I'd always thought In the Beginning was like a pilot, but looking at Wikipedia just now, I guess not.
I think it has to do with the Earth-Minbari War? I can't recall if they go over ground covered in "The Gathering" or not. (I...still haven't quite managed to watch that. I watched ten minutes of it and had to stop. Um, the lighting was beautiful. The rest...was not.)
Thirdspace was definitely billed as a movie rather than an episode.
Yeah, it's a movie, but it acts like an episode, or so I hear--it doesn't take place way before or after the series, and makes an attempt to fit into the arc kind of in the middle of things. I get the impression it's the best of all of them, but still not that great. I should be getting it next week or the week after, so I'll see for myself, I guess.
A Call to Arms is the other one I was thinking of -- all Crusade/Ranger-ish.
I may have seen that when I was watching Crusade as it aired, but I'm not sure. (I have seen this whole freaking franchise completely backward, I swear.) I can't remember if it involved Rangers or not--might've, although the show didn't have any that I recall.
You could definitely give River of River of Souls a miss.
Planning on it!
The Lost Tales only came out a year or two ago. I have it, but haven't watched it yet, so I can't comment on what they're like.
I've seen mixed reviews, although they were better liked than "Legend of the Rangers," which was pretty much panned by everyone. I think the consensus was that the format of two 70/80-minute pieces just didn't work, but the ideas were solid. Something like that, anyway.
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Date: 2009-06-07 04:34 am (UTC)I think it has to do with the Earth-Minbari War? I can't recall if they go over ground covered in "The Gathering" or not. (I...still haven't quite managed to watch that. I watched ten minutes of it and had to stop. Um, the lighting was beautiful. The rest...was not.)
Thirdspace was definitely billed as a movie rather than an episode.
Yeah, it's a movie, but it acts like an episode, or so I hear--it doesn't take place way before or after the series, and makes an attempt to fit into the arc kind of in the middle of things. I get the impression it's the best of all of them, but still not that great. I should be getting it next week or the week after, so I'll see for myself, I guess.
A Call to Arms is the other one I was thinking of -- all Crusade/Ranger-ish.
I may have seen that when I was watching Crusade as it aired, but I'm not sure. (I have seen this whole freaking franchise completely backward, I swear.) I can't remember if it involved Rangers or not--might've, although the show didn't have any that I recall.
You could definitely give River of River of Souls a miss.
Planning on it!
The Lost Tales only came out a year or two ago. I have it, but haven't watched it yet, so I can't comment on what they're like.
I've seen mixed reviews, although they were better liked than "Legend of the Rangers," which was pretty much panned by everyone. I think the consensus was that the format of two 70/80-minute pieces just didn't work, but the ideas were solid. Something like that, anyway.