<electrictroy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Ken from Chicago wrote:
>> Remember the cool shot from Season 1 where a bunch of rebel astronauts
>> finally broke thru the Companion Earth barrier to travel to Mars...
>> Boone's look on his face as he told Sandoval how he had "help" a
>> tem****ary
>> independent Sandoval of his "burden" of a spouse?
>> Mmm, . . . good times.
>> And then TPTB began the process of youthanizing the show, younger lead,
>> younger head of DOORS INC., younger techie.
>
> .
>
> Younger actors would have been okay, but the real crime was *throwing
> out the story*. No over-arching/multi-part story = Not worth watching.
>
> I remember just before season 2 talking to Majel Roddenberry via email
> about the upcoming changes. Majel insisted the show should be like
> Star Trek TOS & TNG - stand-alone short stories. I tried to explain to
> her that the fans prefer multi-part stories that evolve over time (like
> Babylon5 & Lost), and they wouldn't enjoy simplistic single-episode
> stories.
>
> But Majel pressed-on with her plans. She threw the large story in the
> trashcan. Predictably, season 2 was all stand-alone short stories and
> the result was a crappy season. Season 3 was better, but still boring.
> Each episode felt like a repeat of the previous one.
>
> .
>
> Later in season 4 they dug the "large story" out of the trash & tried
> to revive the style of season 1. Season 4 had some great episodes
> (like the sequel to Sandoval's Run), but the magic was gone.
>
> troy
>
Same thing happened to ANDROMEDA, dumping the arc for stand alone eps.
-- Ken from Chicago (who remembers reading the website with all the great
backstory for ANDROMEDA and couldn't wait to see it onscreen , , , and
then
they got rid of the "alien" in the crew, bit by bit, the furry Bem, the
tailed-Trance, the Purple Trance, the spiked alien until you had an all
humanoid--and all tan--crew)
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