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Skriven 2007-08-01 21:49:48 av Wendy Schiavo (3026.babylon5)
     Kommentar till en text av rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
Ärende: Re: TLT: Spoiler thread -- HERE BE SPOILERS!!!
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"Amy Guskin" <aisling@fjordstone.com> wrote in message
news:0001HW.C2D6721E017F350DF0182648@news.verizon.net...

> I'm not going to be exhaustive, because lord knows there'll be plenty of
> that.  I do have to confess that I went in with fairly low expectations.
For
> me, as much as I love Joe's writing and B5, the thought of more B5 will
> always be bittersweet because I know that G'Kar will _never suddenly turn
up
> in a scene again, will never be the centerpiece of any filmed story,
because
> Andreas is gone.
>
> Having gone into it with a neutral attitude, I was pleasantly surprised.
I
> liked _both_ stories.  However, I was painfully aware as I watched the
> Lochley episode that I think that Joe did Tracy Scoggins a great
disservice.
> Lochley is disliked by many fans -- I don't know why, I always enjoyed the
> character, and her performances -- so I think there is a certain
percentage
> of viewers who are going to be pretty hard on her segment, and find fault
> with it even if it was Hugo-worthy material.  IMHO, "Over Here"
> _particularly_ needed something to prop up the segment, and that the
> isolation of having Lochley be the only familiar face in her tale isn't
going
> to help people love her, or it.  It would have been great to have had
Galen
> be in her story as well.  Or Garibaldi.  Or Zach.  Or Corwin, even!  Or,
> heck, how about Brother Theo?  I'm not really up on my monk-lore, but
aren't
> all Christian monks Catholic?  If so, he could have done the exorcism.  Of
> course, I have no idea whether the actor was available or if JMS even
wanted
> him, but I just felt this keen sense of _isolation_ in Lochley's episode.
It
> didn't help that the halls of B5 were near-deserted, as others have
pointed
> out before me.
>
> Still and all, I liked the story well enough, but that kind of thing
appeals
> to me so JMS had an easy sell in my house.  :-)   I just wish Lochley
hadn't
> been so _alone_.
>
> Sheridan's vignette was gangbusters, though.  I have no complaints at all.
> I've spent so many years coming to terms with the techno-mages and who
they
> are, and why Galen does what he does, that I'd forgotten how much I
disliked
> his arrogance on first sight in "A Call to Arms," but amazingly, Peter
> Woodward brought his A-game and made me feel that same distaste for his
> character once again!  At one point I caught myself thinking, "Geez, he's
not
> sounding like one of the good guys...you'd almost think he was under some
> kind of evil influence, or something."  (Nothing more will be said here
for
> those who aren't up to date with the entire canon.)
>
> When we heard about casting and I heard there was going to be some young,
> Gen-Y'er in the cast playing a Centauri, I kind of rolled my eyes in
> annoyance that some suit wanted them to have something for the younger
> demographic.  I call it "Dawson's Creeking" a show.  But Keegan Macintosh,
> the guy playing Vintari, was _great_!  Not only did he have the southern
> Centauri accent (which I can fanwank away as being the accent of his
mother's
> people, where he was raised), but he had the FULL Londoish version of it.
He
> was awesome!  Just the right combination of guileless arrogance and
> expectation of privilege.  Hopefully his mental stability isn't
> patrilineal...
>
> I could have watched Bruce as Sheridan for the entire 72 minutes.  He's
aged
> so beautifully, and he still _inhabits_ the part.  It was just great to
see!
> And, I do love how he handles the press...
>
> Like others have said, in general, I would have liked to have seen a more
> populated B5 universe, but also like others, I think this was a great
first
> foray into this format, and hope we'll get to see more.
>
> Amy

I just had the opportunity to watch this tonight.  I totally agree with what
Amy wrote above.  I really liked both stories.  I feel great right now. I
just watched new B5!  Wow!

Thanks Joe!

Wendy in PA
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