JMS on CompuServe (Dec 4, 1996) *POSSIBLE SPOILERS* 2/2
Brent Barrett
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Wed Dec 4 15:16:07 EST 1996
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[ Summary of subjects in this section: ]
Sb: #620506-#B5 Laser Disc
Sb: #620547-<Kosh(s), clarification>
Sb: #620643-<FTA & Vorlons>
Sb: #620670-<Kosh(s), clarification>
Sb: #620675-TNT Movies
Sb: #620782-<Another Kosh Query>
Sb: #619793-B5 Book Advice
Sb: #619846-<FTA prophecy&future>
Sb: #620951-B5 Gold Channel
Sb: #621087-Thanks for the Gift
Sb: #621052-<Early History ?>
Sb: #621070-The Emporer
Sb: #621129-B5 Laser Disc
Sb: #621170-#B5 Laser Disc
#: 620506 S5/Babylon 5: General
02-Dec-96 23:00:55
Sb: #619040-#B5 Laser Disc
Fm: DEGAN OUTRIDGE
>> Nope. Because a) WB doesn't think there's a market for B5 on tape or
disk, <<
Any idea how many letters they have received on the subject? I was just
wondering how many it would take...<G>.
-Degan Outridge
#: 620835 S5/Babylon 5: General
03-Dec-96 15:16:32
Sb: #620506-#B5 Laser Disc
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
If ten zillion letters showed up, it wouldn't matter, I've finally come
to understand...it's a prestige thing, not a money thing. They want to handle
the high-profile movies.
jms
[ Summary: A confused viewer says, ". . . during Season 2 (before "Fall
of Night"), you had said we already saw a Vorlon that season." ]
#: 620836 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
03-Dec-96 15:16:33
Sb: #620547-<Kosh(s), clarification>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
I'm not sure you're remembering this correctly....
jms
#: 620643 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
03-Dec-96 07:20:57
Sb: #<FTA & Vorlons>
Fm: DAVID FOX
JMS,
In this newest episode, have we finally seen what Vorlons really look like?
#: 620838 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
03-Dec-96 15:16:40
Sb: #620643-<FTA & Vorlons>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Yeah, that's pretty much it.
jms
[ Summary: Asks if the Vorlon encounter suit was also equipped with weapons
as seen earlier in "Falling Toward Apotheosis." ]
#: 620840 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
03-Dec-96 15:16:46
Sb: #620670-<Kosh(s), clarification>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
The encounter suit was mainly to mask them.
jms
#: 620675 S5/Babylon 5: General
03-Dec-96 09:28:11
Sb: #TNT Movies
Fm: DOUGLAS PILIGIAN
Joe,
I read a press release from Netter Digital last night 12/2/96 9:40PM. It talks
about the recent drop in the stock price and also outlines projects in
development. "Among the projects are "Last of the Fallen" and "Guardians,"
both created by "Babylon 5" creator and executive producer J. Michael
Straczynski." Are these the two movies that TNT has requested?
Doug
#: 620841 S5/Babylon 5: General
03-Dec-96 15:16:47
Sb: #620675-TNT Movies
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
No, those are other projects.
jms
[ Summary: Since JMS said that Kosh's death in "Interludes and
Examinations" happened earlier in the story than he had originally
planned, this viewer asks the obvious question: Was Kosh supposed
to die in "Falling Toward Apotheosis" as either the "good" Vorlon
or the "bad" Vorlon? ]
#: 620843 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
03-Dec-96 15:16:53
Sb: #620782-<Another Kosh Query>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Best to leave what might've been out...what is, is better.
jms
[ Summary: Asks for advice on buying a good, general Babylon 5 book. ]
#: 621088 S5/Babylon 5: General
03-Dec-96 19:57:56
Sb: #619793-B5 Book Advice
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Call a specialty SF bookstore and have them get a copy of CREATING
BABYLON 5, from Boxtree Books in the UK. It's terrific.
jms
#: 619846 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
01-Dec-96 22:45:05
Sb: #619789-#<FTA prophecy&future>
Fm: MARK D. SMITH
>> Besides, in our soviet revisionism style, that error no longer exists,
so there you are.<<
So, in other words, you retaped that dialog? <G>
Mark
#: 621089 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
03-Dec-96 19:57:57
Sb: #619846-<FTA prophecy&future>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
yup
jms
#: 620951 S5/Babylon 5: General
03-Dec-96 17:09:42
Sb: #B5 Gold Channel
Fm: SYSOP DUPA T PARROT
Joe,
Since issue #2 of Universe Today arrived today with the Gold Channel ID and
password, I gave the Gold Channel area a try. It's a nice start.
Regarding the "lost connection with host messages"... I gather that this is
just a gag? The effect was some what lost by the slow download of the graphics
(as low as 100-odd bytes/sec).
Time to add Bandwidth to the Web site!
-Dupa T. Parrot, Team SF/F [Tech. Supp. SysOp]
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/dupa
OzWin 2.11 O-
#: 621094 S5/Babylon 5: General
03-Dec-96 20:07:56
Sb: #620951-B5 Gold Channel
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Yeah, it's just a gag.
jms
#: 621087 S5/Babylon 5: General
03-Dec-96 19:55:32
Sb: #Thanks for the Gift
Fm: ARLINE WILLIAMS
I just wanted to say thanks for the little "gift" you gave at LosCon this past
weekend.
It was really interesting to see the two scenes "before and after" as it were.
I Love seeing a stage show progress from the initial writing stage to the
finished product. I really appreciated it.
But now we have to wait 8 weeks to get the rest of the episode. <sob>
Arline
#: 621095 S5/Babylon 5: General
03-Dec-96 20:07:58
Sb: #621087-Thanks for the Gift
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
The pleasure was entirely mine.
jms
#: 621052 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
03-Dec-96 19:07:14
Sb: #<Early History ?>
Fm: WILL CARAWAY
Joe,
Really enjoying the new direction the show has taken and the new
history we have learned. This has lead to a few history questions and some
confusion on my part.
First when the Vorlons and Shadows divided up the galaxy, who got
Earth? Also, did this division match the division between the Shadows and
Centari? In regards to Lorien's statement that he is The First One, does this
mean was the first sentient being, the last survivor of the first sentient
race, the first sentient being to achieve sufficient control of life energy to
be "immortal"? I suspect this may be a little nitpicky but the engineer in me
craves details. Also, is Z'HaDum Lorien's home world and if not why did he
hang out there so long? Guess this is getting kind of long and I'm sure you
got other things to do, I'll ask my confusion questions later. Thanks for your
creation.
Happy 5'n
Will
#: 621096 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
03-Dec-96 20:07:59
Sb: #621052-<Early History ?>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
There was no clear division...they both tried to influence everyone they
came upon, to get them to go one way or the other.
jms
#: 621070 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
03-Dec-96 19:37:27
Sb: #The Emporer
Fm: CATHERINE BECIC
and what of the prophetesses?
#: 621097 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
03-Dec-96 20:08:02
Sb: #621070-The Emporer
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
They weren't prophetesses, they were communications-telepaths, and the
emperor can use them if he perceives the need to keep in contact with events in
the royal court. Cartagia could give a fig for what goes at home, which will
be ash soon anyway....
jms
#: 621129 S5/Babylon 5: General
03-Dec-96 21:02:35
Sb: #620835-#B5 Laser Disc
Fm: DEGAN OUTRIDGE
>> If ten zillion letters showed up, it wouldn't matter, I've finally come to
understand...it's a prestige thing, not a money thing. They want to handle the
high-profile movies. <<
That's depressing...but they won't let you have the rights to release them?
What if we wrote about *that*...<G>?
-Degan Outridge
#: 621195 S5/Babylon 5: General
04-Dec-96 01:07:42
Sb: #621129-B5 Laser Disc
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Nope again. They're like a monkey with its fist around a nut in a jar;
they won't let go, and can't take it out, or let anyone else have it. But we
will keep working at it...sooner or later, we'll win. We always do.
jms
#: 621170 S5/Babylon 5: General
03-Dec-96 23:13:39
Sb: #620835-#B5 Laser Disc
Fm: MICHAEL GRABOIS
>>If ten zillion letters showed up, it wouldn't matter, I've finally come to
understand...it's a prestige thing, not a money thing. They want to handle the
high-profile movies.<<
So then why the tapes in the UK? Or is that some other company?
mg
#: 621196 S5/Babylon 5: General
04-Dec-96 01:07:44
Sb: #621170-#B5 Laser Disc
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
UK tapes are under a different divsion of WB. WB International and WB
Domestic are wholly different divisions...WB isn't one company like Universal
or Paramount, but a series of competing fiefdoms with their own rules and
agendas.
jms
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