One of the reasons I don't go see a lot of big rock acts is that they are so formulaic.  Set lists are predictable, the rhythm of the proceedings are rote, encores are programmed into the schedule.  Add things like choreographed lighting and even auto-tune now and it really doesn't sound that much different than the…

Jazz is where I do the whole "see them before they die" thing and I'm glad I have done so.  Elvin and Hank Jones are the two that stand out to me.  Hank Jones is one of my favorites and he was playing with Joe Lavano mostly at the end and he was still great.  Elvin Jones I saw a year or so before he died and while his…

Agreed.  The Trek reviews are why I registered here and are my favorite thing about the site.  But I would not read the Voyager reviews and threads.  How many different ways could we find to complain about treknobabble, cowardly retreats from any attempt for real drama, uninteresting characterization for half its…

I like the idea and I agree it makes the emissary part of the whole story make more sense.  Some of the execution was clumsy (every time someone says "The Sisko" I still giggle at how ridiculous that sounds) but that's to be expected when you deal with this kind of story element.

One is just asking for trouble when one argues about what is the "real" something something.  Then people argue semantics and try to push personal taste as fact and it's silly.  I mean, ok, I guess all internet is silly but this is one of those things where there's not even an objective reality to build an argument…

I like Lyta the character a lot, I just don't like some the actress's performances.

Ok maybe not the worst but I felt I had to admit to B5's weak points because I totally see myself as playing the role of absurdly enthusiastic B5 fanboy for the DS9 and upcoming B5 review threads so I have to check myself.

Well chalk this up to a matter of taste.  Even the good Ferengi episodes like the one where Quark gets a Klingon wife and where they're in Roswell are ones I would have no desire to re-watch.  My reaction to those are similar to the afore-mentioned attempts at broad humor made by B5- shows I love that just don't do…

Disagree disagree.

Yeah the first mention of the Dominion is in a freaking Ferrengi with Grand Nagus episode.  It's in what seems like a throw away line.

Certainly.
Hooray for space politics!

The teenage version of me would smack the current me upside the head for this, but looking at the trailer made me uncomfortable at how this movies, and movies like, seem to glorify war.  War is like the worst thing ever in the world, and these movies are like "yipee, whoo-hoo!" like it's some damn rollercoaster.

I don't get the intense fascination for Marilyn Monroe.  She was a pretty girl in movies who was involved with some famous men, and died young.  I mean, it's interesting enough to watch a movie about I suppose, but there are so MANY movies and books.  Maybe you have to be more into Hollywood as a cultural thing to…

I used to be in "modern" (free, avant-garde, whatever you want to call it) jazz, or at least try to convince myself I was in order to be smart or hip.

Yes, this!  First time I heard I thought the TV was broken or something.
There's also a Jennifer Lopez with a saxophone-ish melody looping through the whole song, really annoying.  Why put deliberately annoying sounds in your music?!

Wow, guys- the acting on B5 is one of my favorite things about it.
Yes, everyone likes G'Kar and Londo, deservedly so.

Yeah I've a number of people, including JMS himself, suggesting In the Beginning as a good entry point to the series, an idea I find absurd.  I agree with you- it only is entertaining if you've seen the first 4 seasons.

Even though I'm a B5 fanboy I'd agree with the assessments here- DS9 pilot > The Gathering, Brooks > O'Hare.

I used to think season 4+ was better because of the excitement of the Dominion War but when I last re-watched the series (about a year ago) I very much enjoyed seasons 2 and 3.  Of course I also skipped the worst episodes so that helped (pretty much skipped most of season 1).

Bajorans are polytheists- the Prophets are their gods, and obviously there are more than one Prophets.