I remember Andromeda. It was completely unwatchable. I tried viewing a few episodes. A big part of the problem was the gigantic ship with a crew of 4. And the muppet.

No; the problem was that Sorbo wanted it to be the Sorbo show, and forced out anybody who had any ideas about, you know, plot or other characters. Not that it was a great show, but it had potential, until the producer was forced out in mid-season 2.

And speaking of Babylon 5 . . . whoever mentioned Jeremiah in the last TV thread should be shot. I've watched half of the first season so far and it is horrible. That show was ten years behind the times when it aired. It is like a sad parody of Quantum Leap or MacGyver coupled with the lame production values of ST: TNG.

I'd tell you it gets better... but I'd be lying. If anything, Season 2 was worse than Season 1. Adding hobbits doesn't really help.

And speaking of Babylon 5 . . . whoever mentioned Jeremiah in the last TV thread should be shot.

God told me to tell Samwise to tell you that God told him to tell you to watch it.

It was me in the last thread, actually, and I never said it wasn't like watching a 36-hour car accident. I mostly kept watching it to see what I would do differently. The answer: a lot.

I get this feeling that if somebody DID direct an entire series, by the end the cast would be ready to murder him and the feeling would be mutual.

So you're on board with Herzog, then?

My friends and I came up with a couple of Star Trek TNG movie treatments when we all lived in the shadow of Hollywood in the 90's:

1.) The Federation decides for some evil reason to attack Vulcan and puts the Enterprise at the head of the offensive campaign. Picard tells them to get bent, but it splits the crew. Riker, Data, and Geordi fight for the Federation. Picard, Worf, Deanna and Crusher (because you know Picard gets all the #######) fight with the Vulcans. Picard makes some kind of incredible speech at the end, and despite being way way down in numbers and odds proceeds to kick the Federation's ass all over the Alpha Quadrant.

2.) I always thought it would make an awesomely dark final TNG Star Trek film to have the crew find the home planet where the Aliens from ALIEN are. Gives everyone a chance to REALLY kick some ass and experience actual fear and death, gives good reason for multiple crew members to go down and wrap up that storyline once and for freaking all.

LeVar Burton played Ron LeFlore in a TV movie. LeFlore was discovered by Billy Martin. Martin later went on to manage the Yankees and Reggie Jackson 98 times. The circle is complete.

Reggie Jackson came up with the Athletics. LeVar Burton, as host of Reading Rainbow, visited the Oakland Athletics in Spring Training (where he met Dave Stewart, Dave Parker, and Tony LaRussa). The circle is again complete.

I enjoy Science Fiction when the alien culture is predisposed to eat my face.

And post 31 reads like "The Postman". Good grief

Reggie Jackson came up with the Athletics. LeVar Burton, as host of Reading Rainbow, visited the Oakland Athletics in Spring Training (where he met Dave Stewart, Dave Parker, and Tony LaRussa). The circle is again complete.

Reggie Jackson was drafted by the Kansas City Athletics. Kansas City was also home to the NeL Monarchs. The Monarchs had a famous pitcher named Satchel Paige. Satchel paige was played in the movies by Louis Gossett Jr. Louis Gossett Jr. played "Fiddler" in Roots, and was mentor to the young Kunta Kinte, played by LeVar Burton.