I've now watched another of the Babylon 5 television movies, and I'm really not sure what to think of this one. I enjoyed it as I was watching it, or at least I think I did. It was an hour and a half long, but it didn't seem that long as I was watching it because I was quite into what was going on. It moved at a decent pace and the story seemed interesting enough. The problem is when you get to the end, and realise that in that feature length story, not a lot really happened.
I'm glad it was set in a time where all the main characters new each other, and I always like to see both Sheridan and Delenn being involved. It was also good that Zack Allen finally got a chance to shine in a starring role. He had been listed as an "also starring", ie main character, since season 2, and yet had never quite been developed as much as many of the others in the sense that he didn't really have close relationships with many of the other main characters. He was friends with (and actually in love with) Lyta, and he was friends with Garibaldi, but other than that he was almost like a recurring guest star rather than someone who should be on the credits. In the absence of Garibaldi, Thirdspace gave him a chance to really be the chief of security and really be a main character.
Speaking of Garibaldi, he was really missed here. His absence did make sense, since at this point in the story he had fallen out with Sheridan and didn't trust him anymore, so he would be unlikely to be involved. It was still strange to have him gone though, since he was there from the beginning. The last human character to be there from the beginning, actually. Londo and G'Kar were also missed. True, they weren't in every episode anyway, and the timing of the story does mean that it makes sense that they weren't there. The story didn't need them much either. They were still missed though. Perhaps it was because this "movie" felt more like an extended episode, and so you'd expect the usual cast to all be there.
As I said at the beginning, the actual story was alright. I like how it fit into the already established mythology of the Vorlons, and made a lot of references to the Shadow War and things that have already happened. There were good action scenes, and there was a lot of good mystery. Still, it reminds me of the weaker Doctor Who specials. It's called a special, but really it's just like a long episode. It worked well enough though. I enjoyed what we got to see of the characters who were involved, particularly Zack Allen, and Sheridan and his obsession with mysteries. I think the story was interesting enough. All in all, worth watching, but not quite matching up to the series.
I'm glad it was set in a time where all the main characters new each other, and I always like to see both Sheridan and Delenn being involved. It was also good that Zack Allen finally got a chance to shine in a starring role. He had been listed as an "also starring", ie main character, since season 2, and yet had never quite been developed as much as many of the others in the sense that he didn't really have close relationships with many of the other main characters. He was friends with (and actually in love with) Lyta, and he was friends with Garibaldi, but other than that he was almost like a recurring guest star rather than someone who should be on the credits. In the absence of Garibaldi, Thirdspace gave him a chance to really be the chief of security and really be a main character.
Speaking of Garibaldi, he was really missed here. His absence did make sense, since at this point in the story he had fallen out with Sheridan and didn't trust him anymore, so he would be unlikely to be involved. It was still strange to have him gone though, since he was there from the beginning. The last human character to be there from the beginning, actually. Londo and G'Kar were also missed. True, they weren't in every episode anyway, and the timing of the story does mean that it makes sense that they weren't there. The story didn't need them much either. They were still missed though. Perhaps it was because this "movie" felt more like an extended episode, and so you'd expect the usual cast to all be there.
As I said at the beginning, the actual story was alright. I like how it fit into the already established mythology of the Vorlons, and made a lot of references to the Shadow War and things that have already happened. There were good action scenes, and there was a lot of good mystery. Still, it reminds me of the weaker Doctor Who specials. It's called a special, but really it's just like a long episode. It worked well enough though. I enjoyed what we got to see of the characters who were involved, particularly Zack Allen, and Sheridan and his obsession with mysteries. I think the story was interesting enough. All in all, worth watching, but not quite matching up to the series.
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