Babylon 5 to be Rebooted on the CW

[Covert Agent Rodimal]

Yeah Season 4 definitely suffered with the try to finish before UPN folds and we get canceled stuff. Season 5 was worst. All the notes for the season were lost so all they had was JMS original bullet points to go from. Then the fiasco with Claudia Christian not getting signed on for Season 5 because of a contract problem (one side says one thing she tells a different story). You could watch Season 4 then Sleeping in the Light (series finale) and not miss much. Season 5 is not good overall but does tie up loose ends somewhat. The book series Legion of Fire does a better job.

 

[The Predaking]

Season 5 is still worth a watch though. Also, there is a spinoff series and several movies that continue the story.

 

[electricidad]

The Legions of Fire trilogy by Peter David provides an excellent coda to the series. The last book also gives Garibaldi perhaps the best line in the entire canon: "What's up, Drakh?"

 

[Kalidor]

Normally I wait until the end of the season to comment, but I'm on episode 8 right now. The one with Penn and Teller.. and this has got to be one of the most cringe things I've ever seen. I'm embarrassed to be watching it.

 

[The Predaking]

But you finally get to see him talk though....

 

[Kalidor]

Ok now that the good stuff is happening I rescind my embarrassment. If you ignore the Penn and Teller stuff this episode is actually really good.

 

[Donocropolis]

Aaaaaand it's gone (or at least delayed)

Babylon 5 Reboot Cancelled for Now

Sounds like they were impressed enough with the script that they're holding on to it for now, so next year may be our last, best hope for a B5 reboot.

 

[Kalidor]

Good. That will give me time to slog through the last half of the last season. It's worse than watching paint dry

 

[The Predaking]

Oh well. At least we have the original in HD now.

 

[Covert Agent Rodimal]

Good. That will give me time to slog through the last half of the last season. It's worse than watching paint dry

I usually skip 2/3 of Season 5 and just watch Sleeping in the Light

 

[LiamA]

Good. That will give me time to slog through the last half of the last season. It's worse than watching paint dry

If you think watching it on dvd is bad just think about what it was like watching it when it first aired on tv. An episode a week.

 

[LiamA]

Something new is coming out.

 

[Ungnome]

Interesting. Gonna be a bit bittersweet, though, without Delenn, G'kar, Franklin, Garibaldi, Vir or even Allan.

 

[electricidad]

If this was a full-on two-hour movie, we very likely would have heard something before now. Given all the preparation (and money!) that would go into a production like that, it’s impossible to keep filming such a project a secret. (Alien prosthetics, costumes, sets, etc. all take time.)

I bet it’s a radio drama. That kind of production could involve every remaining main actor, require no prosthetics, costumes, or sets, but still meet the epic sound/scoring standards the fans are used to.

 

[Ungnome]

Or an animation. Depending on the style they go for there might not be much lead time between recording the voices and actually generating the animation.

 

[Donocropolis]

Interesting! Be curious to hear more about this as news comes out.

 

[LiamA]

Tubi has all five seasons of Babylon 5.

 

[Donocropolis]

Tubi has all five seasons of Babylon 5.

I noticed that the other day! Been meaning to watch it now that its available.

 

[The Predaking]

Is it the new HD version?

 

[LiamA]

I was watching the first season tonight and I would like to see this redone just to see how it would have been if Sinclair was in the entire show instead of being written out and replaced.