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== The Lost Tales: Voices In The Dark ==
 
The station prepares to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the founding of [[The Alliance|The Intestellar Alliance]], but [[Babylon 5]] being [[Weirdness Magnet|what it is]], things are certain not to go smoothly. Colonel Lochley finds herself seeking the assistance of a priest in order to deal with a demonic possession, and President Sheridan receives an unexpected guest forecasting the destruction of the Earth Alliance in the future if Sheridan doesn't [[For Want of a Nail|take the life of an innocent Centauri prince.]]
 
This was an [[Anthology Film]], meant to be the first part of a series of short films, each [[Day in The Limelight|following a specific character]] and each release having a common theme for the stories to follow. Though ''Voices In The Dark'' was commercially successful, production of the second part (with Garibaldi and possibly Londo) fell through due to the 2007 [[Writers Strike|Writers Guild of America Strike]] and ended up being shelved by [[J. Michael Straczynski (Creator)|J Michael Straczynski]] due to concerns that the studio would not budget enough money for him to do the ''Babylon 5'' universe justice.
 
Starring Bruce Boxleitner as President John Sheridan, Tracy Scoggins as Colonel Elizabeth Lochley, and Peter Woodward as Galen.
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* [[Anthology Film]]
* [[Colon Cancer]]: The film as a whole is titled ''Babylon 5: The Lost Tales: Voices In The Dark''. Now consider that each part was made to be its own smaller film and you end up with constructions such as ''Babylon 5: The Lost Tales: Voices In The Dark: Over Here''.
* [[Technology Marches On]]: A side effect of the original series concluding in 1998, and ''The Lost Tales'' being released in 2007, between which the state of the art of computer-generated graphics had moved on ''considerably''. The production company (who also worked on the ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined(2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' reboot) presented a low-resolution draft rendering of the CGI models for the film to let him get an idea how things were coming along, and they were at least equal in quality to the best end-product CGI from the original show.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: Ideas for the series ranged from an already-scripted Garibaldi episode, to themed episodes around the various factions and races, and perhaps one about [[The Greatest Story Never Told|the Telepath War.]]
 
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* [[Demonic Possession]]: Some poor schlub who works on the station as a technician ended up crossing paths with a demon while visiting Earth on leave.
* [[How Unscientific]]: Some fans were pretty upset that this fairly hard sci-fi universe suddenly had a literal demon from Hell in it.
** Some official source has explained them as energy beings who met up with the First Ones but soon turned out malevolent and were locked away. Essentially, it [[Doing inIn Thethe Wizard|does in the wizard.]] Probably for the best.
** It doesn't explain why they fear exorcism, however.
* [[Outgrown Such Silly Superstitions]]: It is mentioned that the Catholic Church has been in decline ever since the Earthers gained the means to interstellar travel. If the priest expels the demon immediately, he will have no proof that the possession happened, and the decline will continue. If he allows the demon to stay in possession of his host, it will actually ''benefit'' the church as humanity's belief in the supernatural is restored. Of course, to do so would mean to abandon an innocent man that the priest could have helped, dooming his soul.
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Sheridan and Galen both, though Galen is much better at it.
* [[Death From Above]]: The fate of New York City thirty years in the future, via orbital bombardment.
* [[Distracted Byby the Sexy]]: Miss Chambers's camera is a button on her blouse. She claims that her producer had her do that so her interviewees would look at the camera. ''A lot.''
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Sheridan evidently has had visions projected into his head in his sleep by various entities enough times to know when it's happening, compare to his confused reactions to the first time Galen did this to him in ''A Call To Arms''.
* [[Hot Scoop]]: Miss Chambers, with everybody's favorite news network, Inter Stellar News.
* [[Klingon Promotion]]: Vintari is third in line for the Throne. He casually mentions that he is targeted for assassination as a result. President Sheridan, dismayed, demands to know who would do such a thing.
{{quote| '''[[Deadpan Snarker|Prince Vintari]]:''' ''Numbers Four, Five, and Six, I would imagine.''}}
* [[Lonely Rich Kid]]: Prince Vintari, due to [[The Caligula|his parentage]] and due to his position in the Royal Court: High enough to be a very tempting target, but not high enough to be in the Emperor's inner circle.
* [[Not Hyperbole]]: Colonel Lochley describes Babylon 5 as a crossroads between Heaven and Hell after the events of ''Over Here''. She then promises to [[Noodle Incident|explain everything]] to President Sheridan after his arrival aboard B5.
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** Considering [[The Caligula|who his]] [[Complete Monster|father was]], the kid turned out pretty well, actually.
* [[Space Fighter]]: The venerable Aurora Starfuries are still in service in 2271, and if Galen's [[Flash Forward]] is accurate, they will still be in service in 2301, making for a service record of [[Long Runner|around 60 years or more]] since their earliest chronological appearance during the Earth Minbari War in ''In The Beginning''.
** It is a very good design, keep in mind that NASA wanted to borrow it for a forklift/heavy loader [[In Space]]! With regular upgrades to engines, weapons and computer systems, there is no reason it couldn't keep on flying.
* [[Take a Third Option]]: Sheridan is told that he must murder the young prince before he has done anything wrong, or else allow the war between the Centauri Empire and the Earth Alliance. Instead, he decides to take the Prince into his own household on Minbar and give him the loving upbringing he was denied on Centauri Prime. Galen freely admits that Sheridan's solution is very workable, even preferable from a moral standpoint. His solution would have been ''easier'' though.
* [[Vomit Discretion Shot]]: ''"Was that a new dress?"''
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[[Category:Babylon 5 The Lost TalesRecap]]
[[Category:Babylon 5]]
[[Category:Babylon 5/Recap]]
[[Category:Film Recap]]
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