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To: Billy_bob_bob; Xenalyte
However, an overriding "story arc" would be an asset to a production like this, IMHO.

That's what made Babylon-5 excellent. They had a story to tell. They told it, episodically, over the course of five seasons, and then they ended it. They did the one thing far too many authors, producers, etc. in the SciFi/Fantasy realm cannot seem to do: STFU.

(I know, there was an abortive attempt at a follow-on series. It went nowhere. It also wasn't very good.)

53 posted on 02/25/2003 11:53:20 AM PST by ArrogantBustard (SciFi fan (on and off) since about age 6.)
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To: ArrogantBustard
If Star Trek is about humans, why is it that no one ever screws up? That's what humans specialize in. In B5, everyone screwed up now and then. Made the characters more realistic. They had flaws. They were us. (With cooler clothes)
66 posted on 02/25/2003 11:58:10 AM PST by Republic of Texas
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To: ArrogantBustard
yes, and YES.
B5 was supreme.
Crusade sucked.
You may have noticed, Crusade was essentially "B5: Star Trek"
...and people wonder why B5 fans panned the show!
160 posted on 02/25/2003 1:16:43 PM PST by demosthenes the elder (slime will never cease to be slime... why must that be explained to anyone?)
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