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| subject: | Re: Genius Loci, by J. Michael Straczynski: my review |
jphalt{at}aol.com wrote:
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> One reason why the spinoff was not "The Adventures of G'Kar and Lyta"
> presents itself in the nature of the threat in this story. Namely,
> Lyta is so incredibly powerful, any show that featured her as the lead/
> co-lead would have trouble coming up with external threats. You would
> need a succession of awesomely powerful/off-the-wall threats in order
> to even remotely challenge the Vorlon equivalent of a nuclear warhead
> - and that would get very old, very fast. Not a flaw in this story, as
> an individual piece, but as an observation it seems to fit under "The
> Bad" more than it would under "The Good."
However Lyta and G'Kar are hiding who they are. That may just be
sufficient of a weakness to permit a continuing story. Can they
stay hidden this week? Plus the standard JMS question, What are the
consequences?
Andrew Swallow
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