I do not understand the high praise Babylon 5 receives. I just finished DS9 and I will contrast the two since they have similar basic plots with a bunch of different alien species living on a space station. I expected this to be a superior product but nine episodes in, this is the most disappointing show for me in a long time.
Everything is so heavy-handed and it's got corny comic book villains that are easy to pick out five minutes into the episode. But the real heavy-handedness comes from the dear captain himself. His voice takes on a particular inflection as he lectures the bad guy, alien, robot, or whatever (and the audience) about their bad behavior and the moral course which a good humanist should follow.
DS9 surprised me with its nuance at times despite Captain Ben getting on his pedistool occasionally. But those moments weren't too distracting, and regardless there were wonderful memorable characters like Dukat, Garak, Rom, and Nog that Straczynski couldn't dream of creating.
I don't know, maybe this show appeals more to Star Wars and/or Marvel fans than hard-core sci-fi fans. As for me, I will take TNG, DS9, SG-1, SG-Atlantis, and BSG any day over this cheese fest.
Ertain inflection.
Everything is so heavy-handed and it's got corny comic book villains that are easy to pick out five minutes into the episode. But the real heavy-handedness comes from the dear captain himself. His voice takes on a particular inflection as he lectures the bad guy, alien, robot, or whatever (and the audience) about their bad behavior and the moral course which a good humanist should follow.
DS9 surprised me with its nuance at times despite Captain Ben getting on his pedistool occasionally. But those moments weren't too distracting, and regardless there were wonderful memorable characters like Dukat, Garak, Rom, and Nog that Straczynski couldn't dream of creating.
I don't know, maybe this show appeals more to Star Wars and/or Marvel fans than hard-core sci-fi fans. As for me, I will take TNG, DS9, SG-1, SG-Atlantis, and BSG any day over this cheese fest.
Ertain inflection.