JMS CIS Digest: 12-Feb-96 12:56:57 through 12-Feb-96 23:42:08 (15 msgs)
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12-Feb-96 12:56:57 through 12-Feb-96 23:42:08 (15 messages)
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Beyond five years
Grey Council Question
<Dust to Dust>
Warning Bogus B5 Stuff
<DtD praise&nitpicks>
<VoA> Space A&B
B5 Advisory Council
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Date: 12-Feb-96 12:56:57
From: JAMES A. O'BRIEN <70661.2342 at compuserve.com>
To: All
Subject: #Beyond five years
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.450381 at compuserve.com>
Is there any word as to what will happen to B5 after the 5
year arc has run its course? I know ratings will play a major
role in any decision, but has JMS ever said anything about what
might happen beyond the 5 years?
J.P.
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Date: 12-Feb-96 19:27:46
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: JAMES A. O'BRIEN <70661.2342 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Beyond five years
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.450786 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.450381 at compuserve.com>
From the start, I've indicated that there's a side-story that
could go off in the B5 universe after the 5 year story is up, but it
wouldn't be B5. Frankly, however, given the current state of the
syndication market, I'd suggest that the odds of that happening are
slim and none.
So barring anything truly exceptional -- like someone handing
me an anthology series -- my plan at the moment is to retire from TV at
the end of the five years and go back to writing novels and plays. At
that point, I think I'll have said just about everything I want to say
for TV.
jms
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Date: 12-Feb-96 14:31:59
From: Toni Muller <75223.1575 at compuserve.com>
To: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: #Grey Council Question
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.450481 at compuserve.com>
It occured to me that as far as I can remember, Delenn is the
only female Grey Council member we've seen. Are there other
female council members or is it a mostly male group?
Toni
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Date: 12-Feb-96 19:34:12
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: Toni Muller <75223.1575 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Grey Council Question
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.450791 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.450481 at compuserve.com>
No, there are and have been other female grey council members.
jms
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Date: 12-Feb-96 17:44:02
From: Tom Knudsen <72347.1626 at compuserve.com>
To: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: #450093-#<Dust to Dust>
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.450676 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.450093 at compuserve.com>
Joe,
< Correct. They see reality, and time, and space
somewhat differently than we do.>
OK. Let's see how far we can push this. I would assume
(yes, that's a risky thing to do) that the Shadows see reality,
space, and time in a similar manner to the Vorlons, or at least
they can understand the Vorlons' point of view. So, is the crux
of the conflict between the Shadows and the Vorlons something that
we must change OUR paradigm of the above to fully understand?
Tom^^^^
Guardian of The Republic
General Pain in the Butt
Ranger
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Date: 12-Feb-96 19:34:14
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: Tom Knudsen <72347.1626 at compuserve.com>
Subject: <Dust to Dust>
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.450792 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.450676 at compuserve.com>
No, I wouldn't say that the shadows and vorlons see space, time
and reality in the same ways.
jms
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Date: 12-Feb-96 23:30:54
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: All
Subject: Warning Bogus B5 Stuff
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.450964 at compuserve.com>
It has come to my attention that someone at Capricon this past
weekend was trying to get fans to buy allegedly "real" B5 costume
elements for as much as $3500, attesting that he has a letter from me
verifying its origins.
We have never released ANY costumes for sale for any reason,
and I have certainly never written any letter affirming this, or
allowing this. If this letter exists it is certainly a forgery, and
this matter should be turned over to the local police department for
investigation by their fraud and bunko divisions. If you have had any
contact with these individuals, beware.
jms
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Date: 12-Feb-96 21:16:24
From: Mara K. Malovany <102750.1414 at compuserve.com>
To: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: #450091-#<DtD praise&nitpicks>
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.450901 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.450091 at compuserve.com>
> "It spells out ALOHA."
LOL!
Ok, just a few more things I forgot to mention. Where
did G'Kar take Londo? (I'm just wondering how he was able to
kidnap him. Did he have to take out a few security guards along
the way?)
Also, G'Kar yelled something which I couldn't catch
during the flash of images from Londo's mind. Was it meant to be
inarticulate, or am I missing something?
I haven't been able to get some of the scenes out of my
head. I can't recall seeing so much naked emotion contained in a
glance (like that little exchange between Londo and Vir in medlab)
or gesture or vocal inflection (so many great ones in the
confrontation between G'Kar and Londo that I find it difficult to
single anything out).
I recently saw "Born to the Purple" for the first time,
and that episode also had a single line which seemed to
resonate--when Adira took the password from Londo. The
combination of the betrayal inherent in the scene, and the tone of
his voice when he said the password just kind of grabbed me by the
throat.
Heartbreaking stuff, Joe.
Mara
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Date: 12-Feb-96 23:42:03
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: Mara K. Malovany <102750.1414 at compuserve.com>
Subject: <DtD praise&nitpicks>
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.450968 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.450901 at compuserve.com>
Thanks. Emotion, for me, is the key to all drama. If it
doesn't make you feel something, what's the point? The writer's job is
to touch passion, not be burned by it, and come back to tell what it
was like.
And what G'Kar said was, "Dear G'Quon, no more...."
jms
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Date: 12-Feb-96 21:39:46
From: Ray Pelzer <70475.1263 at compuserve.com>
To: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: #450089-#<Dust to Dust>
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.450909 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.450089 at compuserve.com>
A clues closet? Perhaps not.
Maybe more of a clues basket.
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Date: 12-Feb-96 23:42:04
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: Ray Pelzer <70475.1263 at compuserve.com>
Subject: <Dust to Dust>
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.450969 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.450909 at compuserve.com>
Soon to be a basket case.
jms
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Date: 12-Feb-96 22:46:44
From: Rowan Kaiser <74160.473 at compuserve.com>
To: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: #450098-#<VoA> Space A&B
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.450929 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.450098 at compuserve.com>
> I agree. We're slowly ratcheting up the tension, and this has
> got to take a toll on people. Franklin probably wouldn't be
> doing as many stims as he is otherwise. Actions have
> consequences.
I've noticed that several characters have been increasingly
nervous, done strange things, etc. Franklin seems to be next in
line for a major . . . breakdown, for lack of a better word, after
Talia and G'Kar just had theirs. Ivanova, in the last two eps, has
seemed to be losing it as well.
Or I'm just seeing things where there is nothing. (Waitaminute!
That's a Shadow! I recognize that clicking!)
Rowan Kaiser Mistie, Montie, PITAS and Kidism Patroler
"If I had a baseball bat, I could tie you to the ceiling and play
pinata."
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Date: 12-Feb-96 23:42:07
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: Rowan Kaiser <74160.473 at compuserve.com>
Subject: <VoA> Space A&B
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.450970 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.450929 at compuserve.com>
Heck, they're *all* on edge. Wouldn't you be?
jms
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Date: 12-Feb-96 22:46:49
From: Rowan Kaiser <74160.473 at compuserve.com>
To: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: #B5 Advisory Council
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.450931 at compuserve.com>
Hullo, Joe
I was wondering about the B5 Advisory Council. I don't think
we've seen them since TFoN, and they didn't do any voting then.
My question, then, is what happened to the Narn vote? Did the
Centauri get it, or did it just disappear? Either way, wouldn't
the balance be disrupted?
Rowan Kaiser Mistie, Montie, PITAS and Kidism Patroler
"If I had a baseball bat, I could tie you to the ceiling and play
pinata."
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Date: 12-Feb-96 23:42:08
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: Rowan Kaiser <74160.473 at compuserve.com>
Subject: B5 Advisory Council
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.450971 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.450931 at compuserve.com>
The council has been more or less abandoned as infighting has
broken out. It gets worse.
jms
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End of JMS CIS Digest 12-Feb-96 12:56:57 through 12-Feb-96 23:42:08
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