Re: Razor.

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On 19-Jan-2008, Tony <acvickers1NOSPAM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Allen wrote:
>
> >   To: Vindris
> >   Re: Re: Razor.
> >   By: Vindris to
> >   alt.fan.leonredbone,alt.battlestar-galactica,alt.tv.andromeda on Thu
> >   Jan 17 2008 08:29 pm
> >
> > > I didn't like the way they turned Stargate SG1 into a
> > > dumping ground for stars of old scifi series [Ben Browder
> > > and Claudia black from 'Farscape' and Lexa from
> > > 'AndromedA']. Tyr was one of the best developed and
> > > interesting characters on andromeda and it really hurt the
> > > way they sucked all the life out of him and made his end so
> > > mediocre and pedantic. They built up a formidable canon in
> > > the early days [not to mention a potent backstory loaded
> > > with promise] and coasted on it the last three seasons and
> > > degraded it very severely by season five. i watched it more
> > > out of habit and my love of SF then any hopes of seeing
> > > decent stories.
> >
> > Both of the Roddenberry series used the web to the show's max for
their
> > time...
> >
> > for example ... Earth Final Conflict had...
> >
> >    openyoureyes.com
> >    efc.com
> >    and one for the companions
> >
> > Andromeda had a good website called All System's UNiversity that
really
> > explained the cannon and the rules of the high guard.
> >
> > I have yet to see ANY show have such a well developed canonical
website
> > since.
>
> But you forget that it's the writers that can make or break a show.
> Andromeda is such an example. When Sorbo got on his "executive
> producer's high horse" and fired co-creator and head writer Robert H.
> Wolfe at the end of season 2 (?),

Earlier.  I think soon after (right after?) "Ouroboros".

>  the writing went down hill. By the end
> of Season 3, what was left of Wolfe's team was also gone.

I thought they were mostly gone by the end of season 2.  In any
case, the long, slow slide into unwatchability began before season 2
ended, and was complete by early in season 4.

> Sorbo didn't like arc driven stories but preferred episodes that pretty
> much stood alone. Stories had to be written with it centered around
> Dylan Hunt.
>
> Given the conditions the writers were forced to work in, no wonder that
> Andromeda tanked.

One of the saddest things to ever happen in Sci-Fi TV.  If you read
Wolfe's long-term plans for the series, you'll see it had the
potential to be another Babylon 5 -- maybe even without the
latter's disappointing final two seasons.

-- 
Jim Heckman