Great News - Firefly is coming back... (old joke) I mean B5... well I mean...

[Jimmy Higgins]

There is a decent amount of buzz online about the news that Babylon 5 is coming back on the CW. Now, I'm sure you aren't still fuming about the network that cancelled Veronica Mars, and can look forward to all of this glorious hype!

Of course, it really matters which article you read.

A new version of the Emmy-winning space opera television series Babylon 5 is in the works. The CW has put in development Babylon 5, described as a “from-the-ground-up reboot” of the critically acclaimed 1990s series, from original series creator J. Michael Straczynski and Warner Bros. Television.

If one isn't too careful, they might think this is a done deal, but the reality is, the creator is working on writing a pilot, presumably at the CW's request. This much was confirmed by him. So you can put away your Centauri wigs and wait a bit longer. The Pilot isn't even completed, forget about a Pilot episode produced... and then a series greenlit. But feel free to ask yourself, is a reboot really what we want? Can he possibly make this work... and on the CW nonetheless?

In total geek world, Straczynski would team up with Whedon, and MacFarlane and blow our minds. But B5 likely isn't happening, so that likely won't either.

 

[ZiprHead]

Never seen it the first time around. I wasn't watching much tv during those years.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

I watched DS9 instead. I really knew very little about its existence. Sadly I saw tiny parts of scenes while channel hopping which were massive spoilers.

 

[Shadowy Man]

Can’t we just have new shows? I tire of the incessant reboots, remakes and reunions. There must be a ton of original material out there considering the number of books I see.

 

[Patooka]

Wasn't it digitally remastered recently? Also, chalk me up as another of the "enough with reboots" crowd. If a network wants to do something safe, but sci-fi/fantasy here's my suggestion: The Riftwar Saga.

 

[blastula]

JMS is quite active and engaging on the socials.

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/straczynski/status/1442621163146940416?s=20[/TWEET]

 

[marc]

Loved the original series. Being on CW is a little weird. I watched most of CW’s DC show and they were ok.

Reboots are hard to do right, but have seen a few that were as good or better than the original. If it gets made I hope they give him the freedom to do it well. The spin off Crusade was hampered by studios insisting on a bunch of episodes to come before the planned pilot episode.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Loved the original series. Being on CW is a little weird. I watched most of CW’s DC show and they were ok.

Reboots are hard to do right, but have seen a few that were as good or better than the original. If it gets made I hope they give him the freedom to do it well. The spin off Crusade was hampered by studios insisting on a bunch of episodes to come before the planned pilot episode.

Yeah, Firefly suffered the same and was just destroyed by Fox's meddling.