Halo in particular v rapidly became a symbol of being what we'd today call basic
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like how DS9 was v highly rated in the 90s and fondly remembered now but on the Internet you had to hate it
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you were required to say it was a ripoff of Babylon 5, it was a rule
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Which is insane cause DS9 came out first and im pretty sure Baby 5 creator worked on it for a bit
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Supposedly, Straczynski showed Paramount his stuff in 1989 to try and get them involved.
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They said no, but then announced DS9 shortly after WB said they were going to run B5.
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Straczynski also put a lot of effort into promoting the show online, such as it was then.
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So the internet fanboy quotient was really high, and they did most of the DS9 hate.
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I don't hate JMS as a person but the backlash to his Internet cult is I think deserved
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same with Joss Whedon, who I'm actually a fan of
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"Slayage, an academic journal of Whedon analysis" I mean come on
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Buffy hit at just the right time to grab a generation of geeks hard and never let go
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I loved Buffy. plus it was one of the earliest positive queer representations I recall.
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