Time to play one of my favorite mind games--recasting movies or TV series with Star Trek actors.
Jeffery Sinclair/John Sheridan-----------------------------Johnathan Frakes
Delenn-----------------------------------------------------Either Marina Sirtis or Michelle Yeoh
Garibaldi---------------------------------------------------Avery Brooks
Ivanova----------------------------------------------------Zoe Saldana or Sonequa Martin-Green
Londo-----------------------------------------------------William Shatner
G'Kar------------------------------------------------------Michael Dorn
Dr. Franklin------------------------------------------------Anthony Montgomery
Lyta Alexander/Talia Winters------------------------------Alice Eve
Bester-----------------------------------------------------Zachary Quinto (I would have loved--loved to have had Anton Yelchin for this role, but that's not possible. Curse You 2016!)
Morden----------------------------------------------------Tim Russ
Vir---------------------------------------------------------Garrett Wang
Marcus Cole-----------------------------------------------John Cho
Na'Toth----------------------------------------------------Suzie Plakson
Zathras----------------------------------------------------Simon Pegg
Emperor Cartagia------------------------------------------Patrick Stewart or George Takei
On a more serious note--I would like to see more of the civil side of life on the Babylon station. Babylon 5 is supposed to have a quarter of a million people living there. A quarter of a million. That's a lot. By contrast, the city of Peoria, Illinois has less than half that many people--yet Peoria has three major hospitals, several major industries (Caterpillar, Archer Daniels Midland, and Komatsu, to name but a few) minor league baseball and hockey teams, affiliate stations for all the major networks--none of which is apparent on Babylon 5. The only shops and stores I've seen on the show were in the Zocalo, which looked to me like a big food court. But aren't there any major stores or industries on Babylon 5? Not even a Buy 'N Large?
Then there's the bit back when the original series was being produced, where Straczynski said there would be "no children or cute robots" on Babylon 5. Excuse me? A quarter of a million people, and no one brought their families? How do you build a community without the next generation to whom to pass it along? Are there no schools or playgrounds? Peoria has Bradley University, with over 5000 students. Babylon 5 has--what? Remote learning? Correspondence courses? Hopefully some of this will get addressed in the new series.
(There. With any luck, this thread should get back on track.)