JPH>         I bet that there are a lot of things that GR thought would be
 JPH>  nice to do in TNG but never got the chance...
In this particular case, GR had more than enough opportunity to do what he 
said he was gonna do.
 JPH>         I won't deal with the particular issue, but I bet that American
 JPH>  TeeVee is very resistant to anything other than "More of the Same, 
nly
 JPH>  Different."
Without getting specific myself, I'll just say that the american public is 
getting as much credit from the media as it's due.  I think the public at 
large is a lot more accepting of things outside of "more of the same" than is 
generally believed.  I, for one, am getting tired of being "talked down to" 
by the media.
 JPH>         OTOH, there's B5 which did break some of those barriers.
I think that B5 is, in the long run, going to responsible for a new standard 
of story-telling on American television.  And for the better, too.
Victoria Aeron Mackey
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