BABYLON 5: THE LOST TALES - VOICES IN THE DARK (DVD Review) - 30/7/07

Saw some advertising for this and thought they were re-packaging old material for a new release. It turns out it is actually a straight-to-DVD anthology series that I had heard about a couple of years back and then heard no more about. Soon as it was available I put my order in and it arrived today and I sat down to enjoy some further adventures in the Babylon 5 universe. Fingers crossed that if they sell enough - more DVD releases will follow. This opening called "Babylon 5: The Lost Tales - Voices In The Dark" #1 features 2 stories "Over There" & "Over Here" centering on characters President Sheridan (Bruce Boxleitner), Lochley (Tracy Scoggins) and Galen (Peter Woodward). It's obvious that it is a total pared down budget job and that wouldn't be a problem if the actual "tales" were up to scratch. Both fairly dull and plodding we can only hope for better future tales from Garibaldi, Lyta & Co. but I'm more than happy to see a duff episode if better are to follow. The first tale concerns an actual demonic presence on Babylon 5 - So Lochley enlists the aid of a Priest to help her out. The second tales covers the Interstellar Alliance's 10th. Anniversary with a turn from Galen giving President Sheridan a glimpse into the future from a Centauri perspective. At least with this release we get a good chunk of Special Features.

This above is the back of the Region 1 (USA) release cover. Special Features has a nice selection of Interviews with the cast, Memorials to sadly passed Andreas Katsulas & Richard Biggs with The Straczynski Diaries covering various aspects from start to finish on this production. Fireside Chats involves some Q&A from the series creator himself. Widescreen Version. NOT RATED. English SDH Feature only. Colour. Runtime: 72 Mins - 36 Mins per episode. English: DS 5.1. WARNER BROS. 112984/ISBN # 1419847066.