Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

BallWubba Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.

casarbi A reasonable outing.B5 - and JMS writing in particular - works better when not contained to standalone episodes. Give him space to breathe, and his musing flows far better. He has room to comment, moralise and philosophise beautifully. Give him a single story and he tries to cram in too many explanations and plot movements which start to clog up the script. This is a pity as the script is what he is good at.So a nice story, but a little uneven. Sometimes continually underlines the same plot points over and over killing room for nice stand alone dialogue or character exposition. Other times, the character scenes (the lift scene ) are too long an neither help the story or offer any depth for their duration.That said, the SFX is very nice, the music from Franke is far more classically orientated than before and it's a nice chance to try and highlight some of the minor characters. The story idea is reasonable, if a little unusual in scifi tone for B5 (befitting Trek more) and it lacks some of the regular B5 heavyweight actors (G'Kar and Londo are sadly missing and Delenn has few scenes).Nevertheless, an enjoyable if a little vacuous compared to what one comes to expect from B5. The aural and visual experiences are good, the actors are solid and the story good enough to standalone. Not perfect, but still a good slice of pulp scifi action.

lamneth2000 I have been a big fan of the B5 series for some time now but have never had the opportunity to see one of the movies until Thirdspace was aired on the Sci-Fi channel. I am glad that Thirdspace was the first B5 movie I saw. Although I am a big fan of B5 I have to admit that some of the acting can, at times, get a little weak. Thirdspace is a pretty good example of how bad the acting can get. It wasn't so bad that it ruined the movie but I did role my eyes a few times when the acting was obviously bad.The writing and characters for B5 have always been very strong and although most of the B5 TV characters are not in Thirdspace, the plot is strong enough that not all of the characters are needed or missed. For the most part the B5 crew, Delenn and I think Lennier were the only characters from the show that were also in the movie. G'Kar, Londo and Vir would have been a nice addition to Thirdspace but the characters were un-needed for the movie and their absence where for the most part unnoticed.They do a good job in building the suspense up in Thirdspace. They only let you know enough to keep the interest going. Although some of the side plots tend to get a little long (very long) and unnecessary, the interest is very strong has much to do with the main plot. The device discovered is also very intriguing. This also helps build the plot, suspense and interest in the movie, even if it is only for a shot time. SPOILER ALERT!!! When Lyta informs the rest of what the device is (as the device opens!!) I was at the edge of my seat. When the ships come out of the device to fight, I really felt that they were from a different reality and totally foreign to the rest of the worlds. What a great scene and camera angles. The fighting and resolution to end the fighting was in perfect sync to the rest of the plot. It would have been nice to see a face behind the ships though.SPOILER END!!! I highly recommend the B5 movie Thirdspace to all. I have since seen Call to Arms and Crusade and still thing that Thirdspace is the better of the three.

Leeandkate Deep Space Nine and Babylon 5 have one more thing in common (to add to a large list that detractors of either or both trot out regularly) - they're candidates for having theatrical movies released which are set during the run of the show but made after the runs have finished. This option is favoured because both ended on rather a final note. Thirdspace, though only a TV film, and actually released while B5 was still showing, is the perfect example of why such an idea wouldn't work.The X-Files film was made to fit into a certain point of the show, and as such was perfect. Thirdspace was shown more than a year after the point at which it was set, and so loses a lot of context and leaves you thinking "so what?" If the show's brief cancellation during the 4th season, which required them to brutally truncate the Shadow War in order to fit in a lot of events which would have then appeared in the 5th season, then maybe this story would have been shown in its rightful place, perhaps as a Voyager-style ("Dark Frontier") TV film, much as "A Voice in the Wilderness" was in Season 1.Instead we get another reminder that Claudia Christian was far better than Tracy Scoggins ever was, and just as we were getting used to the latter. William Sanderson's return is wasted, there are too many fistfights, the battle scenes seem cluttered, and Sheridan solves ANOTHER problem with a nuclear weapon.Straczynski, Piller, Berman, et al, take note. Go forward, not back. I've an idea for a DS9 movie if anyone wants to hear it. . .

delenn-11 I've never liked this film very much and in fact it's probably the only time I watched a story of B5 and didn't like it on first watching, it's never really improved much.Generally the acting is fairly poor, Shari Belafonte does a passable job and the main acting is poor all round except for a slightly improved performance for Patricia Tallman and one good scene between Tallman and Conaway.In fact I'd say watch the elevator scene and listen to Trent's explanation about what happened to Lyta Alexander when she went into vorlon space, but ignore all the rest.This film was set in Season Four of the show, but sadly pales to all the episodes of that season except for "Conflicts of Interest" and "The Illusion of Truth".By far the worst of the B5 movies.