[B5JMS] To Live and Die in Starlight Concerns

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From: "Mac Breck" <macbreck at access995.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 10:38:52 -0400
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This was up at the Sci-Fi BB, and is what I was thinking when I heard of The
Hand.  I have to agree with the concerns, and have my fingers crossed that
JMS figured out a smart way to handle it.


> OK, We have seen the Shadows... We have seen the Vorlon's... We know they
> are First Ones... We even know Lorien, THE First One.

> We even saw the Third Space aliens that got the Vorlon's panties in a
bunch...

> So how can we meet ANOTHER more superior race of aliens? Are they more
> First Ones? Are they the Firstest Ones? Did they come from another galaxy?
> Did Lorien forget to mention them?

> I love JMS's work, but if we keep escalating the ranks of aliens we'll
> eventually reach aliens of God-hood...

> Oh wait, we already did that...



Mac Breck
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Vorlon Empire

"To Live and Die in Starlight"
pilot movie for "Babylon 5 - The Legend of the Rangers"
January 2002 on The Sci-Fi Channel.
http://www.scifi.com/b5rangers/   http://www.b5lr.com/




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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: 15 Oct 2001 03:21:43 GMT
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>> So how can we meet ANOTHER more superior race of aliens? Are they more
>> First Ones? Are they the Firstest Ones? Did they come from another galaxy?
>> Did Lorien forget to mention them?

I would point out that the universe is billions of years old.  If someone
thinks that we've met even a fraction of what's out there, someone is being
extraordinarily foolish.

As to why Lorien might not mention them -- or the several million other species
out there -- there's a logical reason which is implicit in what's presented in
the 2-hour MOW.
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>> I love JMS's work, but if we keep escalating the ranks of aliens we'll
>> eventually reach aliens of God-hood...
>
>> Oh wait, we already did that...
>

Every time we do something new, somebody says it's the end of the
world...usually in a sarcastic way...until they see it, then they go "Oh, now I
see what you were up to."  This is more of the same.  This happens every single
time.  I'm used to it by now.

 jms

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