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Babylon 5 - The Lost Tales Trailer Posted
Space writes "The trailer for the upcoming movie Babylon 5: The Lost Tales — Voices in the Dark has been posted at the official Babylon 5 site. The movie's pre-production was mentioned in a previous discussion. For more on the creation of the film, the CG Society has an ongoing series of articles about the production's effects development."
Why oh why is there so much "magical" non-sense in Babylon 5. I'm talking about premonitions, soul hunters, properties and visitors from the grave. Many of Babylon 5's sub stories could just as well have been placed in a fantasy setting with minor editing.
It's SciFi damnit!
The whole show was cheesy: bad acting, bad stories, bad CG. Yup, it's a classic alright.
Yes, now it comes back to me. The lesser third alternative for people who found Star Trek too detached and "perfect," and Star Wars was too much of a cartoon. Trouble is linking science fiction to a backdrop of mysticism and "psi power" has never worked too well. As our society has become more technological it's become less spiritual, and we're now into the 21st century and not a peep of psychic power or spirituality is to be had. But that's all right, our primitive minds can't comprehend and it's sure to be just around the corner, it's gotta be right? They can't be wrong, can they?
B5 was a pretty boring show, running in endless loops of setup and premise about the grand story and only actually getting to the plot for a few episodes where everything would happen at once, then back to more premonition about the Shadows....frankly I find the idea of a direct to DVD movie about as appealing as stepping back in a time machine into the 1990's and watching it all over again.
Yes, wonderful story, but in terms of casting, dialog, lighting, pacing, direction and editing - quite apart from the effects - I find that I have to agree that Babylon 5's a big pile of shit.
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