Jack of Harts

I have been a long term fan of Babylon 5 since The Gathering first aired the original time way back in the day.

It was a truly impressive series, and the fact that they managed to make 4 scenes plus an epilogue season that was better than many say it was is amazing. Assuming you get past the horrible singing of the Telepath arc. The later half of that season had some of the best stories closing out the series. It was just the first bit of the season, where they were having to rebuild sets and get people back to work, that really did suffer a bit.

I have recently, after many years of searching, completed my collection of ALL Babylon 5 DVDs. The original series. All the movies. Crusade. Legend of the Rangers. Lost Tales. Even the new animated movie that just came out. The Road Home.

The movies are better than I thought they would be. I haven’t watched Crusade yet, but it is next on my list. I just watched Legend of the Rangers, and I do agree that the new starship fighting mechanic was… iffy. But short of that, compared with the stuff coming out of Hollywood lately? Dude. I’d take Legend of the Rangers any day.

Sometimes we forget how spoiled we were with good science fiction in the 1990s, 2000s, and the 2010s. Seriously. Yeah, some of the special effects back then are bit… ahem…. by today’s standards, but some of them are better than today’s standards. Disney TV shows, I’m looking at you.

I am happy to be watching Babylon 5 again after many years, and I look forward to seeing Crusade next. I hope I will still be looking forward to it after I start watching. But so far, I’ve been entertained. A telling statement when looking at entertainment media today. 🙂

And The Road Home was an amazing way of priming Babylon 5 up for the kind of reboot JMS has been talking about doing over the last couple years. It gives me hope that something more is coming in the future. I shall await it with great wishes. JMS has not disappointed me yet, and I look forward to give him another chance to entertain me.