• Re: Babylon 5 is free to watch on Youtube

    From Adam H. Kerman@ahk@chinet.com to rec.arts.tv on Sat Aug 15 23:23:10 2026
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    shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

    I saw this over on another newsgroup and don't recall it being posted
    here but Discovery is putting all of the episodes of Babylon 5 up on
    Youtube for anyone to watch for free.

    So you can start here with The Gathering, Season 1, Episode 1 >https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Y235YEQstLo

    It's been made private. I was going to compare to the other channel.

    Not recommended for Anim8r but for everyone else give it a try as it's
    a great series.
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  • From shawn@nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com to rec.arts.tv on Sat Aug 15 22:19:50 2026
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    On Sat, 15 Aug 2026 23:23:10 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
    <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

    shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

    I saw this over on another newsgroup and don't recall it being posted
    here but Discovery is putting all of the episodes of Babylon 5 up on >>Youtube for anyone to watch for free.

    So you can start here with The Gathering, Season 1, Episode 1 >>https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Y235YEQstLo

    It's been made private. I was going to compare to the other channel.


    Hmm, So was it in competition with this one:

    https://www.youtube.com/@Babylon5/videos

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLbathheWl0
    S1E1

    Or The Gathering, pilot
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGVW-aDczak


    I thought both were Babylon 5 channels but now I don't know.
    This one is clearly official with even a welcome from JMS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQXZ3HZ-fFk
    Full Episode Announcement! | Babylon 5


    Not recommended for Anim8r but for everyone else give it a try as it's
    a great series.
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  • From Adam H. Kerman@ahk@chinet.com to rec.arts.tv on Sun Aug 16 02:37:02 2026
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    shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
    Sat, 15 Aug 2026 23:23:10 -0000 (UTC), Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote: >>shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

    I saw this over on another newsgroup and don't recall it being posted >>>here but Discovery is putting all of the episodes of Babylon 5 up on >>>Youtube for anyone to watch for free.

    So you can start here with The Gathering, Season 1, Episode 1 >>>https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Y235YEQstLo

    It's been made private. I was going to compare to the other channel.

    Hmm, So was it in competition with this one:

    https://www.youtube.com/@Babylon5/videos

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLbathheWl0
    S1E1

    unavailable

    Or The Gathering, pilot
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGVW-aDczak

    unavailable

    I want to see the original edit of the pilot, not the TNT edit with
    replaced music, the Valen spoiler, and wrong aspect ratio. Kosh isn't
    supposed to speak at all!

    I thought both were Babylon 5 channels but now I don't know.
    This one is clearly official with even a welcome from JMS. >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQXZ3HZ-fFk
    Full Episode Announcement! | Babylon 5


    Not recommended for Anim8r but for everyone else give it a try as it's
    a great series.


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  • From shawn@nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com to rec.arts.tv on Sat Aug 15 23:27:43 2026
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    On Sun, 16 Aug 2026 02:37:02 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
    <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

    shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
    Sat, 15 Aug 2026 23:23:10 -0000 (UTC), Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote: >>>shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

    I saw this over on another newsgroup and don't recall it being posted >>>>here but Discovery is putting all of the episodes of Babylon 5 up on >>>>Youtube for anyone to watch for free.

    So you can start here with The Gathering, Season 1, Episode 1 >>>>https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Y235YEQstLo

    It's been made private. I was going to compare to the other channel.

    Hmm, So was it in competition with this one:

    https://www.youtube.com/@Babylon5/videos

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLbathheWl0
    S1E1

    unavailable

    Or The Gathering, pilot
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGVW-aDczak

    unavailable

    That's strange. As I can see all of those. Just checked and they are
    all watchable for me. Not sure why you are getting blocked.

    I want to see the original edit of the pilot, not the TNT edit with
    replaced music, the Valen spoiler, and wrong aspect ratio. Kosh isn't >supposed to speak at all!

    I thought both were Babylon 5 channels but now I don't know.
    This one is clearly official with even a welcome from JMS. >>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQXZ3HZ-fFk
    Full Episode Announcement! | Babylon 5


    Not recommended for Anim8r but for everyone else give it a try as it's >>>>a great series.

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  • From Adam H. Kerman@ahk@chinet.com to rec.arts.tv on Sun Aug 16 03:38:10 2026
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    Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

    unavailable

    Forget all that. YouTube recovered.
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  • From Your Name@YourName@YourISP.com to rec.arts.tv on Sun Aug 16 17:09:59 2026
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    On 2026-08-16 03:27:43 +0000, shawn said:
    On Sun, 16 Aug 2026 02:37:02 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
    <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
    shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
    Sat, 15 Aug 2026 23:23:10 -0000 (UTC), Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
    shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

    I saw this over on another newsgroup and don't recall it being posted >>>>> here but Discovery is putting all of the episodes of Babylon 5 up on >>>>> Youtube for anyone to watch for free.

    So you can start here with The Gathering, Season 1, Episode 1
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Y235YEQstLo

    It's been made private. I was going to compare to the other channel.

    Hmm, So was it in competition with this one:

    https://www.youtube.com/@Babylon5/videos

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLbathheWl0
    S1E1

    unavailable

    Or The Gathering, pilot
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGVW-aDczak

    unavailable

    That's strange. As I can see all of those. Just checked and they are
    all watchable for me. Not sure why you are getting blocked.

    It looks like they are region-locked. You can probablt watch them if
    you use a USA-based proxy / VPN server.



    I want to see the original edit of the pilot, not the TNT edit with
    replaced music, the Valen spoiler, and wrong aspect ratio. Kosh isn't >>>>> supposed to speak at all!

    I thought both were Babylon 5 channels but now I don't know.
    This one is clearly official with even a welcome from JMS.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQXZ3HZ-fFk
    Full Episode Announcement! | Babylon 5


    Not recommended for Anim8r but for everyone else give it a try as it's >>>>> a great series.


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  • From Your Name@YourName@YourISP.com to rec.arts.tv on Sun Aug 16 17:12:49 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

    I saw this over on another newsgroup and don't recall it being posted
    here but Discovery is putting all of the episodes of Babylon 5 up on
    Youtube for anyone to watch for free.

    So you can start here with The Gathering, Season 1, Episode 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Y235YEQstLo

    Not recommended for Anim8r but for everyone else give it a try as it's
    a great series.

    *ONLY* recmmended fo insomniacs that need to be put to sleep with all
    the incredibly boring political nonsense and the (near)silent space
    battles ... YAWN!!! It's just as awful as all version of "Dune". The
    only saving grace for Babblealong 5 was that they used Amiga computers
    for the special effects.

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