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> "Dennis (Icarus)"  wrote in message
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> >> War, but the show's imminent conclusion meant we weren't going to get
to
> > see
> >> that war.
> >
> > We might have.
>
> Shhhhh.....
> I think Mac Breck is sleeping...  don't want to get him started on "might
> haves" or shoulda', coulda', woulda'....  ;-)
>
> > Crusade does come afer the Telepath war
>
> ....or Crusade...
>
> , but nothing would've
> > stopped JMS from "filling in the details" either through Crusade
episodes,
> > or even a couple of multi-part movies.
>
> Nothing would stop him...
> Except for those eps/films not being made!!!
>
> As you'll recall, B5 was originally conceived, created, and written to be
a
> show that would CONCLUDE after its 5th year.  Because life and history do
> not proceed through time in such neat little packets, jms' laid out tracks
> of history that had proceeded before the time arc of the show, through it,
> and on into the future...  But, within the context of the *original* show,

Yes, which is one of the things that made B5 so cool.
Many series', have one theme, and as the series goes on as writers come  go,
just seem to wander aimlessly
(at least it seems that way to me).

> the Telepath War was not intended to be shown... just hinted at.  Any
OTHER
> B5 tv programs would have been nice, but even season 5 was doubtful about
> making it onto the air...  So any hopes for another series were pretty
> sketchy.  Which is why I'm still surprised that Crusade even made it into
> pre-production, much less 13 eps actually making it onto the air!

Just shows why one should "never surrender dreams".
:)

Dennis


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