For all those even semi-interested, I just finished watching the second season of "Haven".
Great show. A bit of a slow start but the concept really sucked me in.
For all those even semi-interested, I just finished watching the second season of "Haven".
Great show. A bit of a slow start but the concept really sucked me in.
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Mass Effect borrowed a lot from Babylon 5, didnīt it? Giant multicultural station, highly advanced ship for the commander...
All good writers borrow.
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How is that borrowing? That is just similarities. There are no direct comparison to the power structure (e.g. humans don't own the citadel, they didn't build it, they aren't even official members in it) or the alien cultures. The Asari do take the spiritual role staple but their society is not like the Minbari, the Turians aren't like Centauri/Narn and Salarians not like the Vorlons. And the Normandy doesn't compare to the Defiant or the megawarships Sheridan got. It's just a very advanced recon/stealth frigate for covert operations.
The DS9 <> Bab5 similarity is far more obvious but even there the shape and nature of the shows differed greatly.
not really. Again, there are superficial similarities but the whole tone and narration is different. Sadly you _don't_ get chased around the galaxy by Citadel forces who actually class Cerberus as a terror organization with the additional dilemma that you aren't sure if you should kill such forces since their justification is valid so actually providing a morale dilemma. That is how I would feel it should have been.And Mass Effect 2 feels a fair bit like Farscape.
One shouldn't take similarities too far. In the essence there are only 8 archetypes of stories in existance and similarily alot of concepts are basic dynamics so will happen repeatedly. Just because then two stories are in the same genre doesn't mean there's borrowing or even acknowledgement. The inspiration is there but you can't avoid what you know.
Just because Terry Pratchett has wizard in an university in his discworld novels doesn't mean Harry Potter borrowed from him. The similarity is essentially the same as in your stated comparison.
"Sebaceans once had a god called Djancaz-Bru. Six worlds prayed to her. They built her temples, conquered planets. And yet one day she rose up and destroyed all six worlds. And when the last warrior was dying, he said, 'We gave you everything, why did you destroy us?' And she looked down upon him and she whispered, 'Because I can.' "
Mangalore Design
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Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.
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Just finished the 3rd season of Warehouse 13...Wow.
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B5 influenced the producer's take on DS9, which is definitely different from the other ST series, with the inclusion of money and sustained conflict with an uncompromising enemy, rather one that pops up because the episode's plot demanded it.
Eats, shoots, and leaves.
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One thing is for certain: the more profoundly baffled you have been in your life, the more open your mind becomes to new ideas.
-Neil deGrasse Tyson
Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.
I tend to think of it as some people are popularizers. If it reaches a more general audience, that *author* gets credited with the idea - and I put author in quotes as the same applies for science, music, art, etc.
Might not be as true as it once was, but certainly still valid.
Not to say that's the entire case.
I'm finishing Battlestar Galactica today. About to start Daybreak
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...Well, Battlestar Galactica was good. Got kind of slow during the third season but I think the fourth made up for it.
As for my watching of B5 and Sanctuary, they are taking a back seat currently, but I have reached season 4 of B5 and Season 3 of Sanctuary.
I have been watching Doctor Who (newer ones) with my girlfriend and they have gotten better. But I'm concerned that I might not like Matt Smith.
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Well, I guess this is sort of a dead thread.
In any case, I'm beginning my first watch of "Taken", a sci-fi miniseries from 2002.
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