Should I watch Babylon 5?

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no it's shit.

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Babylon 5 is by far one of the best sci-fi's to grace our TV's. Watch it, watch it all. If you like sci-fi at all, you'll love it.

Comments like "no, it's shit" are just trolling so just ignore them. Cammy has told you all you need to know so get on with it and when you've finished come back and tell us if you think it was worth it. I'm sure you will enjoy it.

As for the "read a book" comments, c'mon folks, this is a computer forum. If you can't use a screen for entertainment sometimes then why are you even reading this forum? That's like watching porn all day then saying it should be banned, hypocrisy!

no its shit.

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JMS was a big player BEFORE B5, he did a fair chunk of Murder She Wrote.  Well, 7 episodes, but he DID create the series Jerimiah

Oh, and just ignore the troll called "Tension", he has to work off some Tension  But that is what you get for living in Northern ireland, All those little Skirmishes between the Catholics and Protestants cannot be fun.

Firstly, im not a troll.  Secondly, I actually find your statement quite insensitive.  People being murdered constitutes quite a lot more than a "little skirmish", and has nothing to do with my post.  Take it to a different thread please.

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On reflection i should've put a smiley after the 2nd time i said it. Irony doesn't transfer well sometimes.  Whoops!

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@tension re: On reflection i should've put a smiley after the 2nd time i said it. Irony doesn't transfer well sometimes. Whoops!



Et al.


http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/irony
http://www.merriam-webster.com/netdict/irony
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony
http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/irony.html
http://www.answers.com/topic/irony

After studying the subject at length as well as the posts in question I believe that your grasp of the concept is lacking. Posting the same comment twice and expecting readers to assume the second was irony is incorrect. Also stating that "Americans don't" get irony when said posting was infact not ironic is also incorrect. A cross reference of cited materials shows clearly that a cutural bias towards or against irony is inferred primarily from a cultural basis. A study of current and past American periodical and literary reviews shows significant ironic element which may or may not translate to other cultures or literary frames. The postings in question are best understood perhaps as a misplaced attempt at humor or possibly other input would indeed place such a statement firmly in the realm of troldom as defined by contemporary, online participants.

For further information please see my 16 volume works on confounding societal concepts including not only irony, but also sarcasm, lying, jokes and their intellectual componants, and others.

Unfortunately you haven't read between the lines.

After my first post, I was called a troll.  Ironically, I responded to the accusation of being a troll (by repeating the original message) which actually appeared to some like i was an actual troll.  Ironically.

Americans do have a reputation of not getting Irony.  For instance, rain on your wedding day is not ironic - that's just bad luck.

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perhaps you should read between the lines, i was using irony. i "get" irony but through a big long convoluted post i show that I dont actually get irony. Kindof like a sign saying I cant afford a sign.

rain on your wedding day, you are generalizing americans based on a song? If every single day was beautiful and the one day you wanted to be perfect it rained that would be ironic. and bad luck. I was joking with all those citations but maybe you might want to click on them...all of them.

Haha excellent.