I remember trying to explain it to one of the shows writers at a party in NYC back in 1995. I'd actually seen the episode he wrote, but not the one his friend wrote.
The problem was that Bab 5 started first and was on a better channel. Also, the guy who wrote Bab 5 intended it for Star Trek. He pitched it to Star Trek's show-runners. But they said, no, it doesn't fit with Roddenberry's universe. So he developed the show himself. Then DS9 came out. And he got pissed. I vaguely remember reading about the scandal. How the writer of Bab 5 claimed the show-runners of DS9 stole his ideas. He didn't win. But I was highly sympathetic.
The other problem was DS9 got into the religious bit...which grates on my nerves. Not helped when my brother kept pointing out to me how racist DS9 was in depicting the political conflicts in the Middle East. (I don't remember my brother's precise arguments...but it did influence me at the time.)
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The problem was that Bab 5 started first and was on a better channel. Also, the guy who wrote Bab 5 intended it for Star Trek. He pitched it to Star Trek's show-runners. But they said, no, it doesn't fit with Roddenberry's universe. So he developed the show himself. Then DS9 came out. And he got pissed. I vaguely remember reading about the scandal. How the writer of Bab 5 claimed the show-runners of DS9 stole his ideas. He didn't win. But I was highly sympathetic.
The other problem was DS9 got into the religious bit...which grates on my nerves. Not helped when my brother kept pointing out to me how racist DS9 was in depicting the political conflicts in the Middle East. (I don't remember my brother's precise arguments...but it did influence me at the time.)