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from: Martin Burmester
date: 2014-07-28 09:48:46
subject: Re: The order of the movies in the series

On 2014-07-27 21:52:36 +0000, Nicole Massey said:

>> "In The Beginning", however, is an open question for me.
 On the one
>> hand, it tells the story of the Minbari war which places it a decade
>> before "The Gathering", but on the other hand, it's told as a
>> retrospective by Londo as an old man a few hours before his death whic=
h
>> places it, like "The Lost Tales", somewhere between
"Objects At Rest"
>> and "Sleeping In Light".  And because it's told by Londo
a couple hour=
s
>> before his death, it overlaps the flash forwards from "War Without End
>> pt 2".  For my part, because of the construction of the episode, I'm
>> placing it between "Objects At Rest" and "Sleeping
In Light".  I'll
>> have to re-watch "The Lost Tales" to determine which of
those comes
>> before the other.

[...]

> I'd definitely put In the Beginning in the later position, as it also=20
> gives away far too much if placed at the front.

Yes, the last relevant episode here is 4x09 "Atonement", it can be=20
watched after that. I would watch it between Seasons 4 and 5 though,=20
that was also when it was originally aired.

Cheers,
	Martin



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