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This is genuinely exciting. I was a big B5 fan, and disappointed that the live action reboot never happened. This feels like the next best thing, and in some wa

This is genuinely exciting. I was a big B5 fan, and disappointed that the live action reboot never happened. This feels like the next best thing, and in some ways may be even better, since we won't need to rationalize why the actors appears so much older. I am however curious to know who they will get to replace the talents of Andreas Katsulas, Richard Biggs, Stephen Furst and others who have sadly passed on. Still, I'm stoked that most of the original cast is returning, under the original showrunner.

Blackstrat 3y ago
I’m not sure the network ever understood what they had with B5. With less interference, B5 would have ranked up there with Star Trek.
- arp242 3y ago
  I'm fairly sure jms has stated on quite a few occasions that Babylon 5 had very little network interference and could mostly do what they wanted. There were a few exceptions, but they're fairly minor.
arp242 3y ago
> I am however curious to know who they will get to replace the talents of Andreas Katsulas, Richard Biggs, Stephen Furst and others who have sadly passed on. It's mentioned in the article: "The voice cast also includes Paul Guyet as Zathras and Jeffery Sinclair, Anthony Hansen as Michael Garibaldi, [..], Phil LaMarr as Dr. Stephen Franklin, [..] Andrew Morgado as G’Kar and Rebecca Riedy as Delenn." I'm not entirely sure how I feel about this; after Katsulas' passing in 2006 jms wrote "Andreas is gone...and G'Kar with him, because no one else can ever play that role, or ever will". People are entitled to change their opinion of course, but I find myself agreeing with that statement. But I guess for an animated show it can work? We'll see... As for the reboot, it seems it's still underway, according to [2]: "The separate B5 reboot/reimagining is still alive and well, just on hold until the Writers Strike is resolved." [1]: http://jmsnews.com/messages/message?id=3872 http://jmsnews.com/messages/message?id=3872 [2]: https://twitter.com/straczynski/status/1653974183586717697 https://twitter.com/straczynski/status/1653974183586717697
xupybd 3y ago
Wow I'm didn't realize Richard Biggs had passed. Only 44 when he did. That's really sad.

Blackstrat 3y ago

I’m not sure the network ever understood what they had with B5. With less interference, B5 would have ranked up there with Star Trek.

arp242 3y ago
I'm fairly sure jms has stated on quite a few occasions that Babylon 5 had very little network interference and could mostly do what they wanted. There were a few exceptions, but they're fairly minor.

arp242 3y ago

> I am however curious to know who they will get to replace the talents of Andreas Katsulas, Richard Biggs, Stephen Furst and others who have sadly passed on. It's mentioned in the article: "The voice cast also includes Paul Guyet as Zathras and Jeffery Sinclair, Anthony Hansen as Michael Garibaldi, [..], Phil LaMarr as Dr. Stephen Franklin, [..] Andrew Morgado as G’Kar and Rebecca Riedy as Delenn." I'm not entirely sure how I feel about this; after Katsulas' passing in 2006 jms wrote "Andreas is gone...and G'Kar with him, because no one else can ever play that role, or ever will". People are entitled to change their opinion of course, but I find myself agreeing with that statement. But I guess for an animated show it can work? We'll see... As for the reboot, it seems it's still underway, according to [2]: "The separate B5 reboot/reimagining is still alive and well, just on hold until the Writers Strike is resolved." [1]: http://jmsnews.com/messages/message?id=3872 http://jmsnews.com/messages/message?id=3872 [2]: https://twitter.com/straczynski/status/1653974183586717697 https://twitter.com/straczynski/status/1653974183586717697

xupybd 3y ago

Wow I'm didn't realize Richard Biggs had passed. Only 44 when he did. That's really sad.