I was a bit surprised to see that there is no Babylon 5 thread - I'm pretty sure that lots of people have seen this series in a place like this.

Babylon 5 is widely praised as a really really good sci-fi series. On the other hand, it is still surprisingly conventional in many ways, and of course there's the standard "it's not sci-fi, it's just space opera" criticism. Some will probably be put off even by the occasional silly humour.

So, what do you people think? Am I right in seeing this as not only good in its genre, but overall a VERY good series, or is it just crap? Naturally, any random B5 discussion will fit nicely in here.