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"Kept the Characters not the Writing"
2009-10-23
- Reviewed By User: A1VU0S5XVLNKQQ
I caught a couple of the lost tales that someone posted to YouTube. I own all 5 seasons of the series. They manged to used the characters the sets with poorer productions values. What really blows it is the writing. From what I have seen everything is one dimensional. The depth and complexity that existed in story lines and characters is just not there. The original series is great, some of the movies OK, but The Lost Tales in my opinion can stay lost.
Season V of Babylon 5 ended in a way that had us gasping for air, reaching for tissues, and wanting more B5. The Legend of the Rangers and the Crusade series helped keep the dream alive and now Babylon 5: The Lost Series does more of the same.
The year is 2272, ten years after events described in Season V, and the Babylon 5 space station orbiting Epsilon 3 is about to experience some paranormal activity as a station worker finds himself possessed by Asmodeus! In the second part, President Sheridan returns to Babylon 5 with the third-in-line successor to the Centauri throne knowing that as long as the latter lives, Earth's future may in jeopardy...
It is such a pleasure to see Bruce Boxleitner, Tracy Scoggins, and Peter Woodward again though the (evidently) low budget and poor graphics are nothing to be proud of. Moreover, the two stories are told separately which makes the whole thing rather bland. On the other hand, the tribute to the late Andreas Katsulas and Richard Biggs was heart-warming and brought back wonderful memories; may they rest in peace.
Finally, there are a lot of interesting extra features worth viewing, especially the interviews.
In short, Babylon 5: The Lost Series though not a masterpiece is definitely worth watching and adding to your B5 collection. I for one would welcome more lost tales. 3.5 Stars
"I love Babylon 5 but not this travesty"
2009-08-20
- Reviewed By User: A2DOPKHU7WLQYD
I've stuck with B5 through it all but no one could have saved this slow motion train wreck. I wasn't impressed with the CGI but I could have forgiven that if the storyline had been compelling. It wasn't. It was complete nonsense.
Aside from a few sparse sets, the entire movie is shot in front of a blue-screen in quality usually reserved for porn. No one looked comfortable and everyone of them appeared to struggle to read from cue cards. Any promise the opening held is nuked within five minutes. It painful to hear how many of the previous actors from the show "couldn't make it."
I love my B5 but these tales should have stayed lost.
I'm a huge B5 fan and was dying to see some new episodes so I checked out the Lost Tales. The Lost Tales are two separate stories titled Voices in the Dark: Over Here and Over There respectively. Both lasted 45 minutes, making this a short DVD. The good things are that I got to see some of my favorite characters - Pres Sheridan, Col Lochley and Galen, the new Valen class cruiser was cool, and the special effects are better. However, what was not seen was the problem. We didn't see any other major characters. How can you have a movie without Delenn and Garibaldi? The sets were terrible. There were only about three different locales shown in both tales. They did make a good attempt to explain this in tale 2 by saying that Minbari are minimalists. The extras were neither good or bad and would be the only reason I would buy this. The tributes to Andreas Katsulas and Richard Biggs are the best parts of the extras. If like me, you must just see some B5 that you haven't seen yet, check your local library or rent it. Maybe there will be more tales in the future and Bester will jump out of some dark corner (or project his mind from a dark corner).
Compared to the original series this film is really very weak. It is made of two episodes, none of them even good.
"Better CGI ... no budget to put it to effective use ..."
2009-07-02
- Reviewed By User: A2I42PJPV3RDWZ
The extras and cast were minimal and the sets were lackluster. The first story was ridiculous ... the second was standard B5. The CGI was a great improvement, but not used effectively.
Overall, a disappointment. I really hope someone considers a serious budget for this franchise.
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"Kept the Characters not the Writing"
"A much-deserved tribute, but rather bland"
"Could have stayed lost"
"What a shame!"