I was a huge Babylon 5 fan. I loved everything about it, most notably what a wonderfully consistant universe JMS had created.<\/p>\n
I went a little nutty when it came to getting this favorite show of mine. I went out and bought a $600 SVHS tape recorder and bought SVHS tapes at $12 apiece to record the whole show, 57 tapes in all. I got Direct TV just so I could record them with a higher quality digital signal.<\/p>\n
I’d stay home to hit the pause button and meticulously remove the commercials from episodes I had already seen while recording it for posterity.<\/p>\n
So now I have 114 hours of Babylon 5 on SVHS in a box in my garage labelled “B5 Heavy”. What am I supposed to do with it? The box really is quite heavy. The entire DVD set can be bought for $350 on eBay, $150 if you go with a Chinese bootleg.<\/p>\n
When I was doing the collecting, I knew that I was being obsessive. I’d even tell people, “I know it’s a bit much. I figure that everyone is allowed to have just one obsessive thing in their lives. This is mine.”<\/p>\n
What am I going to do with the set now? Sit at home and watch 114 hours of old sci-fi show?<\/p>\n
But now that it’s done, I kind of hoped that… I don’t know… something good would come of it. It doesn’t feel right to just throw it all away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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