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Re: [LoGH] Which Wagner music is used in LOGH?

Lee Thompson (thompsonl@logh.net)
Tue, 06 Feb 2001 09:54:37 -0800


On Tue, 06 Feb 2001 17:35:11, you wrote:

>>
>> >
>> >The formula idea is that nothing ever actually happens.  Or in other 
>>words,
>> >everything is back to normal at the end of the episode.  That way viewers
>> >can miss an episode and still know what is going on.
>>
>>That's typical of any show in it's first season since characters are still 
>>being
>>introduced.    You introduce characters and places -- and then you drop a 
>>piano
>>on the viewer.
>
>That's typical of star trek during every season, even the old show.  The 
>only notable exception is in the end of deep space Nine where they are 
>trying to copy Babylon 5.
>
>>
>>This is even true for major arc-series like Babylon 5 and even really LoGH 
>>up to
>>about episode 7.
>
>The first season of babylon 5 is full of foreshadowing of what will happen 
>and major events (that effect later epsidoes) do happen during a few of the 
>first episodes.

Yes but at the time it wasn't very obvious.   Andromeda is the same way.

I think you're assuming Andromeda is resetting things to 'normal' at the end of
each episode and that's not really the case.


-- 
Lee Thompson               
thompsonl@logh.net