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icundell · 4th February 2008, 09:20 AM

Recently did similar and, for all its many, many faults and flaws (not least that JMS can't write dialogue to save his life) I still have an utterly irrational fondness for it.

I think in the end what sells it (apart from the core cast routinely knocking it out of the park in the face of the aforementioned JMS dialogue) is that I could, more or less, believe in the political background in a way that I was never able to suspend disbelief for Star Trek (even after it tried to re-invent itself for more cynical times).

Plus, Shadows: Coolest. Spaceships. Ever. So I'm shallow. Deal with it.

Besides:
"I believe that when we leave a place a part of it goes with us and part of us remains. Go anywhere in these halls, when it is quiet and just listen. After a while you will hear the echoes of all of our conversations, every thought and word we've exchanged. Long after we are gone, our voices will linger in these walls for as long as this place remains. But I will admit that the part of me that is going will very much miss the part of you that is staying."

Love it.

4th February 2008, 09:20 AM	#2 (permalink)
icundell Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 15	Re: Observations While Re-Watching the Series Recently did similar and, for all its many, many faults and flaws (not least that JMS can't write dialogue to save his life) I still have an utterly irrational fondness for it. I think in the end what sells it (apart from the core cast routinely knocking it out of the park in the face of the aforementioned JMS dialogue) is that I could, more or less, believe in the political background in a way that I was never able to suspend disbelief for Star Trek (even after it tried to re-invent itself for more cynical times). Plus, Shadows: Coolest. Spaceships. Ever. So I'm shallow. Deal with it. Besides: "I believe that when we leave a place a part of it goes with us and part of us remains. Go anywhere in these halls, when it is quiet and just listen. After a while you will hear the echoes of all of our conversations, every thought and word we've exchanged. Long after we are gone, our voices will linger in these walls for as long as this place remains. But I will admit that the part of me that is going will very much miss the part of you that is staying." Love it.