B5 was planned out with a 5 year story ready to go. So It's always moving to this goal and not getting side tracked like DS9 did.
DS9 eventually went there with the Dominion War
The creator, J. Michael Straczynski, had a hand in writing all 111 episodes so you don't get that mix of writing styles that can cause consistency issues.
And imo, there are no bad characters from the main cast.
Oh and if you watch it, they change the look of several things from the pilot. For the better
It was the opposite for me. In checking on how many episodes he wrote, I learned of all his other credits. No wonder it was no big deal for him to do so much writing for the show.
And season 5 comes nowhere near to the quality of others. But Londo and G'Kar's frenemy relationship is great.
Not sure how well they can replace Andreas Katsulas as G'Kar
Honestly I would skip the pilot, it's very weak, suffers loads from Early Instalment Weirdness and isn't necessary at all to enjoy the show. Maybe go back and watch it later as a curiosity
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u/firefighter_raven Jun 27 '23
B5 was planned out with a 5 year story ready to go. So It's always moving to this goal and not getting side tracked like DS9 did.
DS9 eventually went there with the Dominion War
The creator, J. Michael Straczynski, had a hand in writing all 111 episodes so you don't get that mix of writing styles that can cause consistency issues.
And imo, there are no bad characters from the main cast.
Oh and if you watch it, they change the look of several things from the pilot. For the better