Thoughts of the v. important kind.

1. There really needs to be a B5 vid to "Rehab". (Amy Winehouse, not Rihanna.) I mean, the place attracts addicts like David Tennant attracts fangirls. I'm just sayin'.

2. As I re-watch B5, I've been alternating with other series, just for variety. I did The Middleman -- that was great. Now I've just finished the first season of East West 101, which was far, far better than any Australian cop show I've previously encountered.

But now -- well. Season two of East West 101 is about to start, and season three of SJA, but those are all weekly affairs. What to do in the meantime? I am minded to revisit an old favourite. But I wonder ... if I watch I, Claudius and Babylon 5 at the same time, will I go completely mad? Or simply begin delivering long speeches in a posh accent? Stay tuned.

Why Livia Augusta >>>>> everyone

"Sometimes, Mother, I wish you'd behave like a normal woman."
"In order to be a normal woman, I'd have to be surrounded by NORMAL MEN!"

Siân Phillips, man. She divorced Peter O'Toole to marry Robin Sachs, and grew up with Welsh as her first language. I am inordinately impressed by both of these facts.

I don't think I ever noticed before, but the first forty-five minutes of I, Claudius is basically about the epic bromance between Augustus and Agrippa. Culminating in the Best Scene Ever (That Doesn't Involve Livia Or Agrippina The Elder):

"I LOVE YOU, MAN! YOU'RE MY BFF! DON'T EVER LEAVE ME AGAIN!"*
"You know, dude, such is the depth of our great love, the only thing that can bring us closer is the sacred bond of marriage."
"OH AGRIPPA, YOU'VE MADE ME THE HAPPIEST EMPEROR ALIVE!"
"...I meant your daughter."
"EH?"
"You can be my father-in-law!"
"..."

There is, allegedly, a new adaptation being filmed. But I don't believe a word of it.

* Augustus is played by Brian Blessed. Therefore, capslock.