Comment B5 writing was sub-par and acting was frozen ham (Score 0, Flamebait) 244
Really.
The special effects were great for the time. The characters, setup and arc were intriguing.
But I cringed each time I watched an episode.
I kept watching until the second season when I figured it wasn't getting better.
It was just too painful.
Cliched, hackneyed writing with college level actors. Really.
I was disappointed.
I checked in every so often and was shocked when I saw that Harlan Ellison was involved later. My brief glimpses of later episodes produced slightly fewer cringes per episode, but were still below par.
I saw that J. Michael Straczynski was a writer and sometimes producer for He-man and the master s of the universe, Murder She Wrote, and other such pap.
Then I understood.
Then came Farscape and there was much rejoicing.
The special effects were great for the time. The characters, setup and arc were intriguing.
But I cringed each time I watched an episode.
I kept watching until the second season when I figured it wasn't getting better.
It was just too painful.
Cliched, hackneyed writing with college level actors. Really.
I was disappointed.
I checked in every so often and was shocked when I saw that Harlan Ellison was involved later. My brief glimpses of later episodes produced slightly fewer cringes per episode, but were still below par.
I saw that J. Michael Straczynski was a writer and sometimes producer for He-man and the master s of the universe, Murder She Wrote, and other such pap.
Then I understood.
Then came Farscape and there was much rejoicing.
