On 2010-12-13 11:48:27 -0600, Doug Freyburger said:   
   > 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.   
   Well, _Galactic Patrol_ was initially serialized between late 1937 and    
   early 1938, so the US wasn't yet in WWII. _Children of the Lens_ was    
   serialized between late 1947 and late 1948, so it's post-war.   
   Notice how the villians tend to have Germanic names (Helmuth, Jalte) in    
   the first two, then in the last, they have Russian names (Melankov, if    
   I recall correctly)? I think that's funny, too.   
   > 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.   
   I suppose... I hated the last two seasons of SG1.   
   -K   
   --- SBBSecho 2.12-Win32   
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