Anna Simpson wrote:
At 02:45 09/02/2002 +0000, Mel wrote:
Part of me loves B7 because it was part of my youth. I didn't have to
make
excuses for the dodgy sets and less-than-special effects - I had grown up watching 'Doctor Who', and it was just the normal thing. Newer fans must have tougher time of it, used to the glories of Babylon 5, Farscape and ST:TNG. They have to work a great deal harder to suspend their disbelief, something which we pretty much took for granted.
I saw B7 for the first time in 1998, having been just too young to see it the first time around. I started watching it, oddly enough, because there was an informal "So, did you see Babylon 5 last night?" discussion group that happened during morning coffee at work. Someone mentioned that there was an old BBC series that was just as good, and lent me her tapes.
I became a fan only last year when I saw reruns on TV here. I had seen it as a child, but was too young to understand it and remembered very little--mostly them all being shot at the end, which so upset me I almost didn't watch last year. Others dismissed it, saying that the sets wobbled, but that aspect didn't concern me--I finally decided to watch because someone sent me the URL to a site with witty quotes, mostly from Avon and Vila.
I was captivated by the characters and the dialogue, though some of the worst SFX do still make me cringe. Up till then, Babylon 5 had been my favourite SF series, and I really hadn't thought a show of B7's age could be anywhere near as good. I was wrong. And now I'm writing fan fiction, something I never thought I'd do. ;-)
Nico