I know who did what. Don't undervalue your contribution.
I've known and liked and admired Mojo since waaaaaaay back in the '90s on the old rec.arts.startrek.tech newsgroup. I know also the collaborative process of deciding what to do and how to do it. I honestly think one o the biggest detriments to the Star Wars Prequels (and, to a lesser degree, Return of the Jedi) was George didn't have Marcia challenging his notions of what worked and what didn't. He prevailed sometimes, and rightly so.
She prevailed sometimes, and rightly so. And I think those first two films are the best of the bunch for that reason. He was able to let other people who knew what they were doing have influence in the creative process. So yeah, I don't think the end result would have been what it was if someone else had been in your place. Might also have been good, but it wouldn't have been
that.
And I knew what I was saying when I brought up TMP.
*chuckle*
I agree with the rest of what you say, though. I remember even then when a couple random episodes replaced the barrel-flash-explosion laser gun effect with Star Wars style "laser bolts". And I appreciated every space battle effect shot that
wasn't one of those familiar re-re-re-recycled shots. *heh*
Still... Everything I know about what was intended and what we got... *sigh* Everyone but the studios seems to know that sci-fi series take more than a season to find their traction. I think ABC's meddling ultimately is what borked BSG. Glen wanted a miniseries, and to this day I tend to skip the episodes that have
nothing to do with the main quest/storyline. But that kind of risk wouldn't make it onto prime time until Babylon 5. The least I think that should be done is to redo G'80 with the full surviving cast of BSG and story elements from G'80, The Second Coming, and Richard's BSG novels (and even the SyFy reimagining) and tie that in with the arc-related episodes of BSG. And plan out in advance who the Cylon infiltrators will be. :facepalm
Wishful thinking.
--Jonah
