YGCTO Episode 9 - Dust to Dust

Babylon 5 Season 3 Episode 6: Dust to Dust

This Week’s Guest

Alice Meichi Li

Alice is an illustrator and graphic artist who has been featured on many comic covers. You can find more of Alice’s work on her portfolio site, or by following her on Instagram

Alice’s Plugs

Alien Drug Busts

Much of this week’s episode revolves around a controlled alien substance. Part of our conversation revolved around how this was allowed to get through censors in the early 90’s. Most of my memories at that time were of the Dare messaging everywhere.

I remember arcades where every game was plastered with a say no to drugs message. Both in the game video and on the physical consoles. Narc was one of the worst. A game where you have to gun slaughter thousands of gang members while saying no to drugs is constantly in your face. Or the Aerosmith game where music was literally transformed into gun violence.

They really want far putting guns directly into kids hands

Kill drug users, use anything you have at hand. Music is no longer sacred.

While putting guns directly into kids’ hands. I see no issues

Mike’s Image Picks

Babylon 5 represents some hard working folk that won’t give up their union shops.

I express my feelings through photoshopping over political propaganda

Sheridan comes down decisively on the protesting shopkeepers. Go Resistance!

His quote here goes right to the heart of why it bothers me when people miss the original intention of the Spider-man quote. Great responsibility does not auto-magically come with great power. In fact, we’ve seen plenty of examples of people in high places completely abusing that power. People need to scale their responsibility for others up as they obtain more power.

Well put, Tron

Vir pulling some serious Mimbari appropriation.

They said it was half off at customs

Bester’s toupee won best hair for this episode

And he wears it well

Sheridan’s Mimbari telepath reminded me of Dou Jones. Imagine your boss calling you into his office and this is what you see.

Creepiness factor alone will put Bester on tilt

How to intimidate a Psi-Corp member

Franklin uses odd metaphors. In this case, the mountain falling was a real avalanche, then a psychic one.

Fuck it all, Let Franlkin sort it out

Londo is better at issuing threats than taking them.

Remind me not to negotiate with Londo

G’Kar gets a hold of the dust and immediately goes on a massive trip.

Nothing like an intense trip across the ship

Meanwhile, Garibaldi is engaging in his favorite activity… impersonating a tough cop in the interrogation room.

...will you kiss me?

G’Kar gets revenge for colonizers everywhere, starting with appropriators.

I said stick to your own culture!

G’Kar invades Londo’s mind and makes him see in 3D.

I will take everything from you, Mollari

OWW!!!!! My Precious mind secrets!

Kosh, once again using his angel form to plant mind suggestions. THis time, making G’Kar more at peace.

Everyone believes an angel

What Did We Learn?

Drugs are good, m’kay?

Next Episode

For the next full episode, we cover Babylon 5: Season 3 Episode 9 “Severed Dreams” with special guest Michael Vincent Bramley. Coming to you Sunday, November 28th.

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