Originally posted by ZylonBane
I was a hardcore B5 fanboy for a long time. Have almost every episode taped from the original airing. Have a "Church of Joe" T-shirt. Chitchatted with JMS personally on the GEnie SF&F forums. Can actually spell his last name.
But, I have to say the show has its flaws. For one thing, JMS is not a science fiction author. He may be great at writing characters, but at science he usually is pretty clueless (see "tiny explosion sends entire station spinning" from pilot episode). He also tends to write things that only make sense to JMS. And his attempts at humor are pathetically hamfisted.
Other than that it's an enjoyable watch. Much better than that "D&D in space" Crusade dreck.
Agree on crusade, semi-agree on Science (well, it does have loads of better science than ANY other SF show ever on TV, despite it being sometimes... well, you know), disagree on humor. Wohoo? - best joke in an SF series I've seen.
[edit] And, yes, I've seen Stargate. IMO, the quiet, subtle humor of B5 easily beats the all-out american comedy episodes that Stargate seems to do dozens of every season.
On a side note, on my Summer's Vacation of Hard Work, Booze and Women(tm), I've manage to convert two dudes and a dudette into the B5 religion, using my 15 cd-set of low quality B5 episodes. They never fail.
