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* [[Fridge Logic]]: there are holographic displays used for arcade games and letters from home - but not for military purposes? Every time in the first two seasons that we see a screen display in C and C or a Starfury, it's got graphics of about Atari 2600 standard. It just seems weird to me, because usually a technology like that would flow from the military to the civilian sector, not apparently the other way around.
This wouldn't be so bad were it not so obviously easy for the production staff to do better CGI than that - witness any exterior shot of the station, for example.
* [[Fridge Brilliance]]: Londo and G'kar are not minor characters, though important, next to the station's crew, but are actually the two main protagonists. All the other characters are really just supporting cast to help telling their very own story.
** Also, Londo isn't just an alchoholic. He is also addicted to power and prestige. In his constant effort to gain more respect he allies himself with other power hungry men, never notices how much damage they are doing to others, and when he realizes what he has done, he can never turn his back on his allies because he can't cope with loosing their respect. He lies to what few friends he has left, to hide his association with other conspirators, and when openly accused becomes violently angry and makes up justifications for what he did. And every time he manages to break free, it takes only a tiny nudge by a former ally or a personal tragedy to forget about all his promises to himself to never get drawn into it again. Mr. Morden also uses the classic drug dealer tactic of offering some first tastes of great power for free, but later makes increasingly greater demands for his continued service as Londos ace in the hole.
* [[Fridge Brilliance]]: President Clark's entire administration has some very chilling real life echoes in at least two, if not three, different American Presidential periods - and one of them didn't even start until the 2000's rolled around. Pure brilliance on Straczynski's part.
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