The Illusion Of Truth
It's nice to see that President Clark has not changed his views. The dictatorship on Earth is still alive and strong. Although not nearly as good as "And Now For A Word...", this was still a good episode on propaganda and the corruptibleness of the media. I didn't really catch anything too big in Big Plot Picture, but as a stand-alone, it was pretty effective. One of the few mysteries that's built up a little more in this episode is Michael Garibaldi. He is very against the Captain. Now, is it just his suspicious self talking or is there something actually wrong with him? Or is there something wrong with Sheridan? I guess I'll be finding out eventually.
Thirdspace
The first Babylon 5 movie (other than The Gathering) that I've watched. It is certainly interesting and entertaining, but I had some problems with it. Mostly, I found that the dialogue was atrocious. Especially during the starfury scenes. I don't know if it's a fault of the writing or the acting (or both), but it felt very cheesy. On the good side is: great SFX (or, I should say, better than anything up to season 4), and it had lots of nice tie-ins to continuity. I like that the Vorlons were the ones who created the jumpgate to Thirdspace, I liked seeing Deuce again, and I liked seeing Zack ask Lyta out for a date. Related to that last point, I'm surprised by how well this episode fit after Illusion Of Truth. I saw no glaring mistakes in continuity and characterization. Unfortunately, the real problem of this movie is that there's no real point. But that's to be expected since it was a made-for-tv movie produced between the 4th and 5th seasons. So watching it for what it was, a nice look back to the characters of season 4, it acclompished what it set out to do. Or maybe the reason I didn't like it was because two of my favourite characters, Londo and G'Kar, were nowhere to be seen? Anyway, it was good and I'm looking forward to watching the other movies as I come to them.
It's nice to see that President Clark has not changed his views. The dictatorship on Earth is still alive and strong. Although not nearly as good as "And Now For A Word...", this was still a good episode on propaganda and the corruptibleness of the media. I didn't really catch anything too big in Big Plot Picture, but as a stand-alone, it was pretty effective. One of the few mysteries that's built up a little more in this episode is Michael Garibaldi. He is very against the Captain. Now, is it just his suspicious self talking or is there something actually wrong with him? Or is there something wrong with Sheridan? I guess I'll be finding out eventually.
Thirdspace
The first Babylon 5 movie (other than The Gathering) that I've watched. It is certainly interesting and entertaining, but I had some problems with it. Mostly, I found that the dialogue was atrocious. Especially during the starfury scenes. I don't know if it's a fault of the writing or the acting (or both), but it felt very cheesy. On the good side is: great SFX (or, I should say, better than anything up to season 4), and it had lots of nice tie-ins to continuity. I like that the Vorlons were the ones who created the jumpgate to Thirdspace, I liked seeing Deuce again, and I liked seeing Zack ask Lyta out for a date. Related to that last point, I'm surprised by how well this episode fit after Illusion Of Truth. I saw no glaring mistakes in continuity and characterization. Unfortunately, the real problem of this movie is that there's no real point. But that's to be expected since it was a made-for-tv movie produced between the 4th and 5th seasons. So watching it for what it was, a nice look back to the characters of season 4, it acclompished what it set out to do. Or maybe the reason I didn't like it was because two of my favourite characters, Londo and G'Kar, were nowhere to be seen? Anyway, it was good and I'm looking forward to watching the other movies as I come to them.
