[B5JMS] Why no androids?

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From: "Anna Hayward, Alien Visitor" <Anna at ratbag.demon.co.uk>
Date: 14 May 2001 11:07:51 -0700
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Hi All,
maybe I'm wrong, but it seems there are no androids in the B5 universe
(?).

As an erstwhile passionate fan of Isaac Asimov's books (including "I,
Robot"), I am disappointed. OK, so it's been done to death by ST:TNG
with Data etc, but surely there are always new twists that can be tried?

OTOH, every time I think of things like this, I am reminded of "Red
Dwarf" and Kryton; and of course, of "Hitchhiker's Guide" Marvin the
Paranoid Android: "Brain the size of a planet and they ask me to park
spaceships..."

Maybe it's impossible to take androids seriously now days? Maybe the
robot trying to be human, the robot destroying it's creator and, of
course, the robot with a heart, has been a bit over-done?

Maybe I've just answered my own question. Ho hum.
-- 
Anna Hayward, Alien Visitor
http://www.ratbag.demon.co.uk/anna/
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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: 14 May 2001 12:25:05 -0700
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On strike.

 jms

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