>Jim wrote: > > Some of us kind of wish we hadn't hadn't. I didn't like it all > > that much. I didn't find the characters all that engaging, the > > JMS trademark arch dialogue lacked the heart that always made it > > somehow seem cool despite its arcane style, and I thought the > > weapons station was *laughably* silly. >
Kevin replied: >That's too bad. :-( > >Ah well, it would be wonderful to see a new B5 universe story, even if it's >not up to the usual standard. > I thought the characters were ok. It seems like JMS is moving G'Kar in more of a Tom Bombadil kind of direction, and that might not be to everyone's liking. Some folk on the B5 newsgroups liked the characters a lot, but there was one Drazi that was really wasted IMHO. I found the main character interesting, but the others were pretty generic. If this goes to a series (not very likely at this point), hopefully these other characters would get fleshed out as well. Without giving any spoilers away, folks in the B5 newsgroups were pretty evenly split on whether the weapons system was the worst idea ever or very cool and believable (some even said "inevitable"). There was one person who is involved in research aimed at developing just the kind of weapons system used who posted a review of the weapons system and pronounced it plausible and effective. His review is a little spoilery IIRC, but I think I can find it and either post it here or email it to anyone interested. <trivia mode>Oh, by the way, there is one character named after a middle-eastern meatball dish. The way JMS described it on Usenet is: "See, I was writing, it was late, I was having some hummus, some pita, some khibbe and some kafta, I needed a name...you get the picture." Another middle-eastern reference of note in B5 in general is the name Minbar, which per JMS on Usenet "is the name for the pulpit in a mosque."</trivia mode>. Overall, I thought B5:LotR was better than River of Souls, but not as good as In The Beginning. As always, YMMV. Reggie Bautista _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
