JMS: Season Finale (Title Classified)

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Subject: JMS: Season Finale (Title Classified)
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+  1: Apr  4, 1996: hildebra at math.wisc.edu (Jeff Hildebrand)
*  2: Apr  4, 1996: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)

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From: hildebra at math.wisc.edu (Jeff Hildebrand)
Lines: 23

	I know better than to try and ask for hints about the title,
but something occured to me about whether I want to know. I think JMS
is familiar with the show I'm talking about, so maybe he can comment
on the comparison.

	The first time I saw the series Blake's 7, while I couldn't 
avoid the most obvious spoiler about the series finale, I did manage
to avoid most of them. In particular I somehow managed to avoid hearing
or reading about the title for that episode. Thus when the opening
credits rolled and the title popped up my jaw dropped a foot and I spent
several seconds just staring blankly at the screen in surprise. Is
the season finale title for B5 going for the same effect? Or is it a
matter of the title being a spoiler for an episode between now and
then?

-Jeff
--
Jeff Hildebrand, The Shaggy TA         <*>    	   hildebra at math.wisc.edu
"When correctly viewed, _everything_ is lewd.
I can tell you things about Peter Pan and the Wizard of Oz,
                           there's a dirty old man!" - Tom Lehrer, "Smut"



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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Lines: 24

"Or is it a matter of the title being a spoiler for an episode between now
and
then?"

Yes, that's my concern.

While I'm on the subject, an advisory: I gave a short interview to
Entertainment Weekly the other day for their story about cliffhanger
endings for various shows.  Now, the piece is going to run in May since
that's when most shows (most *sensible* shows) will be doing their
cliffhangers.  Ours won't run until July or October, depending on who you
talk to.  

There's a point where you have to decide between publicity (good for show)
and secrecy (good for viewers), in the process of keeping the show on the
air (also good for viewers).  So I let a few things out of the bag.  If
you don't want to be spoiled, then you may want to avoid picking up and
reading that story.



 jms


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