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In reply to the discussion: the 50 greatest sci fi tv shows [View all]beevul
(12,194 posts)The new BSG lacked the overall scope and scale b5 had.
In B5 on the other hand, the oldest beings in a universe full of them, fought a 2 sided war of ideology that literally threatened to destroy...pretty much the entirety of civilization in the known universe. "Who are you?". "What do you want?". Huge scope and scale. Diverse universe with many beliefs. I particularly liked the Brakiri Day of the Dead, and especially G'kars transformation from a hurt angry formerly repressed Narn, to a thoughtful respected voice of wisdom and clarity. And the tragedy of Londo Molari, and of the Centauri Republic. And lorien. Who can forget lorien, born immortal of an immortal race.
The vorlons and the shadows were nothing short of epic. 'toasters'? For me they were meh. I liked the original cylons better lol. That and I missed john Colicos (rip) as Baltar. I never liked how they rewrote BSG at all, but then, I prefer canon, as opposed to freestyle rewrites. I prefer 'telling the same story but telling it better' to 'telling a different story and reusing a name'.
The new BSG left me feeling the same way as this:
Right name, wrong content - in my view.