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Skriven 2007-08-13 09:00:27 av Adam H. Kerman (3540.babylon5)
  Kommentar till text 16991 av rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated (3468.babylon5)
Ärende: Re: Movements of Fire and Shadow: my review
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jphalt@aol.com <jphalt@aol.com> wrote:

>THE GOOD

>. . . When Stephen protests that Garibaldi would be better-equipped to
>handle an intelligence mission, Vir is ready with his arguments for why
>Stephen and Lyta are better choices.  He has his plan ready, he's prepared
>a ship, he's made all the necessary arrangements to help Stephen and Lyta
>succeed in their mission. It's not only better planned-out than Season
>One or even Season Two Vir would have been capable of... it's better
>planned-out than virtually any ploy Londo has devised. At this point,
>it not only seems conceivable for Vir to be emperor, but it seems quite
>likely that he'll be an excellent emperor when the time comes.

But will there be an empire left to rule?

>As for Sheridan, this episode places him in a position he's been
>occupying far too often this season: impotence. Sheridan as President
>simply doesn't project the same authority that Sheridan as General
>projected last season. . . .

These are excellent points about Sheridan. Maybe war heroes don't always
make brilliant civilian leaders.

>Ultimately, Sheridan - and Londo, for that matter (whose plan on
>Centauri Prime would have been entirely reasonable had he merely been
>dealing with a corrupt Regent) - is defeated by misidentifying the
>enemy. Relatively early in the episode, Sheridan notes that the
>Centauri war appears to have no clear goal or strategy. . . .

I'm going to have to count this as a bad point. Sheridan is career
military. Wars aren't fought without strategic goals in mind. Even if he
was obliged to attack because he was left with no other option, he still
should have wondered enough to investigate.

This is a terrific episode.
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