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[QUOTE]Originally posted by MinutiaeMan: [QB] What's been with all the JMS-bashing that seems to have become so fashionable in the past year? Maybe I can't make too much of a complaint or comparison because I've actually never had an opportunity to see any of his other work (I'm not a comic book fan, and don't get Showtime). And I certainly can't say that B5 wasn't without its share of quirks (I'll grant that the dialogue got a bit melodramatic at times). But B5 pioneered the whole concept of the story arc for television series a full five to seven years before any other shows tried it. (DS9 made some halfhearted attempts in the second half of its run, to only limited success.) And the show was [i]good[/i]. There was great drama, genuine mysteries, real character development, and even some social commentary (of a sorts). Why bash the guy because he's got a formula that works? How many damn fairy tales begin with the words, "Once upon a time..."? Would it be a fairy tale if it DIDN'T start with those words? (That's just a rhetorical question, BTW.) Maybe he could be a little less obvious with some of his references (there were a few too many homages to [i]Lord of the Rings[/i], for example). But he still told some damn good stories. And after more than three thousand years of recorded literature, what HASN'T been ripped off these days, anyway? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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