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Subj : Re: OT - Babylon 5 (WAS Re: I BLAME BRAGA_
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From : Michael Johnson
Date : Sun Sep 11 2005 06:19:17

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.ds9

On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 00:55:29 -0400, "Anthony Cerrato"
<tcerrato@optonline.net> wrote:

>
>"Joe" <joe@joe.com> wrote in message
>news:1126291340.831335bd5a117b2f25555e2ba62337eb@teranews...
>>
>> "Merrick Baldelli" <snark_lord@mindspring.com> wrote in
>message
>> news:ho83i11hp2ch4fnd9sfl16k047emhkvkro@4ax.com...
>> > On Thu, 8 Sep 2005 13:35:06 -0500, "Joe" <joe@joe.com>
>wrote:
>> >
>> >>Speaking of B5...(SPOILER)...
>> >>
>> >>Was the idea of Sinclair as Valen (sp?) always planned
>or did they invent
>> >>that due to wanting to fire Michael O'Hare? Or did he
>not get fired?
>> >>Bottom
>> >>line, why was he off the show after one season?
>> >
>> > He was always supposed to be Valen.  According to one
>the
>> > stories (that I happen to believe most plausible given
>the writing
>> > that was going on at the time O'Hare was on the show),
>if O'Hare
>> > stayed around through all five seasons, the last episode
>of the series
>> > was supposed to send Sinclair back to the past to become
>Valen.
>> >
>> > According to jms -- [O'Hare] left because his character
>wasn't
>> > developing and he didn't believe he could put in an
>adequate
>> > performance.  It was amicable decision...
>> >
>>
>> That does make sense..he is more of a stage actor as
>well..he hasn't done
>> much on TV / Film at all but I heard he is doing stage all
>the time.
>>
>> He wasn't HORRIBLE but he didn't seem comfortable with the
>role.
>
>At the time I thought he was terrible; he had that sort of
>very quiet and withdrawn, over the top style of dramatic
>acting; but later on I realized the direction may have
>exaggerated that (the entire cast was pretty much over the
>top in the first season but improved immensly
>afterwards...he didn't change much though.)
> Maybe you have it exactly right,; he just wasn't
>comfortable in the role...although there was no logical
>reason that he shouldn't be...that is what acting is about
>after all. :)              ...tonyC

I would have agreed when the show was first one. But I rewatched
season one and don't believe this in any way to be the case and think
he got a bad rap for it. His style took some getting used to, but once
I did I personally feel he is quite a bit better than Boxleitner. I
also hadn't seen the season one episodes for qute a long time.

Storywise... the story is stronger with Sinclair going the 5 years
rather than Sheridan, with Sheridan setting up the Rangers and
becoming Valen.. rather than vice versa. We got what we got and in the
end.. it wasn't that bad at all.

-MJ

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