I am having really conflicting feelings about this! On the one hand, I trust JMS - Babylon 5 has always been his story to tell. Also, I would love updated visuals!

But...these actors so completely embody the characters that recasting seems a travesty (Note: Claudia Christian said on Twitter that JMS has kept her and the others in the loop from the beginning because he wants them "involved" with the show, but it's not clear what that means).

And reboots are almost always a pale imitation of the original. We're currently drowning in reboots, and it seems like they're pretty much all terrible. OTOH, the Battlestar Galactica reboot was 100 times better than the original - one of the best scifi TV shows to date - so it can be done. And if anyone can do it, it's JMS.

JMS has posted his thoughts about this endeavor in a Twitter thread, for anyone who is interested. Not many hard details, but straight from the source: https://twitter.com/straczynski/status/1442621159221043202

What do you all think?

https://www.thewrap.com/babylon-5-reboot-original-creator-the-cw/

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