--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > I find its approach valid. If I were searching for a long- > term girlfriend or wife, there is simply no question as > to whether I would be happier with someone who "gets" > Firefly than I would with someone who "gets" Babylon 5. > Apples and oranges...no, apples and hedgehogs...completely > different entities, appealing to completely different types > of people. It's like the musical taste as test of relation- > ship compatibility thang I mentioned to Curtis some time > back. > > It's *OK* that you like Babylon 5. It's equally *OK* that > I prefer Firefly. But it does mean I would never want to > date you.
Thanks for that reassurance. But what makes you think that I don't "get" Firefly? I was watching it long before the movie came out and, as I said, it's quite cute. But it ain't B5. If you want a simple adventure story with action and "human" emotions, you watch Firefly. If you want grand, cosmic themes, 5-year story arcs composed before shooting began, and so on, but still with "human" (or alien) emotions, you watch B5. If you like both, you watch both. But to claim that B5 is pretentious, involves 1 dimensional characters, bad makeup, and uses 3rd-rate actors... well, its no longer just a matter of opinion. Them's fighting words: a further example of how you like to troll people for a response.
