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   From: tmw1962666.invalid@hotmail.com   
      
   Travers Naran wrote:   
      
   > Jaime M. de Castellvi wrote:   
   >> You know, watching the whole last season over again, it isn't   
   >> quite as bad as it'd seemed back then.  Yeah, the whole Byron arc   
   >> things sucks pickled eggs and I'm not terribly fond of "A View   
   >> from the Gallery" either (pity, though, because the concept had   
   >> so much more potential), but overall S5 seems to be a lot better   
   >> than we care to remember.   
   >>   
   >> As an afterthought, in that ep where Garibaldi and his wife take   
   >> their leave from Sheridan and Delenn (was it "Objects in   
   >> Motion"?), after that awkward moment when John and Michael first   
   >> shake hands and then finally hug, did I see Sheridan trying to   
   >> hide the woodie he was nursing, afterwards?  I think I'm finally   
   >> beginning to understand why Franklin relished the show so much...   
   >   
   > It was always about the homosexual subtext.  Think about it!   
   >   
   > Delenn was *supposed* to be a trans-gendered alien.  But   
   > Production Realities kiboshed that.   
   >   
   > Ivanova is quite "manly", more so than the effem doctor.   
   >   
   > The one really pretty girl, Talia, who pretended to be gay turned   
   > out to be a lying, betraying bisexual (her bisexuality represented   
   > by the "sleeper" personality so when she became straight, it was   
   > like she was another person.).   
   >   
   > Normal, hetero marriage (as represented by Sheridan & Anna) is   
   > portrayed as a vehicle for leverage and emotional blackmail.   
   >   
   > Homosexual marriage is accepted & normal in the B5 Universe!   
   >   
   > G'Kar & Londo: Don't tell me G'Kar didn't secretly want to be   
   > explored by Londo's tentacles like a hentai heroine... ;-)   
   >   
   > You tell me!   
      
   He didn't!  That's just sick.  Don't you two take one of the finest SF   
   shows ever and turn it into some preverse space opera.  Shame on you!   
   --   
   Tim Weaver   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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