Dark City
The Babylon 5 episode "In The Shadow of Z'ha'dum" is a gem in the middle of a very mediocre run of the series. Sheridan learns that Morden, who was on the ship his wife was on when it vanished, is still alive and on the station. He has him captured and interrogated to learn the truth, pushing things farther than some of his co-workers are willing to accept. It revealed a few little secrets in the storyline and foreshadowed other events, and was a good story, to boot.
On the other hand, "Knives" features some decent but unremarkable Lindo bits, and a B story involving an energy creature in Sheridan's body which needs to be returned to a breach in space near where Babylon 4 vanished. It's a fundamentally stupid plot, and is utterly irrelevant to the overall B4 storyline. This whole episode shouldn't have been made.
The sets were beautiful, and the acting pretty solid. The plot could have used another revision or two; for beings that were so incredibly powerful, the Strangers seemed oddly ineffective against our hero. The movie also ends leaving one feeling a little empty despite the triumph of our characters; it's not clear that what they've won is really all that valuable.
My biggest disappointment was that the music was not as good as some of what I'd heard in the commercials. However, the really neat piece is available on the DC Web site I linked to, above.
On the other hand, I always appreciate seeing the beautiful Jennifer Connelly again. The last film I saw her in was The Rocketeer.
Which reminds me; last year they aired Milwaukee Brewers spring training games on the radio. I should check to see if they're doing so again this year, even if the traitorous Brewers did move to the National League!
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