B5 Fans, Good News

AgentZero · #1 March 14th, 2007, 08:44 PM

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Atrocities said:

Then again, I cannot think of a single reason for George Lucas to hate JMS, so I have my doubts about this rumor.

Because JMS made a sci-fi show that was better than Star Wars? If you believe the rumours, that's one of the reasons Firefly got tanked too.

Atrocities · #2 March 14th, 2007, 08:55 PM

The firefly / Lucas connection is accurate. That is no rumor. George Lucas has publicly denounced Josh Wheaton (Sp). GL also tanked Wing Commander and the original BSG.

AgentZero · #3 March 14th, 2007, 08:57 PM

Oh well. I'm younger than he is, so in all likelihood he'll die before me, which means I can have hope that one day there'll be more good sci-fi on TV.

Atrocities · #4 March 14th, 2007, 09:05 PM

One can always hold out hope.

Raapys · #5 March 14th, 2007, 09:13 PM

B5 is simply ingenius. As a whole, it's definitely the best show I've had the pleasure of watching. And unlike many other shows( like BSG for instance ), they managed to cut a great balance when it came to story-progressing episodes and stand-alone episodes.

It'll be great with some more stuff to watch.

GuyOfDoom · #6 March 14th, 2007, 09:20 PM

George Lucas is the satan of the Sci-Fi industry, with the current writers for Star Trek not far behind him.

AgentZero · #7 March 14th, 2007, 09:29 PM

And they're all older than me! Mwaha! Victory will be mine!

Right around the time I retire.

Atrocities · #8 March 14th, 2007, 09:32 PM

Ya, Enterprise really dropped the ball with the whole Romulan thing. They really and quite definitively stepped on fans toes there.

However, Manny Cotto did try and save the show, but to be honest, unless it was a show filled with rap stars, it was doomed to fail on UPN. And note, UPN went the way of the Arseno Hall Show. When you cater solely to one class of people, you alienate all others. Enterprise was simply to intelligent for the viewing population of UPN and thus its ratings tanked and the show died. This, more so than the writing, killed the show.

Stepping on the toes of fans by destroying accepted historical cannon was simply to insulting for most fans to allow to slip by without a hissy fit. Brandon Braga and Rick really enticed a huge fur-ball when they pissed on the fans and TOS.