by Renaud Bédard
BABYLON 5 UNIVERSE MOVIES
by Renaud Bédard



Still can't believe after this amazing science fiction television series that Babylon 5 was, that not one single big screen movie effort follow up was ever made. It doesn't even have to be called or be about Babylon 5, as long as it is in continuation with that same Babylon Universe. In this long overdue movie, possibly with some of the willing TV cast, new characters could also be introduced along with new places and new threats. Also, I could never imagine any Babylon universe films without the wonderful unique musical sound of Christopher Franke. The movies could simply continue in that Babylon Universe and eventually move toward a Legend Of The Rangers future generations style event

- THIRDSPACE CONTINUATION -

I remember once when all about the Babylon 5 was thought to have been said and done, until Thirdspace came along and opened up a whole new door to even more possibilities within this amazing universe; and in my view, a continuation directly based on the fallouts of Thirdspace might just be the best possible option for a future Babylon Universe film franchise. Even some of the Shadows, Vorlons and First Ones could make an unexpected surprising return to possibly face a common enemy, a great threat of universal proportion like none has ever seen before; and maybe even some telepaths might have plans of their own too. Even Sinclair, or shall I say Valen, from a thousand years in the past, might have left something behind for just this kind of situation; all possible events from an incredible universe created by Joseph Michael Straczynski, which deserves major theatre film treatment. And personally in a Babylon universe film event, I would also love to see a little appearance of Crusade’s very own Captain Gideon to the rescue, in his newly refitted destroyer starship the Excalibur, possibly equipped with four engines and even more might

And what if those monstrous aliens we saw in Thirdspace were just guardians, simply the dogs of war to a species very different than we would expect, possibly with some similarities to us; and maybe all the combined powers of Shadows, Vorlons, and all the First Ones put together couldn't do anything to stop them, in fact it would only make them stronger,,, but maybe one simple man, one, half of Earth, and half of Minbari, maybe he could solve it all in the end without even firing a single shot, and like his father before him, leave his own mark in history

- SON OF JOHN AND DELENN -

In some television episodes, War Without End, and Sleeping In Light, we learn of David the future child of John Sheridan and Delenn; and in The Deconstruction Of Falling Stars, from a far future perspective, we are even teased of possible controversies he will be involved with, where everything is cut short of telling us what happened. Now would it be possible that like his father, David might have picked a side controversial to many in some war, due to some injustice, and like his father he might have shinned and left his mark in history by taking the side of discovering the truth and fighting for justice, and might have been key in solving a certain conflict, which might have had some dark agenda behind it all, that might have triggered the conflict with fabrications and false accusations, maybe some unfinished telepath business

- LOST TALES OF THE DRAKH PLAGUE -

Between all solutions to the plague released on Earth by Drakh forces, from heavy bio research to counter an old Shadow virus engineered long ago, possibly with the help of Drakh scientists, a virus that Earth might never even be able to counteract without a very specific key only few Drakhs would have, between that, and an Earth wide population cryogenic freeze to slow down the progress of the disease, except for a few very important Drakh prisoners that would be forced to suffer their own affliction,,, maybe in the end, it would be simply a certain Captain Gideon from the starship destroyer, the Excalibur, that would solve it all, by secretly managing his way to the Drakh home world, and strategically implanting special old fashion Earth made bombs all over their planet, and threatening to destroy everything and annihilate everyone in seconds without their unconditional immediate surrender, and the release of the counter agent to stop the plague inflicting Earth, as in you break my planet, I break yours first, fairplay

At some point, with all of Earth’s population about to die, Captain Gideon, after a few years of running around the galaxy in his quest for a possible cure to the Drakh plague he might never find; maybe he would have had enough, and in last desperate times, he might have decided instead to take the matter directly to the horse's mouth, using a little cowboy diplomacy, and a much more lethal an eye for an eye, a planet for a planet approach, with a well planned very immediate annihilation threat to the Drakh civilization itself, promising that their whole planet would die first, and the people of Earth would know that their enemies would not survive them

PS: After the TV movies set and Legend Of The Rangers, please release on DVD the rest of the most important essential key moments of the Babylon 5 TV series, - In the shadow of Z'Ha'Dum, - The Long Twilight Struggle, - The Fall Of Night, - Matters Of Honor, - Severed dreams, - War Without End 1 & 2, - Z'Ha'Dum, - The Summoning, - Into The Fire, - The Face Of The Enemy, - Between The Darkness And The Light, - Endgame, - The Deconstruction Of Falling Stars, - Sleeping In Light, and from Crusade, - War Zone, - Racing the Night, - The Memory of War, - Each Night I Dream of Home; and please reprint more of the collected novels in Babylon 5: Legions Of Fire Trilogy