[Cynnabar] FW: Pennsic XLVI Rules

[Martha Sieting]

Come now!  Everyone knows that Buck Rogers in the 25th Century was THE seminal modern sci-fi space epic.

In the immortal words of Twiki -   "Bidi-bidi-bidi"!

-Helena

Quoting Greg Less <greg.less at gmail.com>:

> Star Wars defined a generation. Everything else is a pale imitator.
>
> Also, you clear don't know your current pelican very well...
>
> -Gregoire.
>
>
> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Matt Lagemann <malagemann at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I will just assume you were sniffing chemicals in the lab, because I know
>> you don't really mean that.  I mean, a DS9 rip off?  Everyone knows that
>> JMS pitched B5 to Paramont in the late 80s, before DS9 was even conceived.
>>  And, yes they both delved into the idea of religion, intergalactic wars,
>> and what it truly means to be human, they did it in different ways.  Also
>> B5 embraced CGI before Star Trek.
>>
>> And lame?!?!  LAME!!!!!  Star Trek helped define a generation.  Where
>> would we be without the first interracial kiss on television?  Or Live Long
>> and Prosper?  Or the friggin Borg?!?!  And Babylon 5!  It helped set the
>> bar for future shows including the BSG remake.  It also was one of the
>> first shows to use the internet as a vehicle to promote the show among
>> would be fans.
>>
>> And besides, everyone knows that there can't be a Battleship named Babylon
>> 5, because the US Navy currently has NO FRAKKING BATTLESHIPS THAT ARE IN
>> ACTIVE SERVICE!!! THEY WOULD HAVE TO BRING THE USS MISSOURI OUT OF
>> MOTHBALLS IN ORDER TO HAVE AN ACTUAL BATTLESHIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  SO
>> HOW CAN THEY HAVE A MOVIE ABOUT THE MODERN US NAVY FIGHTING ALIENS (yeah
>> because we ALL remember the aliens that were in the board game!) CALLED
>> BATTLESHIP WHEN WE DON'T CURRENTLY USE ANY?!?
>>
>>
>> AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
>>
>> Ermenrich
>> (whose currently Pelican would never torment him like this)
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Charles J. Cohen <charles at eecs.umich.edu
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Correct, B5 is a rip off of Deep Space 5. Exactly the same. - Midair
>>>
>>> Greg Less <greg.less at gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>> >I thought Babylon 5 was a Star Trek spinoff. I never watched it because
>>> >Star Trek always seemed kind of lame...
>>> >
>>> >-Gregoire.
>>> >
>>> >On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Matt Lagemann <malagemann at gmail.com
>>> >wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Matt Lagemann <malagemann at gmail.com> writes:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> >(the color blind herald... and Babylon 5 fan)
>>> >>>
>>> >>> What is Babylon 5?  Is that the name of the ship in the Battleship
>>> >>> movie?
>>> >>>
>>> >>> - Midair
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Oh, I see what you are trying to do there... you are trying to goad me
>>> >> into ranting about the atrocity that is the Battleship movie.  But it
>>> isn't
>>> >> going to work.  I have more self control than that.... unlike the
>>> people
>>> >> behind the movie Battleship!  I mean come on!  What were they
>>> thinking?!?
>>> >>  Did they just walk down the board game aisle and pick a game at
>>> random to
>>> >> make a movie about?  What is next?  A medical drama called Operation?
>>>  Or
>>> >> how about a show about a failing thesaurus writer who takes up
>>> horticulture
>>> >> entitled Apples to Apples?!?
>>>
>>
>>
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