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<blockquote><font class="small">Quote:</font><hr>PsionTen said:
I agree with you on one thing, this argument has been done to death. It seems utterly pointless to debate matters of taste and style, but unless you are a feverent JMS supporter, you must realize that there were problems with B5LR. There were also problems with Thirdspace, River of Souls and The Gathering, but let's not get into that now. Why is it whenever somebody gives a negative opinion of B5LR that people rack their brains trying to come up with excuses<hr></blockquote>
As you say, it's pointless to debate matters of taste. Which is why you should also accept that some people genuinely enjoyed B5LR, with all its flaws - sure there were some, but you know what? They didn't distract me one bit. Probably because I had absolutely no expectations by the time I saw it, so I took it for what it was (or what I perceive it to be) - a pleasant and enjoyable space action/adventure with plenty of good characters and nice little hints about the future.
And no, not everyone who liked B5LR (or Crusade for that matter, or Thirdspace - which I have come to prefer to In the Beginning which to me was boring) has to be a "feverent JMS supporter". I've never exactly hidden my opinion that I didn't like a lot of B5 - once the DVDs are out, I'll probably end up using the FF button a lot in at least 90 episodes out of the 110. It was the overall result and the feel of the series plus *some* truly outstanding characters and storylines that made me a fan, but if I were to nitpick, I'd find plenty I didn't like or downright hated in it. But those were details, it's not that important in the big picture.
You are more than welcome to think B5LR reeked, but please understand that people can disagree and it has nothing to with thinking JMS is a god or whatever. So maybe you would think I have bad taste for liking B5LR, Crusade and Thirdspace - I have no problem with that.
As for whether there will be a series - frankly, I'm not all that optimistic now as I was before the premiere or even right after seeing the movie. But I do think there is still some hope left, if not with SciFi then perhaps some other station. Because I also happen to think, like many others here, that JMS would have said something if there's no chance in hell to get the series in the foreseeable future - sure, he might make all sorts of excuses for it, and he might not declare it "dead" but simply not happening at this time, but he has been pretty open about these things before, saying something once there is something more or less definite to say.
If there are still negotiations going on, there is still hope. If the negotiations fall through and there will be no series, fine - you can't always get what you want. But I expect that once this happens, we will know - especially as JMS seems to have moved on to several other projects, it shouldn't be *that* difficult for him to say that at least for now, there won't be a series, once he's got a negative answer from SciFi and any other networks/channels that might be interested.
I agree with you on one thing, this argument has been done to death. It seems utterly pointless to debate matters of taste and style, but unless you are a feverent JMS supporter, you must realize that there were problems with B5LR. There were also problems with Thirdspace, River of Souls and The Gathering, but let's not get into that now. Why is it whenever somebody gives a negative opinion of B5LR that people rack their brains trying to come up with excuses<hr></blockquote>
As you say, it's pointless to debate matters of taste. Which is why you should also accept that some people genuinely enjoyed B5LR, with all its flaws - sure there were some, but you know what? They didn't distract me one bit. Probably because I had absolutely no expectations by the time I saw it, so I took it for what it was (or what I perceive it to be) - a pleasant and enjoyable space action/adventure with plenty of good characters and nice little hints about the future.
And no, not everyone who liked B5LR (or Crusade for that matter, or Thirdspace - which I have come to prefer to In the Beginning which to me was boring) has to be a "feverent JMS supporter". I've never exactly hidden my opinion that I didn't like a lot of B5 - once the DVDs are out, I'll probably end up using the FF button a lot in at least 90 episodes out of the 110. It was the overall result and the feel of the series plus *some* truly outstanding characters and storylines that made me a fan, but if I were to nitpick, I'd find plenty I didn't like or downright hated in it. But those were details, it's not that important in the big picture.
You are more than welcome to think B5LR reeked, but please understand that people can disagree and it has nothing to with thinking JMS is a god or whatever. So maybe you would think I have bad taste for liking B5LR, Crusade and Thirdspace - I have no problem with that.
As for whether there will be a series - frankly, I'm not all that optimistic now as I was before the premiere or even right after seeing the movie. But I do think there is still some hope left, if not with SciFi then perhaps some other station. Because I also happen to think, like many others here, that JMS would have said something if there's no chance in hell to get the series in the foreseeable future - sure, he might make all sorts of excuses for it, and he might not declare it "dead" but simply not happening at this time, but he has been pretty open about these things before, saying something once there is something more or less definite to say.
If there are still negotiations going on, there is still hope. If the negotiations fall through and there will be no series, fine - you can't always get what you want. But I expect that once this happens, we will know - especially as JMS seems to have moved on to several other projects, it shouldn't be *that* difficult for him to say that at least for now, there won't be a series, once he's got a negative answer from SciFi and any other networks/channels that might be interested.
