#Babylon 5 The Road Home

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Starfury Launch, Babylon 5: The Road Home (2023)

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Babylon 5 Returning voice cast:

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John Sheridan(s) in Babylon 5: The Road Home

[themostpowerfulmagicofall]

In honor of the new movie I’m dubbing this John and Delenn season

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We’re gonna make it, folks!!

[jenniferstolzer]

I am losing my whole mind. This is going to be so epic!

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Finally watched Babylon 5: The Road Home last night.

The animation style isn’t my favorite, and the movie definitely suffers from having lost so much of the main cast. Particularly Mira Furlan and Andreas Katsulas.

However, it’s still fun. It’s still B5. JMS hasn’t lost a step. That’s good to see.

I’ll probably do a rewatch live blog at some point but tonight Mr and I need to get back to Infinite.

Oh, The Road Home did give me some thoughts about my B5/Halo crossover but they aren’t well-formed right now.

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Now watching

Hello, old friend

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meant to make these immediately after watching the movie but I forgot.

[ID: A screenshot of Dr. Evil, now edited so he is shouting, "You know, I have one simple request - and that is to have Delenn with frickin' laser beams attached to her head!". End ID.]

[ID: A dark purple and wine gradient with yellow text that reads, "Delenn is a deadly lazer". End ID.]

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Babylon 5 "The Road Home"

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verdict: extremely cool visuals, certain new actors had VERY big shoes to fill and did not fill them and i'm annoyed about it but tbh i can't fault the actors for lacking that kind of gravity... and yeah, that conclusion was amatonormative as hell and eye-roll worthy to boot. lots missing that should have been there -- not sure if cut for runtime or some other reason?? i felt like there were some less than perfect cuts in places too just in general so that definitely could be it i guess

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WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME THERE WAS A BABYLON 5 TRAILER

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Babylon 5: The Road Home

So, it's been well over a week since I was able to watch The Road Home and these thoughts are still living rent free in my brain:

One of the Minbari refers to Delenn as Satai Delenn. Now, this could very well be a slip on JMS' part, but maybe like presidents, Delenn is always referred to as Satai? Or - even better - is The Road Home actually an AU to the actual series and in this version, Delenn is still Satai Delenn?

John Sheridan, zipping through time, ends up on Z'ha'dum with the Icarus and we do not even get a mention of Anna. Now, I know this is most likely JMS' attempts to placate new fans without the mention of John's other wives but come on. John spent two years fighting off a part of himself every time he thought about Delenn due to Anna Keller. This just makes me so happy and I hope John has since had therapy about the damage that marriage did because jfc.

THE PARALLELS BETWEEN YOUNG JOHN AND YOUNG DELENN. Both getting lost at such formative ages. John was able to return home through his faith in love and his family. Delenn, instead, was left cold and alone and open to being manipulated by the Vorlons through her faith. Yet it is this faith that allows the Vorlons to manipulate them both into their roles as the One: sacrifices to the greater good.

I am also insanely excited for this backdoor pilot towards the end of the movie. I have long been fascinated by a world where the Shadows didn't exist or the Shadow War didn't happen. I love that John is crushing on his own actual wife - that makes me so happy. As for whether Anna exists - how far do we unspool this reel? IPX didn't wake up the Shadows - great. Now Delenn is not transformed, which likely means she hasn't gone to Kosh to ask about the Shadows (in fact, do we see Kosh at all). Which could mean that the Shadows are not waking up, so the Minbari don't go to Z'ha'dum, which means the war doesn't happen and John doesn't gain an emotional support wife.

Overall, I would rather have a 1000 of these movies than the live action reboot (unless JMS goes back on re-casting Delenn, G'Kar, etc.). So much fic inspo!