JMS on CompuServe (Aug 18, 1996) *POSSIBLE SPOILERS*
Brent Barrett
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Sun Aug 18 14:57:55 EDT 1996
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[ Summary of subjects in this section: ]
Sb: #561125-#New Cast Addition
Sb: #561295-#Magazine Article
Sb: #561398-Magazine Article
Sb: #561254-#Snow White
Sb: #561522-Triangle on Minbari head
Sb: #560951-Day in the Strife
Sb: #561191-#Goodbye Old Friend..
Sb: #561056-#Lyta--Season 4
Sb: #561264-#<<Walkabout Cast>>
Sb: #561761-B5 at WorldCon
[ Summary: A new poster to CIS asks "Michael" who he is and if he knows
anything about KVOS in Bellingham and their "Sci Fi" night. ]
#: 561699 S5/Babylon 5: General
17-Aug-96 16:55:16
Sb: #561125-#New Cast Addition
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
I haven't heard anything about how KVOS will be handling the show yet, so
we'll have to see.
"Who are you for starters?"
I work craft services at the Babylon 5 stage. I make the hot dogs. It's
a small job, but I'm proud to be there.
jms
(don't read credits, do you...?)
#: 561295 S5/Babylon 5: General
16-Aug-96 21:33:47
Sb: #560942-#Magazine Article
Fm: REBECCA ESCHLIMAN
<< Thanks, I'd seen the article, and it's a great thing. We're starting
to pick up more positive articles and reviews lately...basicallly, I think
journalists are starting to get past their preconceptions of what we should be,
and what SF is, to see the show for what it is. >> Oddly enough, I picked
up this magazine at the local grocery store. As I'd never seen the title
before, I looked for the publisher -- Warner Publishing (and I think this is
the "other" one, not the publishing arm of Warner Bros., no?)
It seems that the recent cluster of letters to TV Guide can't but help in
directing the focus of both SF and B5. And isn't it also possible that
journalists skipping their browsers across the WWW like stones across a pond
will inevitably run into "cool" B5 sites, which, again, might direct their
focus in a more desirable direction? (Perhaps an unintended consequence of your
"interactive document" concept?)
- rje - Beware the Revenge of Unanticipated Consequences...
#: 561700 S5/Babylon 5: General
17-Aug-96 16:55:18
Sb: #561295-#Magazine Article
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
I dunno...don't think enough journalists are online yet to make an impact
that way, but who knows?
jms
#: 561398 S5/Babylon 5: General
17-Aug-96 02:59:15
Sb: #560942-#Magazine Article
Fm: BURHAAN AHMAD
>> I think journalists are starting to get past their preconceptions of what we
should be, and what SF is, to see the show for what it is. <<
You've said often that doing B5 has been an uphill battle. With the season 4
renewal, the TNT syndication, the increasing coverage, and the more positive
reviews of late, do you feel like your finally approaching the crest? Here's
hoping season 5 is a downhill coast, obstacle-wise.
_____ _____
--->ba<---
/ \
#: 561701 S5/Babylon 5: General
17-Aug-96 16:55:20
Sb: #561398-Magazine Article
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Nothing about the show ever gets easier...it's just the nature of the
beast
jms
#: 561254 S5/Babylon 5: General
16-Aug-96 20:21:31
Sb: #Snow White
Fm: RICHARD M. PERRY
Joseph Michael... get your lying little self in here and go to your room. <G>
So, "Don't go, it's horrible" he says. "Everyone dies", he says. "Whole
communities have outlawed it", he says. "It'll give your kids nightmares", he
says.
HE LIES!!!!!
The truth is, the play was horribly cute. If anyone died watching this,
it was because his initials are JMS and he insists that he doesn't do cute. The
Disney film would give children more nightmares. And another thing if whole
communities outlaw it, it is due to an intolerance to things cute.
Queen: "Mirror, mirror on the wall; who's the fairest of them all?"
Miror: "How about a weather report instead?"
How about Prince Charming (A.K.A. the second best huntsman in the land)
is a spy in her majesty's castle, not to mention a total clutz. Lead by the,
now free, spirit of the miror to a poisoned Snow White; he asks for a little
privacy, so everyone takes one step back. He kisses Snow on the hand...
nothing. Then, on the cheek... nothing. With a little encouragment from the
others, he then spritzes with binaca and kisses her on the lips... she awakens
and they lived happily ever after.
But wait... that's not all!!! Sleepy has a teddy bear! Yes, you read
that right; sleepy has a teddy bear. (no pole attached though)
I would take a guess that some writer, who's name I won't mention,
didn't much care for his teachers at the age of 18; as one of them was turned
into a hamster.
May the Light shine forever,
Rich
P.S. Someone's gonna pay, by signing a program in October. <G>
#: 561702 S5/Babylon 5: General
17-Aug-96 16:55:23
Sb: #561254-#Snow White
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
I hate you...I hate you...I really, really, really hate you....
jms
#: 561522 S5/Babylon 5: General
17-Aug-96 10:02:44
Sb: #560945-#Triangle on Minbari head
Fm: SUSAN PEAK
Talking of things-not-yet-explained, I keep thinking of when Ivanova went to
[wherever] to speak to the First Ones and was told, 'call & we will come'. No
call yet - to be borne in mind??
susan.
#: 561703 S5/Babylon 5: General
17-Aug-96 16:55:25
Sb: #561522-Triangle on Minbari head
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
The call will come eventually.
jms
[ Summary: Mistakenly believes that Garibaldi mentioned the "White Star"
when he discussed Sheridan's tactical abilities in "A Day in the
Strife." ]
#: 561704 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
17-Aug-96 16:55:27
Sb: #560951-Day in the Strife
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Yes, it was called the Black Star.
jms
#: 561191 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
16-Aug-96 19:26:39
Sb: #559913-#Goodbye Old Friend..
Fm: THE JAWA / JAWA #2
>>Thanks, the Sinclair material was very moving, I thought.
An accurate concession--I'll get over it sometime.
>> Just can't do anything the conventional way on this
>>show....
Speaking of non-conventional: can you give me some cryptic remarks on
the Doctor's future?
I have this speculation...
The Jawa/Kidism Patrol
9:57 PM, Friday, August 16, 1996
Nightly: The Phantom Duck Concert!
#: 561705 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
17-Aug-96 16:55:29
Sb: #561191-#Goodbye Old Friend..
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Well, I think it's safe to say that Franklin will finally get the point
later this season....
jms
#: 561056 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
16-Aug-96 15:53:08
Sb: #559914-#Lyta--Season 4
Fm: DAVID CERRETA
Well, I'm not surprised that Londo won't shut up when he's supposed to.
Sometimes I get this weird urge to hear him yadder on for five minutes and
marvel at what comes out of his mouth. The only other one I can say that
about is Zathras, who has made me laugh more than an other character on B5 so
far.
You've also confirmed my suspicions. I just wonder if it rattles you when a
character DEMANDS to appear, DEMANDS to be important and finally DEMANDS to
be indispensible ESPECIALLY when he/she wasn't even part of the recipe when
you decided to start cooking(pardon the analogy). In the few years I've been
writing, this has happened so often I spend most of my time wondering when,
not if. Usually my favorite characters are the ones who don't know how to
appear in an outline or on time. Do you know of any others that might take
the stage as late as Season 5, or haven't they let themselves be known to you
yet<G>?
Best, DAVE
#: 561706 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
17-Aug-96 16:55:31
Sb: #561056-#Lyta--Season 4
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Thanks...and yeah, it happened again. I'm writing 405, "The Long Night,"
and there's something that one character was supposed to do in the script, that
had been the plan all along, that was my intent even as near as 1 page from
where it was going to happen...then just as I got to that scene, another
character stepped up and said, "no, let me do it." I was kinda flummoxed.
"You?! You're the LAST person anyone would think to do this." The character
nodded. "Exactly." And the symmetry was perfect, the impact would be
greater...so that's who did it.
On one level, it's always wonderful when this happens; on another, it
scares the hell out of me....
It's at the bottom of act two, you'll figure it out when you get there.
jms
#: 561264 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
16-Aug-96 20:25:31
Sb: #560664-#<<Walkabout Cast>>
Fm: SYSOP DUPA T PARROT
Joe,
> I was logging onto Compuserve back in 1984 ...
> It took a lot longer for CIS to come around and even note the show,
> or do some of the things that GEnie was already doing.
So you were around back when the SF Forum first opened in '85 with a grand
total of twelve sections. It was quite a while before The Powers That Be let
us split the forums into Lit and Media. Until that and the increase in the
number of sections in a forum, it was pretty difficult to accommodate the
number of topics we needed. Now look at us <g>.
And since I was on CompuServe since '79, I'll borrow a line of yours: "I have
always been here!"
-Dupa T. Parrot, Team SF/F
[Tech. Support SysOp]
<OS/2 + GCP> O-
#: 561707 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
17-Aug-96 16:55:34
Sb: #561264-#<<Walkabout Cast>>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Yup...I was here at the dawn of the SF forum....
jms
#: 561761 S5/Babylon 5: General
17-Aug-96 18:52:44
Sb: #B5 at WorldCon
Fm: SYSOP DUPA T PARROT
Joe,
I see from the tentative schedule (at http://lacon3.wsfs.org) that your B5
presentation will be at 3pm on Saturday. Do you know if the "A1" room will be
Big Enough?
I vote for the "Arena" since if it's big enough for the Masquerade and Hugo
Awards, it may be big enough to contain your People.
-Dupa T. Parrot, Team SF/F
[Tech. Support SysOp]
<OS/2 + GCP> O-
#: 561830 S5/Babylon 5: General
17-Aug-96 23:19:59
Sb: #561761-B5 at WorldCon
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
We'll have to see....
jms
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