Babylon 5: Lost Tails

[Flexor the Mighty!]

I watched it. It was pretty good.

I expected it to be a movie, but it was really just two Babylon 5 episodes that loosely fit together.

As the first begins, Lockley is preparing for Sheridan to arrive for a 10th anniversary celebration of the interstellar alliance.

As the second begins, Sheridan is arriving for said celebration.

Still, it was two more B-5 episodes, one focusing on Lockley and one focusing on Sheridan and Galen so it's hard to complain about that

Chuck

I really dislike Lockley though. Season 5 was a huge drop off from Season 1-4, except the Londo episodes.

 

[Vigilance]

I really dislike Lockley though. Season 5 was a huge drop off from Season 1-4, except the Londo episodes.

Yeah, she's ok in this. It's one of JMS' patented "is it an alien or is it a deep religious mystery" episodes too.

Still, I rented it from netflix, and really enjoyed the second episode with Sheridan, so I considered it a quite worthwhile rental.

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

Yeah, she's ok in this. It's one of JMS' patented "is it an alien or is it a deep religious mystery" episodes too.

Still, I rented it from netflix, and really enjoyed the second episode with Sheridan, so I considered it a quite worthwhile rental.

I'll throw it in my queue and check it out anyway. Thanks for the info.

 

[trancejeremy]

You got it from Netflix already? It still says "Very long wait" for me.

 

[Jhamin]

That sucks. I was at least hoping for Londo, Vir, Garabaldi, or some of the others. Just those 3 kind of sucks. Oh well I'm sure I'll still buy it.

This is supposed to be the first in a series of several direct to DVD B5 stories. So maybe we will get lucky in the next couple.

 

[Thornir Alekeg]

This is supposed to be the first in a series of several direct to DVD B5 stories. So maybe we will get lucky in the next couple.

My understanding from what I found about this is that it originally was supposed to be three stories, with the third starring Garabaldi. Once they knew the budget, they pared it back to two stories and hope to include the Garabaldi story in a later release.

 

[trancejeremy]

Finally got this from Netflix! Glad I didn't buy it.

The 2nd story was good (if a little short), but the first was pretty "meh". Too much talking and seemed almost a ripoff of the Exorcist III (including a lot of the shots).

Nice seeing Teryl Rothery in the 2nd story as well. And the guy who played the Centauran prince in the 2nd story did a really good job. Nice special effects, too, much improved over the Amiga style graphics of the original show.

Still, overall too much Lochley. Is she JMS's girlfriend or something? She's almost like a female George Hamilton, minus the camp value. Kinda creepy.

 

[Vigilance]

The Lochley episode was the weaker one, but consider: set on Babylon 5, a strange mysterious happening that could be spiritual and could be alien, two people who BOTH had a crisis of faith getting their talk on...

Sounds a LOT like Babylon 5 to me.

It probably would have been more entertaining with a different character though.

But yeah, the second one, putting Sheridan in a moral dilemma, was very nice.

 

[Mouseferatu]

I agree that the first episode was the weaker of the two. I think the underlying premise was fascinating, but it was--even for JMS --too verbose.

I also would have preferred if they'd touched more on the "Is it really a demon or is it an alien?" question. B5 was always really good about leaving both possibilities open; this one seemed to come down pretty hard on the "it's actually theological/supernatural" issue.

OTOH, I'd love to see the plotline come up again in future installments, where perhaps they can get into just that.

The second episode, I thought, was almost quintessential B5. I love the fact that, 10 years later, Bruce Boxleitner is still Sheridan. There was no disconnect, no nothing; it really was like stepping back in time, vis-a-vis the character.

My only complaint about the second one is that I'd have liked more of the original cast involved. One of the best thing about B5 always was the way the characters interacted with and influenced each other. I'm afraid that, in a series of vignettes that only focuses on one at a time, we're going to lose that.

Oh, I was really moved by the G'kar voiceover at the start. I miss Andres Katsulas. (And Richard Biggs, though I admit not as much.) And the memorials to them--both in the episode itself, and in the special features--were also really touching.

Overall, not a home run, but definitely at least a base hit, and I'll be getting future installments if/when they're released.

 

[Vigilance]

Yeah, I think the (lack of) budget is going to limit what they can do.

Still, it's B5! I never expected more B5, so I'm happy.

And we did have character interaction in the second one, just depends on how much you like Galen.