We all know Thirdspace is by far the worst of the B5 films. LotR was not exactly mind- blowingly great - but neither was it entirely without its charms.
Legend of the Rangers a fairly decent story told in the B5 universe. The problem for me is that afterwards, I just didn't give a crap. Not about the story, or the characters. It almost had the feeling of fan fiction.
As a potential series, I don't see much here that would compel me to keep viewing. Crusade had the benefit of the amazing Gary Cole - no such presence here. It also had the benefit of following directly and clearly from the events of B5 and revealing more of that story than we thought we knew. LotR, through The Hand, seems to subvert much of what we knew.
But hey. This was only a pilot. It was the "who." The what, where, why and how were yet to come. It's impossible to judge without knowing the context. I wasn't overly fond of The Gathering (or indeed, most of the first season of Babylon 5 itself) until I could watch it knowing what was yet to come.
We don't know what JMS had in mind for Legend of the Rangers. But I think it's safe to say that he probably was going to take this story someplace interesting. Nothing in B5 is exactly what it appears to be. And I doubt this would be a story about a bunch of space cowboys fighting freaky aliens week after week.
I will concede that the "virtual space fighting thing" was incredibly stupid. I bet it looked great on paper.
-Cazorp
Legend of the Rangers a fairly decent story told in the B5 universe. The problem for me is that afterwards, I just didn't give a crap. Not about the story, or the characters. It almost had the feeling of fan fiction.
As a potential series, I don't see much here that would compel me to keep viewing. Crusade had the benefit of the amazing Gary Cole - no such presence here. It also had the benefit of following directly and clearly from the events of B5 and revealing more of that story than we thought we knew. LotR, through The Hand, seems to subvert much of what we knew.
But hey. This was only a pilot. It was the "who." The what, where, why and how were yet to come. It's impossible to judge without knowing the context. I wasn't overly fond of The Gathering (or indeed, most of the first season of Babylon 5 itself) until I could watch it knowing what was yet to come.
We don't know what JMS had in mind for Legend of the Rangers. But I think it's safe to say that he probably was going to take this story someplace interesting. Nothing in B5 is exactly what it appears to be. And I doubt this would be a story about a bunch of space cowboys fighting freaky aliens week after week.
I will concede that the "virtual space fighting thing" was incredibly stupid. I bet it looked great on paper.
-Cazorp