JMS on CompuServe (Jul 08, 1996) *POSSIBLE SPOILERS*
Brent Barrett
bbarrett at speedlink.com
Mon Jul 8 16:33:58 EDT 1996
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[ Summary of subjects in this section: ]
Sb: #534888-Fan Club
Sb: #536100-Sic Transit Vir
Sb: #536340-Just curious...
Sb: #534846-#Previously on Babylon 5
Sb: #535418-Centari Background
Sb: #535574-copyrights
Sb: #535898-#B5 Bootlegs?
Sb: #534780-<<spoilers>>>
Sb: #535194-<<Avalon & Delenn>>
Sb: #535417-<Ship Of Tears-Mira>
Sb: #535606-<Shadow Dancing>
Sb: #535761-#Susan and Talia
Sb: #535762-Delenn as a child
[ Summary: Asks if JMS will announce the opening of the fan club web site
when WB finally approves it. ]
#: 536443 S5/Babylon 5: General
07-Jul-96 22:18:01
Sb: #534888-Fan Club
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Thanks, and as soon as WB gets us the approvals, we'll be sure to
announce the web page just about everydamnwhere.
jms
[ Summary: A U.K. viewer and his wife were pleasantly surprised by "Sic
Transit Vir." ]
#: 536444 S5/Babylon 5: General
07-Jul-96 22:18:03
Sb: #536100-Sic Transit Vir
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
That's all very encouraging, thanks. Yeah, it's kind of a fun episode,
all soft and fuzzy on the outside, with REAL big teeth on the inside. I like
that kind of episode a lot. It's wonderfully subversive.
jms
#: 536340 S5/Babylon 5: General
07-Jul-96 19:15:07
Sb: #Just curious...
Fm: JOHN M. KAHANE
[reply to # 530706, already scrolled]
Hullo, Joe,
< I started with the place, but basically saw the story in one full blown
moment of clarity...dunno where that sort of thing comes from. >
Some would argue that wasn't a moment of clarity, it was a moment of full
blown dementia. <g> I'm not one of those would argue that, of course, since I
don't want to incur the wrath of the Great Maker. :)
jmk
#: 536445 S5/Babylon 5: General
07-Jul-96 22:18:05
Sb: #536340-Just curious...
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
And there are some who would argue they're the same thing.
jms
#: 534846 S5/Babylon 5: General
04-Jul-96 12:51:58
Sb: #Previously on Babylon 5
Fm: MARK SLOAN
Hi, Joe
Did you ever consider regularly putting in clips from previous episodes at the
start of each programme, in the same manner as, say, LA Law, another programme
with multi-episode storylines?
Happy Independence Day, BTW! (That also goes for any other Americans reading
this!)
Regards,
Mark Sloan
#: 536446 S5/Babylon 5: General
07-Jul-96 22:18:07
Sb: #534846-#Previously on Babylon 5
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
The problem with putting in clips from previous episodes is that we only
have about 42-43 minutes to tell our story. If we put in 30 seconds or 1
minute of clips from last week, that leaves us with 1 less minute to tell our
story this week, and in this show, we need every second we can get.
jms
[ Summary: Asks several background questions about who and what the
Centauri Republic was. And especially if it had any part to play
in the last Shadow War. ]
#: 536447 S5/Babylon 5: General
07-Jul-96 22:18:10
Sb: #535418-Centari Background
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
In short form, since this would take forever otherwise...they were a
fairly large empire at one time, but in areas which didn't really connect with
what was going on with the last shadow war. They were more or less out of it.
The downfall of the republic was mainly entropy, it's nearly impossible to
maintain control of an empire covering light years (or even thousands of miles,
as the early British Empire discovered, among others), and in that process, the
Narn were basically the final insult.
jms
[ Summary: Asks what copyright should be used on pictures of B5 now that
PTEN no longer exists. ]
#: 536448 S5/Babylon 5: General
07-Jul-96 22:18:12
Sb: #535574-copyrights
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
The copyright is still owned by PTEN, regardless of the future.
jms
[ Summary: A St. Louis convention goer asks JMS if the pilot,
behind-the-scenes and bloopers tapes a dealer was selling are legit. ]
#: 536450 S5/Babylon 5: General
07-Jul-96 22:18:18
Sb: #535898-#B5 Bootlegs?
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
ANY B5 videos of any sort being sold at conventions are bootlegs and
illegal. They are crummy quality, and copyright infringement. We have been
and will continue to prosecute anyone we find doing this. And I do mean
prosecute. Serious fines are the order of the day. For a second offense, we
go for criminal penalties.
jms
[ Summary: Asks how B5 would be different now if Michael O'Hare hadn't
left the show after season one. ]
#: 536451 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
07-Jul-96 22:18:20
Sb: #534780-<<spoilers>>>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
I have enough time living in this dimension without getting into what may
or may not happen in parallel or alternate universes....
jms
#: 535194 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
05-Jul-96 08:39:06
Sb: #<<Avalon & Delenn>>
Fm: BRENT BARRETT
Hello, Joe.
I'm curious: What exactly did Marcus/Franklin tell Delenn about David in "A
Late Delivery from Avalon" before she went in to recover the sword? Did they
tell her who he was and what he did? Did they tell her what "role" the wanted
her to play? Did they tell her to get the sword?
The scene was brilliant, BTW, and you could just "hear" so many words being
spoken by David in that scene, especially "we didn't *know*," which he spoke
earlier in his fantasy world. But I've been unable to get a good grip on what
Delenn "said" by her looks in that scene, so any hints as to what she was told
would be appreciated.
Thanks,
-- Brent
#: 536452 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
07-Jul-96 22:18:22
Sb: #535194-<<Avalon & Delenn>>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
She was told the whole background...including who David really was. She
was in a way taking the pain from someone who had attacked the very ship she
and the other Grey council members had been aboard.
jms
[ Summary: After re-watching "Ship of Tears," a viewer comments on Mira
Furlan's work: "Her delivery of the line speaking of choosing between
the lives of millions or billions is the single finest piece of acting
that I have ever seen by an actress on TV." He also says, ". . . if
the person who fills out awards paper work didn't get Mira nominated
for an emmy for her work an extreme talking to is in order." ]
#: 536453 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
07-Jul-96 22:18:25
Sb: #535417-<Ship Of Tears-Mira>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
I couldn't agree more.
jms
#: 535606 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
06-Jul-96 08:33:14
Sb: #<Shadow Dancing>
Fm: SYSOP DUPA T PARROT
Ok, Joe, I've sussed it. I figured out what the Shadows want (and it's
horrible).
It came to me this morning after a Close Encounter of the Worst Kind with an
"Oldies" radio show. In the late 70's, there was a hit song titled "Shadow
Dancing" performed by Andy Gibb.
The Shadows want DISCO!!!!!
What else would beings with eight legs want except to "shake" 'em?
Now I can believe what you said about a third of us will agree with what the
Shadows want. Some people will dance to anything!
So when can we expect to see Garibaldi in a white Disco-suit singing "Staying
Alive" <g>?
-Dupa T. Parrot, Team SF/F
[Tech Support SysOp]
<OS/2 Warp Connect & Golden Commpass> O-
#: 536454 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
07-Jul-96 22:18:27
Sb: #535606-<Shadow Dancing>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Never have I seen a better reason to log off and never, ever turn my
modem on again.
jms
[ Summary: A confused viewer asks if Susan and Talia were ever seen on-
screen as lovers. She remembers that they were sleeping in different
beds in "Divided Loyalties." ]
#: 536455 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
07-Jul-96 22:18:29
Sb: #535761-#Susan and Talia
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
They weren't shown in separate beds. We saw Talia reaching over to the
empty space in the bed where Ivanova had been, and finding her gone.
jms
#: 535762 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
06-Jul-96 17:23:57
Sb: #Delenn as a child
Fm: BRENT BARRETT
Hi, Joe.
Please excuse me for being such a pain in the butt, but I just remembered a
question I've been meaning to get clarification on for some months now. Forgive
me if it's been asked before, but:
Will we ever find out who/what Delenn saw as a child in that old temple?
Thanks,
-- Brent
#: 536456 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
07-Jul-96 22:18:31
Sb: #535762-Delenn as a child
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Probably.
jms
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