Babylon 5 Part 2: the TV Movies and Crusade. Hit Me, Babylon. One More Time.
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Update: An animated project is in the works.
In the 2nd part of our two-part review, Stam Fine Reviews various attempts to keep the Babylon train chugging along.
Over five seasons, J. Michael Straczynski's Sci Fi epic told a grand story on a fairly small budget and pioneered the use of computer graphics on a major TV show. Some additional telemovies, shortlived spin-off series and a few attempts to relaunch the series that didn't quite have the same effect. In short, lesser entries in the B5 universe.
Babylon 5 and its spinoffs, stars Bruce Boxleitner, Claudia Christian, Tracy Scoggins, Jerry Doyle, Richard Biggs, Patrica Tallman, Peter Jurasik, Mira Furlan, Andreas Katsulas, and Stephen Furst. Crusade added Carrie Dobro, Gary Cole, Daniel Dae Kim, and Peter Woodward to the mix.
Today we'll look at the Babylon 5 TV movies (In the Beginning, Third Space, River of Souls, A Call to Arms), the spin-off series Crusade, and two later attempts to tell B5 stories in new formats (Legend of the Rangers, and The Lost tales).
Part One (if you have already watched it), can be found here: https://youtu.be/jYH_YZC-H54
0:00 Introduction
0:25 Managing Expectations
2:54 Pilot (The Gathering) re-edited
3:39 In The Beginning
6:25 Thirdspace
8:44 River of Souls
11:04 A Call to Arms
13:58 Crusade
21:57 The Legend of the Rangers
24:39 The Lost Tales
27:52 Summary