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from: Andrew Swallow
date: 2007-10-07 21:14:34
subject: Re: Babylon 5 fandom listed as #12

Bill wrote:
> On Oct 6, 11:33 pm, "Lance Corporal \"Hammer\" Schultz"
>  wrote:
>> On Sat, 06 Oct 2007 21:54:03 GMT, Captain Infinity wrote:
>>> In "The 22 Most Awful Moments in Science Fiction"
>>> At Something Awful
>>> http://www.somethingawful.com/d/most-awful/most-awful-scifi.php
>> Funny how he likens B5 to Andromeda.  I thought the first two seasons
>> of Andromeda were excellent -- not as good as B5, but very good.  The
>> series went downhill thanks to crap writing, and the fifth season of
>> Andromeda is perhaps the worst science fiction produced in the last
>> two decades.
> 
> I'm going to pull an Amy here and air my major nitpick. If the article
> is called "The 22 Most Awful Moments in Science Fiction" and includes
> movies like Robocop 2 or series like Lost in Space, why is he
> hammering on the B5 fan base *alone*? Funny that there isn't a
> reference to Star Trek fans "throwing a hissy fit" and bringing that
> show back from cancellation. Then again, what do I know?
> 
> BTW, I agree completely with you about Andromeda. Earth: Final
> Conflict's first season was also great watching. But both shows
> rapidly went down the toilet without any explanation that I was aware
> of.
> Bill
> 
> 
An arc has to be watched.  Someone looking at the ratings
figures for a different show is not watching the arc.

Andrew Swallow
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