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Director:
Michael Vejar
Writer:
J. Michael Straczynski (written by)
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Release Date:
19 January 2002 (USA) more
Genre:
Sci-Fi more
Tagline:
A new kind of evil demands a new kind of courage. more
Plot:
A disgraced Ranger takes command of an old, possibly haunted, ship on an escort mission that encounters deadly peril from a new enemy civilization. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Please, Mr. S.- let B5 rest in peace! more (51 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Dylan Neal ... David Martell
Andreas Katsulas ... Citizen G'Kar

Alex Zahara ... Dulann

Myriam Sirois ... Sarah Cantrell
Dean Marshall ... Malcolm Bridges
Warren Takeuchi ... Kitaro Sasaki (as Warren T. Takeuchi)
Jennie Rebecca Hogan ... Na'Feel
Mackenzie Gray ... Minister Kafta
David Storch ... Tafeek

Enid-Raye Adams ... Firell
Gus Lynch ... Tirk
Todd Sandomirsky ... Tannier
Andrew Kavadas ... Captain Bart Gregg (as Andrew A. Kavadas)
Simon Egan ... Minbari Crewman
Bernard Cuffling ... Sindell
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers (USA) (working title)
Legend of the Rangers: Babylon 5 (USA) (promotional title)
Babylon 5 - La Leyenda de los Rangers (Argentina) (video title) [es]
Babylon 5 - La leggenda dei Ranger (Italy) [it]
Babylon 5 - Legende der Ranger (Germany) (DVD title) [de]
Babylon 5 - O thrylos ton Rangers (Greece) (DVD title) [el]
Babylon 5 - Straznicy kosmosu (Poland) [pl]
Babylon 5 - Ta opla ton Rangers (Greece) [el]
Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers (Finland) [fi]
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Runtime:
90 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Minister Kafta claims to serve an organization called The Hand. The Hand is a fictional villainous organization in the Marvel Comics universe. The Hand first appeared in Daredevil volume 1 #168 (January, 1981). more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When David is thrown against a bulkhead during his fight with Minister Kafta the metal wall wrinkles on impact, revealing it to be a cushioned barrier. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Captain Bart Gregg: Status?
Dulann: Engine's damaged. 20% capacity. Automatic weapons tracking system disabled.
Captain Bart Gregg: David, how many left?
David Martel: Six. Lead ship's coming around for another pass.
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Movie Connections:
Follows Babylon 5: Thirdspace (1998) (TV) more

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14 out of 20 people found the following comment useful.
Please, Mr. S.- let B5 rest in peace!, 10 December 2004
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Author: Orcini from Queens, NY

Let me start off by saying I love Babylon 5- the first four seasons anyway.

What appealed to me was its long-story format, the epic taking years to unfold, full of lore, myth, and detailed characters that evolved and changed over time.

I would suggest to J.M. Straczynski that he create some new sort of epic. Babylon 5 was a great story. But one of the things that make stories great is that they have a beginning, a middle, and an end. It ended. Let it be. Perhaps the book trilogies that continue the Babylon 5 canon would make good miniseries- such as "Legions of Fire" or the Psy-Cop trilogy. What is NOT needed is another "adventure of the week" series in the B5 universe. It obviously did not work with "Crusade." Why should it work here? The format is so similar to Crusade (a ship of people zipping around the galaxy having adventures) that one wonders if they were simply planning on using unaired "Crusade" scripts to cut writing costs.

The tele-movie's biggest flaw is that it has no plot whatsoever. A ship full of very young Rangers is sent on a mission to protect some diplomats. For some reason, bad guys attack them. Our heroes spend the movie outwitting the baddies. However, these bad guys are merely working for THE bad guys- who are described as bigger and badder and older than the Shadows.

No imagination there.

The next flaw is the concept itself. The Rangers on B5 were spiritual, dedicated, fighters, sort of like Jedi Knights. A few were sent here and there to protect the peace, to run covert operations and gather intelligence, to be a revered force working mostly behind the scenes. Keep in mind that Sinclair created them based on the Rangers of Tolkien lore. Instead, these Rangers- who seem as if they came out of your typical "space-marine" movie- now serve on crews of their own ships, going out on adventures of the week- I mean assignments.

The characters are dull cardboard cutouts. We have a captain that looks like he just finished playing high-school football, a hot-but-tough weapons officer, a cheeky second in command (who sees the ghosts that the ship is- for some reason- haunted with.) One crew member is so dimwitted that one can't possibly imagine him being a Ranger (One of his twelve lines is, "I lift big things.") G'Kar is in this movie as the guest star to link us to B5. He really serves no purpose to the story. Sadly, he is the only interesting person in the entire show.

Last, but not least, are the virtual space fights. This is so terrible. How could anyone seriously have gone along with this concept? The weapons officer enters the VR fighting unit, where she is blue-screened against a star field. When the bad ships come, she literally kung-fu fights them. Fireballs shoot from her virtual hands and feet, which is actually the ship firing at it's enemies. Were there any viewers who were not on the floor, curled in a ball, laughing hysterically? I really don't think this was the creators' intention.

Again. I love B5, and the B5 Universe. But it's over. Please let it rest in peace, Mr. Straczynski, and concentrate your efforts elsewhere. Please.

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