Woah!!!!!
Just read the review, it does seem totally biased and one sided. Actually dop the does seem and insert IS.
I pay little heed to the likes of critics and so called "knowledgable ones". They assume because they are paid to evaluate subject matter, they are better at it than anyone else duh no, anyone can have an opinion once they have been out and seen the subject matter for themselves. I like Star Trek and Babylon 5, but I prefer the B5 universe, no malice in it just my choice.
I like most sci-fi actually, and it's never at the expense of resenting another. How petty how small minded.
The best thing anyone can do is ignore this kind of propaganda. Watch it for themselves, if they fail to be impressed then fair do's no-one can complain. I hate sycophants, you either follow by choice or not at all to just drift along aimlessly, forever directed by other peoples motivation without question is a miserable lot in life.
As for the reviewer, there is an old saying:
Those people who think they know everything merely annoy those of us who do.
B5'ers KNOW what they like and they have the independence of thought to make up their own minds.
People like this reviewer are like the Ikaaran bio-weapon or the Hyach, in short they are purists. They seek out all that is not identical to their own and obliterate, but as B5 points out it is to their own detriment. If every other sci-fi programme was gunned down to make way for Trek, what a small universe we would be left with. Eventually the whole sci-fi market would stagnate and break down. It will never happen of course, but these people must be stopped as they are damaging the WHOLE GENRE!
I personally think that B5LR will do well eventually, because it seems from press release to be integrating more martial arts and stuff, which is going through a renaissance at present. Sci Fi and martial arts go well together if done well... I'm alluding to the Matrix here.
So Sci-Fi
Martial Arts
Clever Writer
Winning Formula
By the way the reviewer shot themselves in the foot.
By describing a character as a babe, you automatically add at least a million young hot blooded 18-25 year old males onto the viewing figures.
This is what I call "Resident Babe Theory"
Most sci fi shows that have resorted to that tactic survive. JMS has an ACE up his sleeve here though... he can pick babes that can act too!
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