JMS on CompuServe (Apr 16, 1996) *POSSIBLE SPOILERS* 4/4

[Brent Barrett]

 [ Continued from previous section -- BB ]


 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WARNING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 The following posts may contain SPOILERS for
 upcoming Babylon 5 episodes.

 Continue at your own risk.

 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 S
  P
   O
    I
     L
      E
       R

         P
          R
           O
            T
             E
              C
               T
                I
                 O
                  N

 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 THE FOLLOWING MATERIAL IS THE COPYRIGHT OF THE
 RESPECTIVE MESSAGE AUTHORS AND CANNOT BE 
 REPRODUCED IN ANY FORM WITHOUT THE EXPRESSED
 PERMISSION OF THE AUTHOR.  
 
 Note that JMS has expressed his public permission 
 that all of his messages may be reproduced freely.

 I give permission for my summaries to be reposted in
 any form, however I reserve all rights to them and
 the right to revoke this permission at any time.


 [ Summary: Wants to know if JMS will produce any "behind the scenes"
   books after the show is over. ]

 #: 489135 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
    15-Apr-96  23:57:40
Sb: #488740-Sinclair's Brother
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

      Geez, I'm having enough hell just telling this story now...ask me in two
years.

                                                                     jms



 #: 489095 S5/Babylon 5: General
    15-Apr-96  22:17:34
Sb: #489000-#Babylon screen saver
Fm: MORRIS L. GAVANT, M.D.

When's the Mac version coming out?

Dr. G


 #: 489189 S5/Babylon 5: General
    16-Apr-96  02:08:41
Sb: #489095-Babylon screen saver
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

      Soon.

                                                                 jms


 [ Summary: Asks JMS for a list of the music he listens to while writing. ]

 #: 489190 S5/Babylon 5: General
    16-Apr-96  02:08:42
Sb: #489142-#<Ceremonies of L & D>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

      Problem is I'm *very* eclectic.  I listen to just about everything,
depending on my mood, except for hard-ass country (bluegrass is an exception to
this).  Japanese, Celtic, heavy-metal, classic rock, classical, big band, Enya,
you name it.  They all go into the player at some point.

                                                                         jms


 [ Summary: A viewer realizes why he likes B5 so much: he's always surprised
   and hasn't already resolved the outcome of the story as he does with 
   other works of literature. ]

 #: 489191 S5/Babylon 5: General
    16-Apr-96  02:08:44
Sb: #489127-#Keeping me guessing
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

      Thanks.  It's been said that a writer must surprise himself if he's to
surprise anyone else...and I'm constantly surprised by what comes out of the
characters.

                                                                           jms



 #: 489094 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
    15-Apr-96  22:17:32
Sb: #489006-#<Cermonies of Lt&Drk>
Fm: MORRIS L. GAVANT, M.D.

   Also a nice acting job of the head Nightwatch guy with a paralyzed right
face.  Although. . .
   A stroke or scars from a bad burn injury would have inhibited the ability to
lift the eyebrow.  A stroke might have caused some deficit to the use of the
left side.  A knifing injury to the face would have paralyzed the facial nerve
and cause a mouth droop on the right side.  Either way the makeup, especially
the right eye scar, and the acting were very sinister.

Dr. G
A trauma specialist in Memphis Tennessee


 #: 489192 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
    16-Apr-96  02:08:46
Sb: #489094-<Cermonies of Lt&Drk>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

      The physical dynamics of the scar *would* have worked as seen, actually,
mainly because that wasn't a piece of makeup, that's a real scar, and it does
work that way.

      Other than that...thanks!

                                                                       jms


 [ Summary: Again, someone makes references to the "Dem Bones" song as a
   possible "Prisoner" reference. ]

 #: 489193 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
    16-Apr-96  02:08:49
Sb: #489038-#<CoL&D thoughts>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

      It wasn't a Prisoner reference, so you didn't miss anything.  Some folks
see what they want to see.  (If you were at a gospel meeting, and they sang
"Ezekiel in the Valley of the Dry Bones," would *that* be a Prisoner
reference?)

                                                                       jms


/*********************************************
 * Brent Barrett    brent.barrett at 24stex.com *
 * Senior Software Engineer   Automedia, Inc *
 *           http://www.ailink.com           *
 *********************************************/

-***
-*** B5JMS SUBSCRIBERS: Messages to this list come from various sources.
-*** Replies to them, automatically to go the maintainer of this list
-*** <b5jms-owner at majordomo.cs.columbia.edu>.  If you want to reply to
-*** someone else, make sure the "To:" header line is correctly set.