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Ken from Chicago
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wrote on 9/19/05 6:45 PM:
>
> <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)
>
>
I didn't think Majel had a thing to do with EFC after season 1.
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