@avclub-05504937cdc07f36babc5831fbf2e119:disqus : Aside from the Joss Whedon targeting system and the shitty acting, LoTR was a bad idea because the premise is so horribly repetitive. The Hand was the fourth recently awakened, overwhelmingly powerful, ancient enemy in the B5 continuity. The other three were the…

@avclub-fd172dda9796767557675385e915cab4:disqus: TV doesn't work that way. Very few show runners will get absolute freedom and none of them will get five years guaranteed.  It's too much of a business risk.

@avclub-fd172dda9796767557675385e915cab4:disqus: TV doesn't work that way. Very few show runners will get absolute freedom and none of them will get five years guaranteed.  It's too much of a business risk.

Quasi OT / there is such a thing as taking B5 a bit too seriously.  Ay, caramba.

Quasi OT / there is such a thing as taking B5 a bit too seriously.  Ay, caramba.

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I used to get worked up about Texas' justice system until I realized that it was mostly executing other Texans.

I used to get worked up about Texas' justice system until I realized that it was mostly executing other Texans.

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For B5 to be legendary what it needed was for JMS to get a "story by" credit—for theme, setting, concept and characters—with the "teleplay" credit—for scenes and dialogue—going to someone else. JMS is a very good concepts guy but he's not good with lower-level mechanics. Having somebody else handle the nuts and bolts…

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@Pgoodso:disqus : I'm under the impression fake-JMS was hunted down and banned by actual-JMS's lawyers.

@Pgoodso:disqus : I'm under the impression fake-JMS was hunted down and banned by actual-JMS's lawyers.

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