Thorsten Froehlich wrote:

> In article <379### [at] geocitiescom> , "Jon A. Cruz"
> <jon### [at] geocitiescom> wrote:
>
> >> Didn't DS9 and B5 both start in 1993?   With a usual year or more
> >> pre-production how could anyone reuse the ideas from someone else?
> >>
> >>     Thorsten
> >
> > Aha. He took the bait  ;-)
>
> :-)  Well, actually, they all combine bits from here and there.  Doesn't the
> command center (sorry, don't remember how exactly the called it) very
> similar to some StarWars scenes?  Oh, and then the "Photon Torpedos" in the
> first StarWars film, didn't those come from the original StarTrek.  And I am
> surethey appeared before in some other sience fiction novel. Not to mention
> some of the smaller ships in TNG or DS9, some smaller versions of StarWars
> ships, aren't they?

Yes, to one degree that is true. And B5's JMS spent a lot of time talking to
scientists to get what space & such would really be like (there are some
interesting tidbits from his participation in all sorts of on-line
discussions). StarWars had 'Proton'.

Anyway, but the point is at the time that DS9 came out it was far different
than ST and STNG, and in exactly the direction of B5. Given that before they
went into production on DS9 they had all the base B5 stuff, one can easily see
where that comes from. Sure, a new sf series might go in any direction, but
when they go in the exact direction of the flagship show being produced at the
rival studio & network...

Remote station that suddenly becomes the center of important travel. Major
stress of dealing with different races (the stress was _very_ new to ST).
Security chief being given a second chance. Station head dealing with mental
issues springing from an earlier armed conflict (new for ST). Becomes a major
diplomatic station. Grittier. Intra-personnel conflict. All sorts of little
pieces like that.

I'd view it very much like DreamWorks doing Antz to hit just before Pixar's "A
Bug's Life". And for that one Lassiter and Jobs have been able to publicly
criticise Katzenbergs[SP] character in making that decision.

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