JMS on CompuServe (Jul 30, 1996) *POSSIBLE SPOILERS*
Brent Barrett
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Tue Jul 30 18:35:02 EDT 1996
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[ Summary of subjects in this section: ]
Sb: #548846-#Apology to jms
Sb: #548920-#Episode Character Titles
Sb: #548927-#<IaE in UK>
Sb: #548956-<WWE_Possible arc hole>
Sb: #548969-B5 FAN CLUB INFO!
Sb: #548991-#B5 FAN CLUB INFO!
Sb: #549034-B5 FAN CLUB INFO!
Sb: #548991-#B5 FAN CLUB INFO!
#: 548846 S5/Babylon 5: General
28-Jul-96 21:48:53
Sb: #548109-#Apology to jms
Fm: REBECCA ESCHLIMAN
No matter what you can or cannot say about these various possibilities, the
very fact that they exist is enormously gratifying to us (and, I would hope, to
you!).
May one assume that, given these new potential offers, that you might be
willing to postpone your retirement from television for a few years (please,
please, PLEASE..)?
- rje -
#: 549155 S5/Babylon 5: General
29-Jul-96 12:39:01
Sb: #548846-#Apology to jms
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
We will see what we will see....
jms
[ Summary: Asks why the aliens only have first names on the opening credits
when the humans have titles and last names. ]
#: 549156 S5/Babylon 5: General
29-Jul-96 12:39:03
Sb: #548920-#Episode Character Titles
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Because putting Ambassador at the start of each name would look odd
after a while, and many people wouldn't get to the second name before it
scrolled off; because Delenn and G'Kar only have the one name, and to break it
for Londo...well, what the heck. So the Centauri get screwed for a change,
it's about time.
jms
[ Summary: A U.K. viewer asks several questions about the events in
"Interludes & Examinations," but the one which JMS picked to answer
asks about the different sizes of Vorlon ships. ]
#: 549157 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
29-Jul-96 12:39:04
Sb: #548927-#<IaE in UK>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
A personal transport is assigned to one vorlon for life, changing and
evolving over time. Little fighters have a more primitive system. It's not
the same thing as a shadow-vessel merge. A big Vorlon cruiser has a full crew.
jms
[ Summary: Asks if we will ever get to see Garibaldi's reaction to his best
friend goinf back a thousand years to become a Minbari religious icon. ]
#: 549158 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
29-Jul-96 12:39:05
Sb: #548956-<WWE_Possible arc hole>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
I think it'd be hard to just drop in Garibaldi's attitudes about Valen
without it having something to do with an episode; if it doesn't move that
particualr episode along, it shouldn't be there. So that sort of thing is
tough to pull off, making the show more unfriendly to new viewers.
jms
[ Summary: Asks if there's word on fan club packets. ]
#: 549159 S5/Babylon 5: General
29-Jul-96 12:39:06
Sb: #548969-B5 FAN CLUB INFO!
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
There've been some problems with the post office; send a note to
jplb5 at aol.com to let him know your situation.
jms
#: 548991 S5/Babylon 5: General
29-Jul-96 07:09:56
Sb: #548304-#B5 FAN CLUB INFO!
Fm: GARY WEINFURTHER
Nothing personal, Joe, but why are you soliciting membership in a "fan club"
when most of us who applied for membership and sent money months ago haven't
received anything? I would warn potential applicants to not be too hasty to
throw their money away on what appears to be a "vapor club".
...Gary Weinfurther
#: 549160 S5/Babylon 5: General
29-Jul-96 12:39:07
Sb: #548991-#B5 FAN CLUB INFO!
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
No, it's not vapor. Many people *have* received their stuff. So it's
there, and it's working, but there have been some glitches in the post office
side that blindsided us. A "vapor club" is one where you sign up and get
nothing, because nothing's made or delivered. Many people here and elsewhere
*have* received their full packets, and newsletters, and the posters are going
out shortly, now that WB has *finally* approved the design, which took longer
than it should have.
If you haven't received the material, send email to jplb5 at aol.com and
let him know.
jms
#: 549034 S5/Babylon 5: General
29-Jul-96 09:11:55
Sb: #549009-#B5 FAN CLUB INFO!
Fm: GARY WEINFURTHER
>> I did two memberships (one for myself, and a gift). The newsletters have
long since arrived, as has the kit (sans poster, which seems to a
WB-specific problem). <<
Looks like you have nothing to complain about.
>> Have you inquired of Jim Lockett at jplb5 at aol.com? <<
Yes, indeed, and still have not heard word one. Why should Joe be soliciting
members when he hasn't taken care of the ones who sent in money months ago?
What guarantee do new applicants have that they won't be left in the lurch?
...Gary Weinfurther
#: 549167 S5/Babylon 5: General
29-Jul-96 12:47:36
Sb: #549034-B5 FAN CLUB INFO!
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
For starters, I didn't resolicit anyone, the fan club message gets
popped up by the system. Second, new applicants have less of a chance of
getting left in the lurch than the folks who dived in at the beginning when we
were still putting all the pieces into position.
If you have *any* reservations, we will happily refund your money. Or
you can give it a bit of time; we can't know who hasn't gotten their stuff
until we hear from them, and/or the post office sends back the material, which
has begun to happen. We're dealing with it as fast as possible.
jms
#: 548991 S5/Babylon 5: General
29-Jul-96 07:09:56
Sb: #548304-#B5 FAN CLUB INFO!
Fm: GARY WEINFURTHER
Nothing personal, Joe, but why are you soliciting membership in a "fan club"
when most of us who applied for membership and sent money months ago haven't
received anything? I would warn potential applicants to not be too hasty to
throw their money away on what appears to be a "vapor club".
...Gary Weinfurther
#: 549168 S5/Babylon 5: General
29-Jul-96 12:47:37
Sb: #548991-#B5 FAN CLUB INFO!
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
PS...I just went down the hall to ask Jim Lockett about what the status
of things was, and there was a huge pile of newsletters and packets on his desk
ready to go out. I asked about yours in particular, and he had it right there,
about ten down in the "to-mail" pile. So you should have the stuff shortly.
jms
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