Posted on 02/12/2017 1:33:33 PM PST by EveningStar
When the movie was out, Farrah’s part at the “New You” shop was all of five minutes long, and with bad acting.
That didn’t stop the local movie marquee from putting her name on the movie marquee instead of Agutter.
When I see it as an adult, the gaping plot holes are big enough to drive a maze car through. Oddly, the movie was better than the book (having the whole thing end at 21 was kind of ridiculous, especially since nursery and especially cathedral weren’t all that great.) Thirty made a lot more sense.
A lot more profound concepts being discussed than your run of the mill sci-fi programs. You are exactly right. This is what made this series head and shoulders above the more juvenile competition. It dealt with adult themes and philosophical issues, and it had a larger message than "the prime directive."
It also starkly contrasted "good vs evil" and then showed that sometimes what is good and what is evil is a matter of perception, and sometimes it is objective.
This was the first time I saw a complex larger plot arc in any science fiction series, and it was a breath of fresh air to me.
I hear there is still talk about making a movie, and I understand that J. Michael Straczynski has already said the character of "G'Kar" will be retired, and no longer appear in any subsequent movies or remakes. I still look forward to the possibility that we have not seen the last of Babylon 5.
Yes...she was pretty.
Yep, but you could never replicate the Gene/Jean character now. The LGBTXYZ crowd would burn down the studio.
Couldn't do the Betties, either. Feminists would riot.
““Yes your Ass-holiness.””
Your lack of correct punctuation and very limited, vulgar vocabulary says an awful lot about you. ;-)
B5 was groundbreaking. Unlike most shows where the writers make it up as they go along and see just how long they can keep it going, B5 started with the entire 5 season plot arc in mind and the episodes pushed that plot forward. The first season could be painful and the special effects are dated, but on the whole it was an amazing show and one that influenced so many of the good SciFi shows we have now.
Plus, there weren't a whole lot of teen actors at the time. Anyone they hired would've looked quite a bit older. (And teen nudity would've still been an issue until the 80s, when it was all over the place.)
DS-9 was a B5 ripoff from day one which is why it is the best of the post TOS Star Trek spinoffs by a wide margin. Straczynski pitched B5 to the Paramount/Star Trek producers. They turned him down only to begin immediately producing their own space station based show with the Star Trek brand.
(bangs head) I loved SeaQuest DSV back in the day, had a major crush on Michael DeLuise.
Anybody remember a british sci-fi show called Blakes 7? I loved that show.
Lol, It's completely unwatchable for me, though I like that kind of SciFi. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is one of my favorite movies.
Mostly the script was horrible and I find fault in the casting, costumes, special effects, ...
I agree it started with a lot of promise.
I liked the idea, humans just a little past the edge of interstellar travel. The tension with Vulcans was well done. Then the writing took a dive and I just went “meh” on the show.
I thought “Space: Above and Beyond” took the same interesting concept “humans at the edge (but no helpful Vulcans)” but they added a plausible “future” a sort of loose world confederacy where nations retained their sovereignty. (USMC Space Cavalry!) but again terrible writing after the first couple of episodes killed it!
Note in all honesty I thought the Robot-Human Wars as an explanation for the clones was a stupid concept. That should have told the series wasn’t going to be around long!
I sure hope you feel self-satisfied.
Now, buzz off buttinski!
No wonder everyone hates English teachers.
“Now, buzz off buttinski!”
There you go degrading yourself again! ;-)
Did they ever call it: “Voyage to the Bottom of the Ratings”?
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