My buddy Carnes had this to say about my Scorpious being the ultimate baddie ..
One point of contention, though. The Shadows in Bab5 were a great villainous threat. They were so nebulous, and yet seemed so powerful, that I, the viewer, was always wondering how far their manipulations extended.
JMS did a good job of letting us fill in some of the details.
One of my favorite lines, when Sheridan meets his Shadow counterpart, Justin.
(off the top of my head)
Sheridan: Who are you?
Justin: Who sets the borders? Who determines policies? Who decides that the hem lengths will be here this year, and to here next year? Who determines when prices will rise and fall?
Sheridan: I don't know. Who?!
Justin: Ah, you see, I'm with them.
To which I have to reply with a quote from the "Stonecutters" episode.
Who controls the British crown?
Who keeps the metric system down?
We do! We do!
Who leaves Atlantis off the maps?
Who keeps the martians under wraps?
We do! We do!
Who holds back the electric car?
Who makes Steve Guttenberg a star?
We do! We do!
Who robs the cave fish of their sight?
Who rigs every Oscars night?
We do! We do!
This song is the ancient drinking song for the Stonecutters. The Stonecutters are a 1500 year old secret organisation "who, since ancient times, have split the rocks of ignorance that obscure the light of knowledge and truth" (according to "Number One" - the Springfield Stonecutters' leader). The aim of the society is for the members to get drunk, play ping-pong and find the Chosen One who has the Stonecutters symbol for a birthmark. This turns out to be Homer.
Saturday, August 10, 2002
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