JMS on CompuServe (Dec 01, 1996) *POSSIBLE SPOILERS*
Brent Barrett
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Sun Dec 1 14:50:48 EST 1996
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[ Summary of subjects in this section: ]
Sb: #618829-JMS: season 4 = arc end?
Sb: #618978-jms & co at LosCon (LA)
Sb: #618983-B5 ruins it all . . .
Sb: #618763-B5 Laser Disc
Sb: #618816-#<404: Falling>
Sb: #618915-Wayne Alexander
Sb: #618921-Images
Sb: #618771-#New FX - no problems!
Sb: #619009-New FX - no problems!
Sb: #619149-#<Falling...>
Sb: #619176-<Falling...>
Sb: #619012-<FTA prophecy&future>
Sb: #619063-#<<Apotheosis>>
Sb: #619202-#Lorien
Sb: #619193-<404: Falling>
Sb: #Answers
[ Summary: Asks if support should be sent to WB or his local station. ]
#: 619037 S5/Babylon 5: General
30-Nov-96 18:33:58
Sb: #618829-JMS: season 4 = arc end?
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Local support is always best, thanks.
jms
[ Summary: Will JMS be at I-CON this year? ]
#: 619038 S5/Babylon 5: General
30-Nov-96 18:33:59
Sb: #618978-jms & co at LosCon (LA)
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
At this point...yes, I've confirmed that I'll be at Icon this year.
jms
[ Summary: Two users talk about the poor quality of the VHS transfer of
the movie "Twister." ]
#: 619039 S5/Babylon 5: General
30-Nov-96 18:34:01
Sb: #618983-B5 ruins it all . . .
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
I have the Twister laserdisk -- it's the only way I was able to see it --
and that transfer looks pretty cool.
jms
[ Summary: Asks if B5 boxed laser disc sets are under consideration. ]
#: 619040 S5/Babylon 5: General
30-Nov-96 18:34:03
Sb: #618763-B5 Laser Disc
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Nope. Because a) WB doesn't think there's a market for B5 on tape or
disk, b) won't let us do it because they have the right to do it, even though
they won't (like the proverbial monkey with its fist around a nut in a jar, it
can't take it out and won't let go), and c) WB video almost never handles
piddly TV stuff, only big-budget, sure-return movies.
We'll keep working at it. Sooner or later, we'll win.
jms
[ Summary: Comments that G'Kar was in danger of losing his life for
looking at Cartagia because Cartagia is so unpredictible. ]
#: 619041 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
30-Nov-96 18:34:06
Sb: #618816-#<404: Falling>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Except, of course, this trip with G'Kar was in his best interest, and
Cartagia is always responsive to what's best for Cartagia.
jms
[ Summary: Asks JMS to pass on thanks to Wayne Alexander for superb work. ]
#: 619042 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
30-Nov-96 18:34:08
Sb: #618915-Wayne Alexander
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Will do.
jms
[ Summary: Loved the image of Sheridan suspended in light by Lorien. ]
#: 619043 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
30-Nov-96 18:34:10
Sb: #618921-Images
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Thanks...those kinds of images are what we live for.
jms
#: 618771 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
30-Nov-96 07:24:55
Sb: #618658-#New FX - no problems!
Fm: NEIL BLEVINS
> What kinda bugged me was that, after having made the change, there were a
number of people -- presumably associated with Foundation -- who were running
around the nets and saying that the efx were going to be terrible, or there
wouldn't BE any efx.<
Well, I was concerned that it may take some time for the new effects team to
get up to steam, and maybe it did (since the first few episodes mainly used
stock footage), but after 'Falling' it's clear they will do a great job. Send
them my regards.
- Neil
#: 619044 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
30-Nov-96 18:34:12
Sb: #618771-#New FX - no problems!
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Actually, the first few used about the same amount of stock as most of
our shows ever did. And there was a LOT of new stuff...the Z'ha'dum
confrontation with the White Star, the new establishers of Centuari Prime from
space, plus the new ones of the city, and the big garden areas in "The
Summoning" (all those outside sets are virtual), the shadow overflys in 401,
Lorien's "true image" holding up Sheridan, the underground Z'ha'dum composites,
the new B5 establishers, the White Star fleet coming to B5...there was a LOT of
stuff there, it's just very subtle.
jms
[ Summary: Had thought the effects were different in season four but
realized with the Kosh/Vorlon battle that he may have just been
paranoid. ]
#: 619056 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
30-Nov-96 18:39:46
Sb: #619009-New FX - no problems!
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Basically, if you're told to look for a difference, you'll see one. I
got a couple of emails saying that a couple of specific Centauri Prime shots
weren't as good as the old ones...then pointed out that the ones they singled
out WERE the old ones.
As for the Planet Killer, we bring it a little closer each time.
Virtually all the designs are right out of the computer files, so they're
identical to what's been done before, using the same system (or slightly
better) and most of the same people.
jms
[ Summary: Asks who is the greater foe the Alliance will fight after
the Shadow War is over. ]
#: 619182 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
30-Nov-96 23:47:10
Sb: #619149-#<Falling...>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Who is the greater foe?
It is always the one closest to where you live.
jms
#: 619176 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
30-Nov-96 23:20:23
Sb: #619157-#<Falling...>
Fm: CARL CANTARELLA
>> Lyta already told him that someone else was carrying around a piece
of Kosh, and I assume she would have told him that it was Sheridan. <<
<<<I think she said that she THOUGHT that MAYBE a bit of Kosh survived.>>>
Nope. She clearly saw that it was Sheridan who was in possession of
Kosh1 and that's what she went to report to his replacement at the end of the
episode in question. She seemed elated at the time, and my belief is that she
would have told Kosh2 all she knew, or at the very least suspected given that
she saw fit to open her mouth to him in the first place. And I don't think
Kosh2 would have let her leave without her first relaying everything to him,
even if she was uncertain about what she thought.
#: 619195 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
30-Nov-96 23:55:02
Sb: #619176-<Falling...>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Actually, she said, "I think, it's possible, someone else does." But she
didn't specify Sheridan, and likely wouldn't have until she knew absolutely for
certain...and until she knew a little more about the vorlon she was dealing
with.
jms
[ Summary: Thinks Cartagia picked the wrong eye to pluck out if the patch
in Londo's vision and "War Without End" is any indication. ]
#: 619196 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
30-Nov-96 23:55:03
Sb: #619012-<FTA prophecy&future>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Nope, it's the correct eye. We don't make those kinds of mistakes.
jms
#: 619063 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
30-Nov-96 18:52:02
Sb: #<<Apotheosis>>
Fm: CARL CANTARELLA
A Question:
In the B5 pilot episode, the Vorlons threaten to destroy the
Station because one of their Ambassadors(Kosh1) has been poisoned. In "Falling
Toward Apotheosis" there is an outright assassination of another of their
Ambassadors, so wouldn't it stand to reason that NOW the Vorlons would
*absolutely* destroy the B5 Station because of this latest act by the humans??
Just something to think about.
#: 619197 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
30-Nov-96 23:55:05
Sb: #619063-#<<Apotheosis>>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Of course, at the moment, the vorlons are a little busy...but given time,
yes, they would do exactly that.
jms
[ Summary: Asks if "Lorien" was based on the character in "Lord of the
Rings." ]
#: 619221 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
01-Dec-96 01:57:47
Sb: #619202-#Lorien
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
I just kinda thought it was a cool sounding name....
jms
#: 619193 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
30-Nov-96 23:53:51
Sb: #618569-#<404: Falling>
Fm: BURHAAN AHMAD
>> Yep, all trace of Kosh is gone. <<
Did the two Vorlons anihilate each other?
#: 619222 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
01-Dec-96 01:57:48
Sb: #619193-<404: Falling>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Kosh went with the new vorlon into the ship, and that final blast was
what did the job ultimately.
jms
#: 619226 S5/Babylon 5: General
01-Dec-96 02:17:22
Sb: #Answers
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Okay, I'm gonna keep this real short and real simple.
You wanna see the end of the story? Huh? Do you? Do you?!
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THEN GIVE ME THE DAMNED CHEAT CODES FOR "QUAKE!"
Just that. Okay? And I can get back to work, and nobody gets hurt.
jm(vibrating into another dimension)s
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