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Related: About this forumBabylon 5 demonstrated how a guy like Putin thinks
The show could be prescient, the whole thing with the rise of the Night Watch and President Clark using excuses to seize more power were very resonant of Bush/Cheney after the attacks on 911.
I want my people to reclaim their rightful place in the galaxy. I want to see the Centauri stretch forth their hand again and command the stars. I want a rebirth of glory, a renaissance of power. I want to stop running through my life like a man late for an appointment, afraid to look back or to look forward. I want us to be what we used to be. I want it all back the way that it was."
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Babylon 5 demonstrated how a guy like Putin thinks (Original Post)
Babel_17
Mar 2014
OP
Ah, while in a way it's the writing I referenced I can see why I should have posted elsewhere
Babel_17
Mar 2014
#1
You might point out that Molari gets what he asks for and lives to regret it.
Fortinbras Armstrong
Mar 2014
#3
Babel_17
(5,400 posts)1. Ah, while in a way it's the writing I referenced I can see why I should have posted elsewhere
Sorry about that! I was just thinking "Science Fiction" in all its forms and didn't remember this was a sub-forum for "Reading and Writing"
dixiegrrrrl
(60,011 posts)2. You can always cross post into another group.
No big deal.
And I do hear your point about Babylon 5.
Fortinbras Armstrong
(4,473 posts)3. You might point out that Molari gets what he asks for and lives to regret it.
I like Vir's response to Morden's question, and the aftermath
Babel_17
(5,400 posts)4. JMS can sure write a multi-season story
That video compilation was expertly done, thanks for posting it!
Babel_17
(5,400 posts)5. The sounds of billions of people calling your name
Yeah, unbridled ambition had its price.