07-09-2014, 08:48 PM
(07-09-2014, 08:36 PM)pale boy Wrote: Now I know this is fan blasphemy but I love both B5 and DS9 even despite the whole "maybe DS9 was heavily, heavily inspired *coughcoughripped-offcough* by B5 when it was pitched to the network" thing. And although the darker stories in Deep Space Nine go against some of Roddenberry's vision of a brighter, more hopeful future, I think that, ultimately, even utopias should have a bit of grit about them. See also: Benjamin Sisko, Elim Garak, and Kira Nerys. (I'm also fond of Julian Bashir, but shhh, don't tell anyone I said so. How they managed to make him into a very interesting character was just fantastic.)
Yes, I am also a big B5/DS9 fan, even though, yes, DS9 may have been a bit of a rip off of B5.
I think the Star Trek universe needed a little grit at the time. I wonder if they may have put more grit in their next TV incarnation even if B5 hadn't existed,
I do wish that there could be a new Star Trek Universe TV incarnation. I mean the two rebooted movies have been great, why not a TV version!
BE HOPE