JMS CIS Digest: 22-Feb-96 14:22:04 through 23-Feb-96 02:17:47 (38 msgs)
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<Messages from Earth>
Episode 321
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JMS: Msgs from Earth
Still my favorite show
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Date: 22-Feb-96 08:03:31
From: Philip Hornsey <74053.2101 at compuserve.com>
To: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: <Messages from Earth>
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.456564 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.456498 at compuserve.com>
I wanted to seperate this from the other observations.
I have long been worried about how you were going to justify
Morgan Clark attempting to establish a dictatorship (or whatever)
on Earth. It is a Hollywood Cliche that any facist can dupe an
infinite number of sheep into abandoning a mature democracy in
just under 24 hours unless the loving liberal heros (who are the
only people who ever seem to love liberty, or recognize the
danger) stop them.
I didn't say a word. I trusted you.
I love it when I'm right.
My opinion had *always been* that the only way a mature democracy
(which the EA is, given the US, for example, has been free for 484
years) could be overthrown is by an elected leader who could
demonstrate a clear and present *threat* to *everyones* survival.
A Cold War, wouldn't do it. A Red Scare wouldn't do it. They
never even came *close*. The only thing they could do get a few
people persecuted for a while. Even then those persons did tend to
be ones who flirted with the "enemies" culture (which you are
supposed to be able to do in a free nation).
There is a big difference between 50's America and the EA though.
Even in the US at the height of the Red Scare, the US had no
living experience with invasion. People in *this* mature democracy
simply could not *feel threatened* in thier gut. Sure, some could,
but the majority of those living then, really didn't think the
bombs were going to fall, and the crys to man the battlements ang
hollow.
That's not the case in the EA.
I think he might just be able to do it. Just by the skin of his
teeth.
Incedently, I think it's kind of ironic that one of the most
important individuals in all of Earth history is going to be a
little lurker names Stephen Petrov who, in the end, forced Clark's
hand. Just cause he was too stubborn to die when he should have.
Phil^^^^ FREE MARS!
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Date: 22-Feb-96 14:22:04
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: Philip Hornsey <74053.2101 at compuserve.com>
Subject: <Messages from Earth>
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.456733 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.456564 at compuserve.com>
Exactly. You need a clear and present danger, and with a
population that nearly got wiped out by the Minbari, who are skittish
to begin with, you drag out the possibility of someone else doing the
same thing and it makes it a lot easier to do what you want to do.
jms
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Date: 22-Feb-96 11:41:25
From: John McAuley <100260.412 at compuserve.com>
To: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: <Messages from Earth>
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.456653 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.456497 at compuserve.com>
> Almost certainly not.
Joe,
Do you mean that a human can not pilot/ride(?) a battlecrab?
-John
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Date: 22-Feb-96 14:22:05
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: John McAuley <100260.412 at compuserve.com>
Subject: <Messages from Earth>
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.456734 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.456653 at compuserve.com>
Yes.
jms
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Date: 22-Feb-96 12:24:32
From: Barbara Pfieffer <72302.2453 at compuserve.com>
To: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Episode 321
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.456672 at compuserve.com>
Joe:
I just wanted to say that "Shadow Dancing" is a *great* name for
an episode! And so evocative and provocative. When will we get to
find out the name of the season finale? By summertime, perhaps?
Barbara http://www.mcs.net/~bjpbekin
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Date: 22-Feb-96 14:22:06
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: Barbara Pfieffer <72302.2453 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Episode 321
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.456735 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.456672 at compuserve.com>
I'm going to hold the title of 22 confidential as long as
possible.
jms
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Date: 22-Feb-96 15:01:59
From: M. Campbell <75212.245 at compuserve.com>
To: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: <Messages from Earth>
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.456748 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.456151 at compuserve.com>
jms,
I want to thank you for portraying a realistic sense of
the time involved in space travel, for that matter, any travel. I
always hated the "tool" of using the commercial break to magically
transport the ship to its destination. Having spend time in the
Navy it was refreshing to watch the boredom of shipboard life
until one gets close to his destination, in this case Jupiter.
Again, thanks for going the extra mile while doing more character
building in the process. Great ep!
- Mike (using Warp & GCP)
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Date: 22-Feb-96 18:23:12
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: M. Campbell <75212.245 at compuserve.com>
Subject: <Messages from Earth>
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.456883 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.456748 at compuserve.com>
Thanks.
jms
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Date: 22-Feb-96 16:55:28
From: Daniel M. Upton <75442.1331 at compuserve.com>
To: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Episode 321
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.456814 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.456735 at compuserve.com>
> I'm going to hold the title of 22 confidential as long as
> possible.
Would that mean that the title of episode 22 is also the title of
season 4?
Dan^^^^
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Date: 22-Feb-96 18:23:16
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: Daniel M. Upton <75442.1331 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Episode 321
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.456884 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.456814 at compuserve.com>
Nope.
jms
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Date: 22-Feb-96 16:55:29
From: Daniel M. Upton <75442.1331 at compuserve.com>
To: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: <Messages from Earth>
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.456815 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.456733 at compuserve.com>
> Exactly. You need a clear and present danger, and with a
> population that nearly got wiped out by the Minbari, who are
> skittish to begin with, you drag out the possibility of someone
> else doing the same thing and it makes it a lot easier to do
> what you want to do.
Should we start to look with suspicion at whoever it was that
ordered an Earth explorer ship into a sector of space in which it
would encounter the Minbari ship carrying the Grey Council --
which would respectfully approach the Earth ship with gun ports
open?
Dan^^^^
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Date: 22-Feb-96 18:23:17
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: Daniel M. Upton <75442.1331 at compuserve.com>
Subject: <Messages from Earth>
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.456885 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.456815 at compuserve.com>
No, that was an accident.
jms
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Date: 22-Feb-96 17:52:32
From: Tom Knudsen <72347.1626 at compuserve.com>
To: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: <Messages from Earth>
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.456857 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.456733 at compuserve.com>
Joe,
A truly EXCELLENT episode. All the way from the fight at
the beginning (the best one you've shown yet) to the finale. One
day, I'll figure out how you're able to compress time like you do.
It's unbelievable how much you fit into a 40-odd minute episode.
I loved the scene with Marcus and the "organizational
chart". A certain second in command completely re-evaluated her
opinion of him in a split second. Very nice.
The special effects in this one were very impressive. FI
must have taken weeks to do all of this. From what I've read,
there's no way they could have done this at the beginning of the
series. Ron and his folks have really broken new ground and push
the envelope week after week.
The only nit I do have is the same that's already been
pointed out about the pressure/gravities thing. Basically,
gravity is an acceleration (that acceleration, acting on the mass
of your body results in a force). As you know from B5,
centripital force due to rotation can simulate the acceleration
due to gravity (and consequently the force). When a pilot makes
a turn or pulls up on the stick, he is making an arc. The pilot
flying this arc experiences the same effect as someone standing on
the floor of the garden on B5. The faster the plane is going, or
the tighter the turn it's making, the higher the experienced
acceleration (force). This acceleration is expressed in terms of
multiples of earth's gravitational acceleration (eg. 1g, 2g, 3g,
etc).
Pressure is basically a distributed force (eg.
pounds/square inch or psi). The atmospheric pressure at sea level
on Earth is about 14.7psi (sometimes called 1 atmosphere). On a
ship, that pressure acts over the entire surface of the vessel.
So for every square inch of surface area, 14.7 pounds is pressing
on the ship. I'm assuming there's a vacuum inside the ship for
the sake of clarity. If the ship were pressurized to one
atmosphere, the pressure on the inside would exactly balance the
pressure on the outside and they cancel each other out. In the
case of the White Star, the atmosphere on Jupiter would be much
higher than on Earth. Yes that higher pressure is due to the
higher gravitational acceleration of Jupiter, but the pressure
isn't measured in gravities. Lennier should have said that the
hull could withstand either a number followed by pounds/square
inch or something like 2 (or more) standard atmospheres.
There is a design characteristic of aircraft and
spacecraft that defines how many g's the ship can withstand, but
that's only tells you how quickly a ship can change directions
(ie. accelerate). I'll get into that at another time since this
has gotten rather long winded, and I don't know how clearly my
explanation is (I really worked to keep math out of it). I hope
this helps. You DID ask for someone to explain the difference
and once an engineer, always an engineer to a certain extent.
Other than that small nit, I think it's one of the top 2
or 3 episodes of B5. Since I've only seen it once at this point,
I still think CoS and TLTS might beat it out. I'll get back to
you on Saturday when I see it again here at home.
Tom^^^^
Guardian of The Republic
General Pain in the Butt
Ranger
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Date: 22-Feb-96 18:23:18
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: Tom Knudsen <72347.1626 at compuserve.com>
Subject: <Messages from Earth>
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.456886 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.456857 at compuserve.com>
Thanks....
jms
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Date: 22-Feb-96 17:52:55
From: MSF/NY-Jaime Cruz, Jr. <72267.1372 at compuserve.com>
To: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: <Clarks' Law>
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.456861 at compuserve.com>
I know someone else pointed this out, but I wanted to reconfirm
it:
In Clark's Law, page 91, Second paragraph from the bottom:
"Lyta couldn't hear the sounds all around her, the rumble of
machinery, the drip and clank of the moisture reclaimers, the
hustling, the begging voices, the screams. Deaf from early
childhood, she only knew the inner voices. The mind talk. Deaf,
she could hear better than anyone alive."
Jaime A. Cruz, Jr. (It's 1996; why use last year's OS?).
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Date: 22-Feb-96 18:23:21
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: MSF/NY-Jaime Cruz, Jr. <72267.1372 at compuserve.com>
Subject: <Clarks' Law>
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.456887 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.456861 at compuserve.com>
...urk...I missed that when I proofread it....
jms
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Date: 22-Feb-96 18:38:23
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: All
Subject: B5 PR
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.456925 at compuserve.com>
Having taken steps to further help promote the show, there's a
lot more happening. If you're in Portland tonight watch "Good Evening"
tonight at 7:30 p.m. on KGW and in Seattle on "Evening" on KING-TV for
a piece on "Point of No Return." Also, tomorrow's Showbiz Minute on
CNN will do stuff on this episode as well.
EXTRA will be running clips this weekend, and the AP has a
story on it, as well as the New York Times Syndicate Inside-Trek
column. The episode has been picked as a highlight in the Philadelphia
press, the LA Times, and in major newspapers in Dallas, Houston,
Chicago, San Francisco, New York and elsewhere.
Slowly, we're getting noticed.
jms
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Date: 22-Feb-96 18:33:14
From: Rowan Kaiser <74160.473 at compuserve.com>
To: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: B5 vs ST
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.456909 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.456152 at compuserve.com>
Just as a point of note, B5 was the first Sci-Fi I ever really
saw. After seeing B5, I tried watching ST, but it just didn't
hold up. I've never been a Sci-Fi fan, but I *love* B5. Weird.
Rowan Kaiser Mistie, Montie, PITAS, Emperor of RPMC and Kidism
Patroler "That's it! You people have stood in my way long enough!
I'm going to Clown College!"
"Well, I don't think that any of us expected him to say *that*"
-Homer and Bart Simpson
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Date: 22-Feb-96 22:30:30
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: Rowan Kaiser <74160.473 at compuserve.com>
Subject: B5 vs ST
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.457062 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.456909 at compuserve.com>
But it's a *good* weird.
jms
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Date: 22-Feb-96 19:43:46
From: gopher <75410.177 at compuserve.com>
To: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: JMS: Msgs from Earth
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.456988 at compuserve.com>
First, B5 is the best show on TV. I look forward to B5-night
like nothing else. And thanks for the new schedule, with the
great repeats.
MfE: I loved the arc components from this episode. I have a few
quick questions (hope you'll answer a couple):
1) Delenn revealed some information she shouldn't have known
(i.e. the sybiotic relationship between the "captian" and the
shadow ship). Is there something bigger than we might expect
going on with the Minbari?
2) Since one shadow ship came in and two ships left, it would
seem that at least two entities were on the flying shadow ship,
one of whom became the "captian" of the buried ship. Is this
true?
3) Do Vorlon ships have the same (or similar) symbiotic deal?
4) We've seen the mini-shadow-ship-balls, but are there various
sizes of big shadow ships? (You probably won't answer, but do
they grow up?)
As for the episode plot, I was just a tiny, itty bitty bit
dissapointed (please don't be mad). The last time the White Star
was used, they did the jump-gate-in-jump-gate thing, which was
okay 'cause there were consequences (i.e. they almost blew up).
This time, they did the
dive-into-the-planet-and-almost-get-crushed-without-knowing-the-t
hreshhold-of- he-hull thing, and then the
open-jump-gate-without-knowing-the-result thing, again. It did't
seem like you to throw in not just one, but two new "things" to
get them out of sticky situations (one would have been more
easily accepted). I'm just a little dissapointed in the way they
escaped death, twice. Can you help me feel better about this?
(and still answer some of the above questions! :) )
Thanks, /Mark.
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Date: 22-Feb-96 22:30:31
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: gopher <75410.177 at compuserve.com>
Subject: JMS: Msgs from Earth
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.457063 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.456988 at compuserve.com>
Well, they all could've died.
Neither situation relied on introducing new technology, only on
taking advantage of what's known currently. It's a simple equation:
ship A is more powerful than ship B. In a head-to-head situation, ship
A (shadow) will destroy ship B (white star). If you can't directly
confront a stronger enemy, you have to find some way to work around it,
outsmart it. (And fortunately, this one was flawed, "insane," as
Delenn put it.)
And the minbari know more than they're saying. But then that's
generally true of them.
And yes, the shadow ship arrived with a new "core" for the
buried ship.
jms
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Date: 22-Feb-96 19:43:53
From: Bill Sheldon <73162.1054 at compuserve.com>
To: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Still my favorite show
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.456989 at compuserve.com>
Joe, I've been out of touch for a while but wanted to drop you a
note to let you know that B-5 was still my favorite show. The
stories have, by and large, been great, and we (Tracie, various
friends and I ) continue to see and discuss every episode. We had
a small gathering for the first episode of this series and will
have one or two more. Good luck with the next renewal.
BillS.
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Date: 22-Feb-96 22:30:36
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: Bill Sheldon <73162.1054 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Still my favorite show
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.457064 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.456989 at compuserve.com>
Thanks, much appreciated.
jms
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Date: 22-Feb-96 20:49:55
From: School of Comm Arts <103111.2445 at compuserve.com>
To: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: <Messages from Earth>
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.457017 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.456446 at compuserve.com>
Great Episode! - Quick question The Night Watch ring leader says
to Zack, Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom.
I just started playing Wing Commander IV, The Price of Freedom
tonight about 1 hour before I saw MFE.
This very same statement appears in the game. Now is this just
some sort of coincidence or deliberate?
- Brian Klietz
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Date: 22-Feb-96 22:30:38
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: School of Comm Arts <103111.2445 at compuserve.com>
Subject: <Messages from Earth>
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.457065 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.457017 at compuserve.com>
The Eternal Vigilance line is from history, not Wing Commander.
Ten Green Drazi points to the person who can name its origin.
jms
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Date: 22-Feb-96 21:23:44
From: Mara K. Malovany <102750.1414 at compuserve.com>
To: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: B5 PR
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.457049 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.456925 at compuserve.com>
> Slowly, we're getting noticed.
I know the show needs PR to help expand the audience and
improve ratings & time-slots, and I do enjoy reading the
occasional interview, but is there any way for you to control the
media once they do take notice?
That is, it's been said here that the latest TV Guide has
a spoiler for Point of No Return. So, I'll be avoiding TV Guide.
But, if/when the media turns the spotlight on B5, are we going to
end up with the situation Trek faces, where lazy reporters think
that giving away the ending is the same as writing an article? I
mean, last summer, you couldn't turn on the tv or open a magazine
without seeing or hearing every detail of "Generations." I can't
think of any other movie in recent history in which all of the
major plot points were revealed, as they were with "Generations."
Obviously, you and your crew have been very good at
keeping secrets. Do you think you will be able to continue doing
so?
Mara
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Date: 22-Feb-96 22:30:45
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: Mara K. Malovany <102750.1414 at compuserve.com>
Subject: B5 PR
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.457068 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.457049 at compuserve.com>
If presidents, ministers and generals can't control the media,
we have little chance of doing so. So we just have to try to keep
things close to the vest on our own (which is why the title for 322 is
classified for now).
jms
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Date: 22-Feb-96 21:40:56
From: Michael E. MacDonal <102371.1166 at compuserve.com>
To: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: New Stuff
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.457052 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.456501 at compuserve.com>
I thought of another question
Will we soon Learn of the Fate of the Last Narn Battle Cruiser
..
As i see you rarly do any thing that could not have meaning later
on I assume it got away for a reason ..and that we will be seeing
it again ?
Thanks Michael Macdonald
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Date: 22-Feb-96 22:30:45
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: Michael E. MacDonal <102371.1166 at compuserve.com>
Subject: New Stuff
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.457069 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.457052 at compuserve.com>
As a matter of fact, yes, you'll be seeing the Na'Kal later
this season.
jms
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Date: 22-Feb-96 22:37:39
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: All
Subject: Deja Vu
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.457076 at compuserve.com>
A labor action leading to a strike, with people shouting
"strike!" and "union!" hits aboard a space station, inspired in part by
a person of Irish descent whose ancestor was killed in the course of a
famous strike. A government rep arrives to quash the strike, stating
that he will use "any means necessary" toward that goal, which is
finally achieved when the person in the middle redistributes his
finances, giving the strikers what they want while circumventing the
system.
Quick...is that a DS9 episode or a B5 episode?
jms
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Date: 22-Feb-96 20:13:23
From: SysOp Dupa T Parrot <70040.104 at compuserve.com>
To: Philip Hornsey <74053.2101 at compuserve.com>
Subject: <Messages from Earth>
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.457005 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.456563 at compuserve.com>
> John Sheridan could have been written by Heinlin (god why can't I
> remember how to spell his name).
Phil,
It's H-E-I-N-L-I-N-E (so you were off one letter). Don't forget
the cheer: Rah! Rah! R.A.H.!
-Dupa T. Parrot [Tech Supp SysOp]
<OS/2 WarpConnect & GCP>
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Date: 22-Feb-96 22:37:40
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: SysOp Dupa T Parrot <70040.104 at compuserve.com>
Subject: <Messages from Earth>
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.457077 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.457005 at compuserve.com>
Er, actually, you just misspelled it too. It's not Heinline,
it's Heinlein. You were also off by one letter.
Simply in the interests of accuracy.
jms
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Date: 22-Feb-96 23:27:44
From: Grady W. Smithey I <103321.2766 at compuserve.com>
To: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Minor Minbari Question:
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.457088 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.456506 at compuserve.com>
> About a thousand years, give or take.
Thank you. I have been toying with a theory concerning the
Minbari, and I needed to know this in order to know if I had any
chance whatsoever of being at least close to being right, but as
that's possible storyline, I can't go any further with it until
after the series has run its course...
But anyways, now that I knwo I got your attention, I'd just like
to say thank you for getting B5 on the air. It is, far and away,
one of the best shows on TV, whether cable, network, or
syndication.
Grady W. Smithey III, Provisional Minister of Kipple, RMES.
"The Babylon Project was our last, best hope for quality
science-fiction television programming..."
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Date: 23-Feb-96 00:07:53
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: Grady W. Smithey I <103321.2766 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Minor Minbari Question:
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.457095 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.457088 at compuserve.com>
Thanks. We're giving it our best shot.
jms
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Date: 22-Feb-96 23:37:59
From: Toby A. Aulman <74464.241 at compuserve.com>
To: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Local show features B5
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.457094 at compuserve.com>
The local NBC affiliate here in Portland (KGW) had a very nice
feature story on its nightly "Good Evening" show, behind the
scenes at the B5 studios. I assume it was during the shooting of
the yet to air two part episode, since Michael O'hare was on the
set in costume. Ironically the spot was shown 15 minutes prior to
the start of this weeks show on a competing station. The
"reporter" did most of his interviews in full minbari "headwear".
Too bad this was only a local bit, it was well done. I
particularly liked Bruce's comment that Buzz Lightyear had nothing
on him. Your distinguished face was even in front of the camera a
couple of times. There were a couple of small spoilers in the
piece, but only enough to raise many more questions.
BTW, this episode was outstanding. As always.
Thanx, Toby A.
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Date: 23-Feb-96 00:07:54
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: Toby A. Aulman <74464.241 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Local show features B5
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.457096 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.457094 at compuserve.com>
Yeah, I remember doing the interview for that one, glad it came
out okay.
jms
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Date: 22-Feb-96 22:37:58
From: Phillip A. Cochran <75667.241 at compuserve.com>
To: Philip Hornsey <74053.2101 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Writing B5
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.457080 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.456561 at compuserve.com>
> I'll give $250 for his right ear.
You mean there's *something* you don't think you own?!?!?!?!
PhiLL - #2 and Loving it!
AutoPilot 1.80 1996, the year the Great E-War came upon us all.
The place, Section 5!
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Date: 23-Feb-96 02:17:47
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: Phillip A. Cochran <75667.241 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Writing B5
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.457110 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.457080 at compuserve.com>
Now, now...it's common knowledge on the nets that all B5
viewers have my ear when they want it....
jms
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End of JMS CIS Digest 22-Feb-96 14:22:04 through 23-Feb-96 02:17:47
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