There was the Legends of the Rangers pilot movie in 2002 and the direct-to-video The Lost Tales anthology pilot in 2007. Neither was well-received.
I actually kind of liked
Legend of the Rangers, at least its characters and their interactions. The main plot, and the threat of "The Hand" that "makes the Shadows look like nothing," was utterly pants, though. But as for why it died when it did, the problem wasn't that it was reviled. Much like the
Doctor Who TV movie, it actually did well in the ratings on one coast, but was up against a major sports event on the other, so the overall outlook wasn't good enough for the network to want to produce more.
Likewise, IIRC,
The Lost Tales was actually well-received by fans, and sold
better than WB had anticipated. But the studio's response to this was to offer JMS
less money to do another installment rather than more, so he declined. It wasn't about the quality of the story, at all.
Of course, none of that is to say that either was of
Babylon 5-quality. They simply weren't. But to say they weren't "well-received" is too absolute, and somewhat inaccurate, of a statement, especially in the case of
The Lost Tales.
