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To: HamiltonJay
B5 Was never intended to run "forever" that's exactly the point. The attempts to do so were foolish.. sort of the Highlander 2, 3, 4... etc B5 had a distinct begining middle and end... you could play around in the "b5 universe" aftewards, but never top the story.

I think we are losing track of my original comment, which was that (A) I don't want them to bring back B5 because it is "done" and (B) the 5th season was a taste of what B5 would have looked like had it kept going. The reason I said that B5 may have run a season too long is that the arc was over by the end of the 4th season. This was a conscious decision on the author's part. The 5th season was decidedly more episodic and not as strong as the seasons for the reasons that we are discussing. The arc was largely over, as was the epic feel.

ST because it was so formulatic and unchanged, could be played around with forever. So much so that horrible spin offs like Voyager could get to the air and run for years just off the name recognition.

But, sadly, they aren't really following the formula. The orignal Star Trek was about seeking out new life and new civilizations and boldly going where no man has gone before. Now Star Trek is written by fanboys (and fangirls) who simply want to write stories about previously explored aliens, situations, and pay homage to their fandom fetish du jour. It's almost as bad as fan fiction. Almost. Actually, sometimes it is as bad.

208 posted on 04/29/2003 1:49:50 PM PDT by Question_Assumptions
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To: Question_Assumptions
But 5th season had View from the Gallery which is one of my absoulte favs in the series.
209 posted on 04/29/2003 1:51:49 PM PDT by discostu (A cow don't make ham)
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To: Question_Assumptions
When I said bring back B5. I just want to see more good science fiction on TV. and Marcus ;)
215 posted on 04/29/2003 2:09:34 PM PDT by CathyRyan
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To: Question_Assumptions
The reason I said that B5 may have run a season too long is that the arc was over by the end of the 4th season. This was a conscious decision on the author's part.

The original plan was to run the arc over five seasons; JMS compressed the critical elements from the tail end of the story into Season Four when it looked like there might not be a Season Five. Thus, Season Five ended up with the "aftermath" portion of the story spread over more episodes than had originally been intended. (IIRC, "Intersections In Real Time" was supposed to be the fourth-season cliffhanger.)

221 posted on 04/29/2003 2:21:29 PM PDT by steve-b
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