JMS on GEnie 4/15/96
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b5jms-owner at cs.columbia.edu
Tue Apr 16 22:32:13 EDT 1996
Forwarded message to B5JMS list.
Originally From: dstrauss at netcom.com (David Strauss)
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Possible SPOILERS for third season episodes.
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Message 547 Mon Mar 25, 1996
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 02:05 EST
In order to do a fade in of Kosh's shadow, we would have had to do an
optical effect. We just leaned Kosh over so the shadow fell over Turhan.
jms
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Message 604 Tue Mar 26, 1996
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 15:26 EST
Scott: thanks. I keep playing with different techniques, trying to add
more tools to my inventory. I've learned how to use montage a bit more,
narrative, music both working with and counterpointing action, juxtaposition
of scenes of different emotional content with intercutting (funny cutting
right to dark cutting right to something moving); the more tools you have in
your box, the more things you can make with them.
jms
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Message 563 Tue Mar 26, 1996
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 15:27 EST
The blueberry muffins line is actually something I got from Harlan.
And critics are paid to be unfair.
jms
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Message 20 Tue Mar 26, 1996
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 21:44 EST
I have just today, for the first time, seen "Severed Dreams" with ALL
the cgi in place.
Man, are *you* guys in for one hell of a ride....
jms
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Message 311 Wed Mar 27, 1996
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 03:34 EST
Martinez was emphatically *not* the person I was referring to in the note
uptopic; I think he would've been a most intriguing choice.
jms
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Message 23 Wed Mar 27, 1996
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 03:32 EST
Dunno...we gave lots of clips even though other stuff was still in
progress, more than enough for a promo.
jms
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Message 348 Fri Mar 29, 1996
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 03:49 EST
Scott, or others...don't know if you've all heard, but a moderated B5
usenet group has just been approved and will start up in the next week or
thereabouts. The name will be either rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5-moderated or
something close to that. So for any GEnieites heading south, that might be a
good common ground to link up...especially since it's nominally a free service
(after your provider, natch).
jms
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Message 572 Sat Mar 30, 1996
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 20:18 EST
Well, then what's a faster browser?
What's interesting in the Starlog is that in addition to the 2.5 B5
pieces, the Space Cases and Hypernauts articles also mention B5, and how one
in some cases paved the way for the other to follow. Already we have had an
impact.
(By way of comparison, btw, such British magazines as TV Zone, Starburst
and a couple others have had as many as half their covers as B5 stories for
the last year or so. Starlog has, I think, had only two or three in 4 years,
counting the pilot.)
jms
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Message 382 Wed Apr 03, 1996
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 02:06 EST
I'd heard there was something in the works re: limited edition sculptures
and collector's plates...I'll know more when this stuff comes through my hands
for approval.
jms
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Message 278 Wed Apr 03, 1996
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 02:08 EST
Bear: thanks. Pound for pound, I think this is our best work on the show
to date. It's just relentless, with some of the same feeling of out of
control events you had in "Coming of Shadows" but a LOT more personal this
time even than that. It's just nifty....
jms
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Message 303 Fri Apr 05, 1996
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 16:18 EST
It's my understanding that the promo for the contest eats up the show
promo slot.
jms
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Message 316 Sat Apr 06, 1996
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 04:26 EST
Ron: see my note on Draal that I just left in the spoiler topic, section
19. This may clarify.
Yes, this had more discreet shots than anything preceding it; I think the
shot count was something on the order of 170 shots; usually an episode numbers
about 60-80 shots. I think only the two-parter comes close to the same number
of shots.
jms
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Message 58 Fri Apr 05, 1996
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 02:10 EST
They're new models of Starfuries capable of atmospheric maneuvering,
called Thunderbolts.
Thanks to everyone for the great comments; this one just about killed all
of us, but it was worth the effort.
jms
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Message 76 Sat Apr 06, 1996
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 04:20 EST
This one isn't eligible until next year's Hugos.
No, KCOP didn't clip that end, but they came close. It's a very quick
cut as it is.
Klaatu: it's real simple. All that's been generally known by Earth, and
others, is that Draal is there, and that the B5 Advisory Council would oversee
things and make sure nobody got close. That's all. What's NOT known is that
Draal selected Sheridan to form a specific alliance, which would probably
majorly annoy all of the other races, especially the Centauri, and would
*really* have honked off Earth.
Yes, B5 will now have a mix of furies, both the ones we've seen there
before, and the newer Thunderbolts. (Sheridan personally takes custody of one
of these...being the captain and all, he gets first dibs.)
Thanks to all on the good words about the episode. It's a corker.
jms
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Message 441 Sun Apr 07, 1996
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 04:06 EDT
I saw the *cut* with all EFX in several days before; but we still had to
finish the audio mix, and that took right up until the last minute.
jms
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Message 476 Tue Apr 09, 1996
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 05:17 EDT
The following has just gone out concerning the B5 fan club, care of Jim
Lochett, Fan Club Coordinator:
***
Join today and you will receive the Official Membership Kit, including:
A Subscription to The Universe Today: The Official Newsletter of the
B5FC filled with exclusive interviews, news about Babylon 5, and
exciting merchandise offers.
An 8x10 Cast Photo
Full Color Babylon 5 Mini-Poster (13"x20")
B5 Fan Club Button & Full Color Sticker
Membership Certificate (Signed by the show's Executive Producers, J.
Michael Straczynski and Douglas Netter)
Membership ID Card granting you discounts on merchandise, conventions,
etc., as well as access to the Members Only section of TheStation.com,
the B5 Fan Club Web-site (to be up May 1996).
Plus as a bonus, the first 100 people to join get:
A Limited Collection Sticker of the alternate B5 Logo as designed by
artist Peter Ledger. ================
To Give a Membership as a Gift, simply make a copy of the entry form, fill in
the name of the person you wish to make a member, and send it off. (Don't
forget to include your name on the Suggestions line, so that we can include a
gift card.)
Each year the Renewal Kit will offer new and different goodies, savings, and
of course another year's subscription to The Universe Today.
Remember, this is more than just your run of the mill fan club; the Babylon 5
fans time and time again have gone that extra step for the show, and the
Babylon 5 Fan Club is our way of giving something back to those who've been so
loyal to us.
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Message 101 Sun Apr 07, 1996
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 04:05 EDT
There was a shot of a fleet in hyperspace, at the bottom of act two, in
SD, so perhaps that's what you saw. The pieces of the preview you mention are
from Ceremonies of Light and DArk.
jms
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Message 200 Fri Apr 12, 1996
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 00:20 EDT
Actually, we've only seen 2 new eps so far, "Severed" and "Light," "Vir"
starts airing next week.
Right now, what we're looking to do via the Fan Club are: patches of all
kinds, EA and other pins, possibly scripts, B5 caps and Agamemnon crew hats
(complete with the Aggy's serial number and silhouette, in naval style),
Links, posters and a few other things, maybe some limited edition stuff. Not
a lot, we're just feeling our way here for nwo.
jms (that's "now")
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Message 81 Fri Apr 12, 1996
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 05:46 EDT
Those who subscribed to Christy's newsletter will get the first two issues
of the new B5 newsletter without charge, without having to join the club. (So
you can choose to wait for the first two to come in, and then join.)
jms
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Message 11 Wed Apr 10, 1996
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 19:31 EDT
They're two-pieces.
The reason it didn't feel like an arc story was...well, it isn't, really,
though some stuff on the periphery is. After the three big heavy-arc
episodes, I figured we'd need a break for a bit to recover, sort of a
refractory period. This is sort of a transitional episode, cleaning up some
loose threads and setting things on their new course. The next two are stand-
alones, for the most part, then we kick back into the arc with the one after
that, and we pretty much stay in arc through the end of May.
jms
(Actually, on reflection, the Londo situation is definitely arc
material.)
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Message 238 Mon Apr 15, 1996
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 05:56 EDT
WB will *never* let us do the marketing or promos, so it's really a moot
question. Change of address forms should go to the fan club address.
Sorry this is short; was at con all weekend, it's nearly 3 a.m, and I'm
about to crash.
jms
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Message 250 Tue Apr 16, 1996
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 03:08 EDT
The information on Harlan's health was *not* something that he wanted
posted publicly to the nets, and was a gross violation of his trust by the
person who did so. While currently things are looking good, this is a period
when *rest and quiet* are necessary, and instead they are being beseiged by
telephone calls literally every 3 minutes.
So all I'll say for now is that things are looking very good, he's well
on the way to recovery, and ask that anyone seeing this please hold back on
phone calls and the like for a few days.
jms
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Message 429 Tue Apr 16, 1996
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 03:09 EDT
No, I believe there is a reference to the narn being treated later, and
in any event, it's clear Vir wouldn't do anything to them.
jms
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