From: simonrs@unimelb.edu.au   
      
   Captain Infinity wrote:   
   >   
   > I find it interesting that as soon as someone disagrees with you over   
   > the quality of a program you immediately label their posts "troll   
   > posts".  This sort of thing has taken a definite upswing on Usenet in   
   > the past few months.  It's an interesting phenomenon, and I suspect it's   
   > due to the fact that the people who cry "troll" are unable to support   
   > their positions about the quality of the program under discussion.   
      
   I think you crossed the line into Trolls-ville when you mentioned   
   the letter-writing campaign to get Crusade cancelled. That was   
   deliberately provocative to promote an extreme reaction, ergo troll.   
      
      
   > For the record, I *loved* Babylon 5.  It's one of my favorite shows of   
   > all time.  It was well written, well acted, and had magnificent   
   > production values in spite of numerous hardships in that area.  With the   
   > exception of parts of season 5 it is almost flawless in execution and   
   > style.   
      
   I think you'll have fairly universal agreement that season 5 of B5   
   was weaker than the rest, and that Byron really sucked ass severely.   
   But the Centauri arc produced 4 episodes that could stand up alongside   
   anything seen in the first 4 seasons...the 4 episodes concluding with   
   The Fall of Centauri Prime. Plus the standalone episdoes Day of the   
   Dead and A View from the Gallery made about a quarter of season 5   
   as good as anything seen earlier.   
      
      
   > Crusade, on the other hand, was a hack job.  It was poorly written and   
   > produced, and the acting stunk on ice.  I gave up on it very early as it   
   > turned my stomach.  It was worse than Voyager, though not quite as bad   
   > as Firefly.   
      
   Crusade didn't turn out great, thanks mainly to the studio-enforced   
   changes, but I think the concept had promise. If only it had been   
   allowed to progress uncorrupted. But it didn't, so your criticisms   
   of it are valid.   
      
   And I totally agree with you about Firefly. Joss Whedon should stay   
   away from SF and stick with pop-culture fantasy.   
   Simon.   
      
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