JMS on CompuServe (Jul 22, 1996) POSSIBLE SPOILERS

Mon Jul 22 14:04:41 EDT 1996

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 [ Summary of subjects in this section: ]
    Sb: #543737-B5 Fan Club Kit!
    Sb: #543360-B5 and its  Morals
    Sb: #543828-<Ship of Tears>
    Sb: #543887-Minbari Background
    Sb: #543464-Minbari names?
    Sb: #543592-<<Continuity Error?>>
    Sb: #543740-#Keonig on B5!!!
    Sb: #543826-B5 Fan Club Kit!
    Sb: #543811-New War Room Staff

 [ Summary: This fan has received his fan club kit but not the newsletter. ]

 #: 544102 S5/Babylon 5: General
    21-Jul-96  21:56:56
Sb: #543737-B5 Fan Club Kit!
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

      Drop Jim a note.  Never hurts.

                                                                    jms

 #: 543360 S5/Babylon 5: General
    20-Jul-96  16:23:30
Sb: #541195-#B5 and its  Morals
Fm: THE SHADOWS

Joe you may think that your show is ethical but i think it has far more
moralistic points in it. In some ways it's very like the way star trek use to
be before voyager. I'm not say it's a bad thing but a good idea joe.Your show
has brought fourth many things from the past present and possible future events
which have/or are going happened here on earth. Do you draw some or most of
your material from such events' i.e. take deathwalker this was very like the
nazi doctor joseph mengaley  experiments on the jews in the deathcamps during
WW2trying to create a master race. Late delivery from alavlon is a good example
of what veitnam vets must have gone through their post traumatic stress
syndrome. The night watch is a good example of the old soviet kgb or even some
of the far eastern governments security forces.
Your show is leading the way and by far the best one on tv at the moment and
i'm definitely  going to continue watch in this show. Keep up the good work joe
as we the fans adore the show.

 #: 544103 S5/Babylon 5: General
    21-Jul-96  21:56:58
Sb: #543360-B5 and its  Morals
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

      Thanks.  We rarely draw events 1 for 1 from the real world; it's a sad
thing I suppose but certain tragic themes have a way of recurring over the
generations.  We just give them different names.

                                                                    jms

 #: 543828 S5/Babylon 5: General
    21-Jul-96  15:08:03
Sb: #<Ship of Tears>
Fm: VIVIEN LOVEDAY

Hiya Joe, C T here

I just saw SoT - it was well up to the usual level.... meaning you're about to
hit us with something _really_ major aren't you<G>

Anyway, when Carolyn is in the "cocoon" she says "Kill - to protect"... protect
what?! Is this going to be explained in Shadow Dancing?

I liked the new conference room - it fits in really well with the events in
Avalon ;)

Final Q<G> The teeps all came from mars.... have the shadows reopened the
facility that you mentioned in Messages From Earth and the comics? Is this Mars
link important?

Kudos to Andreas/Mira/Walter - they all played it brilliantly - I believed in
them all.

 Thanks for your time,
 C T,Kidism Patrol,KP FAQ, Da Fence,(and B5<G>)
 Why not is a perfectly good reason<G>

 #: 544106 S5/Babylon 5: General
    21-Jul-96  21:57:02
Sb: #543828-<Ship of Tears>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

      Kill telepaths to protect the Machine from them.

                                                                    jms

 #: 543887 S5/Babylon 5: General
    21-Jul-96  15:51:24
Sb: #Minbari Background
Fm: BRENT BARRETT

Hello, Joe.

A background curiosity question: In the past, you've said that Delenn had a
"calling" to join the religious caste (as a response to a question about her
"vision" as a child), but in "Legacies," you have Delenn telling Neroon that
the caste of a Minbari's mother dictates the caste of the individual.  How is
it done, or is it some combination of these things that determine a Minbari's
caste?

(Just one of the many trivial things that pop into my mind during the
fast-becoming frustrating wait for new episodes! :-)

Thanks,

 -- Brent

 #: 544107 S5/Babylon 5: General
    21-Jul-96  21:57:04
Sb: #543887-Minbari Background
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

      In "Legacies" the question of caste heritage had more to do with how your
death is handled than what you're determined to be in life.

                                                                    jms

 #: 543464 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
    20-Jul-96  19:33:50
Sb: #Minbari names?
Fm: SYSOP DUPA T PARROT

  Joe,

I notice that Delenn and Rathenn have names with similar endings. Is this
significant?

     -Dupa T. Parrot, Team SF/F
      [Tech Support SysOp]
      <OS/2 + GCP> O-

 #: 544110 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
    21-Jul-96  21:57:09
Sb: #543464-Minbari names?
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

      No, various families on Minbar use various common surnames, prefixes and
suffixes.

                                                                    jms

 [ Summary: Asks if the Shadow vessel in "Matters of Honor" should have 
   recognized the White Star since the Shadows ran into it six years in the
   past in "War Without End". ]

 #: 544111 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
    21-Jul-96  21:57:12
Sb: #543592-<<Continuity Error?>>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

      Yes, if they had survived the first encounter.

                                                                    jms

 [ Summary: A U.K. fan jokingly comments on Walter "Chekov" Koenig being on
   Babylon 5 and asks why no one warned him. ]

 #: 544115 S2/Star Trek: General
    21-Jul-96  22:05:52
Sb: #543740-#Keonig on B5!!!
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

      So by that reasoning, actors should never do anything more than one part
in their entire lives, yes?

                                                                    jms

 [ Summary: A fan states that he's been waiting ten to twelve weeks for
   his fan club packet. ]

 #: 544116 S5/Babylon 5: General
    21-Jul-96  22:05:53
Sb: #543826-B5 Fan Club Kit!
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

      Write jplb5 at aol.com if you haven't received your stuff yet.

                                                                    jms

 #: 543811 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
    21-Jul-96  14:12:12
Sb: #New War Room Staff
Fm: PAUL OWEN

Hello Joe

I've just watched Ship of Tears, and looking at the new War Room, I wondered
how much the ordinary technical staff know about the Shadows?, are they a
selected and trusted few or are all  B5 (ex Earthforce) personnel now pretty
much aware of what's going on ? .

Paul.

PS who do the flying saucers belong to???

 #: 544117 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
    21-Jul-96  22:05:55
Sb: #543811-New War Room Staff
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

      Everyone now pretty much knows what's going on.  It's out in the open
now.

                                                                    jms

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