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Ehkzu · 9th June 2008, 12:58 AM

Cute idea but seriously: the fundamental zeitgeists of both universes don't mix. Star Trek's universe is idealistic. People solve problems with words. Earth is at peace internally. Everything is squeaky-clean. Technology solves all. Feh.

B5's universe is messy, constantly warring, basically Yugoslavia apres-Tito writ large, as the former Yugoslavian babe actress who played Delenn once observed. And Earth is the primitives in all this--the ones whose spaceships needed centrifuges for gravity, instead of the benign quasioverlords of all but the Q (well, and the Borg).

FWIW the B5 universe is a lot closer to how things would turn out if FTL drives were possible.

9th June 2008, 12:58 AM	#18 (permalink)
Ehkzu Context Disambiguates Join Date: May 2008 Location: California Posts: 19	Re: Star Trek: Babylon 5 Cute idea but seriously: the fundamental zeitgeists of both universes don't mix. Star Trek's universe is idealistic. People solve problems with words. Earth is at peace internally. Everything is squeaky-clean. Technology solves all. Feh. B5's universe is messy, constantly warring, basically Yugoslavia apres-Tito writ large, as the former Yugoslavian babe actress who played Delenn once observed. And Earth is the primitives in all this--the ones whose spaceships needed centrifuges for gravity, instead of the benign quasioverlords of all but the Q (well, and the Borg). FWIW the B5 universe is a lot closer to how things would turn out if FTL drives were possible.