OT: SEIV Movie??

Atrocities · #1 April 8th, 2004, 10:00 AM

Kaboom! But it was silent because it was in space. Very very sad. Shortly thereafter Sheridan dies.

It was a very touching and depressing ending to a great series. At least we know that Earth survived the Pleague non-tech virus that the Drock (sp) unleased.

Crusader could have been a great show. I do so hate TNT for what they did.

Atrocities · #2 April 8th, 2004, 10:03 AM

OBTW Season 5 for Babylon 5 is coming out on April 13 for around $80.00 US.

Amazon.com LINK (Buyer beware)

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The final episode, "Sleeping in Light," was directed by J. Michael Straczynski and made an epilogue to the series. Set 20 years later, after all the sound and fury this quiet, elegiac tale is the apotheosis of the love story that proved the balance to the tragedy of the preceding darkness. A personal story resolved against a background of the epic, at once transcendent, deeply human, and profoundly optimistic, "Sleeping in Light" is as moving as any hour in the history of television drama and a thoroughly satisfying conclusion to one of the greatest series ever made. --Gary S. Dalkin

[ April 08, 2004, 09:07: Message edited by: Atrocities ]

Azselendor · #3 April 9th, 2004, 02:46 AM

If I remember, TNT wanted to sex-up and dumb-down Crusade to appeal to a wider audience. History shows this typically fails. Lemme point to another sci fi series that did that - Enterprise.

And they are just barely making the pick up list for UPN who's twitchy as hell when it comes to low-Ratings.

The thing is, TV series are no longer produced to the quality they once were.

Networks would rather commit to a mini series than a 13-episode trial run at the same time they refuse to hire writers guild people in favor of reality TV shows that are produced on limited, half-season runs of 12-15 episodes.

I despise hollywood for that and thier long line of made-for-oscar films that spew of boredom.

gregebowman · #4 April 9th, 2004, 06:53 PM

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Originally posted by Klvino [ORB]:
If I remember, TNT wanted to sex-up and dumb-down Crusade to appeal to a wider audience. History shows this typically fails. Lemme point to another sci fi series that did that - Enterprise.

And they are just barely making the pick up list for UPN who's twitchy as hell when it comes to low-Ratings.

The thing is, TV series are no longer produced to the quality they once were.

Networks would rather commit to a mini series than a 13-episode trial run at the same time they refuse to hire writers guild people in favor of reality TV shows that are produced on limited, half-season runs of 12-15 episodes.

I despise hollywood for that and thier long line of made-for-oscar films that spew of boredom.

Hear!, Hear! Amen to that. But I'd settle for a longer run time than the 35 or so minutes that most hour shows seem to run. It's really telling on Enterprise, when they can't tell more of story due to all of that d$%m advertising they have to have. I wish they could go back to the 51 minute running time of the orignal show. At least back then, they weren't trying to run two storylines at the same time like they've been doing since TNG came out. That's the one thing I really didn't like about TNG. Give me one story at a time!!

narf poit chez BOOM · #5 April 15th, 2004, 05:17 AM

this is why we need an easy to use, point and click program for making cgi movies.

Azselendor · #6 April 15th, 2004, 06:13 AM

Exactly, keep things with only one major plot. It's okay to have subplots, but make sure those plots tie directly into the main plot, and support it.

Trip having sexual encounters in the shower doesn't support the Xindi-Arc on Enterprise - at all.

Plus, what ever happened to ensemble shows?

I miss my westerns - even if they were horribly inaccurate and racist at times....

narf poit chez BOOM · #7 April 15th, 2004, 11:54 AM

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Originally posted by Klvino [ORB]:

I miss my westerns - even if they were horribly inaccurate and racist at times....

One of my favorite scenes is the opening scene in the western seven samuri? where the two gunfighter's make sure the dead *indian gets a proper burial.

* Yeah, I know indian isn't the right term, but neither is native american. I was born here, I'm a native.

[ April 15, 2004, 10:55: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]