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Skriven 2007-08-18 16:43:02 av Jon Schild (3830.babylon5)
  Kommentar till text 17031 av rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated (3508.babylon5)
Ärende: Re: TLT: Disappointed
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Jeffrey Kaplan wrote:
> I'll try to avoid spoilers.
> 
> I hate to say it, but I was disappointed by TLT.  And contrary to what
> some others said, I thought the first story was stronger.
> 
> "Over Here" felt like "Third Space" or "River of Souls", in that it's a
> story that could have been told by almost anyone and just merely
> happens to take place on B5 with a B5 character.  It didn't really
> "fit" in the story universe and I've come to know and love it.  But it
> was a solidly written story with a beginning, a middle, and end and a
> bit of epilog.  And I was able to find +one+ place where it would
> naturally break for a commercial. :)  But the story itself... doesn't
> fit well for me.
> 
> "Over There" left me flat, too, but for completely different reasons.
> This one was definitely a "Babylon 5" story, using twice as many
> established B5 characters in prime roles and building off of the
> established plot of the story.  It had a beginning and a rather long
> middle, but it didn't end, it merely stopped.  As much as I like seeing
> Terryl Rothary on screen, I have to ask, what was the point of that
> scene?  It would have been much better, IMO, if instead of making a
> Pak'ma'ra style joke about liking reporters, Sheridan instead
> referenced his last shown encounter with an ISN reporter during S4, Dan
> Randal, even if obliquely.  I know Galen can be cruel, vindictive and
> capricious, but using Sheridan like that, for this, feels wrong.  If
> Galen's words can be taken at face value, then he'd be better served
> not by Sheridan, but someone on Centauri Prime who already wants to do
> that.  And if Galen wanted what actually happened, he put a lot of
> faith that Sheridan would not do "what is necessary".
> 
> The worst thing about this story is that the story is unfinished, and
> there hasn't been any indication of any other TLT releases, never mind
> if we're going to be checking in on +this+ story again.
> 
> And with both stories, they just felt empty.  Lots of large spaces with
> practically no one in them.  A large dark room with two people.  A
> large cell with only one occupant.  A long corridor in a busy area with
> only four people in it.  An heir to a throne with no retainers or
> guards.  They were both, to a large extent, "two people in a room"
> stories.  It worked in "Intersections in Real Time" because the story
> was compelling, with a character we loved in mental jeopardy, and as a
> break in the break-neck pace of the episodes surrounding it.
> 
> If these were expanded stories because a third one was dropped, I would
> have hated to see what was originally planned for them.
> 

I was not disappointed.  I wasn't part of the 5-year arc, because it 
wasn't supposed to be.

Prince Vintari didn't feel safe with his own people, and his emporer 
didn't feel he was safe with other Centauris around. So he was 
transferred to a ship where he could feel safe, where he had no 
"retainers or guards" around.  Any retainer or guard could potentially 
be compromised, so he needed to be away from his people to feel safe. 
That was explained.

Who would you suggest that they put in the same cell with Burke?  And 
why?  Do you want to create another character just so he can have a 
cellmate?  I don't recall a single instance where multiple people were 
put in a single cell on B5.

I saw them as 2 separate stories, and did not try to force them into the 
pattern of the arc and then complain that they didn't fit.  I enjoyed 
them, and hope to see many more Lost Tales.  I will buy them when they 
arrive.



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