Babylon 5: Legend of the Rangers

Just saw the pilot for a new Babylon 5: Legend of the Rangers series, To Live and Die in Starlight.

No layers, no wheels within wheels, no subtlety. Any strategy is explained twice so inattentive folks in the back row can keep up. In short, not up to the level I expect from Babylon 5.

But it was an entertaining enough way to spend two hours.

I said so to my friend Carl Muckenhoupt, who was reminded of a conversation he had with someone about Galaxy Quest, singing the praises of its adequacy. His interlocutor said if he’d been approached by a cameraperson recording audience reactions outside the theater, he’d have enthusiastically declared, It kept me occupied for two hours!