Babylon 5: The Lost Tales
I watched Voices in the Dark, the (hopefully) first edition of Babylon 5: The Lost Tales and squeed like a fangirl. How couldn't I, since it's been, what, 5 years since I last saw a shining beacon in space, all alone in the night.
OMG BABYLON 5!
Hey, you got a makeover.
The two episodes are on a very small scale, which as I understand it disappointed people who were expecting something epic, like what the show used to be. But I say hey, Babylon 5 has already told the Big Story it needed to tell, these are the little stories that fell through the cracks.
Only three characters from the show returned for Voices in the Dark, though there were copious references to those who were off-screen, and the opening sequence had stills of most members of the main cast. Except, now that I think about it, Susan Ivanova and Doc Franklin. I could be wrong, need to double check. Anyway, that sequence still made me squeal.
Now a bit of picspam! Slightly spoilery, but I don't give away the stories' endings.
Lochley thinks that one of the B5 inhabitants is possessed.
I think it's great that I can look at her and not see Cat from Lois & Clark anymore.
Here's the priest that Lochley's recruited for the exorcism. He makes a very long speech about the decline of religion since man took to the skies, which is nice, except they revisit it immediately afterward, talking round in circles.
The supposedly possessed man, making creepy voice/faces. I kept having flashbacks to Sylar.
Lochley: WTF FLAMES?
Hey, it's that guy! That guy who died in Stargate: Atlantis and made McKay all emo!
Lochley, who's figured out what's going on, puts on her smackdown face.
Moving on to the second story...
Hello, President Sheridan. Who's a hottie? You are!
I'd venture that he's thinking about the good 'ol days.
WTF DOC FRASIER, YOU'RE ALIVE!
Oh whoops, it's a reporter, trying to get Sheridan to cough up an interview.
Sheridan complies via his typical MO, i.e. being a smart-ass and deflecting with out-of-the-blue grandfather stories.
Oh my. NOM NOM NOM.
Galen pays Sheridan a visit and requests manly hugs (srsly) between giving bad tidings of things to come. I'm reminded that Boxleitner has a tendency to overact, but looks nummy while doing so. Why Galen/the makers felt the need to show the destruction of a certain over-exposed American city that seems to be at the epicentre of every armageddon, I don't know.
Sheridan makes a joke. The Minbari wonder why they elected him President of the Interstellar Alliance.
The cutie Prince Regent of Centauri Prime who, I might add, is the only other Centauri seen on the show to speak with a Londo-esque accent. (Which is awesome.)
Sheridan has some srs bzns to think about.
And he makes a decision that could doom or save the future.
The Prince Regent is blissfully unaware, and crushes on Sheridan for his awesomeness.
Them's fighting words, Galen. (Look ma, bluescreen!)
Babylon 5 again! Woooooo!
On the whole, the dialogue was a little awkward and the monologues too long (which surprised me, because JMS used to write very tight scripts), but it's nowhere near as sucky as some of the fans I've seen go on about.
GIMME MOAR, PLS.
OMG BABYLON 5!
Hey, you got a makeover.
The two episodes are on a very small scale, which as I understand it disappointed people who were expecting something epic, like what the show used to be. But I say hey, Babylon 5 has already told the Big Story it needed to tell, these are the little stories that fell through the cracks.
Only three characters from the show returned for Voices in the Dark, though there were copious references to those who were off-screen, and the opening sequence had stills of most members of the main cast. Except, now that I think about it, Susan Ivanova and Doc Franklin. I could be wrong, need to double check. Anyway, that sequence still made me squeal.
Now a bit of picspam! Slightly spoilery, but I don't give away the stories' endings.
Lochley thinks that one of the B5 inhabitants is possessed.
I think it's great that I can look at her and not see Cat from Lois & Clark anymore.
Here's the priest that Lochley's recruited for the exorcism. He makes a very long speech about the decline of religion since man took to the skies, which is nice, except they revisit it immediately afterward, talking round in circles.
The supposedly possessed man, making creepy voice/faces. I kept having flashbacks to Sylar.
Lochley: WTF FLAMES?
Hey, it's that guy! That guy who died in Stargate: Atlantis and made McKay all emo!
Lochley, who's figured out what's going on, puts on her smackdown face.
Moving on to the second story...
Hello, President Sheridan. Who's a hottie? You are!
I'd venture that he's thinking about the good 'ol days.
WTF DOC FRASIER, YOU'RE ALIVE!
Oh whoops, it's a reporter, trying to get Sheridan to cough up an interview.
Sheridan complies via his typical MO, i.e. being a smart-ass and deflecting with out-of-the-blue grandfather stories.
Oh my. NOM NOM NOM.
Galen pays Sheridan a visit and requests manly hugs (srsly) between giving bad tidings of things to come. I'm reminded that Boxleitner has a tendency to overact, but looks nummy while doing so. Why Galen/the makers felt the need to show the destruction of a certain over-exposed American city that seems to be at the epicentre of every armageddon, I don't know.
Sheridan makes a joke. The Minbari wonder why they elected him President of the Interstellar Alliance.
The cutie Prince Regent of Centauri Prime who, I might add, is the only other Centauri seen on the show to speak with a Londo-esque accent. (Which is awesome.)
Sheridan has some srs bzns to think about.
And he makes a decision that could doom or save the future.
The Prince Regent is blissfully unaware, and crushes on Sheridan for his awesomeness.
Them's fighting words, Galen. (Look ma, bluescreen!)
Babylon 5 again! Woooooo!
On the whole, the dialogue was a little awkward and the monologues too long (which surprised me, because JMS used to write very tight scripts), but it's nowhere near as sucky as some of the fans I've seen go on about.
GIMME MOAR, PLS.