ALT.SF4M

  B5!

   • s******j@**.com
     03/02/1996 00:00:000 UTC

     Y'know, Babylon 5 is getting good . . . really good. When a TV show has

     good enough writing and plotting to make me put down a book . . . yeesh!

     I feel like some goddamn trekkie, jittering after my weekly fix and
     looking

     forward to a week of wondering :-)

     --Stefan

       • k******d@d*****i.com
         04/02/1996 00:00:000 UTC

         In article <4f17s2$***@p*******.**o.com>, s******j@**.com (Stefan E.
         Jones)

         writes: > Y'know, Babylon 5 is getting good . . . really good. When
         a TV show

         has > good enough writing and plotting to make me put down a book .
         . . yeesh!

         > I feel like some goddamn trekkie, jittering after my weekly fix
         and looking

         > forward to a week of wondering :-)

         Was there a new episode this week?! I missed it - I was out
         shoveling snow.

         -- Doc

         k******d@d*****i.com

         "We have loved the stars too fondly to be feaful of the night"

         -- John Brashear

       • s******r@s**.***.*****n.edu
         05/02/1996 00:00:000 UTC

         In article , a****4@F******.********n.CA (Farrell McGovern) writes:

         > B5 also hasa wonderful mix of Myth, Reality and SF. Good

         > Charactors, well written stories, good SFX, and continuity that
         lasts more

         > than one show. It is a continuous plot-line that runs for 5 years.

         That's exactly why I *don't* watch B5. I've tried a few times to

         get back into it, and while the shows I've seen are reasonably good,

         I've missed too much of the long-term plot to make much sense of

         those parts of the show that pertain to it. It's as much a soap

         opera as a space opera.

            • **@***.com
              06/02/1996 00:00:000 UTC

              Kevin Sterner (s******r@s**.***.*****n.edu) wrote:

              : In article , a****4@F******.********n.CA (Farrell McGovern)
              writes:

              : > B5 also hasa wonderful mix of Myth, Reality and SF. Good

              : > Charactors, well written stories, good SFX, and continuity
              that lasts more

              : > than one show. It is a continuous plot-line that runs for 5
              years.

              : That's exactly why I *don't* watch B5. I've tried a few times
              to

              : get back into it, and while the shows I've seen are
              reasonably good,

              : I've missed too much of the long-term plot to make much sense
              of

              : those parts of the show that pertain to it. It's as much a
              soap

              : opera as a space opera.

              : From what I've heard about B5, I'm sure I'd love the show,
              but the time

              : investment required to "get into" it creates a "potential
              barrier"

              : no smaller than one that must be scaled to get into a great
              novel.

              : That's too much of a cost to enjoy what is, after all, a TV
              show. I

              : read too little and watch too much TV as it is.

              Maybe it'll be more watchable when it gets into syndicated
              reruns,

              so we can see 5 episodes a week?

       • a****4@f******.********n.ca
         05/02/1996 00:00:000 UTC

         Stefan E. Jones (s******j@**.com) writes:

         > Y'know, Babylon 5 is getting good . . . really good. When a TV
         show has

         > good enough writing and plotting to make me put down a book . . .
         yeesh!

         > I feel like some goddamn trekkie, jittering after my weekly fix
         and looking

         > forward to a week of wondering :-)

         It *is* the best SF TV on right now. As for feeling like a

         Trekkie...well, that is because so many of the original Trek
         Writiers, Crew &

         Cast are there...Walter Koenig, Majel Barrett-Roddenbury, D. C.
         Fontana,

         David Gerrold, and Harlan Ellison.

         B5 also hasa wonderful mix of Myth, Reality and SF. Good

         Charactors, well written stories, good SFX, and continuity that
         lasts more

         than one show. It is a continuous plot-line that runs for 5 years.

         ttyl

         Farrell