XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise   
   From: no@spam.invalid   
      
   In article , Kweeg   
    wrote:   
      
   > > > > But something that, based on what we know today, actually seems   
   > really,   
   > > > > really futuristic.   
   > > >    
   > > >   
   > > > It was called Babylon 5......   
   > > >   
   > >   
   > >   
   > > Yeah, too bad the storylines were about as interesting as reading about   
   > > disputes in the Middle East and aimed at adolescents.   
   >   
   > Not written low enough for ya, huh? Not everything can be a kid's show ya   
   > know.   
      
   I've heard B5 called many things, but futuristic was not one of   
   them...I mean, how can any series whose ships (the Earth ones, at   
   least) look like the rusted remains of an Erector Set accident, be   
   called futuristic? There were some alien races, such as the Minbari,   
   who had very advanced technology, but they never really showed that in   
   depth. (Well, the White Star, sorta.)   
      
   And I had trouble taking B5 seriously ever since I saw the misspelled   
   signs ("SECUR AREA") in the corridors, the speeches so long-winded they   
   could power a wind turbine for a hundred years, Londo Mollari's   
   RIDICULOUSLY fake accent, and that stupid ending to the Shadow war   
   (yeah, right, they're going to get the hell out of our galaxy just   
   because some scrawny-ass human tells them to)....well, you get the   
   point.   
      
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