As a B5 fan I had mixed emotions coming to this. Love to see the old crew, could it bring some joy, but god do we have to go with the whole multiverse thing?
I enjoyed it, the story was good, if predictable, it was nice to hear old voices and the animations were mostly good (particularly the Shadow ship eyes).
But the replaced voices didn't work for me, those voices were so iconic to the roles, only Delenn's came close, and it ruined the atmosphete. As soon as I heard Londo's voice I laughed with joy, like meeting an old friend, but G'Kar didn't sound right and lacked the gravity needed, and others the same. One time I would have liked AI recreation to be honest.
And while story was good it was predictable and lacked real emotion.
So it was like a school reunion, nice to see old friends, but equally makes you realise that period of your life has ended long ago and no need to remiss too long. So if I want a B5 fix, I'll watch the old stuff, like flicking through an old school yearbook, but I don't need more new B5 like I don't need to be back at high school.
I enjoyed it, the story was good, if predictable, it was nice to hear old voices and the animations were mostly good (particularly the Shadow ship eyes).
But the replaced voices didn't work for me, those voices were so iconic to the roles, only Delenn's came close, and it ruined the atmosphete. As soon as I heard Londo's voice I laughed with joy, like meeting an old friend, but G'Kar didn't sound right and lacked the gravity needed, and others the same. One time I would have liked AI recreation to be honest.
And while story was good it was predictable and lacked real emotion.
So it was like a school reunion, nice to see old friends, but equally makes you realise that period of your life has ended long ago and no need to remiss too long. So if I want a B5 fix, I'll watch the old stuff, like flicking through an old school yearbook, but I don't need more new B5 like I don't need to be back at high school.