Babylon 5: The Lost Tales

Post by **Tim Chen** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:58 am

I know a lot of you guys are into Science Fiction like I am so I wanted to warn you that I rented this "movie" and watched it and it's really pretty awful. They only had 3 of the original characters: President Sheridan, Lochley, and the Techno-Mage guy with the shaved head. None of the characters I liked made any appearances. No Garibaldi, no Londo, and no G'Kar (but the actor passed away, so that's excusable). The horrid part about the whole thing is that they kept throwing out excuses for people that were not there instead of just not saying anything like any other show that some characters don't appear in. They would go out of their way to say "Will D'Len be at the meeting?" and then someone would say crap like "Oh no. She's at a special council session and cannot make it." crap like that. They even went so far as to point out budget saving crap nobody would notice. At one point they were taking a couple of Star Furys out for a public exhibition and the President said "We don't have any EVA suits that fit, so we will just fly in our civillian clothes." It made it obvious that didn't have the budget for the costumes! Also, a lot of the scenes seemed to be shot on a green screen set and then the sets were put in later with computer graphics and it didn't work well for me. It looked hokey. The story lines were not too bad, so I'd rate it better on that basis, but considering this is the only B5 we've gotten in the better part of a decade I would have hoped for something better than an average TV episode. I was hoping for something more cinematic and spectacular. I was really let down.

I give it 2.5 out of 5 stars.

Post by **Mark Chen** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 12:58 pm

You're being generous... I give it 2 out of 5 stars. It had a really "low budget" look to it that wasn't even on par with the TV series. It was a big let-down. I'm looking forward to seeing "I am Legend" now. THAT looks AWESOME!

Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:50 pm

Mark Chen wrote:You're being generous... I give it 2 out of 5 stars. It had a really "low budget" look to it that wasn't even on par with the TV series. It was a big let-down. I'm looking forward to seeing "I am Legend" now. THAT looks AWESOME!

Thanks for the warning. I was thinking of renting it. I think I'll wait for it to come on cable!

Post by **The Mooseheads** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 2:04 pm

Mark Chen wrote:You're being generous... I give it 2 out of 5 stars. It had a really "low budget" look to it that wasn't even on par with the TV series. It was a big let-down. I'm looking forward to seeing "I am Legend" now. THAT looks AWESOME!

Will Smith did a great job and the story was great up until the last 20 minutes and then it becomes a slightly cliche' "zombie" flick. Enjoyable nonetheless!

Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 3:13 pm

The Mooseheads wrote:
Mark Chen wrote:You're being generous... I give it 2 out of 5 stars. It had a really "low budget" look to it that wasn't even on par with the TV series. It was a big let-down. I'm looking forward to seeing "I am Legend" now. THAT looks AWESOME!
Will Smith did a great job and the story was great up until the last 20 minutes and then it becomes a slightly cliche' "zombie" flick. Enjoyable nonetheless!

I didn't get to go see it this weekend like I wanted because of the bad weather.

Weather sucks. We need to invent a way to control it so I can launch whenever I want and go out any time I want in my shorts!