Babylon 5: In the Beginning

Babylon 5: In the Beginning

1998
Drama, Sci-fi
TV Movie
1h 34m
The Earth military encounters an alien race called the Minbari. Through a series of accidents and misunderstandings, a war breaks out that nearly results in the death of every human on Earth. The war and its aftermath provide the background for the TV series "Babylon 5," especially its first season. (imdb)
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Babylon 5: In the Beginning

1998
Drama, Sci-fi
TV Movie
1h 34m
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Rated 14 Sep 2007
67
44th
Not a bad bit of sci-fi, although I have yet to really try Babylon 5 properly, so don't hate on me for not giving it 99 or something.
Rated 05 Nov 2008
90
80th
The best B5 film. Best viewed in proper sequence within the series.
Rated 15 Dec 2013
85
94th
This isn't a movie to watch if you're completely unfamiliar with B5, but for fans its a must see. You finally get to see events that had been talked about for the whole series, and its just as good as B5's usually high standard of storytelling.
Rated 11 Feb 2015
80
75th
Really good, emotional feature-length episode of Babylon 5 from the glory days of the show. I don't recommend starting with this, even though it's the the beginning of the story chronologically, because it spoils some of the show's best plot twists, but it is a good one to go back to as just a solid movie for the fans.
Rated 15 Apr 2008
34
12th
It goes on sooooo long. Sooooooooooooo looooooooooong.
Rated 30 Sep 2008
79
79th
I know the fans have been screaming for backstory like forever, but I prefer the movies continue from where the show left off. still shits all over star schlock though
Rated 26 Dec 2008
75
86th
Very Nice
Rated 04 Feb 2009
70
73rd
I wouldn't recommend any newcomers watch this first, I'd watch it when it was filmed, but that's just IMO. Not because it would be a bad first impression, it just works better as a prequel story told later on.
Rated 05 Jul 2009
80
80th
It's by far the best of the Babylon 5 movies, but as with all of the B5 movies I'd say it's for fans only. I think you'd be hard pressed to figure out everything that's going on without any prior knowledge of the show. This being said, it has great action, it pulls many threads together into a cohesive and engaging story and it has remarkable CGI for a 90s TV movie. The down side is that some of the minor actors in this are pretty weak - Ivanova's brother... yikes!
Rated 12 Jan 2012
69
73rd
A telling of the initial conflict between the Earthforce and Minbari, it isn't amazing, but for a show so steeped in its history and cultures it's still a good time.
Rated 21 Sep 2012
60
61st
Add 30 points if you're a fan of the show. Like all Babylon 5 films , it relies heavily on its audience being invested in the show. It's made for an existing audience, and for those it delivers the goods. As a standalone piece of cinema it's still better than a lot of sci-fi films. But ultimately it's fan-service for people already invested in the show's world.
Rated 01 Jun 2018
63
57th
This is a really good 'series filler flick' for fans of the series. There is a lot of time spent on getting deeper into the main characters. The production vales are decent, and the acting is very good as is the case in the main series.
Rated 30 Aug 2020
85
90th
Top badass moment? Sheridan meeting his future sweetheart for the first time; on balance it probably could have gone better. This is a textbook example of how to pull together a great movie-length episode to give even the most jaded fanboy a moistness problem. Watched after the end of Season 4, it manages to deal with more lose ends than you’d find in a family-size pack of Tesco spaghetti that someone’s stamped on, twice. A sort of Dunkirk in space. No cats, chainsaws or decapitations.
Rated 11 Jul 2022
80
68th
Feels like an episode of the series, and honestly, would've worked great as a 2-part opener to Season 5. The only B5 film that's a must-watch, as the rest mostly just serve to set up the failed spin-off. The appropriate place to watch this is between Seasons 4 and 5.

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