Expert: Steve John Perkins - 1/17/2005

Question
Been looking all over the web and can't find the answer to this question:  I completely missed B5 on air and so am catching up via the DVDs.  I love listening to audio commentaries, watching extra features, etc., but I've heard rumors that JMS's audio commentaries contain spoilers if you haven't seen upcoming seasons.  Can you give me a rough idea when it's "safe" to watch the audio commentaries, particularly for the early seasons (like 1 and 2)?  Or should I just wait until I've seen all 5 seasons just to be sure?  Thanks!  

Answer
Geoff,

for best effects i can certainly recommend the following:

buy all B5 dvds, watch them all in order once through on normal mode.

rewatch them all again on normal mode (this allows you to appreciate how clever season 1 and 2 etc are and how well they hint at and tie into later seasons.

then go back and watch all special features, all episodes with commentaries where JMS and others point out things you should have noticed already, or amaze you with things youd never spot even in a third viewing.

then just keep rewatching the whole lot time and time again waiting for more b5 related material to be made like the rest of the b5 community!

in valens name

Steve

PS sorry i couldnt warn you about particular spoilers, i have only season 1 and 2 and 4 on DVD, rest of video box sets at moment, but working on it!