Babylon 5: The Road Home
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‘Babylon 5: The Road Home’ Voice Cast Unveiled (Exclusive)
J. Michael Straczynski's project brings back the original stars as well as new additions.
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Babylon 5: The Road Home Will Be an Animated Continuation of the TV Show
The animated movie Babylon 5: The Road Home will be a follow-up to the original TV show with several original cast members returning.
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BABYLON 5 Original Cast To Return For THE ROAD HOME Animated Movie
Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski recently revealed that a new animated movie titled The Road Home is in development, and it's now come to light that the original cast will return...
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TBT-TheBigToe
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OK, I've never had more than a passing interest in this show, which is odd with my otherwise deep sci-fi leanings. To get this, I figure I should do a rewatch of the original series? (already conveniently on my media server) I heard there were also movies after the series and before this? Is that correct?
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Palum
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I dunno this show did not age super well. If you can watch the newest star wars movies without throwing up you're probably ready to suspend disbelief enough.
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The first season is kind of painful and it's 22 episodes long but there are some good plots and actors as well buried under all of the 90's moral messaging dross and phoned in mini plots. Yeah yeah multiculturalism good, racism bad, women strong, globalism, here's a black doctor and the Jewish second in command! Let's sit Shiva with her... ooh look at the space elves!
G'kar and Londo save it.
G'kar and Londo save it.
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I think the special effects still look good season 3 and onward. I agree though, first season is rough. I don't think it was until middle of season 2 where the story really pulls you in.
I still maintain that B5 is my favorite sci-fi series of all time. The S3 cliffhanger is one of the most epic in sci-fi history.
I still maintain that B5 is my favorite sci-fi series of all time. The S3 cliffhanger is one of the most epic in sci-fi history.
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Siliconemelons
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Not spoiler because B5 is decades old... but generally first watches of this show (and yes getting over S1) people just watch and view it as many, many plots and characters and stuff and its ohhh really cool.
Then you re-watch it finally understanding it is Lando & G'kar's story and telling it...as if you haven't figured it out on your own in the 1st watch, they tell you this at the end.
That is why the last season and rangers etc. is meh- we are outside of the Lando/G'kar story telling... and why I am skeptical of this as its Sheridan based.
But I am still going to watch this day 1 ;-)
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Burns
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First time I watched B5 was around 5 years ago, and, once I got over the terrible CGI, I thought it was great (even season 1). Directly before watching it, I had just gotten through a months long Star Trek run of TNG (2nd rewatch), DS9 (I had only seen 50% of DS9, previously), and Enterprise (for the first time). I found, when comparing all the seasons as a total package, B5 is a better show.
Don't get me wrong, TNG and DS9 are still some of my favorite sci-fi ever made. The main problems with B5 is that it was marred by inconsistent actors (people wanting to leave or having emotional issues) and dated CGI. The writer had the whole show planned before hand, and actors leaving probably made for heavy rewrites. You can sometimes notice where small things were set up, and then occasionally lead to nowhere, because of this.
AFAIK, I have never watched any of the movies (didn't know they existed), unless they were added into the seasons on Prime or Netflix (don't remember who had it, at the time).
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Siliconemelons
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First watch people doing it chonological is fine, but imo skip the #1 "In The beginning" and start with the normal season 1- for reasons in my last post. But if people go into it with that mindset of Gkar/Lando centrist, then yes start with the movie.
I could have sworn Thirdspace and River of Souls where more in-between the seasons...but its been years since I looked anything up on timelines.
Also- didn't HBO release S1-5 all "upscale" and it was decent? are those on the high seas or even legit purchase?
edit: I liked the lost tales, seeing B5 in real HD is insanely beautiful and if your a big fan, worth the bluray price. Also... umm.. watching it was the first time I realized they are all standing in starfuries, I never noticed it until seeing it in HD ;-)
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Goatface
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It's really sad that half of the original cast are dead, and animation with alternate voice actors is the only way to go =(
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Siliconemelons
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Only watched the start so far and Delen is hard. The whole sock thing I get as written and in my memory and imagination it works and is funny while in actual execution on the screen it is just flat