I think that you give the game away with that sentence. The fact that you describe it as boring suggests that you've not watched many episodes, after all if it is 'boring' then why would you? This is further born out by focusing on the 'psi power' element of the show, which although very much present isn't the only game in town. Even here your assertion that psi power has never worked too well too well in sf seems slightly dubious in the light of how many creators have bundled it into their work. It seems that everyone from Alfred Bester, who wrote the 'The demolished man' to George Lucas and his 'force' (ignoring midi-chlorians or what ever for the moment) have been quite happy to use it.
Also, given the number of people who bought the Babylon 5 box sets, releasing it as a direct-to-DVD movie seems to make perfect. This is a growing trend among series with a well established and perhaps older and richer fan base - see Stargate for another example. Whoever has done this is taking a risk, but not a very big one I think.
Finally what have you added to the sum of human knowledge, apart from the fact that you don't like Babylon 5 and that I disagree with you?
Err.. what others?
As far as I know there has only ever been ONE other attempt to film LOTR; Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animation http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077869/ Which while falling into the same trap of messing with the characters and plot for no good reason and having a really weird on-drugs style wasn't that bad.
Apart from that, the only other example that I can think of was the BBC radio adaptation which is pretty much the most faithful version of all. The only thing that I can think to say against it is that the superb cast made it sound like it was all taking place on the playing fields of Eton ("I say old boy is that a Balrog behind you?). But that is a very minor complaint.
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I think that you give the game away with that sentence. The fact that you describe it as boring suggests that you've not watched many episodes, after all if it is 'boring' then why would you? This is further born out by focusing on the 'psi power' element of the show, which although very much present isn't the only game in town. Even here your assertion that psi power has never worked too well too well in sf seems slightly dubious in the light of how many creators have bundled it into their work. It seems that everyone from Alfred Bester, who wrote the 'The demolished man' to George Lucas and his 'force' (ignoring midi-chlorians or what ever for the moment) have been quite happy to use it.
Also, given the number of people who bought the Babylon 5 box sets, releasing it as a direct-to-DVD movie seems to make perfect. This is a growing trend among series with a well established and perhaps older and richer fan base - see Stargate for another example. Whoever has done this is taking a risk, but not a very big one I think.
Finally what have you added to the sum of human knowledge, apart from the fact that you don't like Babylon 5 and that I disagree with you?
Apart from that, the only other example that I can think of was the BBC radio adaptation which is pretty much the most faithful version of all. The only thing that I can think to say against it is that the superb cast made it sound like it was all taking place on the playing fields of Eton ("I say old boy is that a Balrog behind you?). But that is a very minor complaint.