This movie was HORRIBLE! I went into it with mixed expectations, mainly stemming from my feelings that without the character of Marcus Cole, a movie about the Rangers wouldn't be too much worth watching. However, seeing as how wonderful Babylon 5 was, I gave JMS the benefit of the doubt.....and paid this price with this two-hour mishmash!
I'll start with the good stuff first-Andreas Katsulas could read the directions off the back of a shampoo bottle and we could still be mesmerized, the man is brilliant. He had all the best lines in the movie, and as always was superb.
As for the rest of the movie, nay, nay, again I say NAY! The plot was dumb, the cast wasn't exactly very good, and even the CGI was a disappointment. Given that the show was about Rangers, you'd think they would've been shown flying the White Stars. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the capital ship of the Ranger fleet? And what is with that stupid weapons system aboard the Liandra?
I think a better premise for this movie would've have come from the book "To Dream In the City of Sorrows", in which Sinclair first becomes the head of the Rangers. Then we at least would've been familiar with the characters.
I was disappointed with almost every aspect of this movie. Joe had been a fantastic writer during the 5-year run of B5, but I've read fanfiction that shows better plot and coherence than this mess.
I give this one a 3/10, the 3 only coming from Andreas appearing in it.
I'll start with the good stuff first-Andreas Katsulas could read the directions off the back of a shampoo bottle and we could still be mesmerized, the man is brilliant. He had all the best lines in the movie, and as always was superb.
As for the rest of the movie, nay, nay, again I say NAY! The plot was dumb, the cast wasn't exactly very good, and even the CGI was a disappointment. Given that the show was about Rangers, you'd think they would've been shown flying the White Stars. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the capital ship of the Ranger fleet? And what is with that stupid weapons system aboard the Liandra?
I think a better premise for this movie would've have come from the book "To Dream In the City of Sorrows", in which Sinclair first becomes the head of the Rangers. Then we at least would've been familiar with the characters.
I was disappointed with almost every aspect of this movie. Joe had been a fantastic writer during the 5-year run of B5, but I've read fanfiction that shows better plot and coherence than this mess.
I give this one a 3/10, the 3 only coming from Andreas appearing in it.