Kathryn Huxtable wrote:   
   >   
   > Yes, the writing will not affect the adaptation, but many other things    
   > in the background are dated. I suppose that they're not essential and    
   > can be changed in a screenplay, but the whole multi-generational battle    
   > between "freedom" and "dictatorship" might not play that well. Then    
   > again, it might.   
      
   It already has drug smugglers as the bad guys.  The good part is the   
   drugs are used to weaken the free society by the bad guys.  The bad part   
   is the free society sees none of the ill effects of its war on drugs.   
      
   One reason that freedom versus dictatorship worked after WWII is folks   
   still remembered the fascists as a viable enemy and everyone thought in   
   terms of nations at war.  But the constitution of the Soviet Union had   
   better words about freedom than the US one yet they still ended up a   
   dictatorship.   
      
   To some extent Lensman can be the first season view of Babylon 5 of a   
   good side and a bad side of ancient aliens battling.  Pick the right   
   side then fight fight fight like it's a world war all over again.  Sort   
   of like the last few seasons of Star Gate - SG1 that did not draw as big   
   a crowd as the early seasons.   
   --- SBBSecho 2.12-Win32   
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