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That link didn't lead to anything concerning fanfilms, it was about the Hyperion picking up a signal while in hyperspace. Anyway, assuming that's roughly the same date as the conversation with JMS about fanfilms, then it's twenty years old. A lotta' lotta' lotta' stuff has changed since then...

Ok. I'll try that.

Ubik said >>>Good point. I suppose it really depends where JMS mind is at as to the ‘reboot’. Logically, I would assume he want to use this as a fresh start, so he can set a new baseline and then expand on it from there. The film could lead into a new TV series, with WB blessing, or it could be...

@ Ubik Space Battleship Yamato is pretty awesome. The live-action movie is a little too long and a little too talkie, and perhaps a littel too influenced by the RDM Galactica, but I came out of it dropjawed because of how low my expectations were (I read the Disney treatment fro 20 years ago...

Which raises the question we've all been avoiding: Do we wanna even call it Babylon 5? Would the name recognition even help at this point, or would it be a hinderance as we're kinda' on the ash heap of pop culture history? Might be best to just call it something completely new, and assume no...

Ubik....that's....wow. That's pretty damn good! I'm impressed, I genuinely am. In however many years I've been tooling around on here - what, four, five? Anyone know? - that's the best proposal I've read. In 2010 they did a live-action version of "Space Battleship Yamato" in Japan. The task...

Like I said above, I'll go see it whatever happens. That said, I instantly started protecting myself becuse I don't think it's going to happen, and I'm tired of getting my heart broken. A German friend of mine who was absolutely vastly passionately more obsessive about B5 than I once said...

[In Wendys] "Hey, Dad, are they still talking about a B5 reboot, or have they abandoned it already?" "Still talking as far as I know." "Wanna' hear my idea?" "Always." "Ok, I've decided there's too many aliens." "I think I speak for all of us when I say I didn't see that one coming." "Think...

I just don't like Franke. I just don't. Even at his best, with other people, I think he's weak. I don't like Hans Zimmer at all. Alf Claussen, though...! <G> Bear is a much more well-rounded composer than you'd think, if you check out his soundtracks for other shows. Basically he picked up a...

Let's just chalk it up to the low class of people I hang out with, but the local fans were pretty emphatic about how great it was. "Believers" at least was trying to make a point, and I think it *DID* make it, it was just rather ham-fisted and an unpopular point. TKO had the scenes with...

Springer said: >>That's going to be a... controversial statement! I mean personally I don't have a strong opinion on the episode – I think it's fine, some interesting character moments, some fun parts, competently written although not necessarily my favourite episode, but to put it on a list...

Quotes thing isn't working. Ubik said "JMS has talked about being a bit burnt out when Crusade got going, but I can imagine he must have been under a lot of pressure and very tired by the time they got S5 off the ground. When you look at the odds he was up against, it’s a wonder S5 is as good...

QUote thing is down again. Anway, Springer said: "At the Blackpool convention in 97 just before the start of season five JMS had all his notes for season 5 thrown out by hotel cleaning staff – maybe that contributed to having to rush to put together the opening episodes." I agree, and it...

The quoting system's gone all wonky, so we'll do this the old fashioned way: UBIK said: "‘Infection’ was the one episode that stopped a close friend of mine from watching the show. It’s why I sometimes use a ‘abridged’ season one approach sometimes. After that episode he declared he ‘couldn’t...

Sadly, Sinclair's performance kills that episode. HIs tone is all off, and it asks us to assume too much that doesn't make sense. The idea that a bumbling oaf like Londo has secrets that could actually bring down the government is unbelievable at that point in the series. Yeah, if Trakis simply...

I would agree with all of that. The comparison I like to use is this: A clunky episode in season 1 is still better than a clunky episode in season 5 because the show is like a new girlfriend. You're still learning about each other, it's still exciting, engaging. Even if the restraunt sucks...

Playing my side is boring, so I'll play yours for variety's sake: if he didn't intend it to be in S5 or B5 at all, then he intended it to be the "Earth/Minbari War" of the Crusade storyline: the huge event that shaped everyone's destiny, but which we never see much of. That said, iI think it...

What's interesting to me is that people insisted FOR YEARS that "Gallery" was brilliant, when in fact it was a great big ol' turd from the gitgo. Suddenly opinion has changed. I wonder why? Anyway, what season 1 clunkers are there? 1- Midnight on the Firing Line? Rushed, but ok 2- Soul...

I have reservations, not damnations. If it gets made, I'll be there to see it on day 1, showing 1, and if it's good, I'll be happy and see it again and tell everyone. And if it sucks, I won't do those latter things. What else can anyone reasonably ask of me?

The best examples of this I've seen are both Japanese. The 36-episode series "Macross" eventually produced a feature-length movie that was essentially a retelling of the entire TV series, but with significant departures (Including new uniforms, some redesigned characters, a lot of new equipment...