On Oct 25, 2:51 pm, Soundy  wrote:   
   > I dunno, I think it's a lot simpler than that: if they referenced   
   > Babylon 5 all the time, most viewers wouldn't get the jokes.  More non-   
   > sci-fi-buff viewers will GET the anti-Wil-Wheaton jokes, and Sheldon's   
   > Spock-man-crush.  Sure, they could have made Sheldon a B5 fan instead,   
   > but Sheldon getting excited over "possessing the DNA of Michael   
   > O'Hare" would leave about 99.9% of their audience going, "WHO???"  For   
   > the jokes to work, they have to reference something that's a near-   
   > universal cultural meme.   
   >   
   > Naturally, they need to counterpoint all that... for that they could   
   > have probably chosen any number of sci-fi shows for Sheldon and the   
   > others to debate over: Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, etc.  If I   
   > were to really fanwank over it, I'd consider it an honor that the   
   > writers DO recognize B5, not just as a contemporary to the later Trek   
   > series, but as a "worthy adversary" to the entire franchise.   
   >   
   > Then again, I also picture JMS reading this sort of thread, standing   
   > up at the front of the room, looking down at us all, and screaming,   
   > "it's just a TV show dammit, IT'S JUST A TV SHOW!"   
   Well, duh.  We've said all that.   
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