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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Boris: [QB] More examples -- we've seen the Empire destroy an inhabited planet, but the rebels did kill a great number of people on the Death Stars likewise, and we're talking about a lot of their former fellow citizens. How many Ewoks have been killed after the latter blew up over Endor, poisoning the atmosphere? I'm not sure Lucas would ignore this. Although he tried to soften it, he didn't ignore the fact that the Republic was the Empire, and to some completely destroyed the seemingly intended simplistic story of good vs. evil by creating the prequels. Likewise, one thing that's interesting about B5 is that it sometimes portrays things just as one-sided, but then suddenly goes out and attacks the original POV. For instance, in "Shadow Dancing" we learn of the whole thing where Delenn has to watch Sheridan sleep for three nights in order to see his "true" face, allegedly revealed only in sleep. Allegedly, someone from the B5 crew said "So a man's true face is all mushed up against the pillow and drooling?" Although it was unplanned, JMS gave this line to Sheridan in a later episode, because it was a real human reaction. Most of the current Star Trek writers would've probably laughed about it, but said, "hey, let's get serious, Gene Roddenberry wouldn't have wanted his perfect humans saying that." This wouldn't have necessarily been the case in TOS, so we must ask the question of what is Star Trek? Science fiction or fantasy? Is TNG supposed to be a fantasy show or while TOS was science-fiction, and hence, should we have different criteria for looking at either? Boris [/QB][/QUOTE]
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