“Hey - I got this great series with a longterm storyline about interstellar war, while also being episodic - about a space station not a ship - with a Captain with some mystical connections.” JMS
“Sorry not interested”
“Hey they got this great show called Babylon 5 on another network!”
“OK, I imagine a Star Trek show with a longterm storyline about interstellar war, while also being episodic; about a space station not a ship - with a Captain with mystical connections.
RIPOFF!!! But Michael Dorn was good in it - and the shapeshifter guy who never seemed to shapeshift.
B5 has aged well, I watch the series on DVD (one episode is perfect for some treadmill time).
I did enjoy DS9 during that period as well. Quark developed into an interesting character. The same actor (Armin Shimerman) played one of the bad guys in the Atlas Shrugged movie, which was a hoot to me.