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/* retail, either? These television producers (or their sub-contractors) are always looking to increase profit by lowering costs, and they'll do it in any way possible. */ I think it's sad that so many have bought into the effects more than the stories they tell… it really shows sometimes. Deep S$%# 9 had very lame scripts at first, but great effects. You can't keep a show going with effects only. Babble-on has had horrible scripts, very poor acting from some of its key "characters"… and yet I've seen sci-fi's with little to know special effects at all that I will never forget and have left a lasting impression on me. /* caps, and maybe a credit at the end of the show, they've made money by saving money. */ Well, the wifer and I gave Seaquisp and Babble-On a VERY fair shake for weeks, and consistently week after week, drugding our way through the commercials for the full hour, we found ourselves shaking our heads. TNG had its slow seasons, many episodes in the first few few were dreadful. I like the effects, but it's hard to watch a show when effects take less than 5% of the total time and you have to wade through 95% "filler acting". /* I do not know how to make better scripts for seaQuest, but if I see one more genius teenage hacker telepathically determine the security codes to startup or shut down another computer, I'm gonna scream. 🙂 */ Kinda like Wesley Crusher all over again, but in inner space this time. It didn't work then, it doesn't work now… not even for kids. Even THEY roll their eyes. :Q -dave