If you could change one thing about B5...

[babylonlurker]

Given enough time and money, I think JMS would have made a very interesting anthology show out of The Lost Tales. Even without direct continuity between the stories, I think there would be many ways of exploring thematic continuity.

I'm certainly very fond of the little bit that we got, even if it has flaws. There's a lot more depth to those two stories than people give them credit for.

Exactly my thoughts - (sorry for being the echo , echo

[Dan Dassow]

Given enough time and money, I think JMS would have made a very interesting anthology show out of The Lost Tales. Even without direct continuity between the stories, I think there would be many ways of exploring thematic continuity.

I'm certainly very fond of the little bit that we got, even if it has flaws. There's a lot more depth to those two stories than people give them credit for.

Exactly my thoughts - (sorry for being the echo , echo

It would have been great if "The Lost Tales" had a decent budget. The concept had a lot of potential to look at events before, during and after the series from a perspective beyond that of the main cast.

This post also encouraged me to ponder how Babylon 5 will be remembered four hundred years in the future. Will elements of Babylon 5 be performed in the future much as Shakespearean plays are performed today; or will Babylon 5 be largely forgotten when the current fan base and those connected with the show have died off? I am optimistic that Babylon 5 will survive in one form or another during the next four hundred years. It would be interesting to see Babylon 5 from that historical perspective.

[Ubik]

This post also encouraged me to ponder how Babylon 5 will be remembered four hundred years in the future. Will elements of Babylon 5 be performed in the future much as Shakespearean plays are performed today; or will Babylon 5 be largely forgotten when the current fan base and those connected with the show have died off? I am optimistic that Babylon 5 will survive in one form or another during the next four hundred years. It would be interesting to see Babylon 5 from that historical perspective.

I expect it to survive, as the show is still attracting new fans many years after concluding. I doubt it will endure in the same way Shakespeare has, but within its own genre I think it will hold its own as a classic. People still go back and watch Blakes 7, and classic SF films, so I don't see why B5 shouldn't.

Even if it were to fall off the map completely in terms of physical format representation (box sets, etc) the internet is a powerful tool for fans to keep something alive. I keep a digital copy of the show for when my DVDs fail or are superceeded by another format. I'm half expecting Netflix to pick B5 up again when they air Sense8.

[Sinclair's Fan]

He even could have gone back 1.000 years and tell the story of Valen.

As a dyed-in-the-wool Sinclair Fan, I onced asked JMS a question on this very subject. We decided not to discuss story ideas, for obvious legal reasons! But he was able to answer a direct question; that it was at the very least a vague possibility, because nothing was "written in stone".

Heck, I'd have been happy with a simple flashback . Bless you, JMS!