I have a feeling that this isn't going to be a straight ahead reboot, based on JMS' comments and the article. It sounds almost like he's combining Sinclair and Sheridan into one character. It also sounds like we might not have a G'kar, Londo or Delenn either.
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I would not expect a full 22 episode season. They usually start with a 13 episode pilot season and renew it at that amount unless it hits riverdale/arrowverse metrics with their preferred demographics. Those tent pole series for the network are the ones that get 22 episode orders.
You might both be right, but I think that casting G'Kar and Londo would be the most difficult casting challenge, by far…assuming that this show tells a similar story with them as the original. While the writing and storylines for those characters are outstanding, it was the actors in those roles that made it magic. It would be really difficult to replicate that, which is why my mind jumped to JMS possibly saying "why try"? The other characters wouldn't be too much of a stretch to cast, since they mostly fit into specific archetypes, but Londo and G'kar are often times heroic, villainous, funny, secretive or neutral in a conflict…and often all at once, and always entertaining or likable. It's a feat not many actors could pull off.
I don't think it's that he'd only do a continuation with the original actors but that it'd be jarring to do a continuation with just half the original characters. Which was never really the only possibility, but, I could see why you'd be really pressured to try and get as much of the original cast back as possible and then what, write around all the missing cast members, recast just those roles and have it be all weird? A reboot is the cleanest method frankly.
It's going to be better than what it was. But shitty by today's standard. Hope they tell new stories we haven't seen before
I mean there were a lot of roles that just weren't present in the original show that old characters could play. Like how earth was the only world on babylon 5 that didn't have a dedicated ambassador, they used the commanding officers for that which just doesn't make sense, same thing with the commanding officers frequently getting into fighters all the time, I think there are many new roles that would make sense for any past actors to take.
So, Babylon 5 in the style of Space Above and Beyond?
I don't mind many of the story beats being altered or kept but I really think they need to change the motivation behind the Shadow War. It's probably the thing I hated the most. I like that neither side was outright good or evil in the end but the motivations was still stupid especially with
I agree with this though. I always thought it was funny as hell having the command staff hopping in fighters or just zipping away in a Whitestar for funsies, along with the ambassadors showing up commanding warships and shit.
Tim Burton's Batman didn't retcon out the Adam West series, and the Nolan movies didn't retcon out Burton's Batman neither. This won't retcon out the original series, which will continue to exist even if this show ends up being complete trash.
I don't get the complaint then, this won't take away anything from the original, as it's a completely different version if you dont like it you can always go back to the original. I don't think a new one will be able to match certain characters so I don't have an issue if we don't exactly get a londo or gear since no one would really live up to them. So long as the new character are as nuanced and interesting.
I doubt it will even tell the same story in the same timeline with the same world building. More likely it'll be a brand new setting and what makes it "Babylon 5" is that it's about a neutral space station that is a political and business nexus, the fifth of its kind, and anything can grow from there. Based on what JMS is saying on Twitter, I don't expect any Sheridan, Sinclair, G'Kar, Londo, etc at all. If it's the same story but "updated", it is completely pointless.
Sinclair was an ambassador to miniatures. Ambassadors exist for earth in the universe, which makes the idea of no earth diplomat on babylon 5 all the more crazy, I get its due to budget constraints, but it's funny in hindsight.
I mean, they tried to do a spinoff about G'Kar leading a group of Rangers and it couldn't make it past the pilot stage (I remember JMS blaming football for killing its ratings).
I men an got an epilog that goes to the ascension of the human race we kinda know where the story would go, but I see that your main point is you would have wanted a sequel set in after the show so fair enough.
Nah, Zack is wearing a Rangers emblem in that scene. I always thought he was supposed to be some sort of go-between for the Alliance/Rangers and the Centauri.
Shannara was such a missed opportunity it still hurts. Don't think I managed more than a couple of episodes.
Let's not forget that Jms track record with sequels and new series based upon has not been stellar.
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People always think that before a recast and then it turns out to not be a big deal at all.
There are no real reactions to this, some people are just acting like the sky's falling because "OMG CW stupid shallow teen drama", we know next to nothing about the new show except that it'll be a reboot and feature Sheridan from the start.
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