The same cocky pilot type who can do anything and can get away with it, without bearing the consequences, and gets to decide in big questions that aren't his frigging business, just because he's the Big American Hero (TM). Too true. In some cases these can be good characters, but it gets very boring that there are so many of them.
The ex-wives were really annoying, too. And despite what one might think of Lochley: to choose her as the commanding officer of B5, despite that she'd fought for the other side, based on the fact that they were married? Hello? Didn't that happen after having too much booze or whatnot? A truly thought-out and responsible choice, eh? I'm wondering whether it was because they had been married or despite it. I'm thinking he was trying to find someone who: had been on the other side; was at an appropriate rank; and he could work with; which probably left a very short list. I think that he wanted someone who had been on the other side as a symbol. I'm not sure that I remember clearly but I got the impression that they were friends before they were married, so he should at least have know her enough to know whether she was competent. Personally I think it would have been far more interesting if she had been brought in as deputy to Ivanova. The main problem I can see is bringing in someone who had no experience of Babylon 5 to serve as commander (especially without an experienced deputy commander), especially someone who doesn't seem to have had much experience in diplomacy. However, that brings me on to an separate complaint about how they seem to have so few officers - there doesn't seem to be anyone except the commander and the second in command at any point, except very junior officers. I would have thought that they would want at least 3 or 4 officers who could be left in charge in C&C etc. It is partly the fact that at various point Garibaldi or Delenn seem to be in charge when by normal uses of the command structure this wouldn't happen.
Sheridan and Delenn The whole relationship doesn't make a lot of sense - it seems a jump from where Delenn's character is in season 1. I can see how it would have worked with Sinclair, partly because they spent a whole season building up towards them being friends and I can see how it would have worked to go from there, but it feels very rushed - like the fact that she has metamorphosed does mean that she has changed personality. She has her moments after then, but seems to become more and more arrogant, out of touch with anything apart from her ideas of destiny and Sheridan. I wonder whether there was something that we aren't told that was in the prophecies of Valen that pushed her into the relationship so quickly, and that when she was there she felt compelled to take a place behind him. Although if that was the case, I would have expected her to revert more when he was supposed to be dead. Possibly it was a cultural thing to her. I can't help thinking that the whole solution to the Shadow War being what it was would have worked a lot better with a different character there. Given how eager to fight Sheridan had been at most points it seemed very odd for him to be suggesting a peaceful solution.
This got very long! I should probably leave it at that for the moment. :D
Re: B5 hate file
Too true. In some cases these can be good characters, but it gets very boring that there are so many of them.
The ex-wives were really annoying, too. And despite what one might think of Lochley: to choose her as the commanding officer of B5, despite that she'd fought for the other side, based on the fact that they were married? Hello? Didn't that happen after having too much booze or whatnot? A truly thought-out and responsible choice, eh?
I'm wondering whether it was because they had been married or despite it. I'm thinking he was trying to find someone who: had been on the other side; was at an appropriate rank; and he could work with; which probably left a very short list. I think that he wanted someone who had been on the other side as a symbol. I'm not sure that I remember clearly but I got the impression that they were friends before they were married, so he should at least have know her enough to know whether she was competent.
Personally I think it would have been far more interesting if she had been brought in as deputy to Ivanova. The main problem I can see is bringing in someone who had no experience of Babylon 5 to serve as commander (especially without an experienced deputy commander), especially someone who doesn't seem to have had much experience in diplomacy.
However, that brings me on to an separate complaint about how they seem to have so few officers - there doesn't seem to be anyone except the commander and the second in command at any point, except very junior officers. I would have thought that they would want at least 3 or 4 officers who could be left in charge in C&C etc. It is partly the fact that at various point Garibaldi or Delenn seem to be in charge when by normal uses of the command structure this wouldn't happen.
Sheridan and Delenn
The whole relationship doesn't make a lot of sense - it seems a jump from where Delenn's character is in season 1. I can see how it would have worked with Sinclair, partly because they spent a whole season building up towards them being friends and I can see how it would have worked to go from there, but it feels very rushed - like the fact that she has metamorphosed does mean that she has changed personality. She has her moments after then, but seems to become more and more arrogant, out of touch with anything apart from her ideas of destiny and Sheridan. I wonder whether there was something that we aren't told that was in the prophecies of Valen that pushed her into the relationship so quickly, and that when she was there she felt compelled to take a place behind him. Although if that was the case, I would have expected her to revert more when he was supposed to be dead. Possibly it was a cultural thing to her.
I can't help thinking that the whole solution to the Shadow War being what it was would have worked a lot better with a different character there. Given how eager to fight Sheridan had been at most points it seemed very odd for him to be suggesting a peaceful solution.
This got very long! I should probably leave it at that for the moment. :D