JMS on CompuServe (Apr 06, 1996) *POSSIBLE SPOILERS* 2/2
Brent Barrett
brent.barrett at 24stex.com
Sat Apr 6 22:55:09 EST 1996
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#: 482109 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
05-Apr-96 19:31:44
Sb: #481620-#<SD- Special Scene>
Fm: SYSOP DUPA T PARROT
> Yup. We designed that scene very carefully to have that impact.
> No cutaways, just *hold* on him.
Isn't that type of shot (camera pulling back as the lens zooms in) a
Hitchcock original (ala "Vertigo")?
-Dupa T. Parrot [Tech Supp SysOp]
<OS/2 WarpConnect & GCP> O-
#: 482275 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
06-Apr-96 00:18:23
Sb: #482109-<SD- Special Scene>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Probably; the shot gets used in many films.
jms
[ Summary: Thinks the biggest element of B5 to date has been "people who
are afraid and whose fear can practically be touched. Their courage
and their sense of mission keeps them going." ]
#: 482276 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
06-Apr-96 00:18:25
Sb: #481820-<Severed Dreams-Classic>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Bingo. You hit it right on the nose.
jms
#: 482130 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
05-Apr-96 20:27:34
Sb: #481704-#<Severed Dreams-Classic>
Fm: MIKE HOFFMANN
>> Thanks, and thanks especially for the comment about Delenn. She really hit
home here for a lot of people, and the exchange was a good one <<
Joe,
One thing struck me today - being in the process of (re-)reading
Pournelle&Niven's "Mote in God's Eye" and "The Gripping Hand".
These two books portray the environment of ships where artificial gravity is
created by acceleration and rotation very realistically, IMHO.
And thus my question about this on EA ships: while we are shown that they have
rotating compartments, what happens when these ships are under acceleration (or
deceleration)? Up and Down change in these circumstances, yet I never saw a
wall become a floor and/or vice-versa.
Keeping the rotating sections under motion while accelerating would be even
more confusing: down would literally be an outer corner towards the rear.
The Narn have their crews strapped in - much like the space forces in "Mote"
and "Hand", which doubly makes sense as in combat gravity constantly would
change - meaning of course the felt gravity of acceleration.
On B5 the C&C, also seems to be a bit too close to the center hub for the
gravity we are shown.
Is this just something that suspense of disbelief must take care of - for I am
aware that changes in and/or low gravity are likely harder to portray than no
gravity at all.
It's not really a nitpick - I guess Lucas and Spielberg would have problems
showing that right - or that most people would even notice.
Mike
-Mike Hoffmann
Cats are nature's way of helping you detect the
people you don't want to know.
#: 482277 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
06-Apr-96 00:18:28
Sb: #482130-<Severed Dreams-Classic>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Narns are strapped in because they don't have artificial gravity, or
rotating sections; if they weren't strapped in they'd be floating about.
C&C is a little over one-third of the way from the central hub. This
gives you about 33-35% of normal gravity, so a person weighing 200 pounds would
weigh about 66-70. (Yes, we did the math on this.) So you're not going to see
anybody bouncing around the walls.
jms
[ Summary: Wants to know what happened to the fourth EA ship that jumped
into B5 space in the first wave. He counted three ships taken out, not
four. ]
#: 482278 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
06-Apr-96 00:18:31
Sb: #481902-<Severed Dreams battle>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
That would've been killed off-camera. We tried to fit in every ship
getting nailed, but finally realized it would've required another half an act.
jms
[ Summary: Asks for everyone to analyze the new Thunderbolt design.
Wonders how it could fly in an atmosphere with such small wingspan. ]
#: 482286 S5/Babylon 5: General
06-Apr-96 00:34:37
Sb: #482215-SD - Thunderbolts
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
The Thunderbolts have extension wings on the sides, which extend to lock
for full flight capacity.
jms
[ Summary: Thinks that the establishing of characters for which we really
care is what makes B5 so special. ]
#: 482287 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
06-Apr-96 00:34:38
Sb: #482029-<Severed Dreams >
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Re: caring for the characters...this is exactly the point I was going on
about a few weeks ago here. Somebody was wondering why the personal stories,
why not just arc-arc-arc. You *need* the occasional personal stories so you
learn more about the people, and grow to care about them *as* people, not just
arc-movers, so that when stuff like the events in SD happen, you care about it
and get involved.
jms
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