Matt Ruff <storytellers@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Sea Wasp wrote:
>>
>> Consistency in a fictional world is one of my top criteria to
>> measure someone by.
>
>I'm a consistency and internal logic freak, too, actually, but a good
>story trumps all other considerations, and the more entertained I am,
>the more continuity errors I'm willing to overlook. "Buffy" kept me very
>entertained, so things I might have nitpicked in a more boring narrative
>(e.g., Babylon 5) just didn't bother me.
>
>One retcon I still marvel at is the one that ended the La Femme Nikita
>series, where it was revealed that she'd been working as a double-agent
>for Center since the beginning of season two. Continuity-wise it doesn't
>withstand scrutiny, but it was such a gutsy move I really wanted it to.
>
I never watched "La Femme Nikita". Was Center the bad guys? That
sounds interesting, if so.
-David
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