At least they don't have to try and integrate the silly finale into this.
Honestly, it's like B5. They completely killed any possible meaningful continuation with that ending.
Continuation? Who needs a continuation. B5 was a story that went from A to B.
Then JMS forgot how to write and came up with Crusade instead
I prefer universes where it's possible to see that life goes on outside the main story that's presented. That is to say, where it's not only the heroes of the main arc who do heroic things.
You could have done that with B5, if JMS hadn't decided to go for the "how future historians see the heroes" style as well as the whole "humans becoming supersquidbeings"
ending, where any possible continuation will lose its dramatic impact since we know how it ends.
I mean universes like Macross or, hell, even Freespace.
At least they don't have to try and integrate the silly finale into this.
Honestly, it's like B5. They completely killed any possible meaningful continuation with that ending.
Continuation? Who needs a continuation. B5 was a story that went from A to B.
Then JMS forgot how to write and came up with Crusade instead
I prefer universes where it's possible to see that life goes on outside the main story that's presented. That is to say, where it's not only the heroes of the main arc who do heroic things.
You could have done that with B5, if JMS hadn't decided to go for the "how future historians see the heroes" style as well as the whole "humans becoming supersquidbeings"
ending, where any possible continuation will lose its dramatic impact since we know how it ends.
I mean universes like Macross or, hell, even Freespace.
I think the worst thing JMS ever did was get a hard-on for A Canticle for Leibowitz (the inspiration for that awful season 4 finale).
You could have done that with B5, if JMS hadn't decided to go for the "how future historians see the heroes" style as well as the whole "humans becoming supersquidbeings"
ending, where any possible continuation will lose its dramatic impact since we know how it ends.
I mean universes like Macross or, hell, even Freespace.
Well. I'm watching B5 right now again and I'm reminded of how much better it could've been had everything fallen into place. The original ending, as far as I understand it was supposed to be the War without End Episodes. Worst thing that happened to that show was losing Sinclair and picking up Sheridan, it screwed up all the story points they put into season 1 regarding Sinclair and everything Sheridan does is less profound because of it since he's basically just a lock stock replacement. Though I heard Sinclair's actor got cancer or something so obviously had to stop working on the show.
As for the episode in question. Well. I wonder if JMS would have even made the thing. The REAL season 4 finale show is the last episode of Season 5. That's why Ivanova is in it while she's not in the rest of Season 5. Babylon 5 was always intended to be a five-season show but there was some doubt as to whether there would be a season 5 so they had to cram everything into season 4 and then when they got renewed again they had very little for Season 5 so it sucked hard. And part of the renewal for Season 5 was a need to make a new Season 4 finale and thus that episode is born. That episode is interesting though admittedly not my favourite.
Sigh. What could've been . . . .
Why do all the good shows get canned or screwed? (ie Firefly, B5) while lack luster shows continue (Star Trek etcetera).
Even Battlestar, quite honestly could've used more of a roadmap. Seems like the writers didn't know what they were doing through most of season 3 and 4. All this build up and very little in the way of pay off. I liked it a lot more than other people I know, but still could've been better. Highpoint of BSG is the Pegasus-arc with Admiral Ro Laren. She was awesome. ;7
He is really in a Dominion prison camp. He comes back with Garak and Garak's father and everybody is happy.