She was good. JMS seems to have resisted the urge to write a lot of dialogue  for her and just let her use her face to tell the story.

She was good. JMS seems to have resisted the urge to write a lot of dialogue  for her and just let her use her face to tell the story.

Yah, I figured that out early on. He's not nearly enough of a douchebag to be the real JMS.

Yah, I figured that out early on. He's not nearly enough of a douchebag to be the real JMS.

I was on Usenet during the initial run of B5. JMS used to hold court in the B5 groups (later B5.moderated natch') and he…well, he didn't always take criticism well.

I was on Usenet during the initial run of B5. JMS used to hold court in the B5 groups (later B5.moderated natch') and he…well, he didn't always take criticism well.

It's probably worth watching more as a historical reference than as an actually entertaining show. B5 was and is, in many ways, a prototype for the modern, mythology-driven, genre show.

It's probably worth watching more as a historical reference than as an actually entertaining show. B5 was and is, in many ways, a prototype for the modern, mythology-driven, genre show.

Trek wouldn't do what? Make two characters have an unnatural conversation so that the writer can drop a huge, premature exposition turd on the viewers? Oh, I'm pretty sure Trek would do that, my friend.

Trek wouldn't do what? Make two characters have an unnatural conversation so that the writer can drop a huge, premature exposition turd on the viewers? Oh, I'm pretty sure Trek would do that, my friend.

Yeah, the hair always stays like that, but the character gets much better.

Yeah, the hair always stays like that, but the character gets much better.

Most of the dialogue in B5 is pretty bad, but the nifty, speechifying bits almost make up for it.

Most of the dialogue in B5 is pretty bad, but the nifty, speechifying bits almost make up for it.

It was just too early in the show to bring in a quasi-mystical element like the Soul Hunters. If you had saved that until later in the season, it might have gotten a better reaction.

It was just too early in the show to bring in a quasi-mystical element like the Soul Hunters. If you had saved that until later in the season, it might have gotten a better reaction.

I think B5 would have been a much better show if the bigwigs at  PTEN hadn't forced JMS to dump O'Hare for the more bankable Boxleitner in S2.

I think B5 would have been a much better show if the bigwigs at  PTEN hadn't forced JMS to dump O'Hare for the more bankable Boxleitner in S2.

See you next season. Heh.

What I really need to do is build an anti-pony-inator.