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   John W Kennedy to Paul Harper   
   Re: B5 gets name-check on "Big Bang Theo   
   11 Feb 10 17:52:38   
   
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   From: jwkenne@attglobal.net   
      
   On 2010-02-11 08:10:09 -0500, Paul Harper said:   
      
   > On Feb 10, 2:00 am, Captain Infinity    
   > wrote:   
   >> Once Upon A Time,   
   >>   
   >> Paul Harper wrote:   
   >>> Sheldon: "After you've finished breakfast, I thought we could watch   
   >>> the final season of Babylon 5 with director's commentary"   
   >>> Leonard: "You hate Babylon 5"   
   >>> Sheldon: "I do. It fails as drama, science fiction and is hopelessly   
   >>> derivative. But you like it and you're my friend"   
   >>> Leonard: "Ok, Great. Still not taking you to Switzerland"   
   >>> Sheldon: "Drat"   
   >>   
   >>> It might be a shot in the dark, but I am guessing at least one of the   
   >>> writers isn't a fan :-)   
   >>   
   >> I like The Big Bang Theory and was dismayed to hear Sheldon's statement. I   
   >> find it hard to believe that he would dislike B5 (in favor of Firefly, for   
   >> crying out loud, what a crapfest *that* show was!)  However, I have decided   
   >> that his criticism is of Season 5 alone, which does fail as described.   
   >>   
   >> If TBBT's writers expand on his dislike to the series as a whole I may have   
   >> to boycott the show.   
   >>   
   >> **   
   >> Captain Infinity   
   >   
   > I'm loving the way the .moderated cretins are assuming it's because   
   > the writers don't know anything about the show.   
      
   Proven true by a published quote.   
      
   >  So funny! I guess it's   
   > actually the opposite, and the writers *do* know the show and just   
   > don't like it. It's not a capital offence to not like B5!!   
   >   
   > Hell hath no fury like fanboys scorned, I suppose :-)   
      
   Ha ha ha ha ha! Also sprach the museum-grade fanboy-scorned himself! Do   
   you really think no one remembers your pathetic history?   
      
   --   
   John W Kennedy   
   "But now is a new thing which is very old--   
   that the rich make themselves richer and not poorer,   
   which is the true Gospel, for the poor's sake."   
     -- Charles Williams.  "Judgement at Chelmsford"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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