JMS CIS Digest: 21-Sep-99 15:41 through 21-Sep-99 15:41 (2 msgs)

[John D. Hardin]

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        Sci Fi Channel Poll

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Date: 20 Sep 1999 15:09:02 -0700
From: Graham Smith <74010.764 at compuserve.com>
To: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Sci Fi Channel Poll
Message-ID: <forum.babylon5.71436 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.babylon5.71404 at compuserve.com>

> You've seen the final five (the first five produced, and the show
> the way we wanted to make it)...do YOU think it was a slow program?
> That it wasn't high-paced action?  If not, then one begins to wonder
> at the honesty of the statement. 

I wonder if it hasn't largely come down to issues of expectations all
around.

TNT obviously expected something more akin to Voyager, which is
largely hooked into the "Battle of the Week" approach.  And the less
said about pending guest appearances the better.

Some fans obviously expected something akin to B5 Season 4, which may
go down in history as the most riviting and complex season of TV ever
done.  But that is something that requires a lot of buildup - it's not
where you start a series.

A lot of people like me were not sure what to expect and were
therefore relatively open to what came.  I find that both approaches
(fast start, slower start) would have worked equally well for me,
because I was willing to give things time to develop.

Which brings us to the "Short Attention Span Theater" syndrome.  Most
of the complaints I saw were from people who were expecting something
else and were unwilling to wait and see what developed.  This is often
the norm for TV viewers and explains why we get a lot of the cr at p we
do.

 --Graham

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Date: 21 Sep 1999 15:41:11 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: Graham Smith <74010.764 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Sci Fi Channel Poll
Message-ID: <forum.babylon5.71450 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.babylon5.71436 at compuserve.com>

"Which brings us to the "Short Attention Span Theater" syndrome.  Most
of the complaints I saw were from people who were expecting something
else and were unwilling to wait and see what developed.  This is often
the norm for TV viewers and explains why we get a lot of the cr at p we
do."

      This is, unfortunately, all too often all too true.

                                                                  jms


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