XPost: rec.arts.sf.tv, rec.arts.tv   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2018-09-12 22:10:25 +0000, FPP said:   
   > On 9/12/18 5:36 PM, Your Name wrote:   
   >> On 2018-09-12 07:23:57 +0000, FPP said:   
   >>> On 9/12/18 2:43 AM, Your Name wrote:   
   >>>> On 2018-09-12 02:03:33 +0000, Dimensional Traveler said:   
   >>>>> On 9/11/2018 6:59 PM, Your Name wrote:   
   >>>>>> On 2018-09-11 09:03:00 +0000, Ubiquitous said:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Why Babylon 5 Is Peak '90s Sci-Fi TV   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> That's an extremely low "peak" ... Babblealong 5 is one of the worst   
   >>>>>> sci-fi shows ever made.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> If B5 wasn't to your taste, that's fine, but it is FAR from one of the   
   >>>>> worst SF shows ever made.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I don't personally know anyone who liked it ... except my brother, but   
   >>>> then he's a proven idiot.  :-p   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Babblealong 5 was tidious and pretentious. It was full of long-winded   
   >>>> speeches and boring silent / ballet music space battles. It was simply   
   >>>> trying to be too clever and failed.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> There are of course fans of the show (hell, there's always someone   
   >>>> who'll like any garbage), but they're very much a niche group compared   
   >>>> to the likes of Star Trek, Star Wars, Stargate, etc., so the show is   
   >>>> far from being the "peak '90s sci-fi TV".   
   >>>   
   >>> B5 was WAY ahead of the curve.   
   >>>   
   >>> B5 was the first use of extensive CGI work.   
   >>> It was one of the few shows to establish a single 5 year story.   
   >>> It was filmed in widescreen before widescreen was available in the US.   
   >>> The creator had a multi year one-on-one dialogue with the Sci-Fi   
   >>> community via social media.   
   >>>   
   >>> In short, there was nothing like it at the time, and a lot of what B5   
   >>> did became mainstream practice.  Other shows *followed* B5's example -   
   >>> B5 didn't follow theirs.   
   >>   
   >> None of which actually makes it any good nor made it widely popular. As   
   >> a show, it simply wasn't the "peak" of anything at all. It was just a   
   >> niche show with a small devoted fanbase.   
   >   
   > Which we're still talking about 20 years after it ended.   
      
   Again, that doesn't actually make it any good nor the "peak" of   
   anything at all. People are still talking about shows that are much   
   older than 20 years ... hell, Hollyweird silly resurrection / reboot   
   fad is bringing back shows much older than 20 years.   
      
   All it really shows is that some journalist was stuck for something to   
   write about.   
      
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