JMS on CompuServe (Apr 17, 1996) *POSSIBLE SPOILERS*
Brent Barrett
brent.barrett at 24stex.com
Wed Apr 17 22:44:29 EDT 1996
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[ Summary of subjects in this section: ]
Sb: #489216-#<CoL&D thoughts>
Sb: #489232->Sic Transit Vir<
Sb: #489245-TNT Syndication
Sb: #489345-#<Ceremonies...>
Sb: #489354-#Quoting Ta'Lon
Sb: #489406-<Cermonies of Lt&Drk>
Sb: #489408-#B5 on WWCP
Sb: #489503-How is Harlan ?
Sb: #489375-#<Ceremonies of L & D>
Sb: #489400-<<<JMS THANKYOU!!!!>>>
Sb: #489668-Delenn
Sb: #489654-<ceremonies - scene>
Sb: #489704-#<<Recasting fever>>>
Sb: #489770-Babylon cereal
Sb: #489840-SD Withdrawing effect
Sb: #489853-#<CoL&D thoughts>
Sb: #489950-<<Recasting fever>>>
Sb: #489771-B5 v Star Trek
Sb: #489835-Rebirth Ceremony
[ Summary: Wants to know if there's any news on Harlan's health. ]
#: 489553 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
16-Apr-96 14:46:56
Sb: #489216-#<CoL&D thoughts>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
He's doing better, mainly now needs rest and quiet.
jms
[ Summary: Asks if JMS will be at Marcon. ]
#: 489554 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
16-Apr-96 14:46:57
Sb: #489232->Sic Transit Vir<
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Yes, I'll be there...see you then.
jms
[ Summary: The poster is a bit confused about TNT's role in airing B5. ]
#: 489555 S5/Babylon 5: General
16-Apr-96 14:46:57
Sb: #489245-TNT Syndication
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
They're picking up reruns in 1998.
jms
[ Summary: Points out to JMS that the Critic's Choice Video catalog
is offering the 1995 Yorkshire Television production of "The Lady's
Not for Burning" with "Kenneth Branagh and Cherie Lunghi as the
leads. The only downside is that it has been edited to fit 90
minutes, but at least Fry did his own editing. In case you hadn't
been aware of it and want to order it, the order number is
LRBFS095107, and the order phone line is 800-367-7765." ]
#: 489557 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
16-Apr-96 14:47:02
Sb: #489345-#<Ceremonies...>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Thanks. I just ordered it the second the information you provided
appeared on my screen. Looking forward to it....
jms
[ Summary: A Honeywell employee notes that the Ta'Lon quote, "All
answers are replies, but not all replies are answers" appeared in
a company newsletter, properly credited. ]
#: 489558 S5/Babylon 5: General
16-Apr-96 14:47:04
Sb: #489354-#Quoting Ta'Lon
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Well, I think we all kinda knew that Honeywell was being run by
Narns....
jms
#: 489406 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
16-Apr-96 11:12:18
Sb: #489192-#<Cermonies of Lt&Drk>
Fm: MARTE BRENGLE
That was a real scar? When was Don Stroud so severely injured? He's a
wonderful character actor and has done a lot of good work on screen--hope that
the scar doesn't otherwise end his career.
--M--
#: 489559 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
16-Apr-96 14:47:05
Sb: #489406-<Cermonies of Lt&Drk>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Yes, the scar is real. He had some rough times a few years ago.
(Actually, he also appeared with the scar as it's seen here in "TKO," as
Garibaldi's corner man, though there it was hidden a bit.) He's still doing a
lot of work though.
(The funny thing was seeing the occasional comment on the nets saying
how fake they thought the makeup looked, and why couldn't we manage to do
something a bit more realistic looking?)
jms
[ Summary: A Pennsylvania viewer informs JMS that he called his local
station, WWCP, and was told that they would not be picking up B5 next
year because B5 was moving to WB stations. Wonders why they still
have this mis-belief. ]
#: 489560 S5/Babylon 5: General
16-Apr-96 14:47:08
Sb: #489408-#B5 on WWCP
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
I can't imagine why they're telling folks that, when it's been made
clear to us that WBN wouldn't take the show. Unless they're looking for a
cover story for why they're considering dropping it, but that doesn't seem very
likely. I dunno....
jms
[ Summary: Asks about Harlan's health. ]
#: 489561 S5/Babylon 5: General
16-Apr-96 14:47:11
Sb: #489503-How is Harlan ?
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Harlan's doing much better. The #1 thing he and Susan need right now is
space and a little quiet time.
jms
[ Summary: Urges JMS to publish at least some of the music he listens to
while writing B5. ]
#: 489563 S5/Babylon 5: General
16-Apr-96 14:47:18
Sb: #489375-#<Ceremonies of L & D>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Okay...Things I Listen To While Writing:
(Well, this week, anyway.)
Melissa Etheridge. Enya. Meatloaf. Slade. Red Clay Ramblers. Alice
Cooper. Benny Goodman. Artie Shaw. KODO. Sarah MacLachlan. Billy Joel.
Django Rheinhart. Leon Russell. The musical Chess. And, of course, the B5
soundtrack.
jms
[ Summary: A U.K. viewer did a close-up examination of the Shadow ship
getting it in "Matters of Honor" and asks JMS if he saw a skeleton of
the ship as it was being destroyed. ]
#: 489564 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
16-Apr-96 14:47:19
Sb: #489400-<<<JMS THANKYOU!!!!>>>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
I think that was mainly the energy coursing along it.
jms
[ Summary: Believes that Lennie could have "a pure, higher love" about as
successfully as several men she's known. ]
#: 489803 S5/Babylon 5: General
16-Apr-96 19:16:03
Sb: #489668-Delenn
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
"...note on Lennier: "a pure, higher love"? Pshaw, I've heard that before and
seen the results in my own life. Are Minbari so different?"
One would certainly hope so.
And there are such different kinds of feelings even among humans; yes,
you're right, often it doesn't work out that way...and sometimes it does.
jms
[ Summary: Wonders if JMS scripted the "chess board" look that was offered
by the shadows of the Nightwatch members in "Ceremonies of Light & Dark"
as they held the Minbari hostage. ]
#: 489806 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
16-Apr-96 19:16:09
Sb: #489654-<ceremonies - scene>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
It sorta evolved.
jms
[ Summary: Wonders how Takashima could've been such a bad person if she,
seemingly, was so sincere in her appreciation of Sinclair for "dragging
her out of career dead ends and giving her 'a chance.'" If this was
the case, the poster wonders how she could've done "all that skullduggery
which is basically against the man (Sinclair) she owed 'so much' to." ]
#: 489807 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
16-Apr-96 19:16:11
Sb: #489704-#<<Recasting fever>>>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Easy. Takashima would have been the one to be Control. A Psi Corps
plant. (Her background on Mars would've been the perfect time for it to have
happened.) When Laurel went away, I took that one thread and passed it along
to Talia, setting it up as early as the very first episode, when Talia and
Ivanova first meet, and later reluctantly have a drink.
At one point, Ivanova says to Talia, referencing Ivanova's mother,
"You're as much of a victim as she was." To which Talia replies, "I don't feel
like a victim." And, of course, that's exactly what she was, though she didn't
know it yet. Ivanova's analysis was 100% correct.
jms
#: 489770 S5/Babylon 5: General
16-Apr-96 18:37:00
Sb: #488991-#Babylon cereal
Fm: TOM KNUDSEN
Joe,
<"What do you do if you die before finishing the full B5 storyline?">
I was there for that one. Unless you've been asked that more than once
it was at I-Con in 94. I almost fell out of my chair I laughed so hard.
Tom^^^^
"The avalanche has ALREADY started. It is too late
for the pebbles to vote." - Kosh Naranek
#: 489967 S5/Babylon 5: General
16-Apr-96 23:10:35
Sb: #489770-Babylon cereal
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
I do get asked that on occasion still....
jms
[ Summary: A viewer describes the zoom/move shot of Sheridan in
"Severed Dreams" when he's given the bad news about the impending
attack and says that he loved it. ]
#: 489968 S5/Babylon 5: General
16-Apr-96 23:10:36
Sb: #489840-SD Withdrawing effect
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Yes, the way you describe the shot (zoom/move) was correct. It's what
was indicated in the script, and well executed.
jms
[ Summary: Is Harlan OK? ]
#: 489969 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
16-Apr-96 23:10:38
Sb: #489853-#<CoL&D thoughts>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
He's doing much better now.
jms
[ Summary: A viewer discusses some pilot stuff and wonders if Carolyn
Sykes was involved in the plot to assassinate Kosh. ]
#: 489970 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
16-Apr-96 23:10:40
Sb: #489950-<<Recasting fever>>>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
No, Carolyn wasn't involved with the Kosh situation.
jms
[ Summary: A poster is responding to another who, basically, states
that Babylon 5 is unoriginal because it takes from situations
established by Star Trek. ]
#: 489980 S5/Babylon 5: General
17-Apr-96 01:46:29
Sb: #489771-B5 v Star Trek
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
In considering ST to be totally original, obviously he's never heard of
Forbidden Planet....
jms
[ Summary: The poster thinks that the ceremoney Delenn showed a bit of in
the first season was some sort of wedding ceremony and now JMS is telling
us it's a "Rebirth Ceremoney." ]
#: 489981 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
17-Apr-96 01:46:30
Sb: #489835-Rebirth Ceremony
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
It was stated at the time, in the first season, that it was a rebirth
ceremony. Just to clarify.
jms
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