at the
woman with a very new perspective. And this time it's her turn
to smile...and now she holds up a hand, offering *him* money. On
his wary look, we CUT.
</pre>
<p>
<hr>
<a name="kosh">
<p id="kosh">
</a>
The following scene is excerpted from the script for "The
Gathering." It was filmed, but was eliminated from the
final cut due to time restraints.
Earlier in the story, Dr. Benjamin Kyle has had...an
encounter with what is inside the Vorlon's encounter suit.
<pre>
INT. MEDLAB
where Laurel and Kyle look through the glass at Kosh.
LAUREL
So, Doctor...just what *did* you see
when you looked inside that suit?
KYLE
(a long beat, then:)
There are moments in your life when
everything crystallizes. When the
whole world reshapes itself, right
down to its component molecules, and
everything changes.
(beat)
I've looked upon the face of a
Vorlon, Laurel...and nothing's the
same anymore.
And, his thoughts distant, Kyle moves off, leaving Laurel
to peer through the mist at the shrouded figure within the
isolab, and wonder....
</pre>
<p>
<hr>
<p>
<a name="alternate-intro">
Here's a little something I came across in my computer
</a>
this evening. I had always sensed that the Londo introduction/narration
at the top of the pilot was the way to go. But it never hurts to try
other avenues...you discover the darndest ideas that way. Anyway, I came
up with an alternate introduction, just to see if it worked or not. I
rather liked it...and still do, to some degree...but finally opted to go
with the Londo intro instead, which is what we'll stick with.
<p>
But since it's not going to be used, I figured...why not let y'all
take a look at what would've been an alternate opening for the pilot?
<pre>
BABYLON 5
Insert/Prologue
FADE IN:
ON STATIC. Then: a BLACK SCREEN, OVER which we HEAR the FEMALE
voice of a news broadcast in progress:
FEMALE VOICE (vo)
_ continue to bring you updates on
the Interplanetary News Network.
And now, gradually, a PICTURE begins to emerge from the darkness
_ grainy, slightly washed out, a VIDEO IMAGE of Babylon 5.
FEMALE VOICE (vo)
In other news, the Earth Alliance
space station Babylon 5 celebrates
its first year in operation with the
imminent arrival of an ambassador
from the Vorlon Empire.
And now: a MONTAGE of shots from within B5, and some EFX shots
from outside...the casino, the customs area, the bazaar and other
areas. During this, the IMAGE BEGINS TO SHRINK, to recede into
the distance, and gradually the stars begin to come out on all
sides of the picture, framing it. This UNDER:
FEMALE VOICE (vo)
Located in neutral territory, Babylon
5 has exceeded all expectations in
dealing with the many life forms that
pass through the five mile long
station. As a result, Earth Central
has approved an appropriations bill
to keep the orbiting freeport open to
travelers, businessmen and diplomats
for another five years.
And now the image shifts, and the picture continues to recede
into the distance, now only a few inches across...a grainy black
and white image:
FEMALE VOICE (vo)
Meanwhile, a new binary star
discovered by Mars colony scientists
has been named Kennedy Proxima, after
20th century president John F.
Kennedy, born 340 years ago this
week.
And now, in the small picture framed by stars, receding more
rapidly from view, we SEE footage of JFK speaking before the
Democratic convention the eve of his presidential nomination:
KENNEDY
I believe that the times require
imagination, and courage, and
perseverance. I'm asking each one of
you to be pioneers toward that New
Frontier. My call is to the young at
heart, regardless of age; to the
stout of spirit, regardless of party;
to all those who respond to the
scriptural call, "Be strong and of
good courage. Be not afraid, neither
be dismayed." For courage, not
complacency, is our need today.
UNDER this, Kennedy's image recedes further into the distance,
growing smaller and smaller until he is now one of the many
surrounding stars splashed across the blackness of space. A
moment, and the MUSIC RISES, brave and martial, as we
TILT and PAN ACROSS to reveal Babylon 5 itself, up close and
personal in all its huge splendor. PUSH IN on the station as
a ship approaches, and we HEAR:
LAUREL (vo)
Confirmed, Delta Gamma Niner, you
are clear for docking.</pre>
<pre>
</pre>
<p nowrap>
<nobr><a href="/lurk/lurker.html"><img
align=bottom border=0
width=64 height=24 src="/lurk/nav/foot-station.gif"
alt="[Home] "></a><a
href="#"><img
align=bottom border=0
width=72 height=13 src="/lurk/nav/foot-pagetop.gif"
alt="[Top] "></a><a
href="mailto:koreth@midwinter.com"><img
align=bottom border=0
width=80 height=13 src="/lurk/nav/foot-comments.gif"
alt="[Comments] "></a><img
align=bottom
width=284 height=13 src="/lurk/nav/foot-bare.gif"
alt="">
</nobr>
<h5>
Last update:
June 26, 1996
</h5>
</body>
</html>