On this day in 1969, the Cordobazo Uprising began in the city of Córdoba, Argentina as a general strike, with workers seizing the city, burning the corporate headquarters of Citroën and Xerox, and clashing with the army.
The rebellion took place under the military dictatorship of General Juan Carlos Onganía, who had seized power in a coup in 1966. Onganía's government had suspended the right to strike, froze workers' wages, suppressed communist movements, and extended the age of retirement.
In the wake of widespread violent state repression against protesters, the labor union "CGT de los Argentinos", led by Agustín Tosco, called for national strike on May 30th, 1969. In Cordoba, the general strike and protests began one day earlier.
On the first day of the protests, police opened fire on thousands of protesters, killing a worker named Maximo Mena, causing the strike to escalate into a citywide revolt, leading to widespread destruction of property and seizing of city spaces. Onganía crushed the rebellion with the military, and Agustín Tosco was arrested for his role in the rebellion.
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I watched Babylon 5: The Road Home.
Spoiler-free thoughts:
You'll never look at a pair of blue socks the same way again.
This is very good. This is JMS putting in 100%. He is in peak form on the script. If you're a B5 fan and have been ambivalent about watching it, have no fears. It'll make you smile, cry, rejoice, despair, grin, smirk, think, and feel. It is peak B5. It's basically a love story, and fans of the show will know exactly whose love story I mean. The ending feels so right and so earned. The opening voiceover is amazing. The station looks gorgeous. The music is flawless.
This is not a phone-in by any of the returning actors providing voices. Obviously some recasting had to be done as half the live-action main cast have passed away.
Bruce Boxleitner returns to voice John Sheridan, and he is killing it. This wasn't "aging actor can't sound like they used to". From the instant you hear his voice you totally buy that this is genuinely Sheridan. And Bruce puts the same drive and emotion and slightly-nerdy-goofy vibe into the character as he always did.
Claudia Christian returns as our favourite slightly-snarky slightly-cynical always-ready Ivanova. And it's another blowout performance. You're not hearing Christian in a sound booth, you're hearing God Herself.
Peter Jurasik also returns as Londo, and my god he is every bit as good at reprising the role convincingly as Boxleitner and Christian. And not only are you hearing genuine Londo, but JMS is just as good at writing him as he was during the original show. Londo, Sheridan, and Ivanova are in a tragically comedic scene later on and every single line is convincing.
Patricia Tallman comes back as our snark-hiding-a-heart-of-gold resident telepath. She doesn't get much screen time but she makes the most of it. Same for Bill Mumy as Lennier, and Tracy Scoggins as Captain Lochley. I actually liked Lochley as a character in season 5, I think she did a fine job both then and now.
No major complaints on the recast voice actors except maybe Marcus. He just sounded too stiff. Marcus is supposed to sound way more casual even in tense situations. Fortunately he has very few lines.
JMS wisely showed a lot of restraint in nostalgia callbacks. They're there, but they're subtle.
The animation style took me a bit of getting used to, but I soon started enjoying it as its own style. Movements look realistic, characters look like they should, facial expressions are spot-on. Londo looks extremely Londo.
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JMS actually pulled off a multiverse story that feels like it works in the context of B5's established metaphysical/magical/spiritual stuff. It was long established in the series that time/reality shenanigans can happen, this doesn't feel like jumping on superhero-movie bandwagons. And that last conversation between Delenn and John is very sweet. It works both as a sequel hook or as a nice "and they lived happily ever after" story too.The moment that I saw John proudly going sockless rather than use socks that aren't his lucky blue socks, then the later reveal that Delenn had them all along, I smiled because I knew that JMS still understood John and Delenn as individuals and as a couple. John's "surprise them with the unexpected third option" approach, Delenn's subtle impish sense of humour, and the banter between them. That's truly them.
The copyright joke fell flat to me. But it's just a few seconds in an otherwise solid script.
The Shadows are terrifying again. Obviously their depiction here is what JMS always wanted to do but couldn't on a 1990s TV budget.
I liked that they didn't bring back everyone even when that's tempting for nostalgia reasons. Especially the conversation with the universe(?)-entity at the end. I would have rolled my eyes if it was Kosh or Lorien in disguise. I like that JMS left it unexplained (for now).
Okay, I'll watch it. I'm a huge B5 fan and haven't wanted to touch it. Got into the show just a couple years ago and regret watching season 5 and half of the movies and for sure Crusade. If it's got the sauce like you say I'll happily gobble it up. Fucking LOVE B5.