"Jim Heckman" <rot13(reply-to)@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> [xpost & fu2 <alt.tv.andromeda>]
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>> 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.
>
Can you post a link for me where to find those long-term plans?
I really liked the first 1 1/2 season, but then it went indeed downhill,
and I did not discover why untill halfway season 3 (4?) where they had on
the other episode a fully manned ship and the next it was just the normal
crew without explenation.
Actually, the network here canceled it after the first season, and I kept
waiting for years to see the next seasons as I mentioned, only to be
disappointed. :-(
So it could be satyisfiing to know if the writers intentions would indeed
have been worth the wait.
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