JMS on AOL: 05/26/96 to 05/30/96

[Kevin P. Mooney]

The following is a compilation of the posts of JMS on AOL.  If you have
comments or suggestions, please e-mail me at <kpmooney at acsu.buffalo.edu>

WARNING:  Possible spoilers may lurk below.

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Subj:  Re:suggestion for plugging B
Date:  96-05-26 01:14:23 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

We've contacted Howard's people, who say that because he likes the show so
much, he doesn't want the folks to do his show because he'd have to rag on
them by virtue of the nature of the show, and doesn't really want to do that.

jms



Subj:  Re:to JMS
Date:  96-05-26 01:15:03 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

You'll be hearing more about the resistance a bit down the road.  And thanks.

jms



Subj:  Re:Thanks and a Question..
Date:  96-05-26 01:17:18 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

"Would YOU categorize Babylon 5 as a Science Fiction show, or a Drama?  I
know that it is set in a Science Fiction setting, but the storylines and such
are really, I think, in the Drama category.  What do you think?"

I have no problem calling it a science fiction, or SF (which also includes
speculative fiction) show.  I know a number of writers in TV who hate the
term, deny that what they're doing is SF, but I'm proud that it's SF, and
would definitely classify it as such.

jms



Subj:  Re:Seasons episodes
Date:  96-05-26 01:18:03 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Re: the cliffhanger season 3 ending...I'd rather air it in Summer also...but
the choice ain't mine.

jms



Subj:  Re:JMS: Metamorphosis device
Date:  96-05-26 01:20:15 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

The chrysalis device originally came from Epsilon 3 with the other equipment;
this should've been showcased more visually, but there was so much going
on...

jms



Subj:  Re:Three questions
Date:  96-05-26 01:21:34 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Claudia wears one earring to remember her real brother, and Ivanova's
brother, who passed away.

jms



Subj:  Re:  Praise for JMS.
Date:  96-05-26 01:22:44 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Thanks, we try.

jms



Subj:  Re:Who was that?
Date:  96-05-30 04:07:30 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

You'll have to wait and see who entered the room.

jms



Subj:  Re:A Few
Date:  96-05-30 04:07:53 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

The Vorlons were called in after B4 arrived.

jms
Subj:  Re:WWE writing
Date:  96-05-30 04:09:02 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Thanks.  Actually, I keep hearing about B5 screenings becoming social events
on an ever more regular basis.  Sometimes to "convert," sometimes to catch
'em off satellite, or just watch them on a big screen.  I think it's great.

Thanks again.

jms



Subj:  Re:G'kar of future
Date:  96-05-30 04:09:58 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Yes, one of his eyes had been plucked out some time before.

jms



Subj:  Re:JMS:  wwe I & II
Date:  96-05-30 04:10:41 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Barb: thanks, and thanks for working with your local station.

jms



Subj:  Re:Flashforward
Date:  96-05-30 04:11:24 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

It'd be hard to work in what everybody else saw in an episode down the
road...that becomes difficult from a story perspective.  "By the way, y'know,
when we were on B4, I saw the darndest thing..."

jms



Subj:  Re:JMS: Writing for Babylon 
Date:  96-05-30 04:12:10 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Thanks.  We don't take any kind of story ideas, or spec scripts, however.

jms



Subj:  Re:ATTN JMS:  Please Read...
Date:  96-05-30 04:14:28 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Thanks, and I remain happy to be here.

On the writing and the scenes you cite...a story, *any* story, should be
designed not just to take you through the mechanics of a plot, but to make
you *feel* something.  Those, for me, are the elements I look for when I
watch something, and when I write something.  If I'm not on the verge or
tears in writing Kosh's fate, you won't be that way watching it.

jms



Subj:  Re:Remote Control
Date:  96-05-30 04:16:07 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

That's an absolutely *wonderful* story!  Thank you for passing it along.

But tell your co-worker to always duck *first*.

jms



Subj:  Re:Cousin Brucie!
Date:  96-05-30 04:16:37 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Yep, that was Cousin Brucie.

And Melissa appears later this season.

jms



Subj:  Re:JMS-A Great Story!
Date:  96-05-30 04:18:14 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Thanks (actually, to you and those in-between who posted such nice comments;
they're much appreciated).

jms



Subj:  Re:  Writing
Date:  96-05-30 04:19:26 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

All I can say is that I have always approached the writing with the
assumption we can finish the story.

jms



Subj:  Re:JMS is bad,and I'll tell 
Date:  96-05-29 03:47:39 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

The delay in episodes until October ain't my idea....

jms



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